i just have to say something

i'm sitting on my couch having some cottage cheese and a banana (yum!) watching the news and an update has just come on regarding british teacher gillian gibbons who you may have heard has been sentenced to spend 15 days in a sudanese jail for...calling a teddy muhammed. yes, calling a teddy bear muhammed carries a 15 day jail term in sudan, which seems to be on the lighter side of punishment as she was luckily not convicted of inciting racial hatred!

now i'm not trying to single out islam here, as i was equally appaled when recently a young woman gave birth but due to complications she needed blood. the family refused and the young woman died. the family were jehovah's witnesses. again a tragic event that could have been avoided.

i just think its amazing that in the 21st century, a time when the human race is meant to be tolerable, generous, kind spirited and intelligent that these events can still happen. i really am appalled that a 54 year old mother has to spend any time in jail for naming a frickin teddy bear inappropriately! it is utterly ridiculous!

geez, i'm working myself into a fury here. if anyone reading this agrees or disagrees please comment, i would love to hear your vews. I know this post isn't poker related and seymour cards will return to normal programming after this post (having fun playing sng's at the mo) but somethings just need an opinion to be voiced, and criminal teddy naming is one of them!

thanks all, i'm gonna try and cool off a bit now!

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merry christmas seymour

given my current success i've decided to reward myself by buying a new laptop! yes, i feel that the c. $6 profit i've made over the last week is reason enough to fork out over $2k on a new lappie for my troubles.

i've decided to go down the route of buying an ultra portable rather than some behemoth 4kg 17 inch screen mofo that needs some kind of concrete foundation in your living room to support it properly. if I wanted a non-portable machine i would buy a desktop and be done with it!

i've decided on the dell xps m1330 which has got killer reviews everywhere i have looked and have equipped it with some serious power and connectivity meaning poker sessions in starbucks could become a reality! see picture below to spark your jealousy meter.

should arrive in the next week or so just in time for xmas. i've been meaning to buy a new laptop for ages and have been umming and arring and given that santa will probably only bring me a lump of coal i need something to stick in my stocking! plus it will mean i can delete all the gambling software that is littering my work laptop and scratch off another reason for them to give me disciplinary review!

will post more once i've put it through the full seymour test process

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guest edited by wombol

friends, romans and countrymen! it is wombol here, honored to be guest editor for a day on seymour cards. as you can see i've made a few changes, seymour likes them but feels i'm just trying to show off! i can assure you i am not.

so why am i here. well firstly i'd like to put payed to any rumours that i am a gonna! a certain fellow blogger believed i was, lol, and i'm sorry to say i'm still here alive and kicking! lots left to do in life and nothing is going to stop me! i recently got engaged and have been spending a lot of time travelling and enjoying life, i've just got back from the maldives and am off to oz in a few short weeks, this really is the life.

the second reason is just to say thanks and comment on what a wonderful community has sprung up around poker. there is such a broad array of voices and characters, each with great personalities and a common interest in poker and a passion for sharing what they know. its still great to read about whats going on, the successes and failures, the highs and lows and also the random! and there is a lot of random!

so please bloggers, keep it up, i may not play anymore but i still keep up to date on how all of you guys are going. maybe i'll get back in the game one day, and then you will all be in trouble, but until then i just want to say thank you and good luck to all.

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