As advised by Andrea, I clicked over to a movie blog so I can read Jim Treacher-mentary about any/everything, and found a poker entry:

You know, I’d like to see Estella take on Jennifer Tilly. And then they could play poker.

Quite possibly the last thing I expected on a Treacher-written blog funded by a movie producer.

What next? InstantMan on PLO/8? DanM talking constitutional law? The triumphant return of the leader of the East Coast TFG Posse, Ken Goldstein? Best idea…Francis busting down razz.

Think it’s safe to say I’m officially an old guy. I read the business page over lunch instead of sports. I have a quick-link on my toolbar for the WSJ. I would have to search my bookmark file to find one for ESPN. In fact, I don’t understand what they’re saying on ESPN anyway…as in “That’s Persian he’s speaking, not English.” don’t understand. Anyhoo, the big stories:

• Contra John Weidner’s theory about bad names being bad business, Verizon is doing just fine, thankyouverymuch, and they’re closing in on Cingular. From a geek perspective, this is the Iron Cage Deathmatch of CDMA vs. GSM. Anecdotal note: my Verizon (CDMA) phone works in the middle of the Brazos River…customers with Cingular (and other GSM) knock on my cabin door all the time to borrow a phone. Anecdotal note 2: I was in St. Louis yesterday, yet another city served by BroadbandAccess (the Verizon EVDO offering.) Flight delays occurred (I know, dog bites man), yet I was able to stay semi-productive with emails. Sweet.

• IBM has released a new mainframe, the z9. It runs 60 partitions. It supports Linux (that’s not new). 60 freaking Linux images. Makes me wish I was still in a basement being a systems programmer, squeezing out efficiencies. But then I wouldn’t be running around using cellular wireless.

• Hola, mi Latino hermanos! Hispanic radio station is the biggest in Dallas. I gotta get my espanol from barrom level to workable conversation level.

But I did get to read the Sports Page…at least the first two pages. After the second mention of the ESPYs as if that bunch of circle-jerk baloney were something that is a real indication of actual sports meaningfulness, well, I gave it up. Especially when I saw the Page 3 headline that Joe Theeeeesmann was going to be on Monday Night Football. Good gravy. There goes another appointment with the teevee, right off the calendar. Oh, I’ll probably still watch, but I’ll hate it. That guy brings a big fat garbage bag of nothing to a broadcast.

Good news: Stars v. Kings on Oct. 5. Bad news: Kenny Rogers, camera-man hating hurler, grabs some pine at the house for the next few weeks.

Sorry for all those DallaSnooze links…I know their website sucks, but those are my notes. Seeya round like a donut.