The weekend was slow and relaxing, and I got my GCA business done, only to find today that our Games Editor has resigned. Probably sour grapes over losing the race for Treasurer by a 41-7 total. I've asked my old chess tutor (leaving for Georgetown Law School next month, but still available) if he's interested in the spot, so now I just need to ( Read more... )

Bobby Fischer was detained in Japan while attempting to fly to the Phillipines on an invalid passport earlier today. He's wanted back here in the US because he played a chess match in Yugoslavia back when they were under US sanctions. There are plenty of other reasons why some of us would like to imprison him or fine him much worse, but they're ( Read more... )

As mentioned recently in this journal, our team did win Get A Clue a few months ago. Now comes the hard part - organizing next year's game. In years past, music CDs have been compiled for the various teams to listen to while they solve the puzzles, drive around town, and try not to get lost too often ( Read more... )

Expos 0, Braves 8 ( Read more... )

AM-750 WSB just hosted a five-way debate among some of the Democrats in the primary for Georgia's 4th Congressional District. Among the participants were Cathy Woolard, Liane Levetan, Nadine Thomas, Connie Stokes, and Chris Vaughn ( Read more... )

Another week, another update. Work is slowing down, I miss Bev, and the Braves are just a game out of first place. But wait, there's more ( Read more... )

It took a while, but the new Cowboy Junkies album "One Soul Now" is starting to grow on me. Aside from track 9, Simon Keeper, it's all new material. Simon Keeper would be new if they hadn't played it live at The Tabernacle back in 2000, and left me wondering what the heck I had just heard. I think I remember hearing that Pink Floyd did the same ( Read more... )

Bev went back this morning. Five-plus months apart before I visit ( Read more... )

The flooring is mostly done. Two crews of three men each came in and finished it by roughly 7 PM last Monday. We came up shy on baseboards by about 42', and 22' on some trim that will go around the fireplace and the den bookshelves. The calculations were okay, but they didn't take defective boards and accidental drops and dents by workers into ( Read more... )

Bob and Carrie had child #2 back on Wednesday at about 4 PM. Hannah Gail Mielke weighs 9 lb 7 oz at birth (same weight as older brother Ryan), and is 21.5 inches long (a half inch longer). Everyone's doing okay, though labor was a bit more painful this time around, with two failed epidurals earlier in the day ( Read more... )