Very Josie

Hello my pets, Excuse the late posting.  I was up late last night, attempting a bit of writing which meant I didn't get to the office as early as I would've liked, this morning.  Ah well.  We have loads to cover my friends, so strap on (hee hee, i said strap-on!)  your seat belt; it's going to be a longish ride. Football - Yes, I know posting about football picks is boring if you aren't playing, yet I must do it.  Feel free to skip down to the good stuff, if you'd like. The Patriots 16 San Fran 15 New Orleans 14 Green Bay 13 Baltimore 12 Chicago 11 Dallas 10 Tampa Bay 9 Jets 8 Pittsburgh 7 Miami 6 Atlanta 5 Minnesota 4 Buffalo 3 Seattle 2 (i hope you guys went with the philly eagles.  lol suckers!) Jacksonville 1 (i bet you went with San Diego chargers, didn't ya?  sucker!) Speaking of football - SOMEONE was whining about how I don't listen to him.  As it happens, what he says is true.  I was doing great in Lucky ...

At long last, I've found my soulmate, or rather my soulmate has found me.  It's true! (at least I thought so yesterday) And unlike some other people, my soulmate is not a cat.  Heck,to my surprise, it's not even a man!   Lemme splain. I noticed that I had a new follower yesterday, which makes for 31. (I rock) Anyway, I clicked on the new follower....a woman.....and the more I read about her....well it was like looking in a freaking mirror!  The first thing she says about herself...."F-Bomb dropping poker player."  And then she ends with "I shit glamour". Wow.  That could soooo be a description of me!  And what a gem of a line!  Honestly, I thought I was in love.  With a girl.  And then I see she has like 3 blogs and one of them's a poker blog.  Bestill my beating heart.  And the name of the poker blog? Glitter and Spit.  The Kim Shannon Poker Experience. Again, wow.  At least until I clicked...

Another killer week for me at football.  Killer.  I won for the week in my larger league, which means I'll be getting $125 shipped to me.  More than the cost for playing all year.  Wheeee!!!  And I have it won, regardless of whether New Orleans wins or not tonight.  No sweating out Monday Night Football.  I have alot more winning to do if I want to cash for the end of year prizes though. Here's the first email the commissioner sent out to the league:  It's a sad night.... having count on the Chiefs to keep Josie from winning ! And then: Nightmares come true! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Oh yes! Out of a possible 136 points for the 16 games, I lost only 10 points.  I shiat you not.  I lost my 1, 2 & 7.  That's it.  I have 3 points on New Orleans for tonight.  Only 3. As far as the blogger football league goes, I've won for the week here too....beating Waffles' entire family, including his surrogate father, Bayne.  The...

This thingy cracks me up.   You put in a word, like "Josie" and this random slogan generator comes up with an advertising slogan for you.  How cool is that?  This blog can always use some PR so I thought, why not? I put in Josie and they came up with this for MY SLOGAN.  (A taste of Josie) Ahem, maybe that's not the best slogan.  I realized my error and this time I put in "Very Josie" to get my NEW SLOGAN . (50% more Very Josie....like I've gained weight!  No thank you!) Ugh.  Not a big fan of that either.  Hmmmmm  I decided to re-do....even though I'm a firm believer that the first answer is usually the right answer.  This time not so much.  I am very happy with my REDO.   That's my new motto. (Behold the Power of Very Josie! has a nice ring to it!) I think you guys may need a new slogan yourself and being the kind, generous person I am, I have decided to deliver.  The slogans below were made by the same slo...

If you're at my blog reading about the cowboy blues you know I'm talking 'bout kings, right?  They killed me last night, absolutely killed me.  In fact I should start a new blog called How NOT to play KK.  OMFG Yesterday (Friday) at the last minute I decided I had a hankering to play a tournament, so I texted Gary to see if Tootsie would let him out to play.  She did.  I sometimes think Tootsie has thoughts like "God bless Josie for getting Gary outa this house and giving me a few hours of peace and quiet."  Hmmmm maybe, maybe not.  Anyway, we headed up to the Seabrook Poker Room for the 6:30pm $90 tourney.  Fun times. My plan going in was to be careful and last a long time.  No unecessary gambles, I promised myself.  After about the first hour I was a slight chip leader, playing selectively and well.  A new guy came to the table just as I got QQ.  I raised it up to $500.  The newbie and one other guy came along....

