THE OLD NEIGHBOROOD

APPARENTLY THE NEW SEASON OF 24 IS GOING TO BE GOOD

According to Kristen De LosSantos (who keep in mind is a chick so it doesn't make me feel all warm and fuzzy that she has her finger on the pulse of good TV) this is going to be an excellent season. Her reasons,

1. The "Good Old" 24 Is Back! Any of you who were disappointed in season six (and yes, we are with you) will be pleased to know that the high-stakes, high-drama and fully engrossing storylines and action of the earlier seasons of 24 have most assuredly returned for season seven.
In the first four hours alone, there are enough twists to turn your stomach into a pretzel (who's working for whom, where Jack is heading, etc.), and yet the plotlines are handled smartly and delicately enough to avoid Heroes syndrome (way too much happening way too fast to too many people). These guys know what they're doing.

2. Tony Almeda Is Freaking Back! No, it's not a dream, a shower sequence or a Francinator-like clone. Tony Almeda (Carlos Bernard) is among the living. And where he's been and what he's been up to will most assuredly leave your jaw hanging—as well as Jack's.

3. The New Cast Does Not Suck: You Chloe (Mary Lynn Rajskub) devotees might be turned off by the idea of what appears very much to be a new Chloe—Janine Garafalo as an FBI computer whiz helping out Team Jack. But rest assured, there's a reason they've brought in a Chloe clone: The two geekalicious girls will be going head-to-head in no time, and the smackdown is thoroughly entertaining.
Also worth noting: The new femme fatale in Jack's life, Renee Walker (Annie Wersching) is instantly respectable, likeable and ultimately more badass than she might first appear.

4. Jack Is Sorta, Um, Bad: Forget CTU. Forget glossy, glamorous offices, big budgets and endless high-tech help of yesterseason. Ultimately this season of 24 will show Jack (who begins his day in a Senate hearing as a wanted man) in a much more rebellious and renegade light than we've seen him before. And that's because he'll be working with...


WAIT IS SHE KIDDING, THAT'S IT, THAT'S HER REVIEW...SEE, I TOLD YOU, NO SENSE OF, WELL SENSE.

Jizz In My Pants

The latest from Adam Sandberg (and I can swear that is Justin Timberlake in the grocery store).

Funny Stuff

JETS MAKE OR BREAK ON FINAL SUNDAY (AGAIN)

Chad Pennington, Chad Pennington.

For the past 2 baseball seasons i have come down to the last Sunday in September needing my Mets to win 1 game to get in, and they failed both times, and it was miserable to sit and watch.

Today, my football team comes up against the same fate, and although I haven't watched it yet, I'm already preparing for the misery. And to make matters worse, they go against my favorite all time Jet. For months I've know it would come down to this, we were on a crash course to make this Sunday "special" and now it is here.

The Jets need some help today, a Patriot or a Raven lose, is critical but more importantly the Jets need to win. A team of mine needs to win on a Sunday in the last day of the season. I'm 0-2 the last couple of seasons, so if nothing else I'm used to the feeling.

Bret Favre has been a nightmare, but unfortunately he is the best shot we have. I'm tron in my love for Chad and my hatred of Bret, but I have to hope that if the Pats or Ravens lose, my team, for once can come up big and actually do something when it counts.

I'll be there at 4:15, giving Chad a standing O when he walks out on that field, I just haven't decided if I'll be wearing my green #10 jersey or my #25 jersey and hope to get 2 picks and not 2 TDs for Mia.

Why couldn't he have just signed with Minn???

Chad Pennington, Chad Pennington

I THINK JAY COX MOHR IS A FUNNY GUY

Jay is unwittingly looking to add Mohr laughs to his life.

Following in the footsteps of John Ono Lennon, the Gary Unmarried star filed a petition a week ago to legally add his wife's surname to his own, thereby making his new name Jon (his birth name) Ferguson Cox Mohr.

Well, better than the other way around, isn't it?

