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  • Getting Close

    So… I’ve been saying for a while that we were getting close to getting set up, but personal things kept getting in the way. Well, that was partially true for a while: I probably could have gotten the ball rolling sooner, but everyday responsibilities took some time, but I was also thwarted by my own fear and anxiety about whether I could even get this project off the ground or if it would fail to launch.

    Mental health can be a bitch, huh?

    Now that I’ve said that… I’ve made some strides to actually get closer to getting the project underway. I’ve even started lining up some guests for Cards Speak (and if you know poker, they will be some good ones you will recognize). Unfortunately, this week and next, I actually have (and have had) some serious personal and family matters to attend to. I’ve had a couple of deaths in the family recently, and, well, to be starkly honest, the grief from that has exacerbated some of my existing mental health problems, and that’s caused or perhaps brought to light some problems at home I needed to address… and unfortunately, again, while I’ve been trying to better address my mental health, it can be a bit of trial and error, and at the moment I’m not dealing with things very well.

    But, having said all that, it is true that I’m underway getting the show set up. Hopefully once this dark fuckin’ period passes, I will be able to announce something definite about when Cards Speak will premiere.

    And, as always, sign up to the Patreon, please, to support the project and to be able to participate with features like audience questions and offer feedback about what you want to see.

  • Update

    I have been delayed again for the last couple of weeks by some unplanned issues in my home life – a health issue I was dealing with and some repairs that needed to be made. So I haven’t gotten to play poker much or write much or work on this website much.

    So I’m behind schedule, not least in part because I’m nervous about the time/effort commitment and whether this will come together the way I want it to. But you never know until you try, right?

    So I plan to start reaching out to guests soon and start setting up the early episodes of the podcast. Also part of this plan: Actually designing this website to look more like I want it to and less like the default.

    And I gotta get back on the poker grind because I gotta make a living, too. Maybe if this takes off I can spend more time on it, but we’re certainly not there yet.

    Don’t forget to sign up for the Patreon if you want some say in what I’m doing here or just want to support it. The more support I get, the more content I can make.

  • Coming Soon

    I’ll start writing some posts about what’s going on once I finish setting up the site. Hopefully I’ll be able to report regularly on what’s going on with me, where I feel like my game is, and any interesting hands or other happenings.