Expert Poker Analysis From Babblog

If you would like Martell to
analyze your play in an
upcoming Babblog article,
send the transcript from a
single table tournament to
martell@babblog.com.  The
best submissions may be
used in a future column.

Click here to read Martell's analysis of GatorScot's online poker tournament on 4/20/05.

Other Links
Having recently purchased bootleg DVD's in Shanghai myself, I would attest that this is a very accurate account, from McSweeney's.

What was Sarah Vowell—the voice of Violet in The Incredibles—doing visiting the graves of assassinated Presidents?  Find out here.

If you can't find watcha want, perhaps it is somewhere in Grand Royal Issue 1, available online.

Take a virtual trip to the Great Bear Rainforest, which runs along the Pacific coast from Vancouver to Alaska.

Did you stop keeping up with music once you left college?  Would you like to catch up?  Check out Pitchfork's Top 100 albums of the decade.

Here's the original New Yorker article written by Malcolm Gladwell that sets the foundation for his best-selling book Blink.

The Research Riddle: Why focus groups don't work for market research, by Inc.'s Adam Hanft

Snacking Across China
by Martell

There weren't any Cheddar Ruffles or NachoCheese Doritos to be found in China, but there were plenty of other unique flavors.  Here are eight flavors sampled on Martell's recent trip to Hong Kong and Shanghai.  Read more.

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Babble
Plot Outline: The Moth's Wing
by Jeff Lewis

One flap of a moth's wing—or a bad day for the Vice President of the United States—could start a chain reaction that will change global politics forever.  Read more.

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Babblog Reprise
Bargain Bin: The Cooler
by Oliver Butterick

Before he moved to Las Vegas, Oliver used to travel to Las Vegas. And one time, before a trip to Las Vegas, he watched The Cooler. Read more.

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The List:
My Top Six Bargains from China
by Martell

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June 10, 2005 - Issue 2.13