by scribe | Jul 5, 2020 | literature, off-topic, people, ruminations
Going off-topic today, with apologies to my chess fans. I. Last night Kay and I had movie night, a family tradition every Friday. Sad to say, I can’t tell you what movie we watched last week, or the week before that, but I can tell you that last night we watched...
by scribe | Jun 1, 2012 | current news, off-topic
Now that the world championship match is over, the confetti has been cleaned up and things are getting back to normal, I want to tell you about a non-chess topic that is close to my heart. One of Santa Cruz County’s independent booksellers, the Capitola Book...
by scribe | Mar 22, 2010 | Chess Lecture, literature, off-topic, openings, ruminations
I’m going to take a deep breath and go off-topic again in this entry, with apologies to people who come here looking for chess coverage. As you know, I only write off-topic entries on rare occasions, such as the U.S. presidential election in 2008. This post is...
by scribe | Nov 7, 2008 | off-topic
This entry is going to be dreadfully off-topic, but there’s nothing I can do about it… Tuesday was my fiftieth birthday, and it was a day that went down in history. Not, of course, because of my birthday. As some of you may have heard, we had an election...
by scribe | Jun 2, 2008 | off-topic, people, ruminations
Over there at Elizabeth Vicary’s chess blog, they’re having a great time as always. Tom Panelas wants Barack Obama to pick Elizabeth as his vice-presidential candidate. Hear, hear! We definitely need a chess coach in the White House, particularly because...
