People with small minds talk about other people. People with ordinary minds talk about events. People with great minds talk about ideas. People with warped minds talk about bridge hands.
Mary Ann and I were making plans to go to Orlando for the tournament. We were only going for 3 days (2 nights) so we decided to splurge and stay at the tournament site. It was being held at the Buena Vista Resort and Spa. I looked it up on the Internet and booked a room with one bedroom, kitchen and living room with balcony.
My sister-in-law forwarded this holiday "greeting card" to me. It's actually a commercial, and it's not new, but it's pretty cute anyway. Click here to see it.
Here are some photos taken by astronaut Sunita Williams, presumably in 2006 or 2007, as detailed in a circulating e-mail. Millie Dabbs received the e-mail and thought you might like to see some of them. (Of course, the e-mail claims that you can somehow help the space program by circulating it further.)
The small ones were not taken by her, but were included in the e-mail, as were some composite images of the entire earth at night. Very cool.
You need a Powerpoint Viewer to see the original PPS presentation, but I'm sure we can help you see the pictures if you want to request Millie to send the e-mail to you.
Women think men are angrier than they really are. Men think women are nicer than they really are. Apparently. Click here to take a look at this report.
Let's say we have developed our skills so well that we can bid game-making boards with 90% accuracy. That is, if we bid game, there's a 90% chance it will make; if we don't bid game, there's a 10% chance it will make anyway. Pretty good.
Now let's bid 10,000 boards that we previously examined and know that 90% will make. When we bid game, we put that board in pile A, "Boards we feel will make game." When we don't bid game we put them in a different pile B, "Boards we feel will not make game."
What percentage of the boards in pile B, "Boards we feel will not make game," actually will make game, on average? [This is an example of Bayes' rule, named after Rev. Thomas Bayes. Thomas Bayes, (c. 1702 – April 17, 1761) was a mathematician and Presbyterian minister.]
I noticed La Iguana Loca, Mexican Grill and Cantina, located just south of Northridge on US 19, on my way to bridge Friday. It's in the former Village Inn, at the corner of River Country Road.
The menu is complete, the portions large, and the prices reasonable. Little was done to remodel the "pancake house" ambiance, but I like a bright and open space. The food was acceptable, which is far better than other Mexican restaurants around here. Try it, you should like it.
Is this the world's smallest snowman? At less than 20% the thickness of a human hair, it's pretty small. Here's the 
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