Mike Doughty

Ex-Soul Coughing frontman, Mike Doughty is coming to The Vogue next month. The date is sandwiched between Built To Spill and My Morning Jacket, so it should be a great couple weeks.



Mike Doughty - I Hear The Bells (follow)
Mike Doughty - Busting Up A Starbucks (follow)
Mike Doughty - Tremendous Brunettes (follow)
Mike Doughty - I'm Still Drinking In My Dreams (follow)

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Architecture In Helsinki: Live On WOXY

The day after Architecture In Helsinki played The Patio here in Indianapolis, fabulous show, they headed down to Cincinnati for a radio appearance on WOXY. Here is that performance.


AIH - Intro
AIH - It's 5
AIH - Living Without You
AIH - Interview
AIH - The Owls Go
AIH - Maybe You Can Owe Me
AIH - Do The Whirlwind
AIH - Outro

EDIT: Outro link fixed. Thanks.

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Indianapolis Colts Practice - Photo Recap

Yesterday was pretty cool. I went to a luncheon at The Colts practice complex, listened to Colt's President, Bill Polian speak and then watched about 45 minutes worth of Colts practice. It was interesting, these guys are huge up close...except for the running backs and wide recievers who really seemed very small and lithe when I was watching them at such close range.

Listening to Polian speak was pretty cool, although he mainly spoke about why The Colts have looked so bad this preseason (0-4). He said don't expect a win in the final preseason game either as they will not play any of the starters who have all ready got some preseason time. He said the trip to Japan really screwed with the guys and that it takes 22 days to fully recover from a trip like that. He said that they are averaging going into each preseason game with 22 injuries, so that has really hurt them as well. He was talking to all of the sponsors, so he needed to give all the excuses so none of them would be scared off. Colts need the dolla dolla bills ya'll!

At the practice, Peyton was mucho impressive, he was rifling bullets all over the complex, pinpoint accuracy. I mean, the receivers did not drop balls thrown by Peyton. He was pretty vocal with the recievers too, barking instructions and constructive criticism. Marvin seemed to be exempt from instruction, but then again, he looked the most crisp and Peyton probably didn't have much to say to him as they have been playing together for so long. I'll tell you who was amazing - the kickers. I mean, these guys can freaking launch that ball. 65 - 70 yards easy. It sounded like a small canon going off, with each kick, when kicker Dave Raynor was practicing kick-offs. OK well, here are the photos...


These two have hooked up for a lot of TDs

Peyton talks foosball with Marvin and Troy Walters

Peyton talks foosball with Marvin

Peyton

Peyton

Marvin Harrison

The Edge

Back-up Running Back James Mungro

Reggie Wayne

The Wide Receivers after a drill

Snap

9 on 7

Big Boys

Peyton even lined up on Defense a few times against the 2nd team

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Nothing's Gonna Stop The Flow...

Sports Edition:
I'm going to The Indianapolis Colts practice facility today for a luncheon and to watch Peyton Manning throw touchdown passes all over the place. I love the Colts and Peyton, but they gotta get tough. They gotta hit somebody in the mouth. I hate that they are a 'finesse' team. It's wildly exciting to watch the ball flying all around with Harrison, Wayne and Stokley flying down the field, but they need a power running game to go with it. Edge is a great player, but if the Colts had a Jerome Bettis, in his prime, type back that could just power through for 5 automatic yards, they'd have a Super Bowl ring. Eh well, My prediction: 12-4 this year with a loss in AFC Championship game...AGAIN.

The big story this year, in Kentucky, is the Louisville Cardinals football program. The Cards finished last season ranked 6th in the nation and have every possibility to run the table this year as they have an even better team and maybe an easier schedule. The question is though, even if they do, will they get to play for the National Championship? Well, a lot of games left to play before we get to that, but watch out for the Cardinals again this year. My team, The University of Kentucky is gonna get waxed left and right again this year. It's time for Rich Brooks to prove his worth or get the funk out. Athletic Director, Mitch Barnhart needs a good kick in the ass, preferably out the door.

