Fun Things to Do at the DMV
Dance as a Greek goddess at the DMV Everybody knows that waiting in line at the DMV is the most soul-sucking experience imaginable. But we are all wrong. Just because the slow lines inside the […]
Tag: chess
Caramelized Banana Cake and Prison Reform
Cape Verdean Dessert CARAMELIZED BANANA CAKE INGREDIENTS 4 eggs½ cup butter, softened1½ cups sugar (1¼ cups more later)½ cup milk⅛ teaspoon salt2⅓ cups wheat flour or flour2 teaspoons baking powderno-stick spray4 ripe bananas⅓ cup water1¼ […]
The Secret Rules of Chess
[The following is a partially true story.] As a parent, I have long tried to be a role model for my children. I have always striven to teach my daughters fundamental values like integrity, honesty […]
Donald Trump: Chess Master
Sources report that while hurricanes were ravaging Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, President Trump spent the time in seclusion, deeply immersed in study of the chess strategies of famous champions such as Mikhail Tal, […]
Bad Advice Friday, 4-28-17
Oh my gosh. It’s Friday. So, I shall once more be dispensing bad advice As usual, the advice will stupendously bad. You know it will be so as I had overwritten the file with my […]
Bad Advice Friday, 3-10-2017
Today is once more Bad-Advice Friday. I shall be dispensing bad advice to all comers. The advice will stupendously bad. MA asks: This has been bothering me…Is it true that cannibals won’t eat clowns because […]
Unicorn Bites 12/8/13
Wife: You’re a terrible husband. Me: I can change. *transforms into a dragon* *proves to also be a terrible dragon-husband* — James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) December 8, 2013 I fed my 1-year-old pizza and […]
Mom and Dad
When I was a kid, I used to play chess with my dad, and he would beat me all the time, because he had a bad temper, and he drank too much. My mom just […]