Archive for May, 2007
quick weekend
in Washington, DC — bought a sightseeing trip at a charity auction last winter and to the surprise of absolutely all of us, here we are! Squeezed in a tour of the White House (saw POTUS board Marine I while we were there, how cool is THAT!), were escorted by Congressman Roskam’s staff on [...]
Published by stacy on May 26th, 2007 tagged Uncategorized | Comment now »
my better halves
My very first North American Bridge Championship (NABC) was Chicago, 1998. I played two side games with my dear friend Stan and was completely overwhelmed by the whole crazy scene. In the fall of that year, I went to Orlando for a couple of days that changed my life.
See, I came to bridge [...]
Published by stacy on May 24th, 2007 tagged Bridge | Comment now »
m&m guy
Have you heard?
Published by stacy on May 23rd, 2007 tagged Sports | 5 Comments »
one more hand
From yesterday afternoon’s club game. You hold x / x / JTxxx / KQJxxx. Red (maybe equal red), if that matters. I wanted to open the bidding, but thought better of it in the nick of time, so it went three passes to partner, who opened 1H. Righty bid 2H, showing spades and a minor. [...]
Published by stacy on May 19th, 2007 tagged Bridge | 3 Comments »
check this out
There simply aren’t words.
clipped from domsweirdnews.blogspot.com
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Wheelchair nutter
Spanish police pulled over a man in a electric wheelchair who was riding along on a motorway after he got lost while looking for a brothel.
The 42-year-old man, who is tetraplegic, used his chin and mouth to drive the specially-designed wheelchair which keeps him in a [...]