Blogger Fantasy Football draft is tonight, but there is the possibility of rescheduling. I had my money-league draft Sunday night and am pretty pleased with my team. I drafted out of the 2nd pick slot in a 12 man field. Here is my money-league team: This league starts: 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 WR/RB, 1 WR/TE, 1 K, 1 DEF.

L.Tomlinson RB/SD
T.Owens WR/PHI
Kerry Collins QB/OAK
David Carr QB/HOU
Ronnie Brown RB/MIA
Ricky Williams RB/MIA
Kevan Barlow RB/SF
Lamont Jordan RB/OAK
Roy Williams WR/DET
Tyrone Calico WR/TEN
Brandon Lloyd WR/SF
Dallas Clark TE/IND
Ryan Lindell K/BUF
Alanta D
-1 open slot - will probably pick up LT's backup, Turner-


Upcoming Events:
Go to Vegas for Vegoose...Official Site.

Blog Props:
I know there are some Country & Western fans out there...MJ, at least. Well, if you have an inkling for 80's and 90's country/western music, I want you to check out Thunderstorms and Neon Signs and you'll find something for your achy-breaky heart.

Also, go say hi to Samantha over at So...Where Is Helsinki. I think she was my first MySpace friend other than the guy they give you. More importantly, she has excellent musical taste. I'd try to make her a blog-girlfriend, but then I think I'd have the law on my tail if I did.

Enter Mallie's mix tape contest!

Thanks, Love & Sorrow:
Big thanks and love for all the support lately all of you, thanks for helping me through in my time of grouchiness, I'm not 100% through it, but things are looking up...also, unending love to my mom and dad and wife.

My heart and prayers go out to the city of New Orleans and it's occupants...I hope all your friends and family are safe. J-Bobo let's us in on some of the science behind the destruction.

Here are two of my favorite songs from one of my favorite bands, Folk Implosion and one of my favorite movies...from Kids OST...
Folk Implosion - Natural One (follow link)
Folk Implosion - Nothing's Gonna Stop (follow link)

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Movie Review: Four Brothers

I don't really do a lot of movie reviews do I? But I saw John Singleton's Four Brothers this weekend with MJ and I was pretty pleased with it. The reviews are pretty mixed on it, kind of one way or the other, but I think it's a good ghettofied/urban western take on John Wayne's The Sons Of Katie Elder. Based in the projects of Detroit, four brothers wreak havoc in order to discover the reason behind their mother's murder. The chemistry between the brothers (Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, Andre Benjamin & Garrett Hedlund) is pretty hilarious throughout, but they are also for-the-most-part-believable as tough-as-the-streets Detroit bad boys too.

Mark Wahlberg's nothing-to-lose attitude is solid as the wild-eyed leader of the brothers. Tyrese is a lot of comic relief, but believable as the muscle. Benjamin fits well as the bad-boy gone good-now family man just trying to support, and Hedlund is good as the baby of the crew, who's picked on constantly, but guarded and protected in every spot of danger.

The movie keeps a good pace, the comedy between the brothers and the villians is entertaining and the excitement/gun-fights are edge-of-your-seat nailbiters...even if the gun fights are a little bit like G.I. Joe cartoons where each guy unloads 5 clips and doesn't hit shit. Red and blue lasers going everywhere and nobody's falling, you remember that? The violence is shot with a strong artistic notion. There's a great car chase in the middle of a Detroit snow storm and car crashes that seem to come out of nowhere. You have to remember one key throughout the movie: bad guys exist to get shot and good guys exist to shoot them. If you can keep that in mind, you will probably enjoy the movie.

Four Brothers is a solid summer movie. It’s got action to hold up against the comic books but enough style and substance to make it memorable. On the musical note, it's got a great Marvin Gaye-heavy soundtrack with superb songs by The Four Tops, The Miracles, Jackson 5, and The Temptations as well.

