If any other affiliates are like me, then you probably own an entire portfolio of useless domains. Sometimes I feel like a kid again at a baseball card show. In other words, I buy some of the dumbest shit that will probably get put in a shoebox and never increase in value.

My last blog post I talked about “Certified Ballers”. To my surprise, this domain was available. In an effort to bleed off some paypal money I went ahead and added CertifiedBallers.com to the JE unused and useless domain portfolio I currently have.

Some other other useless favorites in the collection include, but are not limited too:

OnlinePokerTells.com (Telling The World About Online Poker) <——–Catchy Eh?

OnlinePokerAddiction.com (Oh Wait Poker’s a Skill Game, Gambling Addiction Doesn’t Happen Here) I Could make it into a GA type forum, but I’d be to tempted to advertise gambling sites <———-Beep beep, next stop hell.

OnlinePokerTheory.com (If I Were A Winning Player, I’d Write A Book About Online Poker Theory) <—–Odds of me becoming a winning player have to be 700-1 though.

Vistows.com - (Hell I don’t know….Windows, Vista) <——-You think it would be good for at least a C&D letter from Microsoft that I could frame in my office.

FireUniversity.com - (I used to be a firefighter) <——Probably could be some online resource for firefighters

FirehouseCasino.com - (My first Online Casino) <——–Lost a ton of $$ here, but it’s an aged casino domain with a proven niche…. Firefighters are all gamblers and have a loyalty to other firefighters. The casino initially killed it!

NiceSuckout.com (Probably Drunk When Registered) <——-I think this was going to be a viral site for players to type in chat boxes and fu** with people online who suckout.

RickRolled.org (Always a classic and a favorite)<——— I should really develop this one.

There’s a whole list of others that should get an honorable mention, but these are just a handful of undeveloped ones. Furthermore, it’s Friday afternoon and I am still in the office. Something is wrong with this picture.

Speaking of domains, Check Google Images without filtering for Keyword Godaddy. You’d think it was a porn site.

Also check out this link immediately.

Make it a great weekend!

Well, that pretty much sums up my trip to Southern California. If you have never been there, I highly recommend it. Overall the trip was a great success both personally and professionally. I can’t at this point share all the business details, but when I do……..let’s just say it will be some of the most interesting reading in this blog that you have ever read……

But on to more important things like the women in Southern California. I think I saw maybe a total of 4 girls that weren’t at least a 7 on a scale of 1-10. There is no way half the grazers girls in the Midwest would want to live out there without some sort of “West Coast Enhancements“. I imagine being a plastic surgeon there is quite a lucrative job. (I can only hope Dr. Rey sees this link in his weblog.)

Dr. Rey,

I hate your television show with a passion. Shows like yours and “Dancing With The Stars” are the reason husbands all across America get their Family Room Plasma’s and remote controls straight jacked from them during prime time each night.

Do us all a favor, make your millions on your own time and just go off the air.

Regards,

JE (P.S. - I hope you’re not gay because your wife really is hot)

Anyways, let’s talk about the ballers in Southern Cal. for a minute. If I were to roll around in my Lexus GS430 (that is a few years old now) I would probably get laughed at. Every other car you see in Orange County is a pimped out Mercedes, BMW, Bentley, or Ferrari. I suppose when a 2000 square foot home costs 7 figures though, you can also afford a sick ride. Nonetheless, if you ever think about moving there, budget in at least a dime each month for your car payment.

The amount of Certified Ballers in this area is sick. One of them, my good friend and CEO of AffiliatePrograms.com as well as a ton of other sites, Warren, took Greg and I to a Lebanese Hookah Bar on my last night there. Although it’s not so common in the Midwest, apparently smoking tobacco out of Hookah’s is very common in this area.

Every car in the parking lot at this place had to be valued over $70K. Craziest shit I ever saw and the closest real life Soprano’s experience I have ever had. We ate some of the best food I have ever ate. We drank like kings, and we smoked an endless amount of great flavored premium Hookah tobacco……Then we never saw a bill.

When I say we never saw a bill, I mean I’m not even sure if there is a cash register in the place. It’s basically a Lebanese joint where people pull up in their Ferraris and Benz’s and just chill on the patio playing cards and smoking with the other people there. Everyone except Greg and I knew each other.

A big Thanks to Warren for bringing us there, and then making sure we left with both kneecaps and full grill of teeth. Just kidding, the people there were probably the friendliest and coolest dudes I met on the trip.

While writing this post, I just realized that CertifiedBallers.com was an available domain. I think I’ll add that to the JE Portfolio of Useless Domains That Will Never Get Developed.

