Very Josie

Winner's Bounty Happy December everyone!  It's the first Wednesday of December so you know what that means; it's The Very Josie! Wednesday Night at 9pm. Password is pokerbaby Starting tomorrow, The winner of The Very Josie gets a coveted Very Josie t-shirt absolutely free!  The only way to get one is to win The Very Josie. (unless you're Miami Don) So come on and play.  Just to mix things up a little, I'm playing Spewday tonight.  I'm too freaking lazy to link it, but it's a HORSE game and I've never played one of those before.  Should be interesting.  I'll give you an update when it's over.  Hopefully I'll last a little longer than I did in last week's Mookie. UPDATE:  I ended up BUBBLE in Spewday.  Soooo dumb!  This was my first time playing HORSE though....and I lost track of which game I was playing!  I thought I was playing a H/L game but it was RAZZ and I was all in with crapola, and I bubbled.  I did take Waffles a...

 I am front and center in blue and my brother is far right in black. Yes, that picture is from the 80's, but it's the only one I've scanned of my brother.  Tomorrow would have been his 48th birthday.  Seems crazy to me, that my brother would be that old.  He died, you see, 13 years ago. No, I'm not over it, but I've made progress towards healing in the past year.  The fact that I am able to write this post is proof of my progress.  I cannot even utter his name without crying.  So bear with me and yet another tribute type post as I try to honor his memory in a positive way. Speaking of uttering his name....his name was Bennie, but I always called him Bayne - my private nickname for him.  It started out as Banus (a combo of Bennie and anus because he was a PIA) and then it morphed into Bayne.  So whenever I see a comment from Bayne, my heart skips a beat. Anyway, he was 4 years older than me and from the time I was about 7 years old I was h...

Isn't he handsome? That is my handsome 12 year old son.  And what's that he's wearing?  Why it's a Very Josie t-shirt!  Tomorrow one just like it is being shipped to The Netherlands!  Woot!  Very Josie is very international! Would you like to be as cool as Evan and have your own Very Josie t-shirt?  All you have to do is win The Very Josie tournament.  It's this Wednesday, December 1st.  Come play with me, and the winner will get his own Very Josie t-shirt. I'll be practicing my mad tourney skills in preparation for Vegas, baby, so watch out.  I'll be coming out swinging.  This Wednesday @ 9:00pm.  The Very Josie The password is pokerbaby . Play smart. Josie

Mmmmmm Turkey Wishing each of you a happy and healthy Thanksgiving.  Lucky for me, I'll be doing more eating than cooking for this holiday.  My mother is making Thanksgiving dinner, but I'm helping out a bit. I'm making a couple of side dishes (the peas and sweet potatoes) plus I'm baking lemon drop cookies and an apple almond cheesecake.  As Rachael Ray would say....Delish! Thanksgiving is pretty much about 3 things; food, football and being thankful.  Today I told my boss I was thankful for him.  I think he was shocked.  Now I'm not talking about the owner; the old guy I love, love love.  Although I'm thankful for him too.  Yesterday the owner did me a large favor, then came over to bring me my bottle of Thanksgiving wine.  I thanked him, but it was more for the favor than the wine.  He understood.  He whispered in my ear "Dear, I'd do anything for you." And you know what?  I'd do anything for him....

I'm in the midst of planning our office Christmas Holiday party.  It seems that the hardest part is coming up with our annual party game, so I am looking for ideas that I can steal use. Last year our game was "Two Truths and a Lie" which I stole from Linda Lou's fabulous book, Bastard Husband, A Love Story.  It was alot of fun.  Every employee submitted 2 truths and 1 lie about themselves.  We put it all on a big board and everyone had to figure which one was the lie.  The point is to submit truths that no one knows about and make the lie believable so it's hard to determine. Every year the game is different, and quite frankly I am out of ideas.  We've done the "submit a baby picture of yourself and guess who's who."  We did a doppleganger one.  We submitted quotes of things said by each employee and you had to guess who said it.  Once you add booze, these games become a riot. Below are the options for this year so far, and none are r...

I'm still feeling sick, but kind of committed to another Spades game at Lynne's house.  Stay home and be sick, or cancel, which I know will disappoint them? When she scheduled the spades game, she made it for when I was available.  But damn, I cannot seem to shake this congestion. Was feeling better yesterday.  Today, not so much. And I was planning on getting so much done today (Saturday) but it's almost 2pm and I'm sitting here inert. Oh well. Josie

Less than 3 weeks till Vegas, but who's counting? :)  I get to try out my mad poker skills in Vegas baby!  Hopefully, you know that was written with a bit of sarcasm.  Yet I really do have a knack for reading people, both at the poker table and in life.  We shall see if I reap some benefits from it. Okay, it's my day off and I'm about to get some errands done, so i have to make this quick.  Below are the reasons why I'm so excited to FINALLY go to Las Vegas: (in no particular order) 1.)  Live action Baby! 2.)  Lots o drinking 3.)  Wolfie's bringing Salted Cararmels .  (if he doesn't, let's just say that would be BAD) 4.)  Meeting Wolfie 5.)  I'll be meeting MIAMI DON. (I'm gonna try not to act like a groupie) 6.)  Ditto for Lightning 7.)  Ditto for Waffles - although I've already "met" him.  Haven't seen him in quite a while though.  Certainly not since he started sporting his Porn Stache.  8.) Poker Gr...

