Archive for June, 2008
baseball!
You know how we love Cubs v. White Sox on the South Side. Yesterday’s slugfest was lots of fun, looking forward to another big game this afternoon.
CUB FAN meets “Pimp my ride”
M&M Man. Sources reveal: it is indeed hot in there.
Published by stacy on June 28th, 2008 tagged Sports | 3 Comments »
european championships
The European Championships are coming to an exciting end this weekend; the top six teams in the Open and women’s series will qualify for next year’s Bermuda Bowl (Venice Cup) in Sao Paolo. Bermuda Bowl champions Norway led the Open series before the start of play this morning, the Italians were struggling a bit and [...]
Published by stacy on June 27th, 2008 tagged Uncategorized | Comment now »
my best thing
so far today was winning the 8am Speedball with Judi. We were plus 29.5 after the first four boards, and finally managed to scrape together another half an imp to win with +30 (for twelve boards). I’ve just about finished updating our notes and I’m studying the Mike Lawrence programs like crazy. [...]
Published by stacy on June 26th, 2008 tagged Bridge, Sports | Comment now »
my friend stan
Maybe you’ve met my friend Stan Katz? Lately he lives in Memphis and works for ACBL, but about fifteen years ago he was the very first real live bridge player I’d ever met, and we’ve been friends ever since.
Stan was in Chicago for a visit on May 15 when he was hit by a car [...]
Published by stacy on June 25th, 2008 tagged Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
just wondering
Anybody know how one gets to play North-South in the ACBL Speedball? Judi and I were talking about it this morning, and I just had to take a look. Check this out — I’ve played about thirty Speedballs since the first of April, and a quick review of the movies (okay, it wasn’t that quick. [...]