As many of you know, I am in Southern California right now on business. As I write this I am sitting in my hotel room with the sliding door open and a cool breeze blowing in. Being a person that absolutely hates winter and cold weather, I am not sure how my wife is going to take it when I call her and tell her my flight has been delayed until March.

When I first got here on Sunday I was able to find a sports bar to watch the Chicago Bears game. There were actually a handful of Bears fans there as well so it was quite nice. All I can say about that game is that Devin Hester is the greatest special teams player ever to play the game.

Unfortunately the Bears are still awful however. I made a bet before the season that the Bears would have a better record than the Packers. After next week, there will be no chance I will win. Initially I was going to get my head shaved on New Years Eve if I lost this bet. But since my loss in imminent, I may just let my buddy do it in the next few weeks.

Yesterday I was able to hook up with my good friend Greg Powell and his wife. I also got to tour the AffiliatePrograms.com, CAP, & PAP offices. I have to say it was impressive to say the least. Every single person in the company has dual monitors at their desk and one of those $800 Aeron chairs. Although if you know Warren, I’m sure you wouldn’t expect anything less.

I was able to speak with these guys a bit about CAP Euro in London. I am confident when I say, I think this will be the biggest event in the history of gaming conventions. I know I have said that about past conventions, however they just keep getting bigger. Likewise I am a big fan of how these events are ran and organized versus the others in our industry.

Right now I am involved in several new business ventures and “adventures”, hence my reason for being here. If someone would have told me 4 years ago that I’d be presented with so many great opportunities at this point in my career, I wouldn’t have believed them. It’s really crazy how your business and priorities can shift or change in the course of 12 months. Life is treating me well and I really cannot complain at all.

Another interesting blog if you’re not already reading is Graham’s. It looks like his new moneybookers account got hacked. This is really a shame and kind of pisses me off. Personally after Neteller left, I have had a hard time trusting any of these third party payment processors.

Likewise, take my word for it, there are ALWAYS lists floating around the industry with your information on it. Maybe not critical information, but often times your username, email address and contact information. One piece of advice I would give to everybody is that you should use a different password for all the sites you have money on, whether it is a poker site or payment processor. It’s a pain in the ass, but at least if one of your accounts gets infiltrated, you won’t be susceptible to all your accounts getting hacked into.

Also check out this link about tax revenue’s to the U.S. if they regulate online gaming.  I am convinced the U.S. government could be rune better by a wild pack of chimpanzees.

Well I’m pleased to say that Thanksgiving was a smashing success on many fronts. My Dad and I had challenged each other to a Thanksgiving Turkey Cook-Off earlier in the week. We both made turkeys for the big family dinner, however mine was done in my infamous fryer while his was dried out cooked in the oven. After much consideration and a family vote, I did prevail as the winner. In fact, I would say it was one of my best fried turkeys to date. In a Kramer like ceremony in front of the family, I was awarded the inaugural Turkey Trophy.

Speaking of turkey’s, let’s talk about my twin brother Jason Enke for a second. For every winner, there has to be a loser. And on this Thanksgiving, Jason unfortunately was a loser. For starters I offered to let him buy into our 3 game parlay pick AFTER the Green Bay Packers already covered and won. He could have invested a simple $20 and by the end of the night made 5 times his money. Oops……dumb ass.

While watching football, Jason then proclaimed to the family that he could beat me in a wrestling match. I think he forgot I wrestled for one year in 8th grade. Within minutes of the match beginning I had pinned and he was forced to tap out. I would have expected a little more out of a collegeiate athlete and physical education teacher.

So then in a last ditch effort to save even a little bit of his pride, Jason challenged me to an arm wrestling match. That would be his final mistake of the day. As you would expect, this match ended within seconds and I was once again victorious.

You can see some of the official event photos below.

My brother and I with our parents. (Obviously I got the looks)

The Initial Ass Kicking. 1….2….3….PINNED.

The Arm Wrestling Challenge - Seconds Before The Victory

I can’t resist a simple copy and paste from Bodog either, of which he could have had 20%…….oops,

Risk $100.00 to win $627.71

Outcome:
WIN

So that was the weekend highlights. To Jason’s defense though, I haven’t beat him in any type of race since I was a sophomore in high school. He has ran a 4:06 mile and a sub 2:30 marathon. I think Christmas might call for some more friendly competition. There’s a good chance I will have to break out my exemplary Chess skills on him.

Also I am leaving for Southern California on business first thing in the morning. I got invited by Greg Powell to tour the CAP offices while I’m there, followed by beers and and strippers. <——–Shit, my mom or my wife might read that. Okay, just beers and Monday Night Football. It should be an exciting trip for many reasons. Hopefully I can give more details on the trip later next week.

See you on the flipside!