It is a great day for a Phillies Championship Parade!

What a great Phils win last night. I love hearing Harry Kalas announce.

One more win for the Phils tonight and its 1980 all over again!

It is great to be part of the elections support team at the AP. This weekend is the first rehearsal.

Random Thoughts

The Phils are in the World Series. I am so happy they are in the big dance. Most people will be upset if they lose, but I am one of the few that is just happy they got in this year. It is great to see how the Phils crushed the Mets two years in a row.

My oldest came home from school the other day and asked me did I know that Clay Aiken was gay? I asked her what does gay mean and she responded it means he is stupid. I responded I didn't know he was stupid and thanks for clearing it up for me. I almost explained it her, but 9 years old is way to young. Besides someone needs to explain it me first.

I played in a 54 player tournament at Showboat in AC last month. The buy in was $75. I managed to make a small profit and come in fourth place. It was real fun way to spend four hours. The goal for me was to get to the final table. Their was some very tough players so I was real proud. I must say it can be a long grind. The key moments for me was trying to play only when I had position. Meaning I would call or raise when no more then 1 or possibly two players were in the pot. The whole night the best had I had was JJ and AK off suited and I folded the AK. I was able to hang around so long because of these hands.

• Third hand into the tournament I hit a set on pocket 8's
• Right before the first break I went all in with K8. I wanted to steal the blinds. I was called by the big blind with A, 3 off suited. I got lucky and hit the K on the river. He didn't have many chips.
• Before the next break when all in with 6, 7 red. I wanted to again steal the blinds and a few small calls who I knew would fold. They all did and picked up a nice pot.
• Then made it to the final table and I was the smallest stack size. I was BB and when all in with 10, 2 off suit as I had really nothing left at that point. I had two calls and flopped two 2's on the river. 
• Then I folded AK and to what turned out to be pocket 10's.
• I caught a pair and picked up some more chips. I forgot the pair.
• Then hung around and watched players pick each other off.
• I took home $368. Not a bad night to spend at poker.

Amber Alert Jessica Alvarez

STATEWIDE AMBER ALERT (NJ)
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Unknown Unknown AbductorAge: Late 40s-50 years old Sex: Female Weight: 135 lbs
Status: NewMissing From: 116 Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ Last seen: 2008-10-16 11:04:00 Circumstances: The child was removed from a store at 116 Broad Street in Elizabeth, NJ. The victim's mother was shopping while the child played in the toy area. We have video fo the child being led out of the store by the described suspect. To report information on this case, please contact: NJSP Missing Person's Unit (NJ) 1-800-709-7090 To view other cases, please visit the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: http://www.missingkids.com/

The Phis are on the way to the World Series!

Ray, Josh, and Sasha snoozing on the couch. That is the life! http://ping.fm/6KNRL

Doing science homework with my daughter. The words hypothesis, inference, and standard measure send chills down my spine.

The Phils are off to a great start beating the Dodgers in game 1!

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The Phils are on at 1pm and the Eagles are on at 1pm. And my wife has the Sunday planned for me. This is just ugly.

The debate tonight will have many viewers. Some people will be interested in the topics and others will focus on what Palin is wearing. I do think Tina Fey does a better Palin then Palin.