by scribe | Feb 9, 2009 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, off-topic, openings, ruminations
I’ve been a little bit sporadic lately in my blog entries, and I owe you an explanation. My 18-year-old cat, Chutney, passed away yesterday. Chutney was always sort of a “background” cat in our household. For those of you who have heard meows during...
by scribe | Feb 3, 2009 | off-topic
As some of you may know, my wife works as a quilt designer and writer. If you’re interested, you can find a link to her website in my blogroll. She gets the credit for getting me into blogging. I actually knew about blogs before she did, but she “took the...
by scribe | Jan 16, 2009 | off-topic
I’d like to announce the publication (or imminent publication) of the two books I worked on last year. Neither of them is a chess book, so they may or may not be of interest to readers of this blog. But just in case you’re interested, here is where you can...
by scribe | Jan 13, 2009 | Chess Lecture, off-topic, positions
Hello! I’m back again from my trip to Washington, DC, for the math meeting. It was two weeks before Barack Obama’s inauguration, and the stores were already full of touristy souvenirs, so that one could pretend to have been present at this historic...
by scribe | Jan 1, 2009 | Chess Lecture, off-topic, openings, people, tournaments
Happy new year! On this first morning of 2009, I decided to take a walk around the blogs to see what the neighbors are up to. Michael (fpawn) Aigner writes about the Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship, at which Stanford finished third. The Pan-Am should really have...
by scribe | Dec 30, 2008 | Chess Lecture, literature, off-topic, ruminations, tournaments
The last post of the year calls for two things: something fun and off-topic, and New Year’s resolutions. WHY I LOVE THE INTERNET I love the Internet because on any given morning, when you’re least expecting it, just surfing along aimlessly, you can come...
