This is my story and I'm stick'n to it.
Of the three or four (or five?) regular announcers for MRN.com during NASCAR Races this season, one of them insists on speaking into his microphone while wearing a mask. Why won't someone tell him how AWFUL that sounds?!
Posted 18/Apr/2021 ~ 17:05 Central Time #blog #QuickNote
by Roscoe
Prayers, etc.: * 07:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 08:15 – Jn 6:16-21 * 09:50 – The Killing of Daunte Wright: Malice and Mistakes – A Virtue Signal * 17:20 – The Hour of Vespers according to the Traditional Catholic Breviary: Bible readings, prayers, and meditations for 17 April, Our Lady's Saturday, Comm: S. Anicetus, Pope, Martyr * 17:50 – Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Saturday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum. * Tonight's Five Decades of the Rosary before bed will be the Glorious Mysteries.
Diet: * 09:00 – 1 banana, bowl of oatmeal * 11:30 – big bowl of meat & vegetable soup * 14:10 – plate of spaghetti & meat sauce, brown bread and butter * 16:20 – munching on fresh baked cake
Chores, etc.: * 09:15 – The Plot to Transform America – Crossroads * 12:30 – tuned in to the radio call of this afternoon's NASCAR Truck Race * 15:10 – When the NASCAR Race ended I turned to MLB TV and caught the White Sox vs Red Sox game just starting. Chicago leading 1-0 in the top of the 1st inning. * 19:00 – It's Saturday night, so... Svengoolie
Chess: * 14:50 – moved in all pending CC games
Posted 17/Apr/2021 ~ 22:55 Central Time #blog #DailyList
by Roscoe
Sweet! When this afternoon's NASCAR Race ended I turned to MLB TV and caught the White Sox vs Red Sox game just starting. Chicago leading 1-0 in the top of the 1st inning.
Posted 17/Apr/2021 ~ 15:30 Central Time #blog #QuickNotes
by Roscoe
Even before I turned on the computer to which it's attached, my printer came to life, informed me on its little led screen that it had just received an update, and told me it was time to change my ink cartridges. Amazing how it can do that.
Posted 17/Apr/2021 ~ 08:00 Central Time #blog #QuickNote
by Roscoe
Prayers, etc.: * 07:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 19:00 – Jn 6:1-15 * 19:15 – Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Friday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum. * 19:30 – The Hour of Vespers according to the Traditional Catholic Breviary: Bible readings, prayers, and meditations for 16 April * Tonight's Five Decades of the Rosary before bed will be the Sorrowful Mysteries.
Diet: * 08:00 – bowl of oatmeal * 09:00 – 1 orange * 09:15 – fruit salad * 10:40 – 1 banana * 11:00.– big bowl of meat and vegetables * 15:00 – big bowl of chicken and vegetable soup * 17:45 – bowl of ice cream
Chores, etc.: * 06:00 – listen to local news talk radio * 08:00 – Mike Lindell's New Social Network, etc. – Crossroads * 09:20 – Transgender Sports Solution – Bill Whittle * 09:45 – have posted the appropriate notices to launch the integration of my three different personal blogs into one. * 10:00 – printing the final 16 packets for the big KofC project, hoping to complete the mailing this weekend, or by Monday at the latest. * early afternoon was spent wrestling with a Walmart order, then late afternoon into the evening putting stamps on envelopes. * 18:00 – Local news and weather * 18:30 – Wheel of Fortune * 20:45 – NTD News
Chess: * 12:25 – moved in all pending CC games
Posted 16/Apr/2021 ~ 22:05 Central Time #DailyList
by Roscoe
The Walmart order straightened out, I'm happy to say. I now have an order number, and they say everything on my list will be delivered during the time slot I selected. Whew!
Posted 16/Apr/2021 ~ 16:45 Central Time #QuickNote
by Roscoe
Tried to place an online grocery delivery order from Walmart earlier this afternoon, something I've done easily many times. But this time it went all wonky, and I'm incredibly stressed out.
