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Just watched "Next" again. Starring Nicholas Cage. I was thinking that I don't seem to get tired of it, but, then, it might have been more than a year since I last watched it.

As for my chess, I am giving up on John Watson's book of chess openings. I was thinking this chess book might have been the one I have been hoping for, the one that would give me a foothold and a path to at least developing a more sophisticated understanding of chess openings, offering a more detailed explication along with the moves and games, but we are just not connecting. This led me to start feeling discouraged about being able to enjoy chess books, period. However, I then picked Chernev's book back up, "Logical Chess: Move by Move", and I snapped out of my despair. As with all books, as with relationships in general, I suppose, you have to find your match, you have to connect. I am still feeling my way around the specialized world of chess literature, and maybe there will always be more hits than misses.

"Smooth segue, from Nicholas Cage to chess - an obvious transition."

Well, implicit in that move is the background of a wonderfully lazy Saturday afternoon. It kind of all goes together with me. Along with cake.

Deluge 2016

More rain. It was a sunny morning and then a sunny afternoon. I thought that the 'drying out' might finally be beginning. But, no, not yet. The 2016 Deluge still has to empty itself out, clear out a little more congestion, like Mother Nature ate something that disagreed with her.

Saturday Night

It's Saturday night! I was thinking about going back to making my weekly porn post. I have a couple of guys on my Friends List who post naked women, and at least one more old fellow who seemed to appreciate my offerings. I was going to go back to using the option to make a filtered post, just for those blokes. I didn't want to risk alienating the few old gals I got on my Friends List. However, I found myself struggling over what the regulatory limits might be on such porn posts. Are hard-ons and penetrations okay? How about those that are at least tinged with the sweet tang of misogyny and rape? I have never gotten in trouble before on LJ, but ... it's a risky proposition, and why risk it? There just doesn't seem much point in it.