| Jul-18-04 | | iron maiden: Let me get this straight...the chess capital of the USA couldn't even beat Philidelphia? |
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| Jul-18-04 | | Lawrence: Yeah but that was back in 1886, it could never happen again ;-) |
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Jul-18-04
 | | tamar: It's up to you New York, New York. |
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Nov-20-04
 | | BishopBerkeley: I wonder if anyone has seen this "New York City" Chess set? The pieces are NYC buildings or monuments, including the World Trade Center Towers as Rooks. The Pawns are Taxi Cabs (!) Curious. It actually looks less unplayable than most non-standard specialty Chess sets: http://www.shopping-emporium-uk.com... The King: The Empire State Building
The Queen: The Statue of Liberty
The Bishops: The Chrysler Building
The Knights: Mounted NYC Police
The Rooks: Thw WTC Towers
The Pawns: NYC Taxicabs (!)
(Shouldn't Frank Sinatra have been the King?!)
(:  B :) |
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| Nov-20-04 | | WMD: You're not suggesting 9/11 was a double rook sacrifice, are you? |
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Nov-20-04
| | BishopBerkeley: <WMD> Alas, 9/11 was the worst sportsmanship of all, tantamount to sweeping your opponents pieces of the board and the proclaiming victory. Sad, sad events. Incidentally, those of you who are familiar with the 9/11 "Missile Pod" theory (which I think extremely unlikely), you might find this critique of it interesting (I think it is quite well done): http://www.questionsquestions.net/W...
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Nov-20-04
 | | acirce: Some might find http://www.strenge.be/cartoons/cart... in bad taste, but they are being warned. |
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| Nov-20-04 | | WMD: I long ago fell victim to 9/11 conspiracy fatigue syndrome. |
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Nov-20-04
| | BishopBerkeley: A bit on my own nation's foreign policy...
Though I deeply regret the events of 9/11, I do challenge my own nation, the USA, to try to behave more consistently with the standards of human rights it sometimes supports (and nominally, always does): principles such as those embodied in the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights: http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.h...
I say with sadness that we have often violated this declaration both in letter and spirit when our so-called "vital interests" have run contrary to it. Our falling short does not excuse 9/11, but it does help to explain it. I love my country, and for that reason, I hope it will do much, much better in respecting human rights in the world than it has done up to the present time. Bishop Berkeley |
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Jul-24-05
| | BishopBerkeley: The New York Mets mascot really should take up the Royal Game to keep him out of trouble during the off season (video): http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningr... More of his merry pranks will be found here:
http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningr...
(: Bishop Berkeley :)
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Jul-24-05
 | | cu8sfan: <BishopBerkeley> For some reasons that movie won't start playing but I think that all of the New York Mets should take up something else than Baseball! (-: |
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Jul-26-05
| | BishopBerkeley: <cu8sfan> Of course, I think many would also like to see the Yankees take up something else! I think the small video requires the Apple Quicktime Player, which may be downloaded for free here: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/down...
Hope you've been in good spirits! I did say hello to Wrigley Field for you when I was in Chicago recently! (: Bishop Berkeley :)
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Oct-15-06
| | cu8sfan: ... and 15 months later, the Yankees are gone and the Mets are THE team in town... |
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| May-02-09 | | Dredge Rivers: I wanna be a part of it! |
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| Jun-12-10 | | myschkin: . . .
"The Chess District"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khe7... |
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Feb-22-13
| | BishopBerkeley: "'There is degenerate people that play chess, there is MIT graduates that play chess … people from every walk of life play chess.' ~ Alfred; Lovely short documentary on the subcultures of chess in NYC": http://exp.lore.com/post/4364585326... Same video on YouTube, "Chess: New York City's Trendiest Game ": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdrQ...
I hope you are all well & in good spirits....
(: Bishop Berkeley :)
P.S. Thanks also to <myschkin> for posting "The Chess District" link above (back in 2010) -- a worthwhile video indeed .... Also, on a completely unrelated note, an amusing & instructive video on "How to Become Pope": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF8I... |
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