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About Me

Finally in a good spot in my life. Actually at a nice crossroads with many open pathways. It hasn't been a pleasure cruise, but everyone has a story like that. I won't bother you with the details at this time. ~ ~Very open to new ideas and trying new things. Which is why I'm on here. Very outgoing and versatile. Adaptable in many situations. Learned not to take life too seriously as those types of events really don't happen all that often. Just be prepared for when they do.

My Interests

IF ON MY PAGE HANGIN' OUT, TURN UP THE VOLUME AND ROCK A LITTLE!!! --- ----Texas Holdem (poker): Playing it, teaching it, reading and learning more about it. Music and writing (creating) and reading. Having fun and making people smile. I like to explore and learn new things. Sometimes I just like to leave and get away from it all for a day. Sometimes longer.Eyes on this prize!

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

80s tunes. VAN HALEN!!! Guitar rock (70s based), R&B and the usual. I'm a guitar player/songwriter that likes many different styles. Some not even guitar related. Recent bands: Fu Manchu-ROCKS!!! Jet, A Keyes, Lords of Acid among others. Basically bands more on the radar than underground.---- .. width="425" height="350" .. search 7000 music videos at singingfool.com----

Movies:

Rocky. Rounders. Good Will Hunting. Unforgiven. Before Sunrise (yes, I like that flick) Under the Tuscan Sun (That one too) Memoirs of a Geisha (there, that's 3 of 'em), Castaway. Private Parts. Million Dollar Baby, The Saw (not a big horror fan, but this movie kicked ass) Various teen comedies (most of John Hughes: Sixteen Candles and such). The majority of action movies will put me to sleep. I find they usually aren't written that well and bore me. Though some are really kind of good and thought out. Like the Bourne Identity and stuff like that.

Television:

College football. Starting to get into March Madness(College basketball) a little. Law & Order. CSI. Cold Case. Without a trace. I find the offshoots kind of lack a bit from the originals, so I just keep with the originals. Sex and the City. Discovery channel. History and Travel channels. This is what PBS should've been when I grew up. Hence, PBS sucked.

Books:

Poker books. Over and over wearing the covers off. Atlas Shrugged kicked ass. Dan Brown (Da Vinci Code). Stephen Hunter. True crime. Biographies. Playboy (as every guy should) Theological history. If I'm learning something new, usually skillwise, I will research the hell out of it with books on the subject.

Heroes:

People who bust their ass to get where they are instead of just getting it handed to them.

My Blog

Bernie in ’the Well’

On another site I'm in what they call a 'Well'. It's where you go in and people can ask you whatever. Just in case you want to check it out, here's the site: http://forumserver.twoplustwo....
Posted by Bernie the Great! on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:00:00 PST

How you grind a bankroll out as a poker player: 3 nickels

This is the story of 3 nickels. I think it was back around Dec of '02 when I started building a bankroll again. I had already built up a decent roll playing online but life happens, like forced ...
Posted by Bernie the Great! on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:40:00 PST

One August night back in ’04

Ok. Some on here know and some don't. This is for those that don't. This precedes my 'Showdown with the Boss' blog by about 2 nights. I figure its been long enough and what the...
Posted by Bernie the Great! on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:17:00 PST

New directions...

Orientation: May 31 Anxiety was still hitting me a bit beforehand. This will be something unlike anything I've done before. But if it all works out, I'll be in a great place in about a year. So I wa...
Posted by Bernie the Great! on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:56:00 PST

BeachBoys at the Fair 2006

Just saw the BeachBoys (well, 2 of them anyways) with a bud (ex-g/f) at the fair. I haven't seen them live in about 20+ years. Back when they were my first concert I went to. Same pl...
Posted by Bernie the Great! on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 01:53:00 PST

Rocky 7

Should he not die in 6. Which he should. Somewhere in Africa a ruler is in a large debate with the US about humane treatment of it's people. The Afro-leader is a huge Balboa fan, following...
Posted by Bernie the Great! on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:59:00 PST

Vegas for the National Handicapping Championship (long)

Vegasâ¬¦NHC tourney For more on this tourney: http://www.drf.com/nhc/2005/nhc.html Note: Some words are compound words but my WP seems to want to separate them. Just an FYI. So my brother won a trip...
Posted by Bernie the Great! on Wed, 01 Feb 2006 02:16:00 PST

SEAHAWKS NFC CHAMPIONS 2005

Yep, it's about time. My 2 favorite teams are Seattle and Tampa. Since '76. Below was a post about my main favorite team on the day they were playing in their Superbowl. ...
Posted by Bernie the Great! on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 01:03:00 PST

1st carpet job in about 3 years...

It was small, but it brought back alot of memories. First, I never really realized just how much I hated doing rug until I stopped. I mean, I hate it. However, the one bright ...
Posted by Bernie the Great! on Sun, 15 Jan 2006 03:34:00 PST

Vegas: Round 2 (long)

Vegas: Round 2 So we went to Vegas again this year during the holiday season. The flight: Lou and I end up in 1st class. Andrea and Michelle board the plane and promptly flip us off as they pass by ...
Posted by Bernie the Great! on Sun, 01 Jan 2006 01:30:00 PST