Spamarama and Poker
Until I had my blog, the mention of Spam was a welcome reference and was usually the harbinger of spring. Austin has been home to Spamarama for over twenty-five years. Billed as the “Potentate of Potted Pork Parties,” its hallmark has been the cook-off, which has featured such epicurial delights as the Spam Daiquiri, Jurrasic Pork, and the high brow Spam Wellington. Flinging Spam is also a popular tradition marked by the Spam Toss and the Spam Discus Shoot. (PS - While I like the Spamobile, nothing rivals the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile)
My blog now gets 250 spam comments a day. Without a spam filter, I think I would have gone insane. Sometimes I take a peek into the filter, just to see what the daily catch is. Most of it is from your pedestrian porn sites, although sometimes you get something you haven’t seen before. I had no idea there was a porn niche for Harry Potter erotica - you can even order your own costumes for role play. Lately I’m getting hit up with a lot of mortgage spam, obviously trying to exploit an already expoited public.
Speaking of porn, I just read about Al Can’t Hangs birthday bash. It seems like his fellow bloggers chipped in and secured 15 consecutive lap dances. I’m not sure I can put my emotions into words - but the birthday boy has, so give him a read.
After what seems like a month of solid writing, I’m easing back a little in the final stages of proposal prep. And most of that easing back will involve…what else…poker. In Vegas, I’m hoping to get at least one Omaha hi/lo event in at the Orleans and maybe a couple NLHEs at Binion’s. I wonder if I could sneak in a little Omaha hi/lo cash game at Red Rock, topped off with a little Salt Lick BBQ. And of course I’ll be playing the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker. I’ve played it last two years, each time clearing off a spot for the plasma TV that I’m sure to win. Again, I suspect I’m dusting for nothing. But here goes nothing.
I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker!
This Online Poker Tournament is a No Limit Texas Holdem event exclusive to Bloggers.
Registration code: 2169887
You can’t imagine how crazy my birthday was. Not even sure I probably documented it because I was pretty well toasted about an hour after that.
I’ll wear my Salt Lick shirt in your honor tonight at the bar. If I had thought about it I would have worn it during lap dance night.
AlCantHang said this on October 5th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
Amy - thanks for the Cusack/Norton comment. I guess I’m a sucker for guys who get hotter the more you know them, rather than just pure classic beauties. But women seem to be polarized . . . either they would totally jump both of them, or they don’t trigger anything at all. That’s ok - less competition when I meet them in a crowd and feel like taking action!
And nice link to Al’s write up!
The Wife
The Wife said this on October 5th, 2007 at 8:40 pm