Category Archives: Sport
SAS Championship Non-description
My father and I spent an afternoon at the SAS Championship and had a good time. Unfortunately, I can’t tell what happened because my ticket claims I have implicitly agreed “not to transmit any account, description, picture or reproduction of … Continue reading
Duff at Bridge Sectional
The Bright Leaf bridge club did a great job hosting the Chapel Hill sectional tournament last week-end. I played on a team which did OK, though not great, but had fun. We came within one point of making it to … Continue reading
Cape Fear MABC Regional 2007
My mother and I played bridge for three days solid at the Cape Fear MABC Regional in Wilmington last week. Actually, we only played about 11 hours per day, skipping the midnight sessions. We hoped to play a fourth day … Continue reading
Fall Chess Tourney
Through I hadn’t played chess in over a year, I decided to enter this year’s office G15 tournament. Not surprisingly, I finished last (in the A bracket) with only a single draw in my column after 10 games. A couple … Continue reading
Go Tar Heels
I was lucky enough to use a friend’s extra ticket to last night’s UNC – Ohio State game. It was a lot of fun — I can see how people get addicted to such things. It was a close game … Continue reading
Time for a Bigger TV
After my continuing procrastination over getting a big screen HD TV, Bonnie couldn’t resist taking this pic of Scott, Serge and I watching the Ohio State game last week-end at Hyco Lake. The game was still fuzzy even with the … Continue reading
Cardboard Boat Race
Our neighborhood picnic featured a cardboard boat race that drew six entries. All boats were constructed on the spot from cardboard, duct tape and two styrofoam noodles. I thought they would turn soggy and sink in seconds, but most held … Continue reading