Work has been really tough this week with really old friends leaving the company. I found out Tuesday and went to “Fire of Brasil” with Jeff, the oldest of the old friends. We had a great time. The salad bar was better then the meat but for $15 the meat was fine. Fogo is worlds better but also way more money.
I felt bad all last weekend and did pretty poorly in a really long time control (G120) chess tournament. I won 2 and lost 3. My son Carter won 3.5 of 5 and got $81. He lost his chess clock that cost $40 though and I was really upset at him. Just an hour ago one of his oldest friends from there, David called and said he had his clock. He picked it up by accident. I feel way better about it now because the chess center doesn’t seem like a place where people would steal.
I went to work Friday and just felt terrible all day. Its just a cold but I feel really run down. I came home and we a family over for dinner that lives around the corner. The dad James plays in the marching abominables http://www.seedandfeed.org/
They had alot of great stories and for about an hour I forgot I was sick. I went to bed at 10 and slept till 8 and feel even worse today. I am taking Carter from the house he slept over to a scholastic tournament in an hour. Its really relaxing at these tournaments at the chess center. That place is turning into a second home for me and I really love it there. I know everyone and can relax and read or play if there is a non-scholastic going on. Today I intend to find an empty room and read/sleep.
I am almost done with “Bobby Fischer goes to war”. I read all day when I was out sick. Its by BBC journalists and is well written. Fischer was a mess back when he was world champion even before his more recent craziness. Its a great story though. I read Frank Bradys famous biography a few years ago. This is only about the Spassky match.
I have so many books lined up next its going to be tough. This is my first break from WWII reading in a long time.
My family went on vacation without me and I got free tickets to see Ken Burns speak about “The War” and to see a preview. It was really great. I hope everyone who reads this watches it. I think its really important history for everyone to be aware of. I am half way though the +30 year old “World at War” series from the BBC. Its the best documentary of the war I have seen and I have two others.
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