by Tom Stortz | Aug 27, 2024 | General |
Do I know if this letter of guilt is real? X account House Judiciary GOP with a checkmark seems real. The Meta letterhead looks real. Many other verified accounts are retweeting it. How could you know? Mark Zuckerberg just admitted three things: 1. Biden-Harris Admin...
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 Tom Stortz | Aug 20, 2024 | General |
Zip It Up and Zip It Out Sunday night I woke up in a pool of sweat. My body got trapped in blankets like saran wrap. The cause could be the copious amounts of alcohol consumed Saturday. At 2am, I’m not in the mood to address the situation, so I sleep through it....
by Tom Stortz | Aug 13, 2024 | General |
I was walking down the street and came across a car with a dead battery getting a charge. As I passed, I overheard the one man saying to the other, “what are your plans today, just fucking around?” Mind you, this is 6pm. A few observations: At 6pm, to be...
by Tom Stortz | Aug 13, 2024 | General |
Let’s be honest, this little guy stole the show during the kids fun run. Sorry for the quality, blame Apple. Mayor’s Cup 2024 What is the Mayor’s Cup? Does the mayor attend? Do we call wear cups? These were the normal questions I’m asking...
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 Tom Stortz | Aug 6, 2024 | General |
About a month ago, the Shee texted me this. Within 3 minutes I placed the same bet, somehow at +140. Monkey see, monkey do. If you watched the event today, she went off at -290 and won the race. Cash those tickets! Where’s the Blog Announcement? Giving winning...
by Tom Stortz | Jul 30, 2024 | General |
At a young age, and playing all intramural sports, I knew internally that cheating to win was not fun. Stacking teams that created non competitive games was like watching paint dry. Who can forget putting the 5 best players on a team in pickup ball and running court....
by Tom Stortz | Jul 24, 2024 | General |
“You’re rich, bro” – I ran to the Art Museum to do the Rocky steps for 20 minutes of exercise. I brought two dollars in case I wanted to get water from a local vendor. After the work out, I was sweaty and the dollars were too. This could be an...
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