This morning during my commute, I was listening to the (formerly Tony Bruno) Morning Extravaganza on the radio. Tony Bruno hasn’t been on for about six months, and I have NFI what happened to him. I don’t know if he pissed off people at FoxSports or what. I just know that it’s Van Earl Wright (formerly of CNN sports) and Andrew Siciliano now. Anyway, Kevin Nealon (formerly of SNL) was on, pimping the newest Poker offering from the GameShow Network, Poker Royale. It looks like this is the cluster fuck that was described by Felicia in her weeklong series that began here.

Nealon, who you might remember as the man who almost killed Weekend Update when Dennis Miller left, was bland and lifeless. The hosts had to practically use the Jaws of Life to get answers out of him, he sounded so UN-enthusiastic. He admitted to knowing little about poker (gee, what a great selection to host a poker show!). And I’m not sure if he was just tired from making the radio talk show circuit, or if he was genuinely indifferent towards the show. After reading Felicia’s reports of widespread incompetence, it seems likely that Nealon was also disgusted with the GSN and was making these rounds merely to fulfill his contractual obligations. Anyway, it’s on tonight, so if you’re tired of watching Frosty or Rudolph or the Grinch, and you want to see a poorly run poker tournament with an ignorant, apathetic, boring host, you can tune in.

Right now, I’m on a nice little run at the Empire O8 $10 SnGs, cashing in seven straight (one first, four seconds, and two thirds). Strictly play by the numbers for me. Sure, it’s not exactly thrilling poker, but it doesn’t require 100% attention to cash in these, enabling me to intermingle tucking the kids in bed, getting and giving bedtime hugs and kisses, and Christmas shopping on Amazon. I did have one hand that made me cackle out loud, leading my wife to ask me if I was looking at porn. I tried to explain to her that I slowplayed a flopped boat and trapped a turned Broadway, but all I got was a blank stare. Oh well. No telling how well I would’ve done if I had stared at the screen and took my copious notes, but I’ll take my modest profit.

Oh, quick question for my four or five readers. I know a lot of you have wireless in your homes. I’m gonna buy a laptop for the family and go wireless in the house. I worked for Compaq years ago, and my sister works for HP, so I can get a discount on a CompaqHP system (with a free all-in-one printer/scanner/barista/masseuse thingamajig). However, the wireless part has me stumped. I’ve seen reviews for dozens of routers/print servers, but none seem to agree. Linksys, Belkin, Dlink, and NetGear seem to be the big names. Any feedback?