REPRINTED FROM SEPT 4, 2008

THE GREATEST QB IN JET'S HISTORY

The Packers are not the only team starting their first season without the greatest QB in team history. The Jets are in the same boat. Yea yea yea..Namath, I know, but actually compare the two:


Won-Lost Record: Namath: 61-61-4 Chad: 32-29
Playoff Berths: Joe: 2 Chad: 3
Playoff W/L: Joe: 2-1 Chad: 2-3
Completion %: Joe: 50.2 Chad: 65.6
Yards: Joe: 27,057 Chad: 13,738
TD’s/TD%: Joe: 170/4.7 Chad:82/4.3
INTs/INT %: Joe: 215/5.9 Chad: 55/2.9
Yds per Attempt: Joe: 7.4 Chad: 7.2
QB Rating: J: 65.8 C: 88.9

All statistics per Pro-Football-Reference.com.

Now I get that numbers don't tell the whole story, and I never saw Joe play, but I saw every game Chad played, and before he was hurt he was as good as anyone, yea Joe has that Super Bowl, and he was a leader in it, but he wasn't the reason the won that game, and if Chad was the QB of that team he'd have won it as well. Pennington was responsible for two of the more impressive playoff wins in team history - the 41-0 beating of the Colts (and Peyton) in 2002, and the overtime victory in San Diego in 2004, and he was robbed of another in Pittsburgh by Herm Edwards’ poor coaching and our kicker's failure to make 1 of 2 game winning field gaols.

Not to disparage Joe, Namath’s impact went beyond statistics. He won the most important game in the history of the New York Jets, and they say the most important game in the history of the NFL. He was the first to throw for 4,000 yards in a season. He was a TV and media giant, and is obviously the most important player in the history of the franchise. But he was not the best quarterback the team has ever had, that was Chad Pennington.

It will be strange to see him in the ugly fish uniform, and I’ll always love him and thank him for all the good things he did for my team.

With all that said, I'd really like to see him throw 5 picks and get sacked 11 times Sunday..

SUCK FACE OR FACEBOOK?

A new study has come out quizzing women about whether they’d prefer to not have the Internet for two weeks or sex for two weeks. And the results, especially for women, are kind of sad.

An online survey commissioned by Intel has found, among other things, that 46% of women would rather go without sex for two weeks than give up the Internet for that long. The numbers get bigger for certain age groups; 49% of women aged 18-34 would make that choice, and 52% of women aged 35-44.

Some 30% of all men would swap sex for the Internet for two weeks, if they had to, with 39% of men aged 18-34 willing to make that sacrifice, according to the survey. Only 23% of men aged 35-44 said they would do so.

Am I going to get 3 of these for X-mas??? I mean look at that little fella, a pooing robot toilet-paper holder it makes you appreciate his multi-tasking. But most importantly his deep commitment to bowel evacuation, reading, and of course my love for all things gadget, all in one simple package.

Interpreting Three-Bets

by Jordan 'IMsoLucky0' Morgan


We all know that a three-bet is supposed to mean strength. When a player three-bets before the flop, he’s saying that he believes he has the best hand. One of the keys to making money at the poker table, however, is being able to interpret when the three-bet means what it’s supposed to mean, and when a player is only representing a big hand and making a move.

The fact of the matter is that you’re not getting the right odds in most situations to call a three-bet with a small pocket pair. When there’s been a raise and a re-raise in front of you and you look down at a hand like pocket 6s, you normally want to fold it and move on. You can sometimes get away with making the call with a very deep stack, but you really have to have a strong read that you’re going to get paid if you make your hand. I might call with pocket 9s or 10s in the right spot against the right opponent, but hands like 8s or 7s just don’t play well enough, especially out of position.

One exception, of course, is if a particular player three-bets repeatedly. This suggests he isn’t always doing it with strong hands and it might be worth playing back at him. However, when I say “repeatedly,” I don’t just mean a couple of times early in a session. If a guy three-bets you twice early on, you might be inclined to think that he’s picking on you and doesn’t have a hand. But it could also be that the guy got dealt big hands twice. Until he has three-bet you relentlessly or shown down a weak holding after three-betting, you don’t want to try to make a play at him. Once he has done it several times, then it’s worth making a play at the pot if he puts in another three-bet, because he’s not going to have the premium hand that he’s representing that often.

Another thing to watch out for is the tiny three-bet. Say it’s a $1/$2 game, I raise to $6, and another player raises to $10 or $12 instead of something more standard like $15 or $18. When people make a tiny three-bet, I’ll usually call that. I don’t give a lot of respect to those plays. Sometimes they will be huge hands, but more often they’ll be very weak hands that you can take the pot from out of position.

