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This was my third consecutive year going to the Bash at the Boathouse (which I believe is now in its 7th year). Honestly, my head is still buzzing from all the caffeine, alcohol, poker and cigarettes from the (long) weekend.

But, my pics are up now, and they tell much of the story. I’ll leave the detailed write-ups to those who are more capable.

• Thanks to Gavin Smith for a) coming out in the first place b) helping to raise so much money and c) being a cool fucking guy and huge Killers fan.
• Thanks to Joaquin, not just for talking me into driving myself and other people back to hotel Saturday night after almost drinking myself to death, but for having us stop at Wawa along the way. Brilliant!
• Thanks to F-Train and Joe Speaker for putting me up over the weekend.
• Thanks to Al, Eva, and Big Mike for everything!

Updates

Singing to the Killers, slowly killing BadBlood

More Killers karaoke!

Holy shit. did I forget to mention that I finished 2nd in the Blogger Tourney that BG set-up Friday night? In fact, second doesn’t do me justice. I was heads-up with Steve for the whole kit-and-kaboodle. He had me outchipped 2-to-1, but I was feeling good. 2nd got paid $200 while 1st won $450. But then Gavin swooped in and offered me $250 for my chips. Since I knew Gavin would be giving his “winnings” to charity, I felt my $250 cash + his $200 prize to charity was greater than a shot at winning the whole thing.

I would be remiss not to mention that my run through the tournament was almost entirely powered by the lucky FullTilt card protector that BadBlood gave me. See, these are the kind of people that make the trip so worthwhile. Salt of the earth, man.