Chess Sets, Crossbows and Guitars Must Go Tijuanaboomboom Aug 13, 2023, 6:14 PM | 0 I have several chess sets to sell before my move to Virginia next month as well as some guitars and some crossbows. I will put any items that...
Silver prices are presently around $22.75/troy ounce and will likely go higher if inflation continues at the rates we have seen recently. Silver is a good way to safeguard your savings at least theoretically as inflation erodes your cash savings. ...
She might just be the Grand Dame of the chess world, but to me she is still much more, though I only met her once. When I was quite young and had been a member of the US Chess Federation for about a year I was playing in as many weekend tournam...
It was recently remarked that Kyle Rittenhouse was better than cops and military types handling his gun..... Cops plainly and simply get insufficient training and practice time to be proficient in using firearms. I don't know about the military b...
Last week I got an e-mail from the US Chess Federation advertising the Western States Open tournament which takes place starting October 14 at the Sands Regency in Reno. The notice coincided with last weekend's Sacramento Chess Championship tourna...
So I was strong armed into an ER visit this week because when I called to make an appointment to see my doctor about my stomach flu I mentioned that I lost my breath a bit from getting up and urinating and walking back to my recliner. I guess shor...
RADAR determined speed. GPS speedometers are absolutely more accurate than speedometers using an algorythm based on timing the rotations of a wheel. But radar units are thought to be equal or better than GPS. Also more expensive. In a car, the n...
New Kickstand Installed Oddly, it seems that some chess players took an interest in my blog about kickstands, so rather than let you all hang on the edge of your seats, I want to let you know how my quest is going to get kickstands to hold up my ...
The Auburn Chess club, of which I am a proud member, is presently offering Monday night (6 pm PDT) Cajun Cuisine tournaments, with each week's offering named after a popular Cajun food or recipe. Last night's tournament was the Sweet Potato Pie an...
My Kickstand Cant Hold Up My Bike Did you know that the old fashioned kick stand for bicycles seems to have gone the way of the stegasaurus and the t-rex? When I was young, and that was a long time ago, my dad bought me a $10 bicycle. It was a r...
I feel like my chess energy has been depleted and my batteries can no longer be recharged. I ran into a crippling situation a week and a half ago and the rug was pulled out from under me, leaving my relationship with chess at an all time low. Due...
The flap continues about herd immunity as the pandemic winds down. As the numbers go down so goes the happiness of power mongering fools we have elected as leaders. Those who are empowered by the pandemic continue to flex their muscles, and they ...
DIMMER VIEW: Was the release of the Covid19 virus that resulted in a worldwide pandemic an intentional act of biological warfare, an accidental release of a virus developed by the Chinese Virology Lab in Wuhan or did it originate in a bat and jump...
So he started his racing career at age three in spite of his bad reputation. He went out and won his first race. Now part of the ugliness of horse racing. He won his first race even though the driver tried to keep him from winning! Yes...we've all...
For those of you who follow my blogs, thank you. You know that right now I'm rolling out a multiple part story about a horse. Not really so chess related but a horse that made such an impact on my life that I use his name as my user id on chess.co...
FICTITIOUS NAMES, REAL STORY PART 2 I was more than a little excited to see the backstretch of an actual racetrack, having read about the world of horse training in books and having seen a bit of it portrayed in movies and on television. It all...
NOTE: NAMES ARE FICTITIOUS BUT THE STORY IS TRUE. A good horse will make a trainer out of anybody. Or at least say some in the horse racing business. It's not really totally true, but the sentiment is real, and so I give you the story of a bright ...
The DIMMER VIEW...Why do so many OTB chess players refuse to play online chess? Let's start with me. I resisted online chess because 1) I didn't know who I was playing and 2) it seemed to me that there was a big chance that I was playing against ...
In what will hopefully evolve into a Roseville OTB chess club at my ranch, vaccinated chess players are invited to play real chess Thursday night at 7 pm. Please call me at 916 955 7558 if you would like to come and I'll give you the address and d...
The Dimmer View of qualities needed for leadership is one of my recent contemplations. The thought occurred to me that leadership roles in many endeavors are based on factors that are invalid and that the very selection of leaders is also by metho...
THE DIMMER VIEW When I was young I was news editor and managing editor of two weekly newpapers. The publisher of the Lemon Grove Review and the Spring Valley Bulletin was named Max Goodwin who wrote a column for his papers called "The Dimmer View...
So I am contemplating stuff in my old age that I never thought about when I was young, like how glad I am now that I didn't wait until I was 50 before planning my retirement. I undertook retirement planning at age 32 so I'm OK for now as long as s...
I am considering restarting the chess club I was hosting out of my Roseville, CA ranch before the pandemic shut us down. It looks like Wednesday nights at 6 pm with any tournaments we decide to host having a 7 pm start time. The good news about t...
