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I toast the new year with a lot of dread and uneasiness. Another four years under this idiot as president, how did this great country get in this mess AGAIN!?!?
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I think I've made myself pretty clear on this subject! |
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1/1/25 - Ashlee and I met up with our pal, Nate, at East Nashville Beer Works - Wilson County today for some brunch breakfast pizza and a few libations during their "Noon Year's Day" event. I started with their tasty signature Lebanon Lager (how have I not had this one already?). I finished with their lovely Vienna-style lager called Trip to Mars. |
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1/4 - I went to The Streets of Indian Lake Theaters in Hendersonville today to see Se7en re-released in IMAX for the first time ever for its 30th anniversary along with three friends. It's been fully restored and is as powerful and creepy a film as ever. Beforehand, we had a late lunch at Double Dogs sports bar in Gallatin where I had a pint of Jackalope's classic Bearwalker brown ale of with my tasty flank steak and fries. |
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1/8 - I rode this early straight flush double knockout right to the final table and a win vs. 107 other players in a small buy-in NLHE bounty tournament tonight. It was my first tournament win on Global Poker this year. I got 12 knockouts and a total ROI of over 2,700%!! |
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1/10 - Snow Day! Remote Day! Tournament Win Day!! I won another small buy-in NLHE bounty tournament on Global Poker this afternoon vs. 132 other players. With my 10 knockouts, it was a total ROI of over 3,000%!! |
1/12 - The snow's about gone, but the poker hot streak continues with another small buy-in tournament win vs. 26 others in NLCP on Global Poker. The ROI was right at 1,100!
1/13 - Still some snow hanging around as is the winning streak albeit the ROI is shrinking like the melting white stuff. This was another NLCP tournament on Global Poker with only 14 other players with an ROI of just over 600%. It was a nice comeback from a very low stack three-handed, however, which made it all the sweeter.
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11/14 - My buddy, Toney, and I went to see the action sequel, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, tonight for Bargain Tuesday at our local Roxy Theaters (recliners!). I thought it was a decent film, a bit slow at times, but not bad and a definite set-up for a third installment. |
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Well, there goes eighty bucks and a dream. I truly believe in my two feature film ideas, so I am going to give them one more try locally at this year's Nashville Film Festival Pitch Competition. Fingers crossed!!
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11/15 - My third installment in the Ante Up poker e-magazine came out today and looks great. I am so happy to be doing this each month! |
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1/17-20 - It was another dog-sitting long weekend out on the lake again starting with a relaxing REMOTE DAY at work with a very nice view! |
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We had a bit of mild weather out on the lake before another Artic cold front dropped down on us to close out the long weekend. I got to watch the limited series, "American Primeval" on Netflix while here. It was directed by one of my favorites, Peter Berg, and it was a pretty good western saga based on true events. Brutal and realistic which is always Berg's style. |
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One last full (and cold, and snowy) day on the lake today. And finally, some success in online poker, as I got third in a mid-size buy-in tournament on Global Poker that I actually satellited into for even less giving me a total ROI of a staggering 5,600%!! I outlasted 101 other players yet only had three fixed-price knockout bounties. I cashed out $100 immediately!! $25 of which I sent as a gift of condolence to my boss, Kari, after the recent loss of her husband, Aaron, who was only 44. Cancer sure does suck. The rest goes toward buying me a Preds game ticket (even though they currently suck) and a concert ticket to see Uncle Lucious next month. And finally I bought a streaming copy of the 2014 movie, Serena, which is sad AF but has some cool things going for it: takes place on the TN/NC border; based on a book by one of my favorite authors, Ron Rash; and stars the lovely and talented, J-Law (a runner-up and honorable mention for my Hollywood Babes Mt. Rushmore), |
