My candle burns at both ends,
It will not last the night.
But ah my friends - and oh my foes,
It leaves a lovely light
Edna St. Vincent-Millay
volunteering to teach literacy and math in the prisons is where I'm at lately
the prison-industrial complex in America is an astonishing trap for disadvantaged young men & women - many of whom are very bright
.......... and I need someone to play chess with
It will not last the night.
But ah my friends - and oh my foes,
It leaves a lovely light
Edna St. Vincent-Millay
volunteering to teach literacy and math in the prisons is where I'm at lately
the prison-industrial complex in America is an astonishing trap for disadvantaged young men & women - many of whom are very bright
.......... and I need someone to play chess with
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Good luck with the teaching. I sometimes play chess with my housemate but He gets so competitive about it that it takes the fun out of it. All the same, I invariably beat him and he does tend to be a poor loser. He insists on telling me at length about how I got lucky and he had such and such a flawless strategy worked out. He doesn't seem to grasp that its really easy to work out a flawless strategy until, that is, you take into account the fact that your opponent isn't actually going to play into your hands by making all of those conveniently dumb moves!!
PS Thanks for your explanation of the depression and maths thing. I can see where you are coming from now and yes, it makes sense!
[Edited on Apr 16, 2005 3:43PM]