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to those whom much is given
I recently came across a post by Meg Myers; in it she suggests that the ACBL/USBF (hereafter: The League) doesn’t do enough of the right kinds of things to promote bridge among young people.
Bridge is a wonderful game, and you don’t need gimmicks to lure kids into it. Even though my days as a junior [...]
Published by stacy on October 21st, 2008 tagged Bridge | 6 Comments »
nearing the end
With just a few boards to play in the first day of the Olympiad final in Beijing, England leads China in the Women’s event, Italy leads England in the Open and USA is beating Japan in the Seniors. In the 3/4 playoff, the American women beat Turkey and Norway beat Germany for the bronze. So [...]
Published by stacy on October 16th, 2008 tagged Bridge | Comment now »
down to the wire
I’ve been obsessed, as you might imagine, with the World Championships. I watched USA v. Denmark go down to the wire in the Quarterfinals in Beijing; the American women advanced to the Semi-Final match against China. They finished the first 16 boards up 40, but lost a bunch back over the course of the next [...]
Published by stacy on October 15th, 2008 tagged Bridge | Comment now »
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A brutal week; absolutely brutal: the debate, the market, the round robin, the election, the Days of Awe. I’m glad it’s over. The market’s closed, the round robin’s come to an end. On to the Fall festivals.
And the Round of 16, for all but one of the American teams competing for Gold this week in [...]
Published by stacy on October 10th, 2008 tagged Bridge | Comment now »
commenting on commenting
We Jacobs try to be a cheery bunch where and when we can. A couple of us (me especially) occasionally tend toward half-empty, if you know what I mean, so several years ago we decided that whenever we dine with the children everyone must tell their “best thing.” Accentuate the positive.
My best thing this week [...]