Texas Calculatem and Poker Office Blog

Came 5th in the blogger tourney. I think I need more aggression, as I kept on over-riding Texas Calculatem's signals, and folded AKo to all ins (I hate AKo!) a few times. But overall, it was good fun, even though my head hurts from staring at the screen for so long.

Juice came last, and therefore gets the monkey picture on his blog.

Burnley Milk recommended I read Pud's masturbation blog, but I've forgotten the name / address of it. If you know who pud is, please let me know via a comment.

Anyway, it's nearly time for bed, and I still need to make my packed lunch despite my nasty headache. Not sure what there is to look forward to next week. I have footy on Wednesday, but almost died last week, as only 5 people showed, and like short handed poker, short player'd footy is much more draining.

Last week Mr Blair announced that he'll be stepping down from power on June 27th, and interest rates rose for the 4th time since August. I'm not too sure what either of these will mean for the future.

Gordon Brown will probably be the next prime minister, but while many pundits claim he's the safest bet, I'm not sure that I'm a fan. The tax changes he announced a couple of months ago were a bit of a shot in the foot. He tried the usual New Labour spin tactic, calling it a tax cut, and financial journalists were all over it within a few hours. Low earners lost out, and the higher earners would only benefit by a negligible amount. What a fool!

The higher interest rates may mean higher mortgage payments for some home owners. But if it helps to pull down property prices, that will benefit those who want to buy their first place, and potentially those who want to get a bigger place. Personally, I find the media's reporting of the property market a bit annoying. The language used in most reports appears to imply that rising prices are a good thing, and falling prices a bad thing. But rising prices mean that a lot of my friends have little or no chance of getting their own place.