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1/21 - You said it, Carla. Despite their woeful record, I attended a Preds game vs. the San Jose Sharks tonight with a group from work. We got pretty cheap upper-level tickets at least. And we have won 3 in row as of late. And the Sharks have an even worse record than we do. And we got down 5-1...and then came back and won 7-5 with six unanswered goals for the greatest comeback in franchise history!! Well, if you are going to go to one game during this pitiful season, this historic one might as well be it. Beforehand, we had a surprisingly good meal at Teddy's Tavern across from the Bridgestone Arena, and I had a not so good draft of the Hazel NEIPA from Fat Bottom Brewing here in Nashville with my dinner. |
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My new 2025 Mug Club mug at Cedar City Brewing Company finally came in, as did my new T-shirt for the year. Both look pretty good. While there I imbibed in their new Chocolate Hazelnut Brown Ale which I had only had a sip of beforehand and devoured an order of the outstanding dry-rub wings. |
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1/23 - I continued "dry January" tonight with a very dry (and a little too sweet) Pineapple Cider from Cedar City Brewing while Ashlee and I played some bingo and had a great dinner. I also had their new Dragon Goose gose that was a little tart, but pretty smooth drinking otherwise. |
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1/24 - I had another night out on the lake, dog-sitting tonight, after a nice and quiet REMOTE DAY at work. I was shocked at the amount of ice in the lake today given that there was none there last weekend. Damn, it's been cold!! |
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1/25 - I had a possible future dog-sitting meet-n-greet via Rover up in Gallatin today, so beforehand I made stops at Yazoo Brewing in Madison and then Half Batch Brewing in Hendersonville to kill some time beforehand. At Yazoo in the warm sunshine, I had their excellent new Pilot Series: Pivo 10 Degrees Svetly Lezak Czech-style pale lager, and then finished with their solid Pilot Series: Tropical Lager (Batch 4). And HBBC, I had their very nice oatmeal stout called Catbird Seat and then finished up with their surprisingly good Le Pils French Pilsner. Back in Gallatin after my meeting (another nice pet-sitting gig secured for March), I stopped at Prince Street Pizza for a pie for us for dinner and while I waited, I had the nice Amarillo Pale Ale also from Yazoo. |
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Yep, it's a dog beer! No, I didn't try. No, it's not on UNTAPPD to check in (I looked), lol. Sunny thought it was OK but was happy to share it with friends at the dog park/bar in West Nashville where she and Ashlee were when they found this. |
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1/28 - I compromised and went to see the new Wolf Man flick at our local Roxy Theaters (recliners!) tonight with my pal, Toney. He was more interested in it than I was. At least it was $6 Discount Tuesday. The movie was a bit dumb, but not the worst I've ever seen. |
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1/30 -Well, this is a first. Back before Christmas I ordered Ashlee a not-cheap personalized ornament from an ad on Facebook...probably my first mistake. It came and looked nothing like the picture. I complained via email and got a lame excuse email back. I was steamed, but over it pretty quick. Lesson learned. And today, out of the blue, this "apology glass?" came with my name etched in it with a generic note printed on card stock from the CEO. If it's hard to read per the pic, the glass says, "Congrats on Being My Friend, Rob Fulfer, You Lucky Bastard." I mean WTF? Interesting marketing technique I guess... (UPDATE: This was actually a gift from my best friend, Craig, and the company still goofed it by putting my full name instead of both of ours on the glass as he asked. LOL. ) |
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My favorite ENBW beer logo and I haven't even had it yet. Another Beer on the Wall pale ale has a ton of hops in it and a great Pink Floyd-based name. What's not to love!! Can't wait to try it out! I got a small buy-in NLCP tournament win tonight on Global Poker vs. 22 other players for an ROI of right at 900%! I am also 7th on the leaderboard for the Gold Coin (free money) Grizzly Games VIII Poker Series going on there currently. |
1/31 - I got another small buy-in NLHE fixed bounty tournament win tonight on Global Poker against a small 12-player field. And even with only one bounty - the last one - I was still able to get an ROI of right at 500%.
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