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How to Confuse Drunk Viewers of Sports TV into Gambling Their Money Away

May 19, 2009

After a recent poker night in which I inexplicably did pretty well, I’ve been watching a little televised poker. As far as I can tell, One HD doesn’t have much else to broadcast yet, besides foreign cricket matches and Slamball. What particularly struck me on this show was seeing an advertisement for a new poker [...]

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Eat my Magical Taco of Cash

May 3, 2005

We took a deep breath and descended deep into Sutherland Shire over the weekend, for a Saturday in Cronulla. Looks like we picked a good day to do it – not too hot, so it wasn’t too crowded around the beaches. While strolling along the Esplanade which overlooks the beaches of Cronulla, I couldn’t help [...]

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The Apprentugilist

March 31, 2005

Easter was spent in Melbourne, where I promptly decided to slip into Pimp Mode and strut around Crown Casino like I owned the place. I’ve got a real soft spot for blackjack, mostly because I’m incredibly fucking good at the game – taught myself how to card count and all. So after anguishing over blackjack [...]

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When You’ve Come Out, You Need a New Secret Shame

January 31, 2005

…and my shame is obsessive-compulsive viewing of Deal or No Deal, on my eternal quest to finally understand the most confusing gameshow in the world. Where do I even begin to start? To the outside viewer, Deal shimmers as an innocent glittery gameshow, no different than the rest. How utterly mistaken you are. Perhaps you’ve [...]

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The Jeb Guide to Playing Blackjack

January 11, 2001

Late last year I fell victim to blackjack, and became a gambling addict. Oh, alright. I was only seriously addicted for a couple of days, but I was still addicted. So I was a Diet Coke kinda gambling addict, but I’m crap at everything I do, so that’s okay. Since then, I’ve had a go [...]

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Freshly Pierced and Shaven

October 20, 2000

I’ve learnt the hard way that VMM32.VXD is apparently vital if you want a Windows 98 machine to boot up. I’m not sure why I was messing around with it. I don’t specifically remember actually making a point of messing around with it in the first place, but a few days ago – it was [...]

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