Practice. We all need it. Gotta have it. Only can get better with it.
It’s like with poker. You need to practice to get better. Have to see hands, get a feel for the way things can go. Now it doesn’t mean much because the cards will fall as they may, but you can at least minimize the odds of failure and get better at reading others the more you play.
The Carlson has obviously been taking his own advice.
As he seems to be saying in every fucking CCMPodcast, he thinks, over time, he’s getting better at cards. Maybe. Maybe it is that he’s improving. Or maybe it’s that we’re more drunk some years than others. Who knows?
But practice is supposed to make you better. And I’m guessing The Carlson is practicing his radio voice a lot more lately.
Listen to the first 10 seconds of the CCMPodcast and you’ll understand why I say that.
WHOA NELLY.
He’s jumping out of the microphone at you like you’re a Dallas Cowboy’s cheerleader on stage next to the Flying J. (If you don’t know what I mean by that, come to the Symposium this year and you might find out)
Anyway, The Carlson is getting into it. He’s practicing and trying to get better. It’s perfect… except…
He’s getting a little cranky. Mr. Sensitive is getting his buttons pushed obviously. He definitely seems to be prickly about how much he’s repeating stuff and some people must be calling him on it. But I’ll leave it alone.
So he talks about the fact there’s a Top Gun sequel in the works, the “bad” Hulk — it’s amazing how much you find the Nerd Herd prodding its ugly head into the inner workings of CCMP lately.
He also brings up Bartman, but why I ask? It’s done. Why does everyone have to bring up Bartman? Ass.
In membership news, The Carlson notes Joe was sprung, Mick came down and Our Lady of the Lake was born. Glen’s swim was like the Lochness Monster because it was unbelievable if only for the grainy picture that was taken but can’t totally be believed to be truth.
It was back to Alpha and the air conditioning, no Daisy Dooks. Normal stuff.
Oh, and did I mention The Carlson is getting all sensitive? He’s acting all Porky Pig and repeating himself, or so he says. Hmm, maybe we’re getting to him.
Anyway, as he noted, we had 25 people, a long way from where this started, nine years before. It’s the first year of the Texas Hold ‘Em tournament, which The Carlson said was won by Rush, who Mr. Sensitive thinks is better than he let’s on. Really?
And did I mention The Carlson is getting sensitive?
The Bar. Return of Whores on the Porch. The Carlson doesn’t remember more and obviously didn’t keep his journal. Maybe he wouldn’t be so sensitive about critiques if he did. Hmmm? You think about that before, big boy?
Anyway, there are a few more nuggets here worth listening to, so go at CCMPodcast 9 right here.