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Prayers, etc.: * 06:15 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 17:10 – Jn 6:22-29 * 19:40 – The Hour of Vespers according to the Traditional Catholic Breviary: Bible readings, prayers, and meditations for Monday, 19 April. * 20:00 – 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 Monday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum. * Tonight's Five Decades of the Rosary before bed will be the Joyful Mysteries.

Diet: * 07:00 – cake * 08:30 – deviled eggs * 12:50 – 2 hot dog sandwiches * 13:30 – steak, mashed potatoes, garden salad

Chores, etc.: * 07:20 – National Guard Attacked – Crossroads * 08:50 – Only Babies Can Save Us Now – Bill Whittle * 11:00 – updating paper planner, note cards, etc. * 11:30 – started the weekly laundry * 16:00 – Newsmax TV * 18:00 – Local News and Weather * 18:30 – Wheel of Fortune * 19:00 – MLB TV – tonight I choose the Giants vs. Phillies game

Chess, etc.: * 14:25 – moved in all pending CC games

And the adventure continues.

Posted 19/Apr/2021 ~ 20:30 Central Time #blog #DailyList

by Roscoe

Her part-time job has now resumed its regular, pre-pandemic hours. Instead of 9:00 AM to Noon, 3 days a week for awhile, then 4 days a week for awhile; now she's working 8:00 AM to Noon, Monday through Friday again. So I'm getting up an hour earlier every day to help her get ready.

And the adventure continues.

Posted 19/Apr/2021 ~ 09:30 Central Time #blog #QuickNote

by Roscoe

Prayers, etc.: * 09:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * Noon – Pater Noster * 13:00 – Lk 24:35-48 * 18:20 – The Hour of Vespers according to the Traditional Catholic Breviary: Bible readings, prayers, and meditations for 18 April, 2nd Sunday in Easter * 18:40 – 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 Sunday 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 – cake * 09:30 – 1 orange * Noon – fried chicken * 16:00 – plate of spaghetti and meat sauce, brown bread and butter

Chores, etc.: * 09:00 – Beard Blather 59 * Noon – A Conversation About the Latin Mass * 14:00 – Tuned into the radio call of this afternoon's NASCAR Race * 19:45 – Have finally replaced the ink cartridges that my printer asked me for yesterday morning.

Chess: * 15:05 – Moved in all pending CC games.

Posted 18/Apr/2021 ~ 21:00 Central Time #blog #DailyList

by Roscoe

Excellent! I've found an “Elegant Slow Blues” Collection on YouTube to play in the background as I read, and as Sylvia naps.

Posted 18/Apr/2021 ~ 18:25 Central Time #blog #QuickNote

by Roscoe

by Roscoe

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

Another Black Win

Black Wins

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

HOUSEKEEPING NOTE

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