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back to work
My partner is amazing: she’s totally over the jet lag and frenzy from Beijing. When she’s not running around doing pre-surgical workups (they’re going to repair her elbow on Friday), Judi props her broken wing up on a pile of pillows and ices it at regular intervals and refuses to let a little thing like [...]
Published by stacy on October 23rd, 2008 tagged Bridge | 6 Comments »
this just in
I guess we’re on to something. This evening I found Mind Games: A Bridge to Somewhere.
For harness racing, discovering parallel problems in other thinking games is of little consolation. Being in the same leaking boat does not get us to the Promised Land. Ignoring these trends is absurd. Whining is not progress. Ceasing efforts to [...]
Published by stacy on October 22nd, 2008 tagged Bridge | Comment now »
more of the same
My friend and teammate Jenny Wolpert, just back from Beijing, sent this to me yesterday. Exactly the sort of thing from which we need the most distance.
I’m having very naughty fantasies this morning about conducting a snarky ad campaign that goes: “Bridge? It’s like poker. For smart people.”
Published by stacy on October 22nd, 2008 tagged Bridge | 2 Comments »
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 [...]