A very small three-bet is not a tactic that I’ll use very often – there isn’t much reason for it. If you’re trying to steal a pot, you want to make it more difficult for your opponent to call. If you actually have a big hand, you want to get value for it when your opponent calls, so a bigger three-bet is a better idea.

Facing a three-bet can be a daunting prospect at times – be certain you have a good read on your opponent before making your next move.

Katy Perry fills music's quirky girl void

By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY, AP Music Writer

get Katy Perry twisted: She absolutely loves being pop's quirky poster girl, the wild child who doesn't censor herself and causes raised eyebrows with songs like "Ur So Gay" and "I Kissed a Girl."

But for all her success over the last year, Perry is hoping that songs like her most recent No. 1, "Hot n Cold," show she has more to offer than kitsch and controversy.
"It's my personality, which is up and down and sassy and cheeky," says Perry, who recently became a Grammy nominee. "You're gonna see me with all kinds of different things. Maybe you won't expect it, but that's what I like to do — keep people on their toes."

Offering the unexpected was a key factor in Perry becoming one of pop's breakout stars this year. While "Ur So Gay" — a taunting song to an ex-lover more enamored with flatirons and skinny jeans than his ex-girlfriend — became an underground talker, it was her equally ear-catching song "I Kissed a Girl," about girl-on-girl experimentation, that resonated with mainstream music fans, becoming a No. 1 summer smash.
"She's not scared to rattle some people's cages lyrically, and say some risque stuff," says singer-songwriter Butch Walker, who collaborated with Perry on some of the tracks on her debut album, "One of the Boys." "She brings a little bit of the underground, a little bit of the hipster and underground culture to the mainstream, and that's what sells her ... as different."

And that's what Perry hoped her role in pop music would be. The 24-year-old, who was raised by ministers and dabbled in Christian music before heading to Los Angeles as a 17-year-old aspiring artist, found most of pop's princesses to be manufactured and boring.

"I was a bit let down by maybe their personality or their delivery or their consistency," says Perry during an interview at her Capitol Records label offices. "They were so like careful with everything."
"Well, what's the point of being in pop or rock 'n' roll music if you're going to be a windup doll?" Perry says. "Use your own wheels and bolts, even if they break, do it yourself."
But Perry found that a colorful personality, strong voice and well-crafted songs didn't guarantee her pop stardom, or even an album. Though she worked with top producers such as Glen Ballard and The Matrix, she bounced from label to label. (Blender magazine profiled her as one to watch in 2004.)

"She was signed and dropped like twice before the record came out," says Walker. "I was afraid that her career and those songs were never gonna see the light of day."
Even Perry wondered whether she should just give up. But her competition gave her hope.
"Every time I thought maybe there was a girl that would take my place, I would watch her and I would kind of sit back and say, 'Almost! No no no, there's still a void!'" she recalls.

Now that she's come along to fill it, Perry looks back on her struggles as a badge of honor. "It's like training," she says.

And she has this advice for those hoping to be the next Katy Perry: Find your own identity.

"When I first started at 17 in Los Angeles, the hit song was 'Complicated,' and everyone wanted me to write a 'Complicated,'" she says of Avril Lavigne's early hit. "I'm like, 'Look that's her, this is me. Everybody loves that song — hopefully everyone will love my song.'"

2008 Brooktown WSOP Champion

TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT


Below please find the rules for the final event. As you should know by now the final event is No Limit Texas Hold ‘Em and will be held at Jay’s house in Jackson, NJ TONIGHT.

The entry fee is $50 (Ed, Rich, Scott have free entry) and we would like to start no later than 8pm. Please plan on being there in plenty of time to eat, do all the appropriate paperwork and begin the final event ceremonies.

Rich – please do not forget to bring the trophy you have had for the 3 past years, as I will need to bring it in to have Scott’s name and probably yours engraved for 2008.

I wanted to go over the final prize breakdown as well.

14 original entries $100 = $1400
7 Satellite entries $50 = 350
5 final entries $50 = 250

Total Prize pool =$2000

Scott has already won $100 for the point title, and the interest from the original $1,400 will go toward food for this evening.

1st place $1,000

2nd place $ 600

3rd place $ 300



THE GAME – 2008 BROOKTOWN WSOP CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

The game is No-Limit Texas Hold ‘Em.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Chip Value:

White 50
Red 100
Green 250
Blue 500
Black 1000


BUYIN/REBUY/ADD-ON



The initial buy-in is $50. This will purchase 10,000 in tournament chips. These chips have no monetary value.
There are no add-on’s or re-buys. Once a player has lost all his chips he is eliminated.
Scott Davis (the 2008 point champion), Ed Pascocello and Rich Southard (satellite event winners) will have no buy-in.


