Poker

I am playing poker tonight. I hate poker.

I hate poker because I am a sore loser and I don't have the patience to learn how to play with the hopes of one day becoming a decent player. All I know is when I play by the rules and percentages I still manage to lose. I'm the guy who goes all-in with four queens only to lose to four kings.

And the whole time I'm "getting better" I'm also "losing money."

My impatience and sore losing are two of the reasons I can't stand golf. Well, I guess I also just really can't stand the game to begin with, but I think if I was decent at it I would be able to stomach a few holes. At least when I has having a bad day playing soccer my hustle and smarts would make up for an errant pass. In golf and poker, there is no making up.

Both past-times therefore -- for me, at least -- are just excuses to get drunk. And I'd rather sit in a pub doing that then walking around a constructed faux-gorgeous "park" or losing money.

So tonight, I'm playing poker. I hate what ESPN has done to the popularity of that game.