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When time stood still
I held back considerably, thus the makeable (GRAND) slam was deftly avoided. Vickie ruffed out West’s ♠5 lead, cashed ♥AK, then ♦10-J-Q held. Then she exited 3rd ♥ to East’s Q and ruffed the ♠ back with ♥10, her last trump. Now 2nd ♦ to K-Ace, ♦ back to her 9. All this went ZIP-ZAP-ZOP…
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V for Villanelle. Interview with BBOer Fred Rogers
If you haven’t heard of villanelles before, you’ve been missing out on some great poetry. And yet at the same time, most people have heard of Villanelles without knowing it: “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas is one of the most famous examples – and one that has stuck with…
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Schrodinger’s Hand
The game of “would you rather?” can be a lot of fun (and it’s a great way to propose absurd, rude or gross situations where one option is as bad or worse as the other). What people might not realize when they do it is that it’s a perfect example of a classic thought experiment. …