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.
Um, well, we listened to aggressively cheerful music sung by people chosen for their ability to dance. Then we ate cookie dough, and talked about boys.
Giles ,'Get It Done'
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.
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."
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.
flea - Jan 16, 2008 2:56:44 am PST #3511 of 10001
information libertarian
Dear Matthew McConaghey or however you spell it: announcing on your website that you and your girlfriend are expecting a baby is nice. Phrasing it as "we are stoked and wowed" makes me slightly less confident that you will be a competent parent, dude.
Emily - Jan 16, 2008 4:22:11 am PST #3512 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I dreamed about taking my cat to a coffee shop, and about Jacob Carter being my father. There was a very irritating part of my dream where I had to listen to him having kinky sex with a really annoying much younger woman. It was an alarmingly detailed dream. Really, why does my brain need to include that much detail about how hard it was for me to make hot chocolate, or about figuring out the used water/used soap buckets? Or Jacob Carter's imagined kinky sex practices? Or trying to figure out if I could keep a check from being cashed?
I wouldn't have thought I was asleep for long enough to dream all that!
Emily - Jan 16, 2008 4:23:08 am PST #3513 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
And in other, less "listen to my dream!" news, does anyone have an opinion on Brian Eno's "Music for Airports" albums? Specifically, which two I should buy if I was to buy two?
Tom Scola - Jan 16, 2008 4:25:23 am PST #3514 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 16, 2008 4:28:21 am PST #3515 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And in other, less "listen to my dream!" news, does anyone have an opinion on Brian Eno's "Music for Airports" albums? Specifically, which two I should buy if I was to buy two?
Technically there's only one "Music for Airports", and of the 4 "Ambient" albums (the ones labeled as such - he's made several more that are also ambient, but aren't labeled "Ambient"), only two are just Eno (Music for Airports and On Land). I find MfA rather dull, though it is good background music sometimes, but I very much like On Land. And Apollo (which was the soundtrack to a documentary featuring footage from the Apollo missions) is my favorite ambient Eno (that said, his first four albums with actual songs and lyrics are just about perfect).
Stop me before I parenthasize again.