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Entertainment before bedtime this Tuesday night in the Roscoe-verse will be the live radio broadcast of a college football game. I'm tuned into the Countdown to Kickoff Show now on the Kennesaw St. Owls Radio Network ahead of their Conference USA Football Game tonight vs the FIU Golden Panthers.
And the adventure continues.
posted by Roscoe
I had been considering pulling one of my favorite Christian meditation books, Light of the World, off the shelf when Advent Season begins, and using its meditations to replace those I've been using from the excellent Benedictus Magazine. My monthly subscription to Benedictus will be expiring at the end of November, so that seemed the perfect time to make the switch.
With the book off the shelf and in front of me this afternoon I thought, “What the heck, Why wait?” So, as time permits, I'll be using meditations from both the Light of the World book and from Benedictus Magazine in my daily prayer regimen.
And the adventure continues.
posted by Roscoe
Saturdays in October often find me enjoying college football games and monster movies. Today, for example, I listened to the live radio broadcasts of the Michigan Wolverines vs. the Washington Huskies, and then the Michigan St. Spartans vs. the Indiana Hoosiers.
And tonight Svengoolie will be providing my monster movie fare with the hilarious “Young Frankenstein” (1974) followed by the original “Frankenstein” (1931).
Will I be able to stay awake long enough to watch both Frankenstein movies? Don't know, but I am gonna try.
The adventure continues.
posted by Roscoe
Tonight I'm tuned into the Minnesota Golden Gophers Radio Network and following their college football game vs the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Go Gophers!
and the adventure continues.
posted by Roscoe
My Black Queen on her c2 square, protected by her d3 pawn, is checkmating the White King. That King's only possible flight squares are covered by the Black Rook at f4. I won this club-based tournament correspondence chess game this morning with our 43rd full move. The image above shows the position of pieces at game's end. And our full move record follows: 1. e4 a6 2. e5 e6 3. a3 Nc6 4. h3 Nxe5 5. d4 Ng6 6. Bd3 f5 7. h4 h5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Nf3 Bxg5 10. Nxg5 Qe7 11. c4 d5 12. c5 c6 13. Nc3 Nf4 14. Bf1 e5 15. Ne2 Ne6 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Ng3 Nf6 18. Bd3 e4 19. Be2 f4 20. Bxh5+ Nxh5 21. Nxh5 Qh6 22. g4 e3 23. f3 O-O 24. Rg1 b6 25. a4 g6 26. Nxf4 Rxf4 27. h5 bxc5 28. dxc5 d4 29. Qb3+ Kh8 30. Qe6 Bxe6 31. g5 Qxh5 32. O-O-O Bb3 33. Rd3 Bxa4 34. Kb1 Qxf3 35. b3 Bb5 36. Rdd1 Qe4+ 37. Kc1 e2 38. Rge1 d3 39. Kd2 exd1=Q+ 40. Kxd1 Qf3+ 41. Kd2 Qd5 42. Re3 Qg2+ 43. Kc3 Qc2# 0-1
and the adventure continues.
posted by Roscoe
You'll remember when we left them last Wednesday, Dorothy, her cousin Zeb, and the Wizard were in a cave surrounded by hungry young dragons. They managed to escape into another cave through a crack in the rock wall, but this second cave appeared to be a dead end. Dorothy told her companions not to worry, she was confident her friend, Princess Ozma, would rescue them with her magic belt.
Ozma, you see, had a magic picture framed and hanging on her wall. That picture would reveal whoever the Princess wanted to see, and wherever they were. She promised Dorothy that she'd check on her every day at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and if Dorothy needed help, she'd use her magic belt and bring her straight back to Oz.
So at 4 o'clock, Zeb and the Wizard saw Dorothy, holding her little kitten, blink suddenly out of sight. In just a few minutes they too, along with Jim, the old cab-horse, and their buggy were standing with Dorothy in front of Princess Ozma in the great hall of her palace. Rescued.
After a night of rest, and a day of much festivity, Ozma told the new arrivals they were welcome to stay in the Emerald City as her honored guests. The Wizard happily moved back into his old apartment behind the great throne which had remained unoccupied since he left. Zeb thanked the Princess for her rescue and her kind offer but explained that he and his horse were needed back at the family ranch in California. And Dorothy said that she really should go back to Kansas to see her Aunt and Uncle. But she promised to come back and visit her friend soon.
And so we've come to the end of Book 4, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz.
Next Wednesday we'll look at Book 5, The Road to Oz..
And the adventure continues.
posted by Roscoe
So another quiet Tuesday comes to a close.
I'll put on some relaxing music and read some light fiction before putting head to pillow.
And I'll hope that luck is with the wife tonight at the Bingo Hall. Our household budget could use a little boost.
and so the adventure continues.
posted by Roscoe
Today was simple and successful. I had the one main chore, my weekly laundry, to take care of. And I did. Other than that, I kept to my prayer regimen, and kept up with the increased number of correspondence chess games I've got going now. And that pretty much filled up this Monday in the Roscoe-verse.
Oh, an extra prayer tonight for a friend who has cataract surgery tomorrow.
and the adventure continues.
posted by Roscoe
Though I feel pretty good about the chores I was able to accomplish this past week, they were mostly “inside” chores: things I was able to get done sitting here at my work table. Yard work chores are still calling to me: not desperately ... yet. But I hope to get to them during the upcoming week before they get out of hand.
So the adventure continues.
posted by Roscoe
The elements for a Classic Saturday in the Roscoe-verse are scheduled. We'll have two afternoon Big Ten Conference College Football Games: first up will be the Ohio St. Buckeyes vs the Illinois Fighin' Illini; and that will be followed by the Indiana Hoosiers vs the Oregon Ducks. And in the evening, Svengoolie will bring me a pair of classic monster movies.
And the adventure continues.
posted by Roscoe