The Miracles - You've Really Got A Hold On Me

Added Bonus:
Kanye West - Drive Slow (ft. Paul Wall & GLC)

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Kanye West - Late Registration

I'll go ahead and parallel Chris's post about Kanye as I was planning on posting on 'Late Registration' this week too. I like Kanye musically...his attitude/ego otherwise is irritating (maybe just the constant posing), but we're here for the music, so let's focus on that. Here are three tracks from the new album. The new alnum is full of all-star appearances as you can see by the tracks below...



Kanye West - Gold Digger (ft. Jamie Foxx) (the new single)
Kanye West - My Way Home (Ft. Common)
Kanye West - Crack Music (ft. The Game)

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Greg Dulli / The Twilight Singers - Amber Headlights

The Twilight Singers are set to release "Amber Headlights" and you can preview tracks from it at The Twilight Singers MySpace.



Pre-Order 'Amber Headlights' : Their site also includes the upcoming tour dates for Dulli and Afterhours in Italy as well as Dulli's reflections on "Amber Headlights". Another addition is the "Access" section, which allows you to submit questions to GD for possible inclusion on the site.

As an added incentive to pre-order the album, the first 400 copies will come with an autographed CD booklet and one person will win a Dulli-autographed black Fender Telecaster.

The album is the curtain-raiser for Dulli's Infernal Recordings imprint and contains many friends and past collaborators, most notably multi-instrumentalist Petra Haden.

For all things related to The Afghan Whigs and bands spawned by their breakup check Summerkiss

Since I can't give you anything to download off of 'Amber Headlights', I'll give you this...

Moon Maan - Light Of The Moon (follow link)

What's this you say? Moon Maan is Rick McCollum's band, who you might know was a founding member of the Afghan Whigs. This band was formed in Minneapolis in early 2004 and carries on a lot of the Afghan Whigs alt-rock sound. This is a good and gritty alt-rock tune.

Moon Mann's website

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Am I taking crazy pills here?!

Life has been a little rough lately, or at least the last couple weeks, it seems...not bad, just bumpy. All the house buying/negoticating is stressful if only because I would like to get this house, and I KNOW MJ would love to get this house, but the people selling it are living in frippin' Utah now, so it slows the process down way too much. We'd like it to be on the contigency of us selling our house, they'd like it to be on a "first-right" contigency, which isn't a bad deal, but it still leaves the door open for us to lose the house or have to pay more for it. The nice thing is we seem to be in the same place on the cost right now.

I got a speeding ticket today. $161 dollars, 19 miles over the posted 40. i knew I was dead. I came over a hill, on my way and late for work, and there he was...pointing the gun right at me. I just started pulling over before he could even flip his lights on.

Work has slowed down, it's even boring right now. I shouldn't complain, but maybe I am.

I think, just overall, I feel complacent or lost. I need to have or make something happen. A big change or life direction switch. Last year was so tumultous, as those of you who have been reading MOKB for a while now know and this year has just seemed basic or boring. I mean, I DEFINITELY don't want things to be like last year, I just want something to happen. I feel like I have no idea what I want to do with my life. What am I going to be when I grow up? I don't really want to be some lifelong manager in the appliance and electronics biz...I mean, that's direction things seem to be headed. I'm an artist, I paint, I throw clay, I design, but this monotony is starting to squeeze me.

Like everything has made me irritable lately, everything bugs me. I have even not been such a big fan of MOKB lately...does it show? Probably...

I think I wanna move west or north or south or overseas. I really think I want to move overseas for a year or two or join the PeaceCorp. I feel like I'm going a little crazy at times the past couple weeks.

Maybe it's just gas...

Tegan & Sara - You Wouldn't Like Me (follow)

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The Luxury Liners

The Luxury Liners is the other project of Dave Dewese, lead of yesterday's featured band, The Foxymoron's. (thanks to The Graduate). Named after a Gram Parsons song, The Luxury Liners were originally intended as an alt-country outlet for Foxymorons member Dewese (after he moved from Texas to Nashville). However, the group ended up more as a guitar-heavy power pop band. Their influences include Badfinger, Big Star, The Byrds and The Raspberries.



