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I'm a regular at a Scrabble club in La Jolla that gets together once a week. One of the other regulars in the club, Jan, scored a stunning upset over Dave Wiegand in a tournament last year in San Diego.

REO Speedwagon - Roll With the Changes

Webpages that have Flash ads with sound. Good Lord. Almost as NSFW as pron, IMHO.

Spacehog - In the Meantime

I have no trouble posting in Bridge Material Review, as far as I can tell. You probably need a certain minimum number of posts to start a thread there.

Van Halen - When It's Love

A man has a severe heart attack and is rushed to the hospital emergency room. The admitting nurse says, "I'm sorry, you'll have to wait in line." "But I might be dying!" says the man. "Sorry, a doctor will see you when one is available." Then an ambulance races up with its siren blaring, and a woman is carried in on a stretcher. A paramedic explains, "She was in a terrible accident and has just stopped breathing." "I'm sorry," says the nurse, "she'll have to wait in line." Next a guy walks in without assistance, whispers something to the nurse and is taken immediately to the examination room, surrounded by doctors. "What's this?" says the first man. "How come he goes right in?" "Oh," explains the nurse, "he's a bridge player and his partner just passed him in a cue-bid." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Many more where that came from here: http://rpbridge.net/3y01.htm

David Bowie is to the China girl as Bergen Raises are to Precision: "I'll ruin everything you are . . . . . . I'll give you television . . . . . . I'll give you eyes of blue . . . . . . I'LL GIVE YOU MAN-OF-WARS TO RULE THE WORLD!! . . . . . ."

You make me feel like I can fly . . . . . . So high . . . . . . EL ---- E ---- VA ---- TION

I play this bid as "I done heard yer neggitive dubble, mister, and my spades er better din yer spades, dadgummit!"

While we're at it, here's another one: "A lot" is NOT one word.

Apparently they don't have road rage in Scotland. I envy you.

Madonna - La Isla Bonita

I've sometimes gotten that too, so it's highly unlikely to be on your end.

One of the most incredible endings to a regular season ever. If the Rays had anything left for the ALDS, I'd honestly be a little surprised. The Cardinals, needless to say, are in a similar position vs the Phillies. I'm rooting for the World Series to be the Brewers vs either the Rays or Rangers, though this could well turn out to be a pipe dream.

Even if partner should turn up with 10 HCP, I'm not sure we want to be in a game, and it's unlikely to be worth looking for anyway. If our NT range were 15-17, I would have opened 1NT.

Happy birthday! Now go out there and win the Bermuda Bowl with your pet grue.

Those stars are awarded for achievement, very much like the card ranks for playing in ACBL tournaments on BBO. They are earned by winning in events of national profile, and are recognition for being of expert level in your own country. They are not an objective indicator of skill, like OKbridge's Lehman ratings aspire to be. It's true that the stars distinguish some players on BBO from other players, but a rating system? That is an overbid, by a king and an ace.

Some guy, who probably got shut out of a cold slam by his partner's huddle-pass, got pissed off and hacked it. No seriously, the copper wire going out of their Arkansas HQ got zapped by a train: http://www.bridgewinners.com/index.php/component/content/article/2-latest-news/1161-acbl-communication-is-down

So if I'm an atheist, are you saying . . . . . . .

I'd love it if you would let me share some of that retsina.

The exact odds of a 3-2 trump break is slightly less than 68% but it is usually quoted as 68% due to rounding. I don't know if this is the point jdeegan is looking for. Whether the true practical odds on a 3-2 trump break, in this case, is 68% or something slightly different, it would stay the same if I were a novice, too.

Here out West the Pac-12 is staying itself. For the moment. I still don't have the slightest idea how a 16-team conference would work.