My Day
Bought a Condo!
Mar 1st
After looking for the past 2 years (pretty much) for a place to live I finally found a pretty nice condo that will do the job. It is right downtown in Toronto and for a downtown condo has a decent amount of space. The building it is in is pretty sick and has all sorts of cool ammenities including a pool, bbq area, gym, rock climbing wall, spin class / yoga studio, movie theather, business center and many more! I move in in just 3 weeks so will probably be scrambling to get a lot of things ready for the move.
Work has been getting pretty busy lately too. I am trying to develop a lot of the domains I have just sitting around with nothing on them. The biggest one that I am building is a casino site, which I will post more about when its closer to completion (just in case any of you readers have similar domains that you are building on 
)
Other than that, not a lot else going on in my life. Will try and write some better posts on this blog soon.
Robot Porn!!!!
Jan 25th
After years of linking to Brandon Berndt’s blog on my here I finally asked him why he never gave me a reciprocal link. I mean I always send him nice messages to see how his day is going and thought we were pretty good friends, but apparently my site is not link worthy on his blog. When I inquired about getting a link Brandon said he would only link to my site if there was robot porn on it. Here is the link he gave me:
I didn’t really get it, but apparently he has an obsession with Robot Porn and who am I to judge. So in exchange for the link, here is your Robot Porn Mr. Berndt:
And now for the video….
Cool Hand Poker… Could I Have Been Wrong?
Aug 27th
Well, I was at the gym the other day watching the TV and what should come up but an ad for CoolHandPoker.com. In a previous post I though these guys were just some random skin that was going to try and base their business model on affiliates, but it looks like I might have been wrong. It is good to see these guys are actually spending some money advertising.
It is good to see that they also updated their homepage from a picture of a bunch of dorks playing poker to a couple of guys with semi-attractive women. It looks like they are finally starting to find their niche. Will be interesting to see what comes of this place.
Other News
Affiliate Speedpay closed their doors today and I can’t say that I am surprised. I think it was great for some people, but I always had a feeling it wouldn’t last and was wary about having my money sent to some shady bank. I never really wanted to open an offshore bank account because I felt it all seemed a little too shady.
BUDAPEST! In just over a week I will be heading to Budapest for this year’s BAC. As usual Alex is doing an awsome job organizing it and it looks like this is gonna be one of the MUST ATTEND events of the year. Will be good to catch up with some friends and meet some new faces / people I have probably talked to a shitload online but never met. Thanks to Mark for organizing the dinner, looks like it will be awsome!
Anyway, that is all for now…. see everyone going to Budapest on the other side of the pond!
Summer Is Finally Here
Jul 10th
It is finally starting to get warm here. Yesterday I went golfing with a couple of friends but played like crap. Just trying to enjoy the nice weather.
I have been going to a lot of soccer games lately. A few weeks ago John Goldie and I went over to Montreal to watch Toronto FC take on Montreal in the final game of the Canadian Championship. Toronto needed to win by 4 goals which everyone thought was an impossible task, but I had faith they could do it. We did a little pre-drinking before the game with all of the TFC fans, then headed over to the game on the subway. The subway ride was insane. Everyone was chanting and jumping up and down, at several points it felt like the train may even derail. Once at the game, there were between 200-300 Toronto fans. Toronto quickly went down 1 goal after a penalty kick, but shortly after came back to score 2 before the end of the first half. The second half was insane as they continued to score and within the last 10 minutes put in the goal to give them their 4 goal lead. Just before the end of the game they sealed it and put in a final goal making the score 6-1. It was such a great experience as we stuck it out in the rain screaming our voices out and in the end were rewarded with the Canadian championship. The players all came over to our section after the game and threw their jerseys out to the fans.
Also soccer related, Zinadine Zidane came to Toronto a few weeks back and I watched him play a friendly against “the Canadian All-stars”. Most of the players other than Zidane and Palermo (Boca Jrs) were crap, but it was still cool to see one of the greatest soccer players of all time.