The Luxury Liners - Sunshine
The Luxury Liners - Restless
The Luxury Liners - It's You
The Luxury Liners - Believe (Cher Cover)
The Luxury Liners - Breezy

Added Bonus:
Five Acoustic Coldplay tracks here.

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Wolf Parade

The new Wolf Parade album, set to launch in late September/early October, is entitled Apologies to the Queen Mary. It's been leaked to the 'net for quite some time, but hopefully you are planning on buying it when it comes out. Here are two songs from it.



Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything (I LOVE THIS SONG...Highest Rec!)
Wolf Parade - It's A Curse

The Montreal-via-Victoria quartet has already received celebratory write-ups in both The New York Times and Time's Canadian edition, been featured on The Believer's highly touted music-issue compilation (covering an unreleased Frog Eyes song), and taken to the stage at NYC's Piano's to celebrate that disc's release.

When asked to describe Wolf Parade's music, frontman Dan Boeckner replies:

Dan: Oh. Ostensibly, we're just making folk music without any of the musical connotations of folk music. We have keyboards in the band because we didn't have money to buy anything else when we started - I didn't even have a guitar - so I think a lot of the sound comes from working with the limitations of our equipment. If we're close to anything, I'd say it'd be bands like Frog Eyes.

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K-Os

I'm all about making you shake yo ass today. You wanna shake yo' ass? Well, I'm yo' pusha...I got just what you need. K-Os is a Toronto-bred and based emcee who has blown up in Canada and is getting touring requests from respected US hip-hop/neo-soul groups like The Roots. K-Os is a skilled singer and producer as well...his first release, Exit stood out dramatically with lush, instrument-driven arrangements to go with the traditional hip-hop elements of drum programming, samples, and the like. His latest release is called Joyful Rebellion. Here are two songs from it...Buy it.

K-Os - Crabbuckit
K-Os - B-Boy Stance

Added Bonus:
Tribalistas - Ja Sei Namorar

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The Foxymorons

So, I'm hanging around Frank's blog the other day and someone comments on the The Foxymorons. I go check them out because I heard them on an Elliot Smith tribute album, but more importantly to me at the time, they have done a full covers album and I love covers...I mean, who doesn't right? Anyway, the covers album is kinda disappointing - they picked some good songs, but executed them pretty poorly. The Gram Parson's song 'Older Guys' is pretty solid, in my opinion, but I like me some Gram Parsons.

However, all was not lost. The Foxymorons' new album Hesitation Eyes sounds pretty good. Especially this number: The Foxymorons - Harvard Hands and here is the title track from Hesitation Eyes: The Foxymorons - Hesitation Eyes

Anyway, you can hear and download lots more Foxymoron mp3s here, including every one of the songs from their covers album.

EDIT: Check out The Graduate's interview of Dave Dewese of The Foxymorons!

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Bravo Silva

Bravo Silva is an NYC based indie pop duo that makes catchy and 80's-esque dance music. Bravo Silva recently played Movable Hype 4.0 at The Knitting Factory in NYC with Langhorne Slim (who MOKB posted on this week as well - scroll down). They are really up-and-coming fast movers, the brand new shiz, and most importantly, MOKB endorsed! Get on board and check them out!

Bravo Silva - I Can't Say Goodbye (Highly Rec'd! - Rapidshare - follow link)

Bravo Silva's MySpace

From their website:
New York duo Bravo Silva makes pop rock music that is at once extremely listenable and sonically complex. The songs of Henry Silva and Joel Bravo take a crash course through 80s radio rock melody, singer/songwriter verse, and 70s prog rock theatrics. Lush and textured soundscapes call to mind the arrangements of Blonde Redhead and 10cc, and pop-oriented melodies draw from The Outfield and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

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J Ralph

You've heard J Ralph before probably, maybe without knowing it. Millions of people have actually listened to J. Ralph's music, yet he's far from a household name. The 29-year-old musician's dreamy, hypnotic compositions have become a hit with advertisers, appearing in ads for Volkswagen, Nike and others.

