Lawer seeks female chess player

(Playing on chess.com)

NEW GAME (72456754) - lawerz_999 vs. nico (15 10 rated)

lawerz_999: hi

nico: hey

lawerz_999: lets start

lawerz_999: u m or f

nico: m

lawerz_999: never mind

I originally made a blog post with just that, but then there was more...

lawerz_999: hay

lawerz_999: if i win i will spanking u

nico: good to know

lawerz_999: i will spanking u very hard for these play

nico: you're aware that "spanking" tends to have a sexual connotation, yes?

nico: i just want to figure out for the readers of my blog if you're trying to threaten me or hit on me. either way it's cool.

He never replied.

I changed his screen name so he can't find my blog by searching for himself.  According to his profile, he was from Egypt. I won, and was not spanked.  Be careful, residents of Berkeley, California: he thinks I live there.

Cameraz

Ok seriously I don't know how you photobloggers do it.  That entry I posted a while ago, with all the pictures?  It took me forEVER to get it all uploaded and everything.  I want to be able to snap a picture, wave my phone in the general direction of my computer, and have it appear.  Until then, you'll have to deal with mostly scribbling.

Despite this I almost took a picture of my salad tonight because it was so pretty but then my phone decided "Hey, this would be a good time to reboot."  Android phones are known for many wonderful things, but booting up quickly is not one of them.  I hope you'll forgive me for just going ahead and eating.

Booooks.

The pattern is always the same.  I sit down and crack open a book I'm to read for class--or rather, a book I was supposed to have read already.  I force my way through the first fifty pages or so.

The problem is the authors always like to use those first fifty pages to redundantly tell me why the book is necessary.  Their arguments are not unconvincing, but I was going to read it anyway, and by the time they're done convincing me to I'm tired of reading.

Maybe I should always start with chapter 3.

Earlham hero

I'm not real big on the whole asking for prayer thing, but, y'know, keep my co-worker Charlie in your thoughts.  He had a bad stroke the other day and unless something unexpected happens his family will be taking him off life support on Tuesday.

A real treasure to have around.