Too Busy To Post

It's a lame excuse but I've just been too busy and too tired to post recently. My big event, the Hbc Run for Canada, is coming up on July 1 and things are going crazy right now as I'm trying to finalize things in all of our 15 cities across Canada with 31 people sending me information on a continual basis. I'm working all the time...the only real breaks I get are when I go play slowpitch or soccer at night. Then I come back home and work again until midnight or 1:00am. It's a great event but as with any event you put on, I can't wait til it's over!

Feel free to bring the family down to our event on July 1. There's a 10K run, a 3K walk and 1K kids run. The best part is they all happen at different times so someone can run the 10K and then come back to watch their kid run the 1K. The 1K is very cute to watch and very popular with families. Good kids entertainment and a band will play too for the adults.

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Sheldon

Daniel Negreanu is a Stand Up Guy

Have you heard of this guy before? If you are at all into poker you will have. For me, he's by far my favourite poker player. I think the main reason I like this guy so much is that we have so much in common. I seriously wish he lived here in Saskatoon so that the two of us could hang out. Now that is probably starting to sound like a stalker, and you are probably right. But check out the number of things we have in common:

1) We are approximately the same age (I think he's a year or two older)

2) He's Canadian (he lives in Vegas now but is actually from Toronto)

3) He likes poker...I like poker

4) He golfs in the high 90's to low 100's and is always trying to improve...I'm the same way

5) He loves to joke around and tell stories that aren't true...this blog pretty much shows I'm the same way

6) He wins at poker...I would like to win at poker!

7) He's a born again Christian and so am I

There are just a lot of things I like about Daniel that I think would make him a great friend and person to hang out with. Although he and I have a lot in common, the number one reason I think he is such a great guy and the reason I'm even writing this post is to say...he cares about his fans.

Check out this video blog he did today:

http://www.rawvegas.tv/rawreality/negreanu/

In the video you can tell that some fans are waiting for him to give an autograph or something. He doesn't ignore them at all but actually talks to them in the middle of his video to let them know he's not ignoring them. Then, at the end when he realizes he is out of time, he tells them to come to his table during the tournament (which is part of the World Series of Poker) so he can get them autographs or pictures. That's like Sidney Crosby telling a fan to come down to the bench during a playoff hockey game to get an autograph and picture while the game is going on. No other poker player I know treats fans so well.

Last year Daniel ended up being in the same box seats as co-workers of mine at the Grey Cup. I was extremely jealous as I've never met Daniel. So if anyone is looking to get me a 30's birthday present, or a Father's Day gift, or just a "Sheldon you're a swell guy so here's a cool present" if you could arrange for me to meet Daniel, play a round of golf with him and also a game of poker I would be forever indebted to you.