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this is bridge
Judi and I have spent a lot of time over the past couple of months playing against the Robots on BBO, practicing and talking about competitive bidding and defense. I hope to get to Houston next month feeling a little more connected to the action at the table. This morning we went back into partnership [...]
Published by stacy on February 24th, 2009 tagged Bidding & Play Problems, Bridge | 7 Comments »
this is not bridge
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two ships
the night
past.
Published by stacy on February 24th, 2009 tagged Writing | Comment now »
come on, already!
February’s the worst, I’m telling you. I’m worrying mightily about a dear friend’s struggle with a life-threatening illness and making frequent hair-holding trips to the bathroom with my littlest cherub and her stomach flu. It’s the last weekend of the U12 girls hockey season and three more inches of snow fell before I [...]
Published by stacy on February 21st, 2009 tagged Bidding & Play Problems, Bridge | 10 Comments »
the winter of our discontent
Apologies for being mostly off-line lately. February packs a serious punch — I’m simultaneously catching up (feels like I haven’t really paid attention to anything since Halloween) and planning ahead (measure twice, cut once); huge stuff coming toward us. Middle school is harder than anticipated in ways I never dreamed.
I dashed up to Minneapolis last [...]
Published by stacy on February 18th, 2009 tagged Bridge | 3 Comments »
eyes on the prize
Unless you’re on the mailing list, you may not have heard about the 2nd International Women’s OnLine Bridge Festival, co-sponsored by the World Bridge Federation and BridgeBase Online. If not for the letter I received today, I wouldn’t have known about it either. Did you know that WBF and BBO run weekly tournaments for women? [...]