The TV show The Queen’s Gambit created a surge in online chess. Despite the catchy name, I never watched the show, but as a chess player, I know what the name means. A gambit is a strategy where a player intentionally sacrifices a piece (a Queen in this case) to gain a positional advantage. We …
I get asked why I write this blog, and I give these three reasons: Writing helps me think through ideas so I can better communicate them verbally. I enjoy writing and want to get better at it, and having a weekly deadline forces me to write more. This blog is another outlet for me to …
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Aziz Ansari is hilarious. My favorite joke of his is about an interaction Aziz saw of rapper 50 Cent ordering a grapefruit soda thinking it was a grape soda (note that the end of the video clip is NSFW.) Here is my favorite excerpt: And the exchange was just glorious – the waiter struggling to …
“Just as I was getting ready to eat something great, it was taken away. Thrown directly in the toilet, because it’s an easier route to the end goal.” This is a real Yelp review for a restaurant. Well, it’s real in that it was posted on Yelp, but it’s not real in that it was …
It’s late the night before I post this blog, and I having nothing written. How do you focus on one aspect of Easter, the anniversary of what I believe is unarguably the most important day in history? Easter did and still changes everything. Jesus overcame the forces of death and destruction, and because of Easter, …
