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Had a little blogging break, as I was all blogged out.
The poker front is still going surprisingly well. At the end of the year I had started playing STT's again, and I've continued with that. I've moved over to Full Tilt, where I have rakeback, and I am sticking to strict bankroll management.
I put $200 in on New Years Day, and it's up to $250 now - I've been playing super turbo games - 300 chips, 3 minute levels - and a lot of them. So it's pretty pleasing, and I'm confident that this year I'll be able to turn that into much more (I'm hoping four figures at the very least).


I don't know if anyone has noticed, but it's kinda cold.
A friend of my wife came round the other day in the snow, and parked her car on our driveway - but she suffers from migraines, and wasn't able to drive home, and her husband picked her up. The following night he came round to pick up the car, but because of the cold weather, it had a flat battery, so I had to jump-start him.

Now this guy is one of those "practical" people. He has jump leads, he knows what he is doing with cars, and he knows how they work. Me? We've owned our car four and a half years, and I haven't been under the bonnet once.
So stage one was opening the bonnet. Did I know how to do it? Nope...
It was dark and I was scrabbling around trying to find a handle. I managed to open the petrol cap whilst pulling any handle, and after about thirty seconds I found a handle, which made a distinctive click - and the other guy was opening the bonnet.
"I've got away with it...he hasn't realised I'm a car idiot yet..." I'm thinking as I walk the long way around the car to sneakily close the petrol cap lock.
Jeremy Clarkson would hate me (which would be OK as the feeling would be mutual..)
"Nick, where's the rod that keeps the bonnet open? I can't see it in the dark?"
FUCK!!!!!! How do I know???? I feel around the edges..can I find it? No.
"I had this problem before, I'm not sure it's got one."
What the fuck did I just say?? Of course it's got one. EVERY CAR EVER MADE HAS GOT ONE.
"I'll hold the bonnet open, whilst you attach the jump leads" I say.
He gets on with it, doing the practical jump-leads bit, me standing there like a prize lemon holding the bonnet open (which is bloody cold on the hands btw).
He tries the car, but it won't start. "I'm gonna need more gas.."
Which is a problem, as it's a tough job placing your foot on the accelerator whilst holding the bonnet open.
Plan B is called into action. I call the wife outside. The wife holds the bonnet open as I place my foot on the accelerator - and the other car starts. Thank fuck.
He thanks us for helping us out and wife says, "Why didn't you use this?", pulling up the rod that holds the bonnet open...
I disappear into a huge whole in the ground.