Posted 16/Apr/2021 ~ 15:30 Central Time #QuickNote
by Roscoe
It took 61 darned moves, but I finally won this Correspondence Chess game with the Black pieces after my opponent playing White resigned.
He and I had knocked off all of each others' major pieces and we were left with only Kings and pawns. Over on the right side of our board, as pictured above, I had effectively blocked his pawns. And on the left side of the board my King was patiently ushering a group of Black pawns down to White's King row where I would promote at least one of them to a Queen. Then I would force an eventual Checkmate.
It might take many more moves to end this game by checkmate, but it would happen eventually. There was nothing he could do to prevent it. He was right to resign when he did.
The position of pieces on our board at game's end is above, and our full move record is below:
1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d6 3. d5 Ne5 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 c6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Bd2 c5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bf3 Ba6 14. Re1 Rb8 15. b3 h5 16. Na4 Nd7 17. c4 Rc8 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Qc1 Bb7 20. Rd1 e6 21. Bg5 Qa5 22. Bd2 Bc6 23. Bh6 Kh7 24. Be3 Rfd8 25. Kf1 Rxd1+ 26. Nxd1 Rd8 27. Qc2 Bh6 28. Qb2 Bxe3 29. Nxe3 Qc7 30. a4 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 Nxe4 32. Qc2 Nd2+ 33. Ke2 f5 34. Rd1 Ne4 35. f3 Ng3+ 36. Kf2 h4 37. Nf1 e4 38. Nxg3 hxg3+ 39. Ke1 exf3 40. gxf3 f4 41. Rd2 Rxd2 42. Qxd2 e5 43. Kf1 Qb7 44. Qb2 Qxf3+ 45. Kg1 Qh5 46. Kg2 Qf5 47. Qc3 Kh6 48. Qf3 Qc2+ 49. Kg1 Qh2+ 50. Kf1 Qxh3+ 51. Ke2 Qh2+ 52. Kf1 a5 53. Ke1 Qg1+ 54. Ke2 Qf2+ 55. Qxf2 gxf2 56. Kxf2 g5 57. Kf3 Kh5 58. Kg2 g4 59. Kf2 Kh4 60. Kg2 f3+ 61. Kf2 e4 0-1
And the adventure continues.
Posted 16/Apr/2021 ~ 13:10 Central Time #blog #chess
by Roscoe
Posts which have previously been made to Roscoe's Quick Notes and to Roscoe's Lists will now be made here.
My life is once again becoming too busy for me to maintain three different personal blogs. So from now on, everything will be here.
Posted 16/April/2021 ~ 09:40 Central Time #RoscoeEllis #blog #SeniorLiving
by Roscoe
I won this correspondence chess game this afternoon by checkmate with my Black Queen at d3 delivering the fatal strike to the White King. My Rooks at the Queen's side, on the c and e files, covered the King's only possible flight squares.
The position of pieces at game's end is above, and our full move record is below:
1. e4 d6 2. Qf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Qg3 e5 7. f3 Be6 8. Nge2 Nh5 9. Qf2 g6 10. g4 Nf4 11. Nxf4 exf4 12. Ne2 g5 13. c4 Ne5 14. Bc2 Qd7 15. a4 Nxc4 16. Qd4 Rg8 17. b3 Ne5 18. Bb2 Nxf3+ 19. Kf2 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxg4 21. h3 Bh5 22. Bd3 Bg7 23. Nf5 Bxb2 24. Rag1 O-O-O 25. Rb1 Ba3 26. Bc4 Bc5+ 27. d4 Bxd4+ 28. Nxd4 Rde8 29. Bd3 Re5 30. Rbg1 f6 31. Rc1 Rc5 32. Rb1 Rc3 33. Bc4 Re8 34. Rhg1 Qxh3 35. Be2 Bxe2 36. Kxe2 Rxe4+ 37. Kd1 Qd3# 0-1
And the adventure continues.
Posted 07/Apr/2021 ~ 19:35 Central Time #RoscoeEllis #blog #SeniorLiving #chess
by Roscoe