Author: Nick Momrik

I'm searching for my first hole-in-one. I enjoy being active and making things. I work for Automattic.

Another Bubble Finish

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Yesterday I played a home tournament with my brother and his friends for a full table of ten players. I’ve played with about half of the guys before, but the other half were new faces.

I don’t remember a tournament where my cards have been as cold as in this one. As a result, I wasn’t involved in very many hands. I picked up KK in late position, re-raised the pot, and everyone folded. I had QJo in the blinds and flopped two pair. I had 4 callers on the flop and also on the turn. On the river I hit my full house and no one hit their straight of flush, so they all folded to my bet. I knew they were all drawing or had one lousy pair. Maybe I should have checked since I was first to act, but I don’t think anyone would have bet out with such a scary board.

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Blue March

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My favorite college basketball team, the Duke Blue Devils, won the ACC tournament today for the 6th time in the last 7 years (lost the title game in OT last year). What’s remarkable about the win is that they didn’t make a field goal for the final 11 minutes of the game, until Sheldon Williams […]

Making Moves

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The Detroit Lions have been busy working the free agent market. Yesterday they signed Jeff Garcia to a one-year deal yesterday and earlier in the week they signed Marcus Pollard and Kenoy Kennedy to contracts. This is definitely going to be a playoff year.

New Ride

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I’m up in Rogers City for the weekend because of a big purchase I made yesterday. I bought an awesome 2002 Chevy TrailBlazer LT 4×4. It’s black and is just like brand new. The previous owner took great care of it and only put 25,000 miles on it in three years, so it’s hardly been driven. Since the vehicle has the LT package instead of the LS, it’s pretty loaded. It came complete with a towing package, luggage racks, running boards, power everything, CD and cassette, heated mirrors, dual climate controls, compass, etc. You name it. It’s a very nice ride and at a steal of a price too. $17,600 out the door for an SUV that was originally over $30,000 when bought new.

It feels good to have a vehicle in my name for the the first time in my life and to have my own insurance. For those of you who don’t know my situation, my parents were nice enough to ride on their insurance until I turned 25 so that I could save. I simply paid them a car payment and my share of the insurance each month. What can I say? Mom and Dad are the best!

I’ll try to get some photos today and upload them tomorrow when I get back home.