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.

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