Posted by Dr Fro | August 30, 2007 3:35 PM
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From the mailbag:

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Dear Dr Fro

This email is to notify you that The Longhorn Foundation was unable to fulfill your request for tickets to the Texas vs. Oklahoma football game in Dallas. We exhausted our given allotment of tickets at an annual donor contribution level of $800 with a cumulative giving total of $13,350.

The demand for these tickets significantly exceeded our supply; therefore, it is necessary to refund the amount you paid for these tickets. If you paid using a credit card, a refund will be issued to that credit card. If you paid with a check or cash, a refund check will be mailed to your address of record. Refunds will be processed immediately.

If you have further questions regarding your refund, please call the Athletics Ticket Office at 512/471-3333 or 800/982-BEVO.

Hook ‘em, Horns!

Posted by Johnnymac | August 27, 2007 9:33 AM
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If you think about it, her answer makes sense. You can’t use something you don’t have! Seriously, she just misunderstood the question. Shame on Slater for not clearing that up for her. I guess he was just blinded by her beauty like the rest of us and failed to see just how deep her thinking really was.

Posted by Dr Fro | August 25, 2007 11:05 AM
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Fox News is the cradle of American conservatism. Rupert Murdoch is conspiring to force his brand of American Puritanism on us through his ownership of the media, including Fox Sports.

Posted by Dr Fro | August 25, 2007 10:18 AM
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There is a great article in the NY Times about the WTO case against America’s ban on online gambling. If you don’t have a registered account on NYT, check out the article on Iggy’s site.

And in the random observation category, I just noticed how often it has worked out that the Main Event of the WSOP is won on a hand that is an underdog preflop. Who says it has nothing to do with luck?

(I don’t know why the formatting of this table is so messed up – something to do with the html getting trumped by blogger defaults/settings)















Year Winner
/ Winning Hand
Runner-Up
/ Losing Hand
Preflop
dog or favorite?
1995 Dan
Harrington
9♦ 8♦
Howard
Goldfarb
A♥ 7♣
dog
1996 Huck
Seed
9♦ 8♦
Bruce
Van Horn
K♣ 8♣
big
dog
1997 Stu
Ungar A♥ 4♣
John
Strzemp A♠ 8♣
big
dog
1998 Scotty
Nguyen
J♦ 9♣
Kevin
McBride Q♥ 10♥
dog
1999 Noel
Furlong
5♣ 5♦
Alan
Goehring
6♥ 6♣
big
dog
2000 Chris
Ferguson
A♠ 9♣
T.
J. Cloutier A♦ Q♣
big
dog
2001 Juan
Carlos Mortensen
K♣ Q♣
Dewey
Tomko A♠ A♥
big
dog
2002 Robert
Varkonyi
Q♦ 10♠
Julian
Gardner
J♣ 8♣
slight
favorite
2003 Chris
Moneymaker
5♦ 4♠
Sam
Farha
J♥ 10♦
big
dog
2004 Greg
Raymer
8♠ 8♦
David
Williams
A♥ 4♠
slight
favorite
2005 Joe
Hachem
7♣ 3♠
Steve
Dannenmann
A♦ 3♣
big
dog
2006 Jamie
Gold
Q♠ 9♣
Paul
Wasicka
10♥ 10♠
big
dog
2007 Jerry
Yang
8♦ 8♣
Tuan
Lam
A♦ Q♦
race

Posted by Dr Fro | August 23, 2007 6:02 PM
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Funny

Posted by Dr Fro | August 22, 2007 3:48 PM
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I can’t say that I agree with the sentiment here, but the writing is pretty funny. One gem:

It got so bad that our mostly white fanbase wasn’t even afraid of our black players. That’s not the natural order of things. White people should always be afraid of black people, young black males in particular.

There are plenty of other good reads on that site. Try the KSU preview. A gem from that one is:

Ron Prince compares Freeman’s physique to JaMarcus Russell. I compare Ron Prince’s intellect to that of a chronically masturbating howler monkey.

Very funny.

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