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How to be a successful gambler: A lesson in New Orleans

Andrew — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:28:51 +0000

On a recent trip to New Orleans, a friend and I went to Harrah’s casino on Canal Street to test our luck on the blackjack tables. With $100 stake at a $10 table, our results couldn’t have been more disparate. I got buried alive, lasting less than thirty minutes, missing my double downs...

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The Switch is Predictable Romance

Andrew — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 02:18:27 +0000

The irony of The Switch, the new Jennifer Aniston film about finding her baby daddy, is the happily ever after. Maybe it’s expected for this kind of predictable romantic comedy, but the movie opens up with a lengthy voice over from Jason Bateman’s character Wally about how life is a...

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Man, I Hate Kings of Leon Even More Now

Andrew — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:10:10 +0000

Memo to Caleb Followill and Kings of Leon: You don’t need Glee, but that doesn’t mean you should be stupid about turning down the show. It might be time that Kings of Leon break their “no sell out” policy for Glee considering it’s only one of the most popular shows on...

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Patrick’s Block of Casinos in Massachusetts was Prickly Politics

Andrew — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:36:41 +0000

Two weeks ago, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick cockblocked a bill that would have approved resort casino development in the state as well as slot machine licensing for non-casino properties. Patrick timed his rejection of the bill for the end of legislative session, effectively killing any...

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‘No Thank You’ Cards

Andrew — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:05:54 +0000

To celebrate the release of Thank You is Implied, we asked illustrator Jennifer Cosentino to design two “Thank You” cards inspired by the book. See the images below.

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Guster Looking for Some Love

Andrew — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:52:24 +0000

The big question hanging over Guster is whether anyone is still listening. As a live act, the band has always been a formidably entertaining force on stage. Drummer Brian Rosenworcel alone is worth the price of admission. But their last studio release 2006′s Ganging Up on the Sun was a bit...

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Secondhand Serenade Releases Hear Me Now

Andrew — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:37:21 +0000

There’s nothing like an overproduced album of generic emo rock music to make you pine for the Swiss Army Romance days of Dashboard Confessional. The new album by Secondhand Serenade, Hear Me Now, pines for those days too. Ten years ago, emo was a new take on the acoustic, minimalist...

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Thank You is Implied Available Now!

Andrew — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:02:33 +0000

Smart ReMarx blogger Andrew Marx’s new collection of essays, Thank You is Implied the Annotated Smart ReMarx, is out now! Read the description below. Order your copy from amazon.com Thank You is Implied, a new collection of essays by Andrew Marx, takes on wide-ranging themes from legalizing...

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The Curious Case of Gambler Mike Lee

Andrew — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:17:40 +0000

In British Columbia, an intervention for problem gamblers called the Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program is under fire for allowing its participants to gamble. The program is designed to ban self-identified problem gamblers from playing in B.C. casinos by removing them from the premises before they...

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The Drive for Casinos in Massachusetts Stalls Out

Andrew — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:11:24 +0000

Anti-casino opposition is heating up in Massachusetts as the legislature argues over the details of the two bills passed in the House and Senate earlier this year. Numerous legislative hours have gone into merging the two bills into something to send before the Governor to sign when, according to...

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