During my Washington trip, I ended up staying right next to a Maverick room for one night. This wasn't on purpose, but rather something I happened to see as I was pulling into the parking lot of the hotel (which was NOT affiliated with the room or any casino).

The place was a shithole.

The area was also semi-lousy. I was staying there one night on the way somewhere else as part of a 10-day road trip, so the area didn't matter much to me, but it seemed worse than the area of the LA rooms I frequent (and those aren't in a good area, either!)

Some of you might recall we had Batman on radio. I enjoyed having him on, and he even stuck around to co-host a little bit for other topics. He did admit that a lot of his stream personality was an act, and that indeed he was trying to get Persson to agree to start up a fake feud. At the same time, Persson WAY overreacted to Batman's antics.

Persson just doesn't seem to have much of a sense of humor. He seems to want constant respect, and can't laugh at himself. It's ironic, given that the public came to know him because he clowned Hellmuth playing heads up, and for once the amateur got the better of Phil in a battle of egos.