Wrap up

2009 was basically a good year. My family is healthy, my business is strong, and life is good.

BeefBeerAndPoker is coming along. We'll probably have to start with a forum and blog. If there are any web site designers out there looking for some work and free publicity, contact me.

Christmas was a mixed bag. RazzBoy was up from Phoenix, and his visit went smoothly. We overspent, partially because we ended up buying for more people than we originally planed, but mostly because I went over the top with some of Tinkerfell's gifts. It wasn't too big of a deal, as I pulled money off of Poker Stars to cover it, but it really set my bankroll back.

The best presents I received, besides being able to take off a lot of time in December were a juicer and a home brew kit. The brew kit is a one-step Mr Beer kit, so there's not a lot of customizing going on, but it's a starting point.

On Christmas day, Tinkerfell dropped me off at my truck and took RazzBoy on to the airport. We both drove to Oklahoma City to see my friend and goddaughter. The roads around St Louis were a little snowy, but the people driving on them were the biggest problem.

As soon as we crossed the Oklahoma line, the roads got down right nasty. We ended up stopping in Claremore to stay at the Super 8. My truck spun out on the side road that was just a sheet of ice. I want to thank the owners of Swans Dairy in Claremore, OK for taking the time and effort to help me get my truck rolling again. There were a few more misadventures after this, but nothing horrible.

The visit in OKC was ok, but not really worth the drive for Tinkerfell. We would have been better off scheduling it for another time.

Looking forward to 2010 and plans that I've laid.

Woot!

There was a contest over at the Escape Artists forums a few months ago for "Twitter" fiction. I ended up winning it. I found out today that my piece will be running on the Jan 1st, 2010 episode of Pseudopod. You can check out this outstanding horror podcast at www.pseudopod.org.

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Days away from big announcement

Just a little tease here.

My big announcement is days away, I have to get some things finalized. I will tell you that there will be multiple $100+ freerolls and money added tournaments involved.

2010

I've been quite lazy in following blogs recently, even lazier in updating my own.

I need to refocus and will be doing that in 2010. I'll be following fewer blogs and more forums. I plan on launching BeefBeerAndPoker this year and have a few plans for making some money, so I have to work on that.

To that point, there will be NEWS coming about BB&P. I'll post about it here as I get some verification.