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  • Chess Sculpture

    I have been stacking chess pieces for years, ever since 7th grade chess club (or did I start that in 6th grade? I can\’t remember). Until today, they were rather simple stacks, rooks on rooks with kings or queens at the top, and the tried-and-true four-knight-rook base. But after today, I will have a difficult…

  • Exeunt Omnes, by Roger Zelazny

    Houselights low. The Reapers and Nymphs danced as the bombs began to fall. Prospero faced Ferdinand. \”You do look, my son, in a mov\’d sort, as if you were dismay\’d. Be cheerful, sir, our revels now are ended. These our actors, as I fortold you, were all spirits, and are melted into air, into thin…

  • Hand Drawn Chess

    After eating dinner at the Rock Bottom Brewery downtown, Josh and I went to Maccaroni Grill for dessert. This was the highlight of the evening, yet strangely not simply because of the absolute tastiness. Maccaroni Grill offers its patrons a paper tablecloth and crayons, whether they are in their swaddling clothes or whether their hair…