J. Ralph -- whose given name is Josh -- has no formal musical training. He spent time working in hip hop studios and got a big record deal for his debut CD, which went nowhere. Then an ad agency found one of his orchestral songs and licensed it. More ads followed. Among the most famous is one called "Big Day" for Volkswagen : It features a beautiful bride, her father, who frequently checks his watch, and a frantic young groom in a Jetta racing to the church. The ad debuted during the 2001 Super Bowl and ran for three years -- an eternity for a commercial.

One of many unique instruments in J. Ralph's cavernous studio is this 60-inch gong. "Anything that makes sound, I find inspiration in," he says. "Whether it's raindrops, or crickets, or newspaper rustling, or drums, or gongs or anything."

J Ralph - One Million Miles Away (Volkswagen Big Day Commercial)

J Ralph - NPR 'All Things Considered' Interview

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Whatchu Gonna Do Brother...?

Random thoughts and happenings...I used to be a 'Hulkamaniac' and I'm proud of it. It was around my 7 to 10 years...good times. "What are you gonna do, brother, when the 24-inch pythons wrap themselves around you?!"

WOXY.com is launching Unsigned@WOXY.COM, a new program focusing on up and coming, unsigned artists that will air on its Internet radio broadcast and then be made available as a downloadable podcast. Unsigned@WOXY.com will be a regular feature for the station and joins its existing podcast of the Modern Rock Minute, a feature of music news. The new program and podcast are slated to debut in September, and a call for submissions is under way.

Artists interested in submitting music for Unsigned@WOXY.com can find more information and instructions at www.woxy.com/unsigned.

My buddy, Rich, reminded me that there are tons of live KVRX performances in these folders, but you gotta be willing to do some digging.

I watched 'Be Cool' last night...It was ok. As MJ said, the laughs were a little few and far between, but when they came, they were good laughs. Is Uma Thurman hot? I mean, I think she'd be an awesomely fun girlfriend, but is she hot? She looks great in this movie. Is Vince Vaghn actually hot too? I mean, he's funny as hell, but he's kinda Belushi-esque isn't he? Kinda greasy and sloppy? I don't know...he was pretty irritable in this movie after the first few scenes.

Man, still in the offer/counter-offer stages with the house downtown. They finally countered, we have until tomorrow. I just want our house to sell fast w/o dropping the price. We'd be all good if our house would hurry up and sell. It's only been on the market 3 weeks really, so I gotta be more patient. We had an open house this past Sunday and all the visitors really liked it, we just need one of them to pull the trigger.

Got some bigger tires for my Jeep...getting them put on today...hope it looks good.

Telepopmusik - Breathe
Royksopp - Remind Me
Looper - Mondo 77
Pinback - Fortress
Colin Hay - I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You

Quickly becoming a blog I enjoy on a daily basis, Touch That Dial has Wilco covering 'Don't Fear The Reaper'. I always gotta have more cowbell.

We need one more blogger to complete the Fantasy Football League... Mike Jonze is the latest wanting a taste. Anyone else wanna step up to get knocked down? Gmail me if you want in.

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Yerba Buena

Yerba Buena just made a visit to Indianapolis, but I had to miss it...I wish I hadn't. Yerba Buena is a NYC -based Latin Funk collective...The group's super-infectious live-band party feel has changed everyone's idea of new Latin groove with a mind-bendingly original, Afro-Cuban/Afrobeat/hiphop attack. You gotta check this track...you'll move and if not there are some other tracks you can try.

Yerba Buena - Guajira

Added Bonus Tracks:
Art Brut - Emily Kane
Willy Mason - Oxygen
Eisley - The Winter Song
Blonde Redhead - Elephant Woman

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New Pet Politics song

I'm sure Magnus sent this to every blogger out there, but there is a new Pet Politics song up on his website. check it...



Pet Politics - The Ghost Mary and Her Friends

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Athlete - 'Half-Light' Video & Tour

Athlete is about to start a new tour across the US. Here is the stream for their new video 'Half-Light' and the tour dates.

