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Things are definitely changing out there in the world.
Others have noted it, and now I'm sensing it, too. Can't put my finger on it, can't describe it, but something... Something big.
And the adventure continues
posted by Roscoe
Nighttime meds have been taken, relaxing music is playing, and there's a book at hand that I've been enjoying. Think I'll do a chapter or two before bed.
The adventure continues.
posted by Roscoe
At the half only one point separates the Fever and the Aces. Aces 35 – Fever 34 Oh Lord, this is one exciting game! Lexie Hull is on FIRE! C'mon ladies, let's win this one!
the adventure surely does continue!
posted by Roscoe
This morning's chess work found me winning three games by checkmate. I'll share images of the boards showing position of the pieces at games' end.
Playing the White pieces in this game, my Queen at f7, protected by her g6 Bishop, is checkmating the Black King, as her h5 Rook covers any possible escape by the King on the h-file.
Playing the White pieces here, my Queen at g7, protected by her h5 Knight, is checkmating the Black King.
Playing Black in this game my h3 Knight checkmates the White King. His only possible flight squares are covered by my Queen on the e4 square.
And the adventure continues.
posted by Roscoe
You'll remember this past Summer I cracked open the 14-volume set of L. Frank Baum's Oz books. I've made it through Books 1 and 2. Book 1, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” we're all familiar with thanks to the televised version that used to be broadcast every Spring here in the US, starring the young Judy Garland as Dorothy. It had Dorothy and her little dog Toto swept away from Kansas by a tornado to the Land of Oz. There she had adventures with a living Scarecrow, a Tin Woodman, and a Cowardly Lion before returning home to Kansas. Book 2, “The Marvelous Land of Oz,” takes place entirely in Oz and features a young boy named Tip who has adventures with a talking pumpkinhead and a living sawhorse. Joining them are characters from Book 1, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Good Witch Glinda. I've now started Book 3, “Ozma of Oz,” and found Dorothy travelling to Australia with her Uncle Henry. During a storm at sea she is swept overboard with hen named Bellina. They land in Ev, a country across the desert from Oz. They encounter the Wheelers and meet a new friend, a mechanical man named Tik-Tok. And that's as far as I've gotten.
The adventure continues
posted by Roscoe
All the drama this Summer involved with the WNBA around the Indiana Fever and their star players: (Caitlin Clark, Sophie Cunningham, and others) have kept me away from following their games and “news” reports and, until recently, their socials. Though I'm a fan of the Fever, the team and the players, I am VERY much a NO DRAMA kind of guy.
That having been said, I will have my radio tuned to the Fever vs. Aces game tonight. GO FEVER!
posted by Roscoe
This has been a quiet Monday here. I didn't get around to doing my laundry today, which is a chore I usually delegate to Mondays. But I can easily put it off until tomorrow, or even the day after if needed. I did try to mow the front yard, but didn't get much done; only that part bordering the front curb, and part bordering the sidewalk and the path leading to my front door. But... it was too hot out there, and I tired quickly. So I sat down with a bottle of cold water, thought about the situation, and decided to put the lawnmower away. The mowing can wait.
The adventure continues.
posted by Roscoe
I won this Correspondence Chess Club Tournament Game this morning via a Rook-Knight Checkmate. The image above shows the Black King attacked by my d7 Rook which is protected by my e5 Knight. That King's only possible flight squares are covered by that e5 Knight and my d4 pawn.
The full move record of this game is: 1. d4 d5 2. h3 e6 3. a3 Qf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg5 Qf5 6. e3 h6 7. Bf4 Kd7 8. Bb5 g5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Ne5+ Ke7 11. Nxc6+ Kd7 12. Ne5+ Ke7 13. O-O gxf4 14. exf4 Qxf4 15. c4 Bb7 16. Nc3 c6 17. Ne2 Qh4 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rc1 Bg7 20. Rc7+ Kd6 21. Rd7# 1-0
And the adventure continues.
posted by Roscoe
Hoping to settle my mind in a healthy way before bedtime, I've got the radio set to bring me College Football, the Tulsa Golden Hurricane vs. Oklahoma St. Cowboys. Early in the 1st Qtr. Tulsa leads Oklahoma St. 7-3.
the adventure continues.
posted by Roscoe
I was surprised and more than a little disappointed this morning when I arrived for my scheduled doctor's appointment and was greeted by the check-in ladies at the front counter all wearing those goofy paper masks so popular back during the plandemic days. When I presented my insurance card and told them which doctor I was scheduled to see, one of the ladies handed me a mask and told me, “We're a mask-wearing building now.” Huh.
Taking a seat in the waiting room with my mask casually draped over one ear, I smiled when a nurse NOT wearing a mask appeared from a door and called my name. Following her I was relieved to see that none of the nurses back in the service area were masked. So I stuck mine in my bag.
All of the time spent back in the service area, in different offices, I saw plenty of nurses, med techs, and my doctor. None of them masked. Ha! Didn't fish my mask out of my bag until I left the service area, passed through the waiting room, and left the building.
posted by Roscoe