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Amazing Play at Cape May Bridge Club
I fell to an amazing play by Harriet Walcott partnering Baby Vistenzo on Board 6 at the Karen Sylvester’s Cape May County Duplicate Bridge Club March 30, 2023. Declaring 4H in the North I won the...
View ArticleJorge Luis Borges
When a first-year student at MIT, I went to hear Jorge Luis Borges speak at Tuft University on April 9, 1971. Two secretaries read Borges’s poetry in English and Spanish. Borges followed the readings...
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Chicago Bridge Nationals July 2023
I went to Chicago Nationals to play in the Spingold with Farley Mawyer and teammates Larry Gordon and Steve Siegel, who had just placed second in Grand National Teams B. We lost in the first match to...
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3-suit Squeeze in Allentown bridge sectional
In the first-rate Allentown sectional October 20, 2023 (replete with delicious homemade baked goods), my partner Mike Kohler and I reached the optimal 4N on Board 6 after I as North opened 1C, East...
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Frank Morgan’s Math Chat Archives Math Chat started as a live call-in cable TV show in Williamstown (1996-97, January 2000) and Princeton (1997-98), ran as a regular column in The Christian Science...
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10 Spades
On BBO November 15, 2023, Matchpoints Speedball with Craig Huneke, an opponent had 10 Spades. We did well by not letting them play 5S, although we went down one at 7H for 58%. The odds of getting a...
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Atlanta bridge Nationals 2023
Lots of fun playing in Soloway with partner Farley Mawyer and teammates Abe Jakob and Priscilla Smith, even though we failed to qualify. We played against Lisa and Michael Berkowitz, Dana Berkowitz,...
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Berkowitz and Meckstroth at Atlanta
At the Atlanta ACBL bridge Nationals, on December 1, 2023, Farley Mawyer and I played seven boards against David Berkowitz and Jeff Meckstroth in the Keohane swiss, with Michael Berkowitz kibitzing his...
View ArticleOpening 6H in Atlanta
I had a bridge hand today at the Atlanta ACBL Nationals which I opened 6H: AKxx AKQJTxx — AT Dummy came down with JTxx — KQxxx Kxxx. On the opening lead of the Diamond Ace, it was easy to make 7....
View ArticleBooks and Movies 2023
[Much lost in computer glitch] February Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jenette McCurdy Forgiving Ismelda Marcos by Nathan Go August Moonstruck (OCNJ CC) Roxanne (OCNJ...
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