TUNICA IS ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK, now what do we have here, hmmmmmmmmm, that's right Sam's Town Tunica baby! I am starting to get jazzed up for this trip. Dates are now locked in for January 18th through 21st. That is a Friday through Monday for all of you who do not have a 2008 calendar in front of you. My task is as follows: Convince "Sweet" Shirley, the Queen of Direct Mail Offers to send out comp coupons that include weekend nights. Natrocity, being the high roller he is, already receives comps that include weekends, but the little guy (not directed at Tough Man) only gets coupons that include Sun. thru Thurs. And speaking of a small matter, Tough Man actually receives no coupons what so ever. Actually, yours truly, called down before our last trip in December and spoke with Shirley so Tough Man could get comped for a room and hooked up with a $25 table chip (which could have doubled as a frisbee for him) that I didn't even get. I would imagine that by the time I get done talking with Shirly this next time I will have no comps and Tough Man will be getting a free plane ride down. You know where nice guys finish.

Now, why is it that I am pumped? Well, first of all, there is no other reason needed then returning to the 'Slammer' but there is an added bonus on this trip. The WPT and WSOP circuit events will be happening in Tunica when we head down there. The main event for the WPTstarts on 1-21 and the main event for the WSOP starts on 1-19. The WPT event is hosted by the GoldStrike, and the WSOP is hosted over at the Grand. I don't know why I want to hang with the pros, but I just think that I do. I do have visions of some of the pros hitting the dice table and watching them win and lose ridiculous amounts of money. My line-up would be Phil Ivey, Sammy Farha, David Benyamine, Freddy Deeb, Gus Hansen, Mike Matusow, and Mickey Appleman. Hey, its my line-up go %$#& yourself.

So it looks like just 5 of us for Tunica, although you always have the possibles that probably won't go. Here is my list of possibles: Andy Schroeder, Byrd Howard, Chad Taylor, Lee Chesnut, and I have heard no rumors about Dan the Man Grimbstaff. You know I haven't really thought about it until now, but Dan is not a very big guy and I am just wondering if we could pit Dan the Man against Tommy the Tough Man in a small cage match. Now I know it would take some real engineering to reduce the scale of the cage (ring) but I think it could be done. Just a thought. I will have the van ready to go--and I am sure Tough Man will appreciate not having to ride in the back both ways on the trip. And, what time should we leave for Tunica--I recommend 10 AM on the 18th. I know this cuts in on some sleeping time for a few of the kids but hey, sacrifices can be made.

Oh well, that is it for now, just pumped and ready. According to my calculations we have exactly 94 days until Tunica--wow its longer than I thought. And, do you realize that we will only be going to Tunica one time in 2007!!!!! But, in order to soften that blow--we will be back in Tunica just 4 monts after our January 08 trip. SWEETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT