by scribe | Nov 30, 2015 | current news, literature, off-topic, ruminations
This weekend the British science fiction show Doctor Who, of which I am an avid fan (though not a rabid fan), had an episode that can only be described as an instant classic. Over the weekend its user rating on IMDb was 9.7 stars out of 10, which would make it the...
by scribe | Jul 31, 2015 | current news, off-topic
Let me go off-topic briefly for another update on Daisy, the puppy that my wife and I adopted from the animal shelter in April. First shocking news: She’s getting bigger! I mean, who would’ve thought, right? One day you bring home a spindly little...
by scribe | Jul 24, 2015 | literature, off-topic, people, ruminations
I was doing some random web-surfing today, when I ran into a jaw-dropper of a thread on Google Groups, from 2002. Wrote Larry Tamarkin (a master from New York) in rec.games.chess.politics: Having played some of the great young talents of the last 20 years, I can give...
by scribe | May 20, 2015 | current news, off-topic
Going off topic again! I don’t plan to turn this chess blog into a pet blog, but I thought some of you might like an update on how Daisy, the new puppy, is doing. Plus, more pictures! After all, what’s the point of having a cute puppy if you can’t...
by scribe | May 13, 2015 | chess clubs, current news, off-topic, people, ruminations
This is a mostly off-topic post, but it starts in chess club. At the Aptos Library Chess Club yesterday, a gray-haired woman comes in and starts talking with me. “Oh, I didn’t realize there was a chess club here!” she said. For a little while we chat...
by scribe | Apr 27, 2015 | current news, off-topic, people
What did we ever do before the Internet? Today (4/27/2015) I ate my breakfast, opened up my daily Facebook, and there was a picture of a very happy-looking Jesse Kraai at a wedding, which appeared to be his own. This photo is from Salman Azhar, who was apparently...
