Today’s winning chess QUOTATION
Today’s Winning Chess Quotation
Regarded by many as the greatest director of his genre, Stanley Kubrick (1928 – 1999) was a passionate chessplayer who would … Read the rest
Category: Culture
Friday Coffee and other nonsense
Friday Coffee
Good morning World! As much of the Christian world prepares to celebrate St. Jean Baptiste, I find myself asking: Where does the time … Read the rest
The Secret Chess Life of Leonard Cohen
The Secret Chess Life of Leonard Cohen
Of course Leonard Cohen played chess! What is more, I suspect that Cohen had a life-long passion for … Read the rest
Three rounds to go in Colombia super-open
Medellin heats up!
Up to 1993 Medellin was best known for Pablo Escobar and his notorious cocaine cartel. More recently Medellin’s Sandra Valencia (above; born … Read the rest
INSIGHT into the meaning of LIFE
LIFE, and other fairy tales…
Why is LIFE so unlike what we are taught at school when youngsters? Perhaps because LIFE is really a contradiction. … Read the rest
Wednesday Coffee, potpourri and other nonsense
Wednesday Coffee
Good morning, Wednesday! Here we are, once more, meeting over a cup of hot coffee! One of my favourite things, regardless of the … Read the rest
Chess and Video
Today’s Chess in Video
Edgar Kyeba, an independent film director based in Sheffield, England teams up with Wendy Zhong, James Simms and Nic … Read the rest
Thursday: offensive poetry, chess tactics, potpourri and nonsense
Thursday’s Sermon
Just kidding! I found this kinky little item a few days back and I could not resist the temptation to include it in … Read the rest
Friday chess round about…
Friday chess round about
Friday retrospective. After a difficult week it is only too easy to lose a rational perspective on things, especially when Life … Read the rest
Chess, news, potpourri and other utter nonsense!
Thursday round up
Paul Morphy RIP
Better late news than no news! Paul Morphy died on Thursday July 10, 1884. According to the calculations of … Read the rest
Saturday potpourri
Vintage Curves, potpourri and other nonsense
Today’s mixture of irreverence and beauty, tempered with the absurd and/or the hilarious. This blog’s ‘potpourri’ articles are amongst … Read the rest
Thursday…some interesting chess
Some interesting moves…
Wayne Lazorik (b.1939) is an American photographer and teacher. His art, though provocative, is very respected and shown at only the classiest … Read the rest
It’s FRIDAY!
Time to let your hair down…
…and relax your sphincter.
The weekend is approaching…again…I promise you that this time it is going to be different! … Read the rest
Today’s Pix & Quotes
Pix & Quotes
(1912. LINK)
A playful assortment of irreverent witt, sexual fantasies, social irrationality, stupidities and other common-place evidence of human nature. If … Read the rest
Pix and pricks and …chess!
Pix and pricks and chess!
A collection of irreverent pics and images, just to animate, irritate, shock (?!) and otherwise to get you to consider … Read the rest
Today’s Pix’ & Quotes
Pix & Quotes
A entertaining and sometimes goofy melange of pictures and quotations, with the express purpose of offending the rational and promoting the preposterous. … Read the rest
Friday coffee, chess, fake-news and potpourri
Hello Friday!
(Coffee shop in Tehran)
On ‘Fake-News’
There is a lot of talk these days about ‘fake-news‘ in the main stream media … Read the rest
Thursday chess, potpourri and other nonsense!
LIVING IN TRUMP’S AMERICA!
The man who everybody loves to hate!
What did Trump ask Santa last year?
Why does chess attract naked women?
This … Read the rest
Saturday Coffee, potpourri and other nonsense
Coffee, potpourri and nonsense!
