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Recent entries
some death-defying species from madagascar, my death defied and her extinction defied, yeah both in one trip - 2009-08-11
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appearing soon in your hometown - 2009-08-10
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By public demand, and after a delay of an embarrassing number of years, I've finally put my notorious essay, Ender and Hitler: Sympathy for the Superman, free on the fabulous internets.

A bibliography of my published books and stories.

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A Sadean take on Asimov's classic Three Laws of Robotics can be found in Roger Williams' NOW REVIEWED ON SLASHDOT!!! The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect. Adult readers only please -- explicit sex and violence. For updates on the "Dead Tree Project" and other topics, you may visit the localroger diary.

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The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill blog by Mark Bittner about feral Cherry-Headed Conures in San Francisco.

hand history: set over set

2009-01-11 - 4:11 p.m.

Here's a 15/30 hand I played against a loose aggressive player with unusually poor judgment. I have QQ under the gun, so I raise. She three bets. All fold. I 4 bet and hope for a cap, but she just calls.
The flop is a drawy board of Q86 with 2 clubs. I cannot let AK of clubs get a free card, and I do not believe she has AA or KK because she didn't cap. Therefore I bet and welcome all the action I can get with top set. After I 7 bet, she calls.
Turn is a blank. I bet, she calls. Standard.
River is the 4 of clubs, so if she did hold AK of clubs, she is the winner. I beat all other logical hands, although I don't put 75 of clubs (or another suit) out of her range either. So I decide to check/call and take the pot from her flopped set of 8s.
Second thoughts: I actually think now that the better river play would be to bet/call. I risk a raise, but the way I did it, I risked having her check behind.
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