SEATING

Table assignment and seating is determined a random draw 30 minutes prior to the start of the event. Scott Davis will be the first to have the button.


BLINDS



The two players to the left of the dealer are required to post “blind” bets before seeing their cards. The 1st is the SB and the 2nd is the BB.
If the SB is knocked out, the button essentially goes into his empty seat.
If the BB is knocked out, then the BB moves on to the player who would have had it next and there isn’t a SB on this hand (SB moves into the empty seat). On the following hand, the button would wind up in the empty seat. The player who just had the BB would have SB, and the BB moves on normally to the next player.
When play is down to two players, figure out who would get the BB next if nothing had happened. He will be the BB on the next hand. The SB is always on the button and the other player is the BB.


TIMER USE AND BREAKS



A timer will be used to time the blind progression. When the timer expires, it should be immediately restarted. The next hand will be dealt at the new blind level. For the purposes of this rule, a hand is considered currently in play once the all blinds are posted AND the dealer has begun shuffling (riffles the deck).

The timer is stopped during breaks. No additional hands at any table should be started during such a break although hands already in progress should be completed.

THE DEAL



The player to the right of the dealer may cut the deck before the cards are dealt.

The dealer is responsible for making sure that all bets have been called before dealing each round of card(s).

Order of the deal:



Dealer deals two cards (one at a time) face down to each player.
Betting round 1 occurs.
Dealer burns one card and deals 3 cards (flop) in the middle of the table face up.
Betting round 2 occurs.
Dealer burns one card and deals one card (turn/4th Street) in the middle.
Betting round 3 occurs.
Dealer burns one card and deals the final card (river/5th Street).
Betting round 4 occurs.


DEALER ERRORS

dealer fails to burn a card before the flop, turn or river and instead turns the top card immediately face up; the card will be shown to all players and then discarded; the next card will take its place.
player's hole card is exposed due to a dealer error; he may not keep the exposed card. After completing the deal, the dealer will exchange the exposed card with the top card on the deck and place the exposed card face up on top of the deck. The exposed card will be used as the first burn card. If two or more cards are exposed on the deal, it is a misdeal.
player is dealt more or less cards than two, and it is discovered before two players act on their hands; it is a misdeal. If it is discovered after two players have acted; that player forfeits all bets and blinds.
flop has too many cards or cards are flopped before all betting is complete; the entire flop is taken back and reshuffled. The burn card will remain burned and no new burn card will be used.
fourth or fifth card is turned up before betting is complete; the card is not in play. After completion of betting, the next card is burned and the following card is turned up. After betting, the dealer will reshuffle the deck, including the card that was taken out of play, but not the burn card or discards.


BETTING

Check and raise is allowed.
The minimum bet is equal to the size of the BB.
The raise must always be at least the size of the previous bet or raise.
Any player can bet all of their chips at anytime (ALL-IN).
Betting round 1 begins with the player to the left of the BB.
Betting rounds 2-4 begin with the player to the left of the button.
When only two players are left sitting at the table, the BB is dealt to first, the button acts first before the flop, and the BB acts first after the flop.
Do not splash the pot. Stack your bets in front of you the dealer will rake the bets into the pot after the betting round is complete.
Do not bet, check, call, fold, or raise out of turn.


WINNING THE TOURNAMENT



The final player remaining, in the championship round, with all the chips will be the first prize winner. The last player eliminated will be the second prize winner; the second last player eliminated will be the third prize winner, etc... If two players get eliminated in the same hand, the person who started the hand with the most chips gets the higher finish and awarded the corresponding prize pool for that placement.

Caylee Anthony Update

According to Orange County sheriff's spokesman Angelo Nieves, investigators have obtained the search warrant that they were seeking for the house of George and Cindy Anthony. The house has been taped off with crime scene tape and investigators are examining it for evidence.

It is believed the search is related to the discovery of a small child's remains that were discovered not far from the house earlier today. While a positive identification is still pending, they are believed to be the remains of Casey Anthony's missing two-year-old daughter, Caylee Anthony.

