There has been a lot of things that have happened since I last posted.
1 I went to San Francisco for a wedding
2 I bought a new poker book on limit hold'em by Barry Tanembaum
3 I got rejected for the job by the coal company

I will start in reverse order

The head hunter that set me up with the coal company called yesterday to tell me that I finished in second place in a two person race. The position went to someone with a coal and steel background. In one way I am disappointed, but in another I am not. I am disappointed because it is rejection, and a rejection that I face too often. I do not have relevant industry experience. I have spent too long in governmental accounting and when I compete with other candidates, my relevant experience is a handicap. I keep hearing this, so I must figure out a way to either mitigate it, or use it to my advantage. Really though, I do not think I wanted the job. It was far from my house, and I don't know if I was really "into" the product.

I am depressed right now and I have to refocus on this search, or decide if I really want to search at all.

I am reading a new poker book. This book is going to lay the groundwork for my attempt at the limit hold'em tournament at the WSOP. It confirms one of my known issues, and that is that I was playing too loose. It advocates a much more aggressive style though. I have used some of the techniques and have thus far seen a better win rate. It is early in my reading, so I will keep posting about it.

I will keep San Fran in future blogs.