Next week I am going to start part 2 of my bartending training: the advanced course. It sounds fun and will be pretty cool because I get to invent my own drink and present it to the class. Also, I got tickets to see Sarah Silverman next week which should be fun.
On the work front, lately I have been spending a lot of time building a casino site. It seems like everyone is getting into the casino side so I figured, why not. If anyone has any good sites and wants to swap links, let me know.
My other sites are doing all right, just grinding on and not really growing much. Need to start spending more time on those but as usual I have either been too lazy or have been more focussed on getting the casino site off the ground.
Lately I have also been thinking about heading out to Budapest for the conference out there. Anyone else planning to go?
Back in Canada
Apr 2nd
Well, I’ve been back home for about a week now and have been kinda sick since getting back. Definitely miss Argentina and can’t wait to head back again.
Tax season is upon us now and one of my least favorite times of the year. Nothing is more fun then sending the government a big fat ass check that they are just gonna blow on stupid bullshit.
Missed out on Amsterdam this time, but looks like everyone is having a blast as usual. Trying to decide which conference to go to next. Where is everyone else going?
Jeremy Miller launched a blog recently. Please, turn off the stupid “YOU MUST BE LOGGED IN TO COMMENT”… where’s the fun in that!
Been having some awful poker sessions as of late. Just the other day was playing some 2/4 PLO and hit a set on the turn in a decent sized pot. The other guy bet, I reraised big, and he shoved me all in on a JT53 board (I hit 5’s). I made the call, and he showed AA97??? Anyway, river came an Ace… gg asshole. I need to stop playing.
This weekend is the Toronto FC opener and my brother is taking me (allegedly). I don’t always believe everything he says, but he seems to be serious so hopefully its a go because I really want to go to the game. Gotta pick up a new jersey for that.
Other than that, life is boring… can’t wait to travel again.
/end boring post
How Do Retarded People Get Jobs as Affiliate Managers?
Mar 10th
Recently I received an email that was titled “Attractive Proposal” so I decided I would investigate further to see what this affiliate manager was offering….
Original Email:
Dear Webmaster,
My name is NAME REMOVED; I am an Account Manager at
www.Affiliateclub.com.
I find your website very attractive for our brands:
www.casinoclub-poker.com,
www.pokerkings.com
Our affiliates are getting fantastic conversion rates!
Do you want to hear more about it?
Kind regards,
NAME REMOVED
Account Manager
My response:
Hi NAME REMOVED,
I am in the process of trying to find a room to get a league going
ASAP. Here are my requirements that I have been asking rooms for:
Hybrid CPA/Rev Share Deal
Tourmanent Prizes
Tell me a bit about your software and what you can offer.
Regards,
Graham Rowlands
GNG Media Inc.
Her reply to my email (notice how she doesn’t even READ MY FUCKING EMAIL!!!):
Dear Graham,
Thank you for your reply.
We have 2 brands with Boss Media software:
1. At www.casinoclub-poker.com – we offer 100% up to 200€ Welcome bonus ( here we can make a special promotion for you)
2. At www.pokerkings.com we offer 100% up to 300€ Welcome bonus
WE are usually working on Rev Share Deal.
What do you think about it?
Kind regards,
NAME REMOVED
My last and final response ever to Natasha:
Well NAME REMOVED, here is what I think about it…
For one, you never even gave me a proposal, but rather decided listing the standard
bonuses on your websites would get my attention. I am not sure how that is supposed to
sell me. I think you started this off with a great attention grabbing title to your
email, but you really need to work on the follow through.
And two, there was nothing “attractive” about it. I get a million of these kind of
emails all the time, and this kind of junk just wastes my time. Don’t beat around the
bush, sell your brand, tell me what I am gonna make, and give me good reasons why I
should promote your brand, over one of the competitors.
Anyway, hopefully this helps you in the future and thanks for giving me something to
write about on my blog.
