Ladies Night

Last night had two big firsts for the ladies and i must say I was very happy about both results.
Firstly Annie Duke won the NBC Heads-up. Love her or hate her, everyone should be willing to admit that she is one of the very best ambassadors for the game of poker. Her win was probably the best possible outcome for TV poker. Congratulations!

The other lady, of course, was Katherine Bigelow. Her movie the Hurt Locker won best picture and she won best director. If you read my earlier blog on the subject you will know I am a very big fan of this movie.

I actually watched most of the awards show for the first time ever and thought Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were very good, enough so that I may watch again next year if they host.

I was also happy to see The Cove win best documentary. Hopefully this will bring an end to the Japanese slaughter of Dolphins. This is a national shame for them, as is there whaling fleet. I don’t know if I can actually watch the movie though, it seems like it would be too disturbing and I already know the story.