Friday in Atlantic City was a bit of a wasted day.  By "wasted" I mean no poker was played (till night) and I didn't get much done.  I did check out of Borgata and Wolfie and I headed over to Absecon (sp?) to check in at a Marriott Fairfield, which was 5 min away and quite cheap.  But before check in we headed to Ocean City as Wolfie needed 17 buckets of caramel corn and I wanted to get Sugar Bear a souvenir.  Last time I went to AC I brought him those little ketchup and mustard bottles that you get with room service.  I promised him something better this time.  The problem was there was nothing at Borgata that he'd like, or in Absecon for that matter, so I was hoping Ocean City would be the answer. Not so. It was a beautiful day but 98% of the shops were closed.  The only things open were Mank & Manco's Pizza, the caramel corn place and a jewelry store.  Blah.  Nothing for a 13 yr old boy.***...

Hope Thanksgiving makes you as happy as it did Evan a few years ago. Thanksgiving 2005  very happy to get a piece of pomergranite Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Love, Josie

GOOOOOOOOO NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS!!!!  Woot! Below are my picks. Pittsburgh Steelers 16 NY Jets 15 Atlanta Falcons 14 Cinncy Bengals 13 Dallas Cowboys 12 New England Patriots 11 Oakland Raiders 10 Baltimore 9 Carolina 8 Seattle 7 Green Bay 6 Houston 5 Tennessee 4 New Orleans 3 St Louis 2 San Diego 1 Time to beat Waffles ass again. Play smart. Josie

First of all this is another teaser post.  I intended to post this morning about my last night in AC, but I don't have time to write it up properly, so it's coming.....most likely by late tonight or tomorrow morning. I didn't imbibe until that last night in AC.  I was there to play poker and make smart decisions.  I do both of those better when I'm not drunk.  Anyway, I'd decided that the last night would be the drinking night.  And drink I did.  Oh boy did I!  It's probably bad when a poker player repeatedly states "I'm drunk.  I call." Especially when playing a game I don't know how to play.  But I won.  :)  Yet almost bankrupted Wolfie.  Sorry baby, but I was drunk! :) So Drunk Josie stories and football picks to come! Play smart and drunk, it's quite a combo! Josie

It's Tuesday! I have a very booked day ahead of me, so I shall try to be brief (but I am sure I will fail at that).  First of all, let's talk Football.  I fell asleep last night before the first quarter of the Pats game was complete, but I hear they won! Which means....... I kicked Waffles ass! I kicked Bayne's ass! I kicked Waffles' son's ass! I kicked Waffles' little girl's bum bum! I kicked Waffles' wife's ass! (Not literally, but if he wants to pay for that service he should email me.) I'll tell you whose ass I didn't kick; Zeb's.  He and I tied for the week.  Well done old chap, well done!  Co-Winners! I am ready for a repeat performance this week. Has anyone been by Poker Grump's little blog lately?  His latest post, called Josie & The Dog is based on a dream he had about me. (not his first dream about Very Josie btw) When I saw the title of the post my first thought was "Thank God WAFFLES didn't wr...

As promised, Wolfie picked me up right on time at the Philly airport around noon.  I was staying at Borg and Wolfie was staying at Harrah's but as check in wasn't until 4pm, Wolfie came up with a plan.  We'd go to Harrah's and play in their poker room until his room was ready.  After he checked in, he'd drop me off at Borgata for my check in.  Good plan!  Poker playing asap! Wolfie decided to play omaha (I think) and I bought $200 of red chips as the plan was to play 1-2NL.  There was a list for 1-2 but 2-5 had an open seat.  Hmmmmmm I decided wtf, I'd play the 2-5, even though I usually don't play it. 1-2 gets expensive enough for me. I tucked a hundy bill under my stack so I had $300 on the table and we were off.  First hand I played was K-Q.  Flop was Q-5-3.  I bet out $15 and one guy smooth called me.  Mark.  Mark was a bit obnoxious btw.  I bet $35 on the turn and he called again. 5 on the river for a p...

