by Sam Stortz | Aug 24, 2024 | General |
This post is about about responding to failure. Last night was round 3 of the NPCC August chess tournament. Round 1 – I played a 16 year old and lost a close game which I was totally fine with. Round 2 – I played a 7 year old and beat him because he was...
by Sam Stortz | Aug 11, 2024 | General |
On Friday I played in my first ever chess tournament! After years of online chess, I decided it was time to play in a live tournament of classical chess. Here are the details of it, the experience, and the game itself. The Deets The tournament is taking place in the...
by Sam Stortz | Aug 6, 2024 | General |
I just finished Succession, a show carried by it’s characters. Through thirty nine episodes of a show as good as this, you see the development, growth, decline, and even death of some of these characters, they are the drivers of the show more so than the...
by Sam Stortz | Jul 23, 2024 | General |
Click bait title! Two political posts in a row! What can I say, it’s pretty captivating at the moment. This is a little ramble-y, but feels relevant. In my last post about Biden’s age I wrote that I couldn’t see myself voting for Trump despite Biden...
by Sam Stortz | Jul 14, 2024 | General |
With the assassination attempt on Trump yesterday, this post feels less relevant now than it would have 24 hours ago. But the story of Biden’s age, will he drop out, will other democrats speak out against him, etc. has been absolutely fascinating to me for the...
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