Gym / Running Music Suggestions
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Favourite Quotations
Adrian Mole, via Sue Townsend"Pandora found Cavendish's A4 torture list. She has made an appointment for me to see her friend Leonora De Witt, who is a [...]
Very Enjoyable Game of I’m-an-Insomniac Chess.
[Event "New York Rosenwald"][Site "New York"][Date "1956.10.07"][Round ""][White "Scott Westron"][Black "tChess (933)"][Result "1-0"][ECO "A05"]1. Nf3 Nf6 2. [...]
So should riotors actually lose their benefits or not?
So, we've all seen the glaring typo: "Convicted London rioters should loose all benefits." and it appears some will even have signed in spite of this small but [...]
Rome to Murdoch – The Failure of the Family Empire isn’t New (and Shouldn’t be Surprising.)
"From the study of this history we may also learn how a good government is to be established; for while all the emperors who succeeded to the throne by birth, [...]
Too easy. Much prefer an irrational / emotional human opponent.
1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Nxd5 Qxd5 5. d3 e5 6. c4 Qd4 7. Nf3 Qd8 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qd1 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nc6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Bf5 14. Qg5 [...]
Getting better as the Sunday Pimms wakes me up…
1. f4 e6 2. e4 Qh4+ 3. g3 Qh6 4. d4 c6 5. Be3 b5 6. Nf3 Ba6 7. Ne5 f6 8. Nf3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Nc3 Ne7 14. Qd2 Rhe8 15. [...]
Hangover Chess. Playing appallingly. Won, but only just.
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. e4 Be6 6. Qe2 Qh4+ 7. g3 Qd8 8. O-O-O Be7 9. Bh3 Bxh3 10. Nxh3 Nc6 11. f4 Nd4 12. Qd3 Nf6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nb5 O-O [...]
Why doubling the iPad’s chess rating at 3am is unwise.
[Event ""][Site ""][Date "2011.06.28"][Round ""][White "tChess (1628)"][Black "Scott Westron"][Result "1-0"][ECO "D01"]1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 c6 [...]
Tired during this game, it shows.
[Event ""][Site ""][Date "2011.06.28"][Round ""][White "Scott Westron"][Black "tChess (800)"][Result "1-0"][ECO "B10"]1. e4 c6 2. Be2 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 d5 5. [...]