Atlantic City baby!  I just got home and had a greeeaaaattttt time.  Alot of wins in cash, and alot of losses in tourneys.  It's like I'm supporting my tourney habit, by prostituting myself at the cash game.  I'm only there for the money. Anyway, there will be a multi post recap coming, but in the mean time, let me tell you how the tourney ended.  It was Event #14, which was a black chip bounty.  I got zero bounties and was out early when I lost the majority of my stack with KK.  I am so fucking mad at myself that this happened so early.  I should've just let the hand go and live to see another hand, but I didn't.  After raising big  pre, The flop was 10 high rainbow.  Young kid bet and I raised pot.  He jammed all in. Was I worried about trips?  Sure.  I took my time, thought about it and asked him how much he had left.  He looked scared shitless.  For real.  But regardless, I should've just fold...

Hello my pets, It's Tuesday (Okay Tuesday!) and I'm trying like heck to get a week's worth of stuff done because I leave tomorrow!  Yay!  So this is going to be brief.  (as if I could be brief) The devil and his spawn (hi waffles!) kicked my ass again this week. Seriously.  Even the damn wife beat me.  I don't know what's going on, but it's time for me to stop going with the odds and resume going with my gut.  I mean a 15 on the Eagles.  A team I hate?  Blah - those days are over. As I won't be around tomorrow or Thursday to post my football picks, I found a substitution to do it for me.   Playing the role of Very Josie, will be the one and only LIGHTNING!  Lightning donning his Very Josie garb So swing by LIGHTNING'S blog to see my picks.  I'll be emailing them to him tonight.  Not that I don't trust Waffles with them, but....oh wait, I don't.  Just kidding.  It's just that Lightning is neutral, like...

Not this Paul! "Paul" left a comment on my post about the Phillies aquiring Papelbon.  I believe I said something like "it could be worse, he could've gone to the Yankees." Below is Paul's comment as well as mine. Paul said... Sorry Josie but the NYY would NEVER be interested in Pap.....he is a LOSER not a CLOSER. Josie said... @paul, if he is, he's a 50 million dollar loser, according to the phillies. and I disagree with you. I think the yankees favorite past time is to collect ex red sox players that are past their prime. shall I make you a list of them? :) Something tells me Paul is from New York.  It should be noted that I do not have an aversion to NY itself, it's the Yankees I dislike very very very very very very very much.  :) Anywho, it got me thinking.....just how many Red Sox players have the Yankees aquired with their open purse strings.  Hmmmm...... Below is a list.  No, I'm sure it's not a complete list, but as I wa...

Atlantic City In case you haven't heard, I'm going to Atlantic City in just two short days! On Wednesday, to be exact.  It cannot get here fast enough.  I'm staying for three nights, and come home Saturday.  The monkey wrench in the works is.....I don't have a room for Friday night, yet.   I'm staying at Borgata for free on Wed and Thurs nights and I need to book something SOMEWHERE for Friday night.  If I don't do it pretty soon, I may be dozing on a park bench on the boardwalk!  LOL Maybe it isn't that bad but I have to book something .  Funny thing is Wolfie hasn't booked his Friday night yet either.  He says not to worry, we'll get a room somewhere, maybe Taj, maybe Abescon.  I dunno..... Prep I got some emails and texts from my gal Lynne, saying her wife was working Saturday night and did I want to play some poker?  She suggested Foxwoods.  I did want to get a little more play in before I hit Altantic City b...

Below is a picture of my Evan with Jonathan Papelbon's twin brothers, Josh and Jeremy.  They were minor league pitchers at the time. Josh, Evan and Jeremy Evan is holding up his signed photo of each of them.  They were sooooo nice and friendly, talked to Evan about pitching and gave him some pointers.  Priceless. And not for nothing but isn't my son a cutie pie? Oh Jonathan! :( Josie

*Gasp* Jonathan Papelbon, OUR Red Sox closer just signed a deal with THE PHILLIES. Le moan.  :( You can read all about it RIGHT HERE Only thing worse would be if he signed with the yankees. Boo! Josie

Sending out a big thank you to MOJO and all veterans on this Veteran's Day.  True heroes among us.  Too bad I have to work on Veteran's Day though.  Boo.  Sugar Bear is marching in the Veteran's Day Parade in Saugus, which I am bummed to miss.  I'm kicking myself for not taking a vacation day.  At my firm we work on Veteran's Day because we get the day after Thanksgiving off. Have a great weekend peeps and if you see a veteran, give him (or her) a hug.  Mojo's getting a big one should I ever meet him. Josie