Athlete - Half-Light (ram)
Athlete - Half-Light (asx)

Get a taste:
Athlete - Out Of Nowhere



Athlete - Tour Dates:
9/15 Cambridge MA - T.T. The Bear's
9/16 Montreal QC - LaTulipe
9/18 Ottawa ON - Zaphod Beeblebrox
9/19 Toronto ON - Opera House
9/21 Chicago IL - Double Door
9/26 Los Angeles CA - El Rey Theatre
9/27 San Francisco CA - Slim's
9/29 Portland OR - Doug Fir Lounge
9/30 Vancouver BC - Commodore Ballroom
10/1 Seattle WA - KEXP radio show - Neumo's
with : M83, The National, Math & Physics Club,
Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah
10/3 Baltimore MD - Sonar Club Stage
10/4 New York NY - Bowery Ballroom
10/5 Philadephia PA - World Cafe Live
10/6 Atlanta GA - The Loft

Buy Athlete's 'Tourist' : For fans of Coldplay, Doves and Snow Patrol.

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Nick Cave & The Louisville Cornhole Cup

Nicks history is well cataloged, his ever burgeoning success and notoriety fueled by a variety of achievements since the early, wild Birthday Party days.



After his family moved to Melbourne from the country town of Wangaratta in 1973, he met some of his future band mates at Caulfield Grammar School and began performing singing duties with them at weekend rehearsals and occasional school dances. By 1977 the band, now called The Boys Next Door, were slipping untidily into the new "movement" of Punk/New Wave and Nick met Anita Lane who would become his (un)steady girlfriend for the next 10 years.

His writing at this time was still maturing but after the move to London in 1980 it went from strength to strength and found it's own unique mode of expression within The Birthday Party.
Nick's untamed stage manner and fierce vocal delivery were the conduit through which the bands crazed performances flowed.

Since the group's demise Nick has developed unhindered as his work with The Bad Seeds, his novel "And the Ass Saw the Angel" and his various involvements in film work (writing, acting and composing) amply demonstrate. A biography of Nick called "Bad Seed" written by Englishman Ian Johnston was released in 1995.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - There She Goes, My Beautiful World (follow link)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Curse Of Millhaven
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - People Ain't No Good
Nick Cave - The Ship Song
Nick Cave - Stagger Lee

September 24th, 2005 - The Louisville Cornhole Cup

If I wasn't going to be in Austin, TX for ACL, this is where I would be. This year The Louisville Cornhole Cup is being put on by The Kentuckiana Kids Foundation (KKF), a not-for-profit foundation which benefits children and young adults of Kentucky and Southern Indiana. This year, KKF has chosen Kosair Children’s Hospital as the beneficiary.

All you in the Kentuckiana area get out there and support this good cause while playing one of the best games ever.

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Winna! Winna! Chicken Dinna!

This weekend was pretty solid. MJ and I hosted a poker party on Friday, 13 people showed up...good crowd. We got a late start, around 8:30, so I was afraid it would be a long night...the last game didn't finish until 3:30ish in the A.M. My boy, Butrose came up from Louisville again and we had quite a few new faces, so it was a lot of fun and challenging. I started out a little shakey and MJ made a huge blunder early on, but we both recovered and in the end, she and I made the final table. We wittled away the rest of the field until it was just her and I! We started to play it out, but then realized the money, no matter which one of us won, would just be going in the joint account, so we called it a draw and took home the first and second place money.



I tell you, I am proud of her. This is her best finish ever and the second time in two tourneys that I've made the final two and split the pot. I was the chip leader at completion, just to rub that in. Heh Heh. She woke up the next day and said, "We shoulda played that out, I woulda beat your ass." She may be right, she knows my bluff better than anyone...it's why I hate being at the same table as her. I mixed it up pretty well this weekend though, so I had people off balance a lot.

They all did their best to shake me...sending me into a panic attack when I thought I had lost/misplaced the pot money. Turns out I gave it all to MJ and forgot. Of course everyone else knew she had it and I'm running around the house looking for it...yelling at them for not helping me...all the while MJ is giggling in the corner. I'm like, "W