I'm wicked sick.  Shivering and sweats all night.  What a freakin combo.  But I'm in work for now because duty calls. (and my boss is out tomorrow) Which brings me to the point of this post.  I had plans to meet with a new employee this morning, which I just did.  Lovely Asian girl, but English is definitely not her first, second, or third language.  Anyway, I ask her how to pronounce her name (I really try not to butcher people's names) and she tells me her name is.... Eugene. "Really, pronounce it again so I can get it right" I request. EUGENE. Does she know she has the name of  a nerdy boy?  I'm thinking no. Josie

The Pits I have always loved olives.  Heck, my Nonno was an olive farmer in Sicily, so why wouldn't I love olives.  My ex brother in law, however hated olives.  He was a meat and potatoes kind of guy.  That's pretty much all he ate, when he wasn't eating butter and potato chip sandwiches.  Yes, a real gourmet. Anyway, we all went away to NH for the weekend and we were sharing a suite.  We always brought tons of snacks, and someone brought a small box of chocolates, which was quickly eaten.  Later on, I was laying on a bed, reading my book, and eating some olives!  I had no where to put the pits except for in the little chocolate box that was near by.  Perfect!  I'd suck on an olive for a while, nibble the yummy olive goodness off the pit and deposit the pit in the empty chocolate box.  Rinse and repeat. Then I went down to the pool for a swim. When I got back exbro in-law was laying on the bed eating chocolates!  He had ...

Online poker is to live games, as fast food is to gourmet fare. How online poker and fast food are alike: They both are quick options. You think they are satisfying till afterwards. They are addicting. Afterwards, you'll be thinking, "why did I indulge?". That being said, although I do play my fair share of online poker, I do NOT eat fast food regularly.  Maybe once every 4 months at most.  Unless you count pizza, and I do not! Mmmmm pizza.....as much as I love pizza I don't have it very often either.  When I do have it, it's to be social at lunch time at work.  I work at the edge of the North End of Boston, which is Italian, Italian, Italian.  I am a 2 minute walk from the famous Pizzeria Regina, but most of the people at work get their pizza at Ernesto's.  First time I went to Ernesto's I ordered 2 slices of pizza and was handed 2 thirds of a large pie.  I didn't know that when you order one slice, you get 2 very large slices.  Tho...

Mama's going to Vegas! Wheeee!! I am so excited.  Everything is booked so that makes it official.  If I drink enough Monster energy drinks, I'll have 120 hours of poker playing time.  I. Can't. Wait. I ended up getting a super cheap deal and because of the cheap flights on Wednesday, I'm going a day early! What I'd really like to do Wednesday evening is play a good sized tournament.  I checked The Venetian's website and there isn't much going on, on Wednesdays.  Just a $60 mtt at 8pm. Can anyone recommend where I can find a juicy No Limit Holdem Tournament on Wednesday, Dec 8th? Help a sista out! I had yesterday off, and went Christmas shopping with the girls, all day long.  Didn't get home till after 9:30!  These are the same girls from the weekend getaway.  They insisted we wear our matching tshirts for the shopping trip so I complied.  I mean how could I not?  The woman who made those tshirts i...

Anyone wanna bet on whether or not Wolfie comes home from Vegas with this tattoo?

Believe it or not, I have NEVER had an energy drink, Monster or otherwise.  Before today, that is. Tonight I am doing ANOTHER focus group and this one is on energy drinks.  When asked if I drink them regularly, I answer affirmative!  Um, that means I lied. But I did it for you guys!  If I do this focus group, I'll have me some drinkin' money. And even though I lied, I do like to give them their money's worth, so today my fave receptionist went out at lunch and bought me TWO Monster energy drinks.  I drink about 3/4 of the first one and I feel like I'm on crack!  Sheesh - maybe this stuff should be illegal. I will be sampling the other flavor (first one tasted gross, yet I told them thats what I drink!) as soon as this post is finished.  I may get a week's worth of work done on Monday. Wheeeee! Kinda worried though that they are going to make me try like 10 different kinds while I'm there tonight.  I may never get to sleep. Hey, any...