Sure, you probably know I'm Italian but did you know I'm in THE MOB!!! Well, I am!  The Hendon Mob to be exact.  Who knew? I was perusing through it checking out all the cash young Mr. Hoyazo has won, and then just for kicks I put in my name and was pleasantly surprised.  I'm in there for my cash at Foxwoods.  Hoy's in there for some little known event called the WSOP, plus a few other cashes as well.  Biatch.  We'll see who cashes for more next week at Borgata.  I will get another entry if  when I cash there.  And you guys know I'll be lasting longer than Hoy , right? I can't. Freakin'. Wait. Under my name it says that the player's photo is not available.  I'm thinking of sending the picture of me and James Freakin' Woods.  :) Play smart and get on the Hendon Mob page. Josie

Good morning. Below are my football picks for the week. Josie's Picks San Diego 16 (Kendra's fave team, and could me mine too if they win tonight) Philly 15 (omfg i'm putting 15 points on philly.  Shoot me now) Green Bay 14 Baltimore 13 Dallas 12 Jacksonville 11 KC 10 Pittsburgh 9 Carolina 8 Houston 7 SF 6 Cleveland Rocks 5 (Drew Carey fans?) Miami 4 (Miami Don rocks) Chicago 3 (Lightning baby, they better win) Atlanta 2 (coin toss) New England 1 (shut up. what have they done for me lately?) Seb's Picks Green Bay Packers 16 Philadelphia Eagles 15 San Diego Chargers 14 Baltimore Ravens 13 Dallas Cowboys 12 Miami Dolphins 11 San Francisco 49ers 10 Carolina Panthers 9 Pittsburgh Steelers 8 Houston Texans 7 Kansas City Chiefs 6 Jacksonville Jaguars 5 Chicago Bears 4 Cleveland Browns 3 New York Jets 2 Atlanta Falcons 1 Play smart biatches. Josie

Today's lesson comes to us courtesy of the letter A.  A, as in Alanis....Morrisette that is. I recommend getting your heart trampled on to anyone (I certainly do!) I recommend walking around naked in your living room (yeah!) Swallow it down (what a jagged little pill) It feels so good (swimming in your stomach) Wait until the dust settles You live you learn You love you learn You cry you learn You lose you learn You bleed you learn You scream you learn I recommend biting off more then you can chew to anyone (I certainly do) I recommend sticking your foot in your mouth at any time (feel free!) Throw it down (the caution blocks you from the wind) Hold it up (to the rays) You wait and see when the smoke clears You live you learn You love you learn You cry you learn You lose you learn You bleed you learn You scream you learn Wear it out (the way a three-year-old would do) Melt it down (you're gonna have to eventually anyway) The fire trucks are coming ...

It's Okay Tuesday!  That usually means that I'll post a bunch of things that are okay.  Since I'm not feeling all that okay, and it being my blog and all, I've changed it from It's Okay.... to It Sucks That...... (see where I'm going with this?)  Let's begin. It Sucks..... That the Patriots lost two in a row.  What the heck happened to Tom Brady? They not only lost, they didn't even score before half time. That Joe Frasier died.  Smokin' Joe Frasier, the legend.  It makes me sad.  That Evan was waiting in line at midnight last night outside Game Stop's door.  Why?  That new war game is out....Call of Duty 102 or something.  According to Evan this is big.  I was watching TV in his room last night and told him I'd wake him up at 11pm should he want to nap.  Next thing I know it's after midnight and I'm by myself in the bunkbeds with a baseball comforter twisted around me.  Lucky kid has today off from school....

I played poker at Foxwoods on Saturday.  As I mentioned in my tease I played poker with a famous person.  Who could it be?  A.)  James Woods B.)  Usher C.)  Waffles Did you take a guess? If you guessed all of the above, you are correct!  Um, sort of.  Let's start with A, shall we?  After all, he's a very famous movie star. A huge fucking movie star, who I talked to and touched.  More than once!  Now did I actually "play" with him?  Well, it depends on how you look at it.  We were at tables next to each other, but I was playing 1-2NL and he was playing 2-5 NL.  (um and it was fucking JAMES WOODS) Let me start at the beginning.  I was playing 1-2NL, spotted him and said to the table "I think that's James Woods!"  Everyone readily agreed and the dealer told me James plays there all the time.  Ohhhhhhh BTW I go freaky crazy when I see a famous person, whether it be a movie star or sports star,...