According to Tim Miller, founder and director of Texas EquuSearch, he was at the scene where the remains were found earlier today. During an interview with Nancy Graze, Miller said that there was an indentation in the ground, suggesting that they had been there for several months.

The child's remains have since been sent to the FBI crime lab in Quantico, Virginia, where experts are conducting expedited testing to identify the remains.

Investigators plan on conducting another search of the area where the remains were found again tomorrow. They plan on examining the soil and collecting any potential evidence that remains in the area.

Meanwhile, sources at the Orange County Jail are saying that Casey Anthony was "visibly shaken" when she received news of today's discovery. A mental health professional was sent to the jail to meet with her, at which time she was allegedly given a sedative to calm her nerves. Anthony is currently under psychological observation.

Really, Van Horn???

Seriously Another Steve Francis jersey!?

Damn hiccups

The 10 Most Beautiful Places in America - Must visit #2

2. Nighttime view from Mount Washington in Pittsburgh

In a nation with a wealth of stunning cities full of compelling stories, ranking Pittsburgh as the No. 2 beauty spot is perhaps our most surprising choice. But the Steel City's aesthetic appeal is undeniable, as is its very American capacity for renewal. Standing atop Mount Washington, the steep hill that rises giddily on the city's south side, sightseers enjoy the unforgettable panorama of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers flowing together to create the mighty Ohio, that waterway so essential in the nation's settlement. The rivers cup downtown's lustrous Golden Triangle, where landmark skyscrapers thrust upward like rockets. At night, lights twinkle on no fewer than 15 bridges. Almost as breathtaking as the vista itself is the urban renewal that made it possible. A century ago, a pall of smoke lay so thick over town that streetlights burned all day. As Pittsburgh continues an evolutionary course that has taken it from trading post to transportation hub to industrial goliath, we salute its reinvention into one of America's most scenic and livable communities. In the life of a city, there's nothing more beautiful, or inspiring, than a renaissance. For more, go to pittsburgh.net.

How to Improve Your Luck

Feeling a little unlucky lately? Want the secret to getting lucky? You have it already - it's you. The secret to improving luck is about perspective, self-belief and erring on the side of optimism. It isn't about winning huge pots of cash - it's about making the most of the wonderful blessings already surrounding you. Here are some thoughts for making your own luck grow.

Use Your Mind. Luck is tied to the power of your imagination. Someone said, "Luck is just probability taken personally". Improved luck will require a lot of personal dedication and hard work.

Prepare. "Luck is when preparation meets opportunity", said Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher and politician, 5 BC - 65 AD.[1] If you have the groundwork in place you can take advantage of the opportunities that come your way.

Network. Lucky people know people, lots of people. They don't have to be everyone's bosom buddy but it is the art of being open to many new people that counts. Practice feeling comfortable talking to strangers at events that you attend. And actively listen to them when you strike up a conversation because you will have a lot to learn and they will remember that you appreciated what they had to say. This can translate into opportunities; the more people you meet and the more people you display genuine interest in, the more likelihood of you meeting the right person at the right time who has an opportunity at hand that you want to be a part of.

Trust your instincts. That little inner voice is often right and lucky people know this. You will also know when your "common sense" or "reason" are trying to override the lucky hunch. When this happens, take a moment aside to sit and think things through clearly and uninterrupted. Consider whose voices are speaking to you when you are faced with overriding intuition - is it your own trustworthy voice or is it the voices of others' expectations - a spouse, a boss, a friend?

Take it easy. Anxiety and worry are enemies of luck. They introduce a factor that says "Be very risk averse" and "Whoa there! Hold back now!" You won't be stumbling across luck while you are too busy hiding out. When opportunities come, you need to notice them and you need to seize them. A lucky person believes in now as being as important as tomorrow and much more so than yesterday. Don't be held back by ghosts of failure - they were just learning experiences. And tomorrow will always come whatever happens, so do your best to enjoy today so that tomorrow has a standard to match!

Be ready for new opportunities. The more open you are to novel ideas and new ways of doing things, the more likely it is that you will strike it lucky. Lucky people don't plod along methodically; while that guarantees a safe and secure path, lucky people take the path less known and meet all sorts of amazing opportunities along the way. Put your foot on that path now... try something you have never done before, try something you have convinced yourself you would hate, try something that someone else has suggested you try. Be bold.

