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Lichess.org
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Link of the day
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Now at the point where I have to actually start thinking if I'm going to continue playing - continuing at the level I'm at is too painful - so, searching around for another chess site on which to begin honing my skills.
And I found this: Lichess.org
Free, open source (not that I need that), and - a bonus, whereas chess.com frequently crashes my browser, or becomes unresponsive or takes far too long to make a move - this site works clean and quick. Note that this is not necessarily a flaw in the site - my laptop crashes on many sites - usually a result of too many embedded ads or media, videos, etc. - long overdue for a "better laptop" - but it does help to play something in real-time so I can assess quickly how and where I'm fucking up.
Now to get better...
The Flat Earth Wikipedia
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: WTF
- Hits: 658
Contrary to expectations, it's not nearly as big as the other Wikipedia, but makes for a fine thought-pairing with Conservapedia.
Back at the Cock & Suck
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Dreams
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That I'm back at the "Cock & Suck", the pub I've been at the last few years, and this year they've hired a whole new pile of employees. New cooks, servers, skulls every one, tattoos, overly friendly. And waitresses who think they know me and are sexually forward, only I'm kind of lost...
They're all settling in, there's rooms here, rooms there, everyone's found a place to sleep and I don't want to, don't want to be beholding to the company store...
These places, rooms, restaurant, I've never been, yet they're familiar, as if from another dream, and everywhere I go I'm finding their stuff, my stuff, trunks of my stuff left behind from years past, trying to gather it up, only I haven't the arms, and I'm not sure yet where I'm taking it to...
Rowena, Philippine ex from London, here in a bedroom with husband, he's old, she's "Shhhh"-ing me when I recognize her, close the door, still there's the other waitresses, familiar, lewd, and I'm still gathering my possessions and looking for a place to sleep...
Shit-show of a dream, mixed feelings about returning to the restaurant, "Rowena"? Wtf? ...and the locations, familiar only through other dreams...
The Grateful Dead
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Links
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(Not the band)
A common folklore/fairy tale motif, common world-wide, in which an unsuspecting traveler does a good turn for what turns out to be a spirit, who then finds a way to repay him/her.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grateful_dead_(folklore)
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