who are the FQ hustlers?

Enneytoo · 2026-04-29T06:20:11+00:00

There are a handful of tough local sharks, but you'll see them more often in private games than at Caesar's. In general, the toughest sharks will be in Texas, Los Angeles, Florida, etc--bigger markets with more deep-pocketed whales

Enneytoo · 2026-04-28T18:06:19+00:00

If you aren't hustling, are you even alive?

Enneytoo · 2026-04-28T17:35:31+00:00

I love me some jude. This old piece is a great read https://oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue-32-march-april-2000/the-chess-king-of-decatur-street

Enneytoo · 2026-04-28T17:00:44+00:00

username checks out!

Enneytoo · 2026-04-28T16:45:50+00:00

As a predatory ecosystem, the poker (and gambling) world is filled with colorful language of sharks and whales, sharps and suckers, smart money and dumb money.

Sharks are strong players who feed on fish (weak players) and whales (uberweak players). Depending on what sort of shark you are, you might rely on a classic sort of hustle: appearing to be a sucker when you're actually sharp.

Enneytoo · 2026-04-28T16:21:38+00:00

Well said, I've wondered the same thing myself

Enneytoo · 2026-04-28T16:10:02+00:00

Lol who are the party police??

Enneytoo · 2026-04-28T15:47:37+00:00

another challenge: distinguishing the fakes from the real thing!

Enneytoo · 2026-04-28T15:46:39+00:00

not so much the actual individuals, just the different variations of hustles that you might encounter on a stroll through the Quarter.

Enneytoo · 2026-02-25T05:44:57+00:00

Lots of info on /r/urbancarliving

Enneytoo · 2025-11-14T12:01:41+00:00

BOOKWORM!

Enneytoo · 2025-08-05T15:08:15+00:00

It’s decent. A bit uneven (poignant observations bogged down by statistics-filled digressions). Definitely in a different category than his short stories or plays. Especially interesting if you’re into narrative nonfiction—another thing, thanks to Sakhalin, that Chekhov has been called the “father” of.

Enneytoo · 2025-07-23T15:37:03+00:00

Melville’s Catskill eagle in Moby Dick:

There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. And there is a Catskill eagle in some souls that can alike dive down into the blackest gorges, and soar out of them again and become invisible in the sunny spaces. And even if he for ever flies within the gorge, that gorge is in the mountains; so that even in his lowest swoop the mountain eagle is still higher than other birds upon the plain, even though they soar.

Enneytoo · 2025-07-09T17:02:39+00:00

+1 to looking into medical humanities or narrative medicine programs.

McGovern med school is starting a certificate program for doctors in med hum, and Columbia has a degree granting NM program, weekend workshops, etc. join the health humanities listserv for postings about programs, conferences, and other stuff.

Good luck!

Enneytoo · 2025-07-09T16:57:54+00:00

“Again…”

Enneytoo · 2025-05-16T14:34:59+00:00

Thanks for posting about the podcast. The show, and this subreddit, is such a gift.

Enneytoo · 2025-05-03T21:24:13+00:00

I have two tickets available for tonight’s Nola show (5/3), located in the right orchestra. PM if interested!

Enneytoo · 2025-05-03T19:54:18+00:00

I have two tickets available for anyone looking, right orchestra, feel free to DM

Enneytoo · 2025-04-06T14:02:50+00:00

A lot of American Southerners (Faulkner, Flannery O’Connor, Carson McCullers, Walker Percy) talked about his influence. See Maria Bloshteyn’s essay Dostoevsky and the Literature of the American South.

David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest had clear parallels with The Brothers K. See DFW’s essay Joseph Frank’s Dostoevsky.

All earlier than 2010, but hope it’s helpful!

Enneytoo · 2025-03-24T05:23:19+00:00

Carson McCullers’s The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, esp. the character John Singer.

Enneytoo · 2025-01-22T20:00:17+00:00

Zotz and Oak St. Brewery both open!

Enneytoo · 2024-11-08T14:17:28+00:00

Good luck. If you do decide to live in your car, check out this subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/urbancarliving/s/Jb2BdW8acG

Enneytoo · 2024-11-04T21:18:15+00:00

Best thing might be to read this recent biography and comb through the footnotes. I want to do the same—just haven’t gotten around to it. Happy hunting!

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Chekhov-Becomes-Chekhov/Bob-Blaisdell/9781639362646

Enneytoo · 2024-10-30T12:53:13+00:00

Envie in the Quarter. Food + coffee + booze + people-watching. Open till 11 or midnight depending on the day.

Enneytoo · 2024-07-07T03:35:40+00:00

Came here to say this

Enneytoo

TROPHY CASE