Navel Gazing, tips tricks and suggestions
I Am No Bobby Fischer I have talked about my New Year’s resolution to learn chess on perhaps to many occassions this year. And admittedly, it has become an obsession. An obession that has worn off onto others, with most of my immediate friends now playing chess. I recently bought a book on fixing amateur …
The Blizzard, The Aftermath Well, what a storm it was. Home bound for days, the metro area deluged with the biggest storm since 1913 – my job start date moved up a day because all the roads were closed. My sister’s swimming pool that she manages in Lakewood had its roof collapse – causing a …
Elvis Costello wailing away on the Bose Chelsea songs, crafted rhyming prose Puttering around the afternoon waiting For springtime and the season’s rebirth Knowing it isn’t the weather’s pattern painting Making me anxious, but scourched Earth Intense boredom replacing my life’s work. I hunt and peck the pages of ads Contemplate the hacks and macks …