tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post5293845772218971018..comments2024-02-22T13:53:00.516-05:00Comments on Elizabeth Spiegel's blog: Ray Cheng is visiting New YorkElizabeth Vicaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880561980096775673noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-35303633886636354102009-08-15T20:28:30.953-04:002009-08-15T20:28:30.953-04:00lol I missed this guy A LOT!!lol I missed this guy A LOT!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-83224036737281413852009-08-15T14:19:10.223-04:002009-08-15T14:19:10.223-04:00There really is nothing else like ice cream is the...There really is nothing else like ice cream is there. Anyone who has a lactose intolerance or has allergies due to dairy protein has pretty much been born without a sexual organ. I like to order stuzipan or neapolitan in a waffle cone, I use to love goo goo cluster, but I once lost a girlfriend of five years due to me just ordering it out loud. Then later I bought a hotel in a highly frequented area. Most of the pay-per-view movies are all old videos of her sleeping, showering, and having sex behind my back (everyone has practiced their "photograph smile" but you can't do that when you're eating a big black dick), it was worth the small business loan. Yesterday we were short staffed and I had to play concierge, I handed a newspaper columnist the keys to room 12 and told him to give me a few minutes to see if the coroner was finished, and he wrote a negative review the next day; I later found out his favorite ice cream flavor was chocolate cherry, but he was far from cordial.julius gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-32185827593403636762009-08-13T21:42:16.563-04:002009-08-13T21:42:16.563-04:00Hey, you left out the most interesting biographica...Hey, you left out the most interesting biographical detail about Ray. He knew Abby Marshall's mom and dad when they were all undergraduates at the University of Virginia. In fact, it was Ray who convinced them to conceive a daughter and train her from childhood to be a champion chessplayer. Oh wait, that was Susan Polgar's parents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-64723075493418281032009-08-13T14:50:10.142-04:002009-08-13T14:50:10.142-04:00I think the correct answer to the birthday questio...I think the correct answer to the birthday question has to do with one's relation to the birthday celebrator. Forgetting the birthday of the guy who sits across the hall from you at work isn't a big deal. On the other hand, my then-wife forgot my birthday three years in a row, which struck me as pretty uncool.<br /><br />Rick MassimoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-90291912234468274082009-08-12T21:39:13.548-04:002009-08-12T21:39:13.548-04:00Yeah Ray! (College friend and suite-mate of my hus...Yeah Ray! (College friend and suite-mate of my husband.) Yeah Leonardo DiCaprio! (Ditto.)<br /><br />OK, this is really poor commentator etiquette, but I couldn't see anywhere else to post a comment about the questionnaire regarding birthday date forgetfulness. In the interests of scientific accuracy, I insist that responders identify themselves as parents (or NOT) of cognizant children, i.e. diaper-wearing infants don't count. I hypothesize that the subset of responders who are parents will overwhelmingly choose the first response.<br /><br />--Liz Marshall (b. 8/11/62)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-28991750124665233082009-08-12T01:38:17.218-04:002009-08-12T01:38:17.218-04:00I have to admit that I saw that version of Romeo &...I have to admit that I saw that version of Romeo & Juliet 3 times while it was still in the theater...still a total sucker for it!Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05122769206871053366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-37434587274423297342009-08-08T01:04:37.044-04:002009-08-08T01:04:37.044-04:00Yeah, that was enough to make me think there might...Yeah, that was enough to make me think there might be a joke, but not enough to make me get it. Also, I didn't realize I was signed in as myself.Montreal Meanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02278559965749271095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-53608523533156677892009-08-08T00:50:28.882-04:002009-08-08T00:50:28.882-04:00it's meant to be another confusing prop, like ...it's meant to be another confusing prop, like the ice cream, but the joke is the "this week in chess" reference.Elizabeth Vicaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880561980096775673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-12964588182387351162009-08-08T00:35:43.296-04:002009-08-08T00:35:43.296-04:00Is the "TWIC enrollment center" pic a jo...Is the "TWIC enrollment center" pic a joke? Because I don't get it.Montreal Meanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02278559965749271095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-56903595249313082382009-08-07T17:11:51.532-04:002009-08-07T17:11:51.532-04:00Oh! I have that book. It's terrific, and I lov...Oh! I have that book. It's terrific, and I love it. But it's <whine><i>haaaaard</i></whine>.<br /><br />I also have Jeremy Silman's <i>Reassess Your Chess Workbook</i>, which is similar in spirit, and somehow I manage to get every single fricking problem wrong. I call Silman out on this one. Normally, I'm happy to take responsibility for my own inadequacy. However, Silman is purporting to teach me something, and if I can't use the analysis technique that he's supposedly teaching me and get the answers he expects me to get, then he's not teaching me right.<br /><br />Is there a better book out there that teaches the heuristics of chess thinking? Because I know that's my No. 1 weakness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-24729956404347883182009-08-07T16:58:12.824-04:002009-08-07T16:58:12.824-04:00Ray's book is great. It's really a challe...Ray's book is great. It's really a challenge doing what seems like a tactics book, but isn't. You always want the easy way out (e.g., "well that looks like it is going to be a queen sac) but there is no easy way.<br /><br />I await the sequel -- one aimed at lower rated people (<1200), because I think a lot of advanced beginners could benefit from such a book.Bionic Limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15056656079490255005noreply@blogger.com