It's not just a game, It's who I am

Scoop ended, but the hard work didn't stop for a sec. I teach, I study, I preach, I test my body (and mind) daily... Working super hard since it's just 2 weeks before we fly out, for over a month, to the other side of the world...

A few hours ago I met few friends/colleagues over for a late dinner. One of them, AKA *Da Gigit*, offered us discussing other stuff, non poker related, while we meet and eat. It didn't last for over 2 minutes...

The game we play (and hope to make a living of) is so complex that basically you can never get tired of finding new subjects and topics to discuss in regard to it. You can discuss strategy, mental issues, financial balances and social relationships. *You can find everything in the card* ;)

I found in poker (mostly live, but also in general in this world) all the things I've always missed as a chess player - Poker, just like life, can be unbalanced, not fair, not perfect, not accurate, dramatic, tragic, comic, and in so many other shapes... That's why we often use poker terminology among us even when we have a non-related conversation. Don't believe me? You can even ask Mrs. Tilt... :)

I do enjoy doing other stuff, and I miss some activities I just didn't have time for recently. I hope that once some goals will be achieved, i'll get back to them. But for now, it's full on work (well, at least for the next two weeks).

Oh Bon Jovi is coming to Israel, he can tell you all about my life...

Basically our local politics is kinda like online poker...

<Sorry guys, time to talk some politics>

Went into a loud argument with my father in law (who's by far the coolest/nicest guy on the planet) a few days ago, made me think about the following...

As I said before, no one cares about your bad beats and bad luck (in life and in poker). You should always work hard to improve (both as a professional and an individual), and the results will be there eventually. So same basically goes for my local politics... Someone needs to stop blaming everyone else, and start taking some responsibility for SHIT.

For too long now, Israeli governments have been looking for someone else to blame for their fuck-ups and problems, with decision makers mostly concerned with preserving their own political lives, and not doing anything to go trough with resolving our surrounding problems...

Stop blaming stupid ppl for being stupid. Teach them instead.
You can't solve a serious health issue with just one Aspirin every day - U need to confront those and take some serious decisions. So how come not a single action was taken here, since we left the settlements in the Gaza Strip in 2005? Ripping out so many families out of their homes and lives, not doing anything ever since to make that worth it? All that was done is building some other protection tool (*Aspirin*)... Eventually you will grow out of ideas... while the problem will just become more severe.

Time to step up. Time to say, we need a change, and we are going to do something about it.
Yep, Step up! (Taken from the best Album in history!)