my weekend getaway went pretty smoothly, despite not playing any cards while in miama and not arriving back at school til 430 am. i didn't forget anything too important at home, which is obviously a first for me. i got to spend some quality time with my lover, even though i gave her the stomach illness and projectile vomiting that i was stricken with (by the way im really sorry about that), met a girl with a 6 week old miniature bulldog, played some lax with the raiders (albeit a very poor performance by a once proud player), and ate plenty of wendy's/burger king. of course the highlight of the trip came on the plane ride back to boston, while i was watching some old poker tourney on espn classic, before the invention of pocket-cams for hole card viewing and the use of onscreen graphics to help viewers follow the betting action, and i glanced over at my neighbor's screen only to find her intently watching the "esteban: the gift of music" guitar package infomercial.

-coach