tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post5869188950101059530..comments2024-02-22T13:53:00.516-05:00Comments on Elizabeth Spiegel's blog: maybe I'm more than usually interested in the mechanism of Greg's food choicesElizabeth Vicaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880561980096775673noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-42776108587696274412009-04-10T22:26:00.000-04:002009-04-10T22:26:00.000-04:00I could loan you a few of my pictures. I think I ...I could loan you a few of my pictures. I think I took about 800 shots. That's what happens when you have the default setting on multiple shots.Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13747958243702670987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-72238651408868635032009-04-10T21:49:00.000-04:002009-04-10T21:49:00.000-04:00Far better than a picture is a quirky win from an ...Far better than a picture is a quirky win from an odd opening resulting in a baffling middlegame.<BR/>Perhaps that's what would be fun to share.Gurdonarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808311825546186934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-85400071874036883972009-04-10T09:47:00.000-04:002009-04-10T09:47:00.000-04:00Were you by any chance at the Gaylord Opryland, a....Were you by any chance at the Gaylord Opryland, a.k.a. the Bayoudome? I wrote my own account of staying at that hotel <A HREF="http://anjiaoshi.xanga.com/552820715/in-which-he-finally-gets-around-to-it/" REL="nofollow">here</A>. (Skip past the descriptions of convention sessions if you're not an English teacher.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-28289725658881538812009-04-10T09:46:00.000-04:002009-04-10T09:46:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-56158941317746238062009-04-10T02:50:00.000-04:002009-04-10T02:50:00.000-04:00"I really wish there was just a pill you could tak..."I really wish there was just a pill you could take."<BR/>There is, but I read somewhere that you eat only unprocessed foods.<BR/><BR/>"...sound of hundreds of Chronos being tapped near-simultaneously..."<BR/>A couple dozen sounds pretty good, so this must have been amazing.<BR/><BR/>"But in my analysis, I saw a lot of blundering, which depressed me."<BR/>You're always going to see blundering unless you're analyzing top GM games (<A HREF="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1003221" REL="nofollow">even then...</A>), but in any event, getting depressed over it is an emotional response that you can probably redirect constructively. <BR/><BR/>"I think I find it hard to go back and forth between chess and talking."<BR/>Frank Zappa once said: "Talking about music is like dancing about architecture."<BR/>Maybe talking about chess is like swimming about differential equations.<BR/><BR/>"...and then I realized with horror that I had become the creepy teacher."<BR/>Have no fear, <B>EVERYTHING</B>'s creepy now.<BR/><BR/>"I feel like pretty often in my life I've made the mistake of forcing relationships to be more emotional than they needed to be, and maybe I'm trying to model how not to do that."<BR/>That's actually a significant insight.<BR/><BR/>"I better find something to do."<BR/>Well, you might consider playing a few more tournaments... or possibly writing a book.<BR/><BR/>"sorry, somehow I forgot to take photos...."<BR/>OK, I know you were busy, & while not unforgivable, you may have to assume the position on this one. A trip to Nashville, TN, 5200+ players (including 58 of your own) scrambling around for four days competing in the biggest national scholastic event of the year plus an astronaut, Garry Kasparov, both Greg & Jenn Shahade & you <B>FORGOT</B> to take photos!? Obviously it's time to hire a film crew to document your activities full time. The funding could come from the royalties generated by your upcoming <A HREF="http://www.realitytvworld.com/index/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index&catid=&topic=23" REL="nofollow">reality TV series:</A> "Livin' Life Like Lizzy".ATH2044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-56496588885402167342009-04-10T01:59:00.000-04:002009-04-10T01:59:00.000-04:00Sorry to hear that your teams did not finish on to...Sorry to hear that your teams did not finish on top, after doing so well in the Blitz.<BR/><BR/>There's always next time.......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-74159331916756612122009-04-09T22:49:00.000-04:002009-04-09T22:49:00.000-04:00sorry, somehow I forgot to take photos....sorry, somehow I forgot to take photos....Elizabeth Vicaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880561980096775673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-86550737304981380272009-04-09T21:55:00.000-04:002009-04-09T21:55:00.000-04:00more pictures! please?more pictures! please?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-51415226269824394342009-04-09T18:31:00.000-04:002009-04-09T18:31:00.000-04:00FOXWOODS!!!!FOXWOODS!!!!robert beattynoreply@blogger.com