Hot off the presses:


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When I move, I will be rated 4th in North Carolina.  I'm sorry, but I shouldn't be 4th in anything.

I'm not too worried about my rating.  I know that it is inflated, so if it goes down some then that is fine.  Asheville just won't have the same community that I have here and less opportunities to learn from players who are genuinely better than I am ( Read more... )

If you're interested, check em out:

http://flickr.com/photos/28019499@N04/sets/72157606756631031/show/

All of my pictures from Nationals sucked.

Except for this one:


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I've been dragging my feet to get around to my games from Nationals. Mostly, it's because most of the games were blowouts one way or the other and Quackling them, I didn't learn anything after the fact. the games I am choosing to post are going to fit into one of the following categories:

a) spread of less than ~50
b) endgame (even if it's a ( Read more... )

and I have actual live games that I should be writing up, but this was super fun.

http://cross-tables.com/annotated.php?u=1895

62 points a turn and a fantasy word to boot.

Yeah, I'm bragging. So sue me.

1) Your opponent opens with JOLTS. You hold AQTTUU?. What do you do ( Read more... )

I'm on vacation right now in Seattle and will be heading out for the National park and then up to Canada.

Anyone have suggestions for places I have to eat while I'm in town?

Oh, and I almost forgot the bingo list ( Read more... )

Well, I had two goals going into Nationals ( Read more... )

I am leaving today from work and should get into Orlando around 11 PM.  I finally found a place to stay tonight thanks to the generosity of
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