Happy Monday Peeps! Didn't I tell you that Week 9 looked mighty fine?  I did very well this week, getting ALL of my picks right EXCEPT my 10 (New England) and my 1 (Kansas City).  Not too shabbay.  Too bad I didn't have a frigging bet with Heffmike! Anyway, because of my awesome picking skills, I'm in first place for the week, but only ahead by one point.  That's the good news. The bad news is if Pittsburgh (my pick) wins tonight, I will lose, because someone has alot more points on it than I do.  See spreadsheet below. But if Cincy wins............. Very Josie wins! Yeah, I know that Pittshburgh will most likely win, so stfu.  Any given Monday.... Blah, it's 6:35am and I am putting off getting in the shower and getting ready for work.  I'm too damn cold, but I gotta be like Nike and Just Do It. Brrrr.... Josie

Hey Boys, As you know Waffles and I settled our bet at last Wednesday's Very Josie poker game.  He kicked my butt when he came in 3rd and I came in 4th.  But there is plenty of football left baby!!! Below are my picks for Week 9. Click on the pic if you wanna be able to read it As you can see I am in 2nd place BY ONE POINT.  Whoever said football was a game of inches was damn right.  So I didn't win the halfway pot, but I did win my halfway bet with Adam.  If you look carefully, you'll see that Adam is at the bottom of this page.  There are a few others beneath him, but I couldn't fit them all into the screen shot.  So he's not dead last....but he is dead.  :) Anyway, Adam and I have another side bet for most points at the end of the year, and since he's almost 100 points behind me, I told him there is no way he can possibly even compete. Now Adam is a good guy.  He's like 6' 11" (well that's the way he looks from my short point of v...

I was the bubble We played The Very Josie tonight and had just a great time!  Damn, I love blogger MTTs.  Here's a quick recap, although things already seem fuzzy... I started out with a bang! 8th hand of the game and I limped with pocket 3s, no one raised and we got to look at a flop.  Flop was 10, 6, 3.  Boom!  I bet out and Gary called.  Turn was another 6 giving me a full house.  I bet, he raised, I reraised..that went back and forth a few times  until we were all in.  Gary flipped over a 6-2 for three of a kind and I had a full house.  GG Gary.  BTW I did have 2 new players that have never played The VJ before.  Krack ur Nuts from The Netherlands and Mr. AcornMan from Scotland.  We were lucky to get Acorn because he had the next day off.  Yay!  (or booo depending on how you look at it,but I'm getting ahead of myself) As you know I offered any new players a prize for playing.  So Krack and Acorn...

It was PMS after all.  But don't worry...feeling better now. Josie

Women are so smart in the little game we call life.  I've learned so much from so many women in my life.  Lessons that I've carried with me for decades.  This isn't a testament to my memory, which is mediocre at best in some ways, but to long lasting impact they've made on me. When I was in my early twenties I worked with a woman called Birdie.  One of the happiest people I've ever known.  She was maybe 350 lbs, and sported a crew cut, but spent 3 weeks of every year on a nude beach at Martha's Vineyard.  No clothes at all for almost a  month!  Talk about a great self image.  She loved every little thing about herself and her body and she's one of the happiest people I've ever known.  It was my first job out of school.  I was doing cash management for a company that managed health facilities.  Birdie taught me my job, how to survive my first experience in an office, and covered my ass on many occasions.  I find myself...

If so, then you are in luck!  The Very Josie is Wednesday night. It is Private Tournament # 19402975.  I'm already registered so an easy way to find it is to look for me; veryjosie.  It starts at 9pm ET SHARP.  Below are the top ten reasons why you should play The Very Josie Wednesday night. 10.  It's easy money, as Wolfie is playing!  9.  Bayne, most likely will NOT be playing, because his GPS watch is broken and he's been walking in circles, lost. 8.  This game serves as the tie breaker between Waffles and me.  That right there is reason enough to play.  Cheap entertainment.  His ass is grass and I'm the lawnmower. 7. Cuz I said so. 6. Cuz I want you to. 5. Cuz if this is your first time playing The Very Josie, you will get A PRIZE. 4. Just effing play, okay? 3. Cuz I'm so darn sweet. 2. You'll learn a thing or 2 when you play against me. And the number one reason to play The Very Josie....

I swear I must have PMS.  Oh never mind, it must be that I'm a bitch.  Yeah, that's it.  Okay, ready to hear me bitch whine make some thoughtful observations? I (and everyone else) got the email below from the commissioner of my online league this morning: congrats to my dad for winning Week 08!!! and, as for halftime payout, it all comes down to tonight between josie and ed. .. once again, josie is put in the predicament of actually hoping that her final pick for the week is wrong... hehe anyhow, good luck to both of you!!!! So I sent the following email to Ed (and everyone else): Ed sucks eggs. And dresses in women's clothing when no one but Booch is around. I'm just sayin'. Yes, I am VERY mature.  I guess here's hoping that Indy loses.  It's like hoping Santa's coming to visit me.  Very unlikely.  On the upside, the office girls are begging me to go out for drinks tonight after work.  One of the girls dressed up as Snooki for ...