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Mar-19-08
 | | Domdaniel: <Joe> No, not really. I think that risque words have a wide currency, and somebody knew what a <London derriere> was. There's an old joke/pun/riff on this topic, but you probably invented that too. |
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Mar-19-08
| | Domdaniel: <calmarten> How nice. I'm sure that you too have "better" things to do with "your" time. So, er, why are you telling me this? |
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Mar-19-08
| | Domdaniel: <Mondegreens> For the record, the original of the species is a Scottish folk song: "They have slain the Earl of Moray
And Lady Mondegreen ..."
Or, if you want to be literal, "and laid him on the green". |
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Mar-19-08
| | Domdaniel: "And Heather and I lay together,
And I was in love;
She weighed up the gains and the losses,
And gave me the shove."
Wot's this, then? Is Paul McCartney writing new songs, with lyrics direct from the divorce courts? Has the old knight got a <Blood on the Tracks> up his sleeve? Er, no. It's from <McGoohan's Blues> by Roy Harper, written almost 40 years ago. Uncanny. |
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Mar-19-08
| | Domdaniel: <Alchemist> -- <one band from here sometimes make up words in their songs> Like "awop bopalop bopalop bamboom", or more like "supercalifragilistic expialidocious" ...?? |
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Mar-19-08
| | Domdaniel: <Niels> From TWIC, March 10th: The 3rd Open de l'Ouest Toulousain, Colomiers took place 25th February - 2nd March 2008. Ramon Mateo won the event with 7.5/9. Which is of course in France. I got the Central American idea by mistake: Mateo's nationality is, well, (DOM). Easy to get confused there. And one S. Kasparov (BLG) was second on 7 points. |
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| Mar-19-08 | | JoeWms: You are saying I accidentally created a mondegreen? My heavens! |
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Mar-19-08
 | | jessicafischerqueen: Good evening |
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| Mar-20-08 | | achieve: <Dom> Thanks for the S. Kasparov info. Now I'm back in business. <Touch of Evil> You were spot with your synopsis.... Brilliantly _under_ stated lines by Marlene Dietrich. (final scene - in full)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2AQ... That was some kind of acting... The better kind. |
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| Mar-20-08 | | achieve: If I remember correctly, Tom Hanks, when asked what the difference is between the films these days and the ones from the classic 40s/50s era, responded: "They were just better actors, then."
Tom Hanks kicks ... |
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Mar-20-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: Good afternoon |
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Mar-20-08
| | Domdaniel: <Jessica> Why are you *doing* this? I know you're not a robotic ersatz Englishwoman, or an I-speak-your-destiny machine. Say something else. Talk to me, please. Orr [*shrugs*] Knott.
PS. Do *you* wanna be the singer in *The Four Coughs*? A sort of mathpunk-meets-doowop vibe, maybe. |
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Mar-20-08
| | Domdaniel: <Amazing Book of the Week> The Yiddish Policemen's Union. By Michael Chabon. Brilliant. A chess-genius heroin addict using the name Emanuel Lasker is murdered in the Jewish free state of Sitka, Alaska, which is about to revert to American overlordship. Now read on... |
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| Mar-20-08 | | Larsker: <Domdaniel: Jessica Why are you *doing* this?> Because she wants to decide who you talk to and who you don't. It pains her that you answer my posts. She wants me out. I have no particular relationship with cg.com. I'm not a very good chess player but I do look into my 50 chess books from time to time. I like the myths surrounding chess. The stories. The quirkiness. What I like about cg.com is that many of its users are intelligent. And I like the nerdiness. For me chess is nerdy. Nerdy in the large sense of the word - following a pursuit that doesn't really make sense. I love nerds. I'm one myself. On cg.com one is free to discuss chess, films, books, language, etc. Mostly without being ridiculed for being nerdy. cg.com is just a website - but many of the mechanisms working here are just like in real life. I'm not leaving just because one user goes overboard. |
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Mar-20-08
| | Domdaniel: <Larsker> Yes, the dynamics of this place are interesting -- part social networking, part something else. And it caters to many different types. There is, I suspect, a mostly silent majority who use it as just another chess resource. Once or twice, early on, I let myself get sucked into feuds and flame wars. Not any more. I aspire more to civility, these days. I think you're making too much of this. It's time to move on. Both you and Jess are highly intelligent people. One kind of chess -- the over-complex Nimzowitsch mode (which I generally prefer myself) can be conducive to paranoia. Another kind, Capablanca-style, over-simplifies. Maybe the same dynamic is present in human relationships. Just a matter of style. It goes without saying that I'm happy for you to post in this forum. And the same applies to Jess. |
