February 26, 2015
Amarillo Slim (Thomas Preston), the late great poker player extraordinaire, was always looking for an edge, a way to hustle someone. He once beat tennis player Bobby Riggs, himself a world class hustler, in a game of table tennis. The key? Slim was given the right to choose the paddles. Slim chose skillets! Amarillo Slim also beat Minnesota Fats in a game of pool by insisting they play with brooms.
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January 23, 2015
I was 23 years old with a high paying desk job and living in the greatest city in the world: New York City. Yet I was maybe the unhappiest I have ever been. I felt like there was something wrong with me to have so much and feel this way. Don’t get me wrong, I still was overall a happy person and was lucky to have my family, best friends, and a girl I love very much surrounding me. But something was missing.
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