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Earlier today I learned that the Public Rosary Service I was scheduled to lead this Friday, has been rescheduled for 13 June. I'm totally fine with that; it frees up this coming weekend and gives me more time to prepare.
Watching WNBA now, the Indiana Fever playing without Caitlin Clark vs the Washington Mystics.
posted Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at ~6:44 PM #QNMAY2925
posted by Roscoe
Today was a catch-up day. I was able to catch up on chores from yesterday that didn't get done on Monday as they usually do.
Watching the Pacers / Knicks game now, hoping it won't have me too excited to fall asleep at bedtime.
posted Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at ~20:34 PM #QNMAY2025
posted by Roscoe
What a strange day this has been! Huge blocks of time filled with activities not usually taking place on Monday.. Took the wife out for lunch at a favorite restaurant, which was nice, but took nearly two hours in the middle of the day when I'd ordinarily be handling common chores.
Expecting serious weather tonight, I took a portable power bank out of storage, set it up, and tested it. It was necessary to crawl under furniture, unplug appliances, move furniture around, etc. in order to set everything up. And that took a few hours when I'd ordinarily be doing other things.
Here we are now at nearly bedtime. Whew! Think I'll take some time to relax before putting my head to pillow.
posted Monday, May 26, 2025 at ~8:38 PM #QNMAY2025
posted by Roscoe
It's almost time for tonight's Pacers / Knicks game. Hope I can stay awake to watch the whole thing, but my day started really early, so... And that bed against wall is looking so inviting. We'll see.
posted Sunday, May 25, 2025 at ~6:52 PM #QNMAY2025
posted by Roscoe
I started this Saturday with 3 entertainment goals. My 1st was to follow the Indiana Fever vs New York Liberty WNBA game. That game ended a few minutes ago and even though my Fever lost by 2 points, the lead went back and forth all afternoon. After all, considering that the Liberty are currently reigning WNBA champs; coming so close to winning the game against them is actually pretty cool.
My 2nd goal is following the Texas Rangers vs Chicago White Sox game. It's almost time for the 1st pitch, and I'm tuned into the Texas Rangers Radio Network and am ready to cheer on my team. GO RANGERS!
My 3rd goal is to follow tonight's Svengoolie. The movie featured this week is one of my all-time favorites, from 1959, The Mummy. Yes, I'm looking forward to seeing it again.
posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at ~2:45 PM
posted by Roscoe
Waiting patiently for tonight's NBA Game between the Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks.
posted Friday, May 23, 2025 at ~5:24 PM #QNMAY2025
posted by Roscoe
My sports-day starts early this Thursday with the Rangers playing the Yankees, weather permitting. First pitch is scheduled for 11:30 a.m., and the Rangers Gameday Show has just started. I'm tuned into that now. And I do have an Indiana Fever Game to follow later. Opening tip for the basketball game is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., so I'll tune into the radio coverage for that at ~6:00.
Most of my morning has been spent paying bills, or shuffling funds into different accounts to cover expected withdrawals. That being done, I hope to spend the rest of this day with more pleasant pursuits.
posted Thu 22 May 2025 ~11:22 a.m. #QNMAY2025
posted by Roscoe
Plans are to catch the 1st inning or 2 of the Rangers / Yankees MLB game before switching over to Pacers / Knicks NBA game, weather permitting. They say it's been spitting rain in New York for the past few hours, but they're hoping to get the game in anyway.
posted Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at ~5:45 PM QNMAY2025
posted by Roscoe
Late afternoon Tuesday and I should be satisfied with the day's accomplishments. Next week I'm to lead a Rosary service at a Funeral Home at the request of the family of the deceased. This morning I assembled the material I'll use.
Tonight's entertainment will either be following the radio broadcast of an Indiana Fever Game or a Texas Rangers Game. Both will be satisfying. Both are playing at the same time. I'll try the Fever game first, but there's any trouble bringing it in, I'll gladly switch over the the Rangers / Yankees Game.
posted Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at ~ 4:50 PM #QNMAY2025
posted by Roscoe
I won this CC (Correspondence Chess) game a few minutes ago playing Black. On the 40th move of this game, which began with our first full move on Feb. 24, my e1 Rook delivered the mating move. The White King's only two flight squares were covered by my b8 Bishop and my d1 Knight. The position of pieces at game's end and our full move record are shown below:
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 h6 3. e3 a6 4. c3 b5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Nh4 e5 7. Nf3 e4 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Be6 10. O-O Bc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bxb5+ axb5 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. f3 exf3 15. Qxf3 Ne7 16. Rd1 OO 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nd2 Nxe5 19. Qe2 Bg4 20. Nf3 Rfe8 21. Qf2 c5 22. Re1 Nd3 23. Qe2 c4 24. Rf1 d4 25. Bd2 Nf4 26. Qf2 dxe3 27. Bxe3 Nd3 28. Qc2 Bxe3+ 29. Kh1 Bf5 30. Nd4 Bxd4 31. a4 f6 32. a5 Ra6 33. Rxf5 Re1+ 34. Rf1 Rxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Ba7 36. Ra1 Bb8 37. Qe2 Re6 38. Qd1 Nf2+ 39. Kg1 Nxd1 40. h3 Re1 #
Black win
posted Mon. May 2025 ~10:50 #QNMAY2025
posted by Roscoe