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| Mar-20-08 | | Larsker: <Domdaniel; Yes, the dynamics of this place are interesting -- part social networking, part something else. And it caters to many different types. There is, I suspect, a mostly silent majority who use it as just another chess resource.> I know what you mean. The reason why I don't post more chess-related stuff is that I see my own limitations in chess. I don't think it's funny to use machines for analysis - but my own analysis will mostly get shot down by any ol' Fritz. As to playing, I believe my games aren't interesting enough to post here. I moved on days ago. I'm just putting words to what I see happening. You can call it paranoia or oversimplication if you like. |
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Mar-20-08
| | Domdaniel: <Niels> Thanks for the YouTube link -- actually I'd misremembered the scene. I thought Marlene addresses the lines to Heston. And I also put "He was some kind of man" and "What does it matter what you say about people?" in the wrong order. Which makes my whole 'reading' kinda nonsensical... |
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Mar-20-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: <Larsker> I'm glad you've moved on. I'll just say I certainly overreacted-- two of my posts against you were undeserved and over the top to the point of viciousness. Consequently, I'm sorry, and I don't actually bear you any ill will. You made a good point- it's just a website-- So let's all continue having fun with it.
I'm OK with everything also, very glad to hear you are as well. Regards,
JFQ |
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Mar-20-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: <Dom> Sorry about dropping "that post" here in <Frogspawn>. It was an outrageous license given that I knew you wouldn't delete it. I abused the Free Speech you offer here and, much more importantly, your good graces. It shan't happen again.
Regards,
JFQ |
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Mar-20-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: Good evening
(Actually, I'm compulsively posting the greetings all over CG.com for an unrelated reason. Insanity? Not sure, I"ll have to do more research) Good morning |
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| Mar-20-08 | | achieve: Dear <Dom>, in my opinion your reading can pass for a lot, say several, things. Non-sensical is NOT one of them, in my opinion.
I've watched that scene a number of times now, with the carousel type piano music setting in at just the right moment, conveying exactly the atmosphere in that scene as it unfolds and is being worded by those two sentences Dietrich delivers with uncanny timing, and intonation. The order being not that relevant even in my opinion... But i'm not an expert filmcritic... Did I overshoot my point?
I'm still trying.
<Jess> You're some kind of woman. <Dom> ...
Yep, it's an honor to have met you both and being able to call you friends. I've been all over the place at some points, but am now progressing into a more suitable style, I hope. AWHAKKAAAA!! |
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Mar-20-08
| | Domdaniel: <Jess> You're a Star(ling). Thanks muchly. You're some kind of a human being, too.
What *does* it matter what you say about people, anyway? Heh... Chess News: I've got a club match tomorrow, am likely to be Black against a 1.d4 guy, fairly strong, given to saccy kingside attacks. My usual Dutch or Benoni is just too flaky to use against somebody like that, so I'm gonna do something *different*. Right now it's a toss-up between a Nimzo-Indian and a Tarrasch (I need to avoid Rats for the time being... delicate constitution, y'know...). If Nimzo is my hero, why don't I play his most famous opening anyhoo? Hmmm. Maybe one bit me as a child, or sump'n. |
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Mar-20-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: <Dom> take no prisoners! Have fun with your opening prep.
It was one of the funnest things I got to do when I went to my Club once a week- trying to guess what the other guy would play and trying to prepare. It seemed a lot more "real" than preparing for internet chess. Oddly enough. don't forget the "fear factor"!!
Crush insects by showing them respect. Then crush them. Good luck too! |
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Mar-20-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: <Doctor Euwe> no, YOU the man! (literally)
HAHAHAAHH
heh
HOw long till the center opens again?
Morphette of the Yard |
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Mar-21-08
| | Domdaniel: "Litvak selects his king's knight the way a painter chooses a brush. His hands remain agile and ropy. He daubs an arcing stroke toward the center of the board; he always favored the hypermodern style of play. [.....] The old man blinks. If he is shocked or saddened by the inference, you can't read it anywhere in his face or body language. But then a man not in control of his emotions would never get very far with the Reti Opening." Michael Chabin, The Yiddish Policemen's Union. |
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