Better luck in the future!
Graham
Merry Christmas!
Dec 29th
First and foremost, Merry Christmas to everyone or happy holidays if you celebrate some other weird holiday. Just kidding, I don’t discriminate I had a nice Xmas with the fam. Pretty quiet, but lots of great wine and amazing meals!
Anyway, so lately I haven’t been up to all that much. Just lots of shopping for the holidays, which is thankfully now over, and trying to get some work done, which is as usual pretty unsuccessful. Also been hibernating in my house as it has been ridiculously cold lately.
Vacations… I bought a plane ticket to head back to Argentina on January 21st for 2 months. The prices were so good and since I have been hating every day of winter since I got back I thought it was the right thing to do. Also, I will be going to Venezuela on January 6th for 1 week, so if you are looking for me, good luck! I’ll be on the beach without my computer.
Work… trying to get back into it. Have many projects that have been sitting in limbo that I am trying to get going again. Wish me luck! Dreading doing my taxes, but I know it has to be done. I have the gov’t, bunch of criminals!
Hopefully everyone is enjoying this little break in the year and having a nice time with their families!
I end this post with something I saw today on Wicked Chops Poker… possibly the greatest commercial of all-time! I won’t give any spoilers, BUT be warned… this is NSFW. Enjoy!
Link: 
Buenos Aires Recap
Dec 15th
Ooops… been back for about a week now and forgot to post about the rest of the Buenos Aires trip.
Well, I survived the paragliding. What an experience that was! For the rest of my time in Mendoza I went rafting and biking around the vineyards. It was probably one of the best parts of my trip and I had a ton of fun there. Here are a couple pics:
Gettin Ready to Jump
On top of the mountain
Biking to the wineries
Dinner with the Dutch Girls on their last night. Amazing Tapas and Wine!
After Mendoza I headed back to Buenos Aires where the trip came to an end after a few more nights of partying.
All in all it was an amazing experience and I am so glad I went. I met a ton of great people from all over the world and made some new friends.
Here are some more highlights from the trip and things that I’ll miss about Buenos Aires…
- Finding out they have Stoli Elite for less than Absolut at Godoy (obvious mistake)
- Celebrating Colombian Christmas at Claudia’s Appt
- Daily beer tips to Plaza Serrano
- Seeing a new “hottest girl in the world” every single day
- My friend Lucio trying to pick up the same girl about 50 times in a row while she is standing at the bar with her boyfriend
- Cheap amazing dinners at sick restaurants every day
- Random blaring of “Feliz Cumple Anos” in nice restaurants
Plus many more!
I might be heading back there again in the new year. If anyone is interested in coming down, let me know.
Bye for now!
Possibly my last post…
Dec 1st
Well, I hope not, and am knocking on wood right now….
This morning I arrived in Mendoza, Argentina. Mendoza is a city in the north that sits right on the edge of the Andes mountains. It is most known for being the wine region of Argentina and probably South America as a whole.
I took the bus last night by myself and arrived here at 8am (John decided to stay back in BsAs with his future wife). Last week I met a few Dutch girls who mentioned they were going to be coming here also, and we managed to meet up at the bus station and head to the same hostel. In a few hours we are all going paragliding. When I signed up for it, I thought it was hangliding, but apparently I was mistaken. Anyway, should be a lot of fun!
Tomorrow we are thinking of doing a wine/bike tour. Basically you go from winery to winery on bikes getting drunk along the way on great Argentinian wines. Should get interesting…
If I have time, I am also going to go white water rafting. I have always wanted to do it, and it is only like $30 here, so its hard to say no.
I am also having my first real hostel experience. The last few times we stayed in hostels we did the private room thing, but this one I am in a shared room. I was supposed to be in a room with some russian guy, but the room did not have lockers so I asked for another. The only other room had 3 spanish girls, so I decided that I would suffer and take that one
Anyway, hopefully I’ll be writing again in the next few days to let you know how it goes. Bye for now!