Has anyone gotten the postcards I sent while I was on vacation? I ask because I just got an email from my friend in Houston saying he just got his yesterday.
I got mine about a week ago and I suck for not saying so! It's on my fridge!!
Harmony: Somebody remembered to pick me up the sweetest unicorn. Guess someone was feeling guilty for standing me up in tenth grade. Brad: What? Had to get her something. She sired me. Peaches: Sire-whipped.
'Beneath You'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
javachik - Jan 15, 2008 7:57:09 pm PST #3501 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Daisy Jane - Jan 15, 2008 8:20:28 pm PST #3502 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
That's so weird. So Chicago takes about a month. SF a month and a half and Houston almost 2. Ok, so when I go to Sydney, we need to try this with a bunch more cities and judge the time difference.
ETA: YOU DO NOT SUCK!
Susan W. - Jan 15, 2008 8:21:29 pm PST #3503 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Anyone here a chess player?
I'm writing a scene where a semi-expert is playing with/teaching a novice. What are some things the semi-expert might do to even things out a little? Like, could he let the novice make some extra moves at the beginning of the game or something?
DavidS - Jan 15, 2008 10:01:08 pm PST #3504 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Like, could he let the novice make some extra moves at the beginning of the game or something?
No. Never. What era? Because different strategies happen in different eras - depending on who came up with them.
So if this is one of your 19th century scenarios, the standard chess openings would be different than the ones that happened in the mid 20th century.
Susan W. - Jan 15, 2008 10:05:15 pm PST #3505 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Early 19th century, my usual era. I'm not looking for a detailed description of a game. The novice is a 9-year-old girl, semi-expert a 24-year-old man. The girl has just lost another game, and she's arguing all the reasons the man should be letting her win, saying it's not fair and so on. He says, basically, "Look, if I just let you win, this wouldn't be the educational experience I'm shooting for. And I *am* helping. I did X, Y, and Z that I wouldn't have done if I were playing someone on my level."
DavidS - Jan 15, 2008 10:09:34 pm PST #3506 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
He would probably show her either standard openings or standard Endgames.
If the latter, he would kick a bunch of pieces off the board and show her how to mate the King with just a Knight and Pawn or something like that.
DavidS - Jan 15, 2008 10:10:27 pm PST #3507 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Strega - Jan 15, 2008 10:41:59 pm PST #3508 of 10001
He could give up a couple of pieces, or put shorter time limits on his moves.
billytea - Jan 16, 2008 1:54:24 am PST #3509 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Assuming it's for your historical novel, I think giving up a piece or two would be the more likely handicap to offer.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 16, 2008 2:48:57 am PST #3510 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Good Morning!
I had this weird dream last night wherein I was at some sort of High School reunion, but we were doing things like working together at the grocery store in my home town and riding buses. One young man that I went to high school with had fallen in love with ita, and was chasing her all over town. Then I was riding by on a bus, talking to a girl I used to ride the bus with about taking calculus in college, and rode by ita, Zac Efron and this kid from high school, and Zac Efron was very, very drunk. In fact, he passed out and could not be awoken, so kid from high school was slapping him on the face. Then I took over, slapped him on the face several times, he woke up, and I made him throw up and drink water. All while ita and the kid from high school are standing there watching me.