We here in Leeds have had snow on the ground constantly from the 17th of December. I got over my instinctive "Cool!" reaction - a hangover from when I was a child - and right now I have the same opinion of snow as does the average fifty-something of my acquaintance. They are all sick of it, and so am I. It's too cold to go anywhere unless you can ( Read more... )

I really must get a chess-related avatar. I want a good chess-related avatar and then a good Picard avatar and a good tryzub avatar and then I'll be happy. (And I promise the title of this post will be the worst pun I will ever make... or will it ( Read more... )