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There once was a man from Lyme.. Who couldn't get his limericks to rhyme.. When asked Why not?;.. It

About Me

" Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good. That honour, virtue , and courage mean everything ; that money and power mean nothing. That good always triumphs over evil. That true love.... never dies !" -Hub McCaan
I love making faces at little kids when their parents aren’t looking, staying up all night drinking with friends and strangers, and watching women kiss.
I laugh a great deal and have the lines on my face to prove it. I lose myself in deep thought just as often and have those lines too.
I believe that everyday we should measure the distance between who we are and who we want to be and try to gain just a little ground.
I strive to do what I believe is right and just. I try to be open-minded about all things but sometimes fall short and wrap myself in self-righteous indignation, particularly when it comes to topics I feel strongly about.
I love going out. It doesn't matter what the bar or what the crowd, I'll find a way to have fun. I enjoy watching other people have a good time and usually go out of my way to ensure they do. I see life as a fleeting experience that requires we squeeze as much from it as possible in the limited time we have and enjoy every moment. I have been known to pick up bar tabs of total strangers so they can party with reckless abandon. I dance when I can because I know people who can’t walk.
My friends say I am generous to a fault. I have taken the shoes off my feet to give to a man in Morocco and have supported a homeless man who lost his wife to cancer. I feel blessed for what I have and understand that people sometimes need a hand to get their lives back.
I have traveled a great deal and enjoy discussing world events and cultures with other people. I’m pretty passionate politically (fiscally conservative, socially mostly liberal, and hawkish on the war issues, particularly the war on terror) but I welcome intelligent, well-reasoned discussion and I reserve the right to change my mind on any subject when I learn something new.
I'm extremely passionate about poker and play as often as I'm able...which isn't much...lol. I've owned a poker-based web domain for over a year and still haven't found the time to put it together...wanna' help?.
I spent several years in the Special Operations community and I now have a security consulting business that keeps me overseas a great deal. I also invest in real estate and am involved in Angel Investing (venture capital on a micro-level).
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Politics, Real Estate, Business, Poker, Literature, Jujitsu, Combatives, Shooting, Rally Racing, Scotch, Philosophy (especially after Scotch)

I'd like to meet:

Sinners and Saints, Prostitutes and Priests, Conservatives, Liberals and Anarchists, Struggling Artists, Real Estate Moguls, Coffee House Poets and Senators.

Music:

I like blues when I'm drinkin', old (I mean old) country and trucker songs when I'm drivin', punk and metal when I'm working out, hip hop and disco when I'm dancin' and old R&B and East/West (Tantra Lounge etc) when I'm home chillin'. I'd also like to learn more about the Vegas music scene.

Movies:

Swingers, Boondock Saints, Brazil, The Adventures of Baron von Munchausen, Napoleon Dynamite, Super Troopers, Anchorman, Lost in Translation, Gladiator, Team America, 300, Sin City, (just about everything...I'm soooo easy to entertain)

Television:

South Park, Family Guy, News...they're equally funny and fictional

Books:

Anything written by Joseph Campbell, Meditiations by Marcus Aurelius, Harrington on Hold Em, Cyrano de Bergerac, Il Postino, Siddhartha, The Stoic Art of Living, On Liberty, The Art of War, Gates of Fire, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, Atlas Shrugged, any decent book on real estate investing (not too many out there)
If You Forget Me
by Pablo Neruda
I want you to know
one thing.
You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.
Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.
If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.
If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.
But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine.

Heroes:

The Founding Fathers, single parents, folks in the military, self-made men and women, anybody who's taking a risk to follow their bliss

My Blog

Darkest Secrets

  This above all: to thine own self be true,And it must follow, as the night the day,Thou canst not then be false to any man. Those of you who know me well are aware that I'm facing a number of ...
Posted by Poker and Politics on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:39:00 PST

Utter Nonsense

One time, I chased a star Around the universe I ran But it wasn't moving And neither was I So I stopped And ran right into it
Posted by Poker and Politics on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:54:00 PST

Habitat for Humanity Charity Poker Tournament

I played in an invitation-only poker tournament in New York yesterday that was in support of Habitat for Humanity.  My friend, Liko Smith, who is working with Johnny Chan on a new hotel...
Posted by Poker and Politics on Fri, 18 May 2007 09:58:00 PST

Oranges Cause Cancer

A recent news story from DMM News Network (Drama Makes Money) reported a shocking new body of research that found that 99.9% of all people that die of cancer have eaten oranges.  Many long-time c...
Posted by Poker and Politics on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:20:00 PST