Be an eternal optimist. Expect the best. Yes, anyone can do this and why not? It isn't about living with the fairies. It is about being positive and creating the outcomes that you want most. Lucky people are optimistic and they expect that good things will happen to them. Heard the mantra "only good things happen to me"? Well, probably not, as most of us tend to whine "why do all the bad things happen to me?!" Stop it right now and start expecting the best.

Turn sour milk into a smoothie. So the milk went off? Big deal. There are still a lot things you can do with it, so do it. Instead of choosing to wallow and feel rotten about things that go wrong, look for life's lessons in the experience and look for new solutions that grow out of the bad experience. Dwelling on horrible events in your life gives them great power over you, stifling your growth and stomping on your luck. And when you view the world in this manner, even if Lady Luck does call, you're likely to sabotage it because that suits your negative mindset. Avoid the wallowing and kick yourself back into action. Sure, there are times in life when some events really set us back, such as the loss of a loved one, but far better to honor that person's memory by doing things in remembrance of them than using that loss as an eternal unhappiness trigger. It is really important to learn and grow from sadness and hardship rather than to let it harden us and turn us bitter.

Reframe your life. If you perceive yourself as a victim or a hapless flotsam of fate, it is time to reframe. You are a shaper of your destiny and one lucky person. You're lucky to be alive; that's the biggest blessing every single one of us gets. Honour that lucky chance and live your life to its fullest. You'll only be glad that you did.

Never stop learning. This is related to staying open to new opportunities. Unlucky people think their learning stopped at school or university. Lucky people realize that that was just the beginning and that life is one huge university. Soak it all up; even the stuff you find hard, boring, or uncomfortable. It really makes your life a whole lot more exciting and helps you to understand where others are coming from. Aiming to understand a wide range of perspectives makes it easier for you to forgive people and to see their points of view. Knowing this enables you to weave others' motivations into how you approach life and treat them with respect. Which leads to the next point...

Treat people with respect. Lucky people know that other people matter. Respect for others makes you automatically lucky because it stops you from expecting other people's behavior to conform to your own or to ease your way. Instead, you know to respect people for who they are rather than what you wish they would be. And you avoid the arrogance of placing your personality style and lifestyle beliefs above theirs.

Treat the Earth with respect. The Earth gives us food, water, shelter, oxygen and for some people, spiritual fulfillment. Lucky people acknowledge this and care for the world around them as a mark of this respect. Involving yourself with nature by getting outdoors and enjoying it improves your sense of self-assurance as you don't fear its elements but embrace them. In so doing, you increase your luck as you broaden your knowledge and opportunities.

Treat your body with respect As you hone your instincts by listening to your "inner voice", you can also become more in touch with your body awareness. Listen to it. Holistic health practitioners believe your physical, emotional, and spiritual health directly affects how you relate to the world around you.

Do no harm. Lucky people don't use or harm others to forward their own goals. Instead they invite others to accompany them on the journey. While networking, respecting self and others, and caring for the earth around them, lucky people nurture themselves as well as those with whom they come in contact.

Tips

Luck is made, not found. And the luck that is "stumbled across" is very often fool's gold in the hands of a person who doesn't know what to do with it. If you believe in yourself and your abilities, and follow the ideas outlined above, you will be in a great position to take advantage of lucky breaks.

Use techniques such as visualization and goal-setting to create your luck. These are not over-used mantras; they are proven techniques to ensure that you remain directed and focused on the things you want for yourself in life.

Use affirmations daily. "I am going to have a lucky day today." "I am going have good fortune today." "I am going to help enable my luck today by helping others to be lucky today."

Be humble. Luck favors the humble; this doesn't mean you can't stand out there and enthuse others to find their luck but you mustn't toot your horn of arrogance or luck will start to shy away as you become too self-certain. And this quickly steps into the realm of disrespecting others and closing yourself off to more learning. Remember balance and you'll be fine.

Don't get cocky. The more lucky you are, the more prone you are to become cocky and think you're better then everyone else.



Things You'll Need

Affirmation post-it notes stuck in strategic places

A book of positive quotations (or an internet site can send these to you daily)

A photo of a four-leaved clover at your front door to remind you that you are your own luck; place it so you can see it when you go out and when you come in
Networking opportunities; if you don't have them, start making them, even at the local pub

Neat clothes; you don't need expensive and designer wear to be lucky but neatness is important in whatever you wear, as it conveys self-respect and people warm to that.