It's almost here. In fact, it'll be here in a mere three days, and I've been remiss. But it's still not too late to submit your best skeptical work to Jeff, the next host of the Skeptics' Circle, to be held on Thursday at Disillusioned Words. So please, don't let the fact that I was away for a week and that I haven't yet caught up with tasks, both at work and on the blog, that need to be done penalize Jeff.
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We had the craziest poker game last night. We play a $1/$2 pot limit hold em game. Not really a big money game, and usually the pots get bigger toward the end of the night as people loosen up, try to push people around with a big stack, or try to recoup their losses.
Jeff Medkeff died of liver cancer in August 2008. This year, the Atlantic Area Skeptics will hold the annual Star Party event in his honor, and with the intention of raising money for cancer research.
The guys have decided, for the time being at least, to change the format of our weekly game. Instead of a cash game, they want to have a series of single table tournaments for $20 each. They figure we can do 3 a week, that way no one can lose more than $60 and it will attract more people.