Born and raised in Las Vegas, NV, I cut my teeth taking a ton of right and wrong turns during three separate stints in college (the third culminating in earning my Bachelor's of Arts from the University of Washington), nearly a decade as a project office temp with stints in accounting and as a clerk in the casino cage at Bally's Las Vegas, and a lifetime of twists and turns.

I moved to Seattle in 2004 as an act of self-actualization. I wanted to live here for years, and have no plans to go anywhere now that I'm here. I have lived car-free since my arrival. I enjoy web research, writing, long neighborhood walks, baseball, breakfast at restaurants and poker. Along with my writing, I'm currently conducting a research project, using simulators, on devising a profitable low-limit Texas Hold'Em strategy for local cardrooms in unfavorable conditions (including tighter opponents and relatively high casino rake).

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poker

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I shelved books at a library for 3 years in HS

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is lost in a sea of countless other great moments, because I tend not to play favorites

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is the best answer, the best choice and the best results possible.

Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Are highway tolls the answer to Connecticut's money problems?

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Highway tolls might stem some of the budgetary bleeding and help control traffic in Connecticut, but the state's money problems are far more fundamental. If anything, the state has such a rampant history of recent corruption that they might actually save a ton more money by not breaking the law or funneling money to lobbying interests. Some examples:

- 2004: Governor John Rowland had to resign after investigations discovered that he received gifts and free vacations from lobbying firms in return for steering state contracts towards those firms, which weren't necessarily qualified for th...

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