My 2006 New Years Resolution... and other stories.

It has definitely been one of those weekends. It's just about over, but I'm ready for the real weekend now! Anyone with me? I think my cold decided it was going to take a few more days to slowly work its way out. Still, a little better every day. I played a little more chess than usual today, I felt like I've been avoiding it too much recently so I needed to get the rust off. It's still there, but better.

I was reading a little bit about a particular line in the Slav because I was completely crushed with it in one of my 2 games yesterday. So I happened to get into it again today. What are the odds? Actually, pretty good. So I still managed to completely misplay it, but came out winning a lost endgame because of a foolish knight move. One of the games I was most proud of was against my new nemesis minimardi on the ICC. It was an exciting game when I suddenly saw that I had a forced mate! I was pretty excited! I couldn't believe I was about to pull off such a stunning victory against minimardi. After a move I saw it, the rust! Yep, I didn't have a win on the board. In fact, I was now losing. As my luck would have it, minimardi then got disconnected, reconnected, and sat for its final 5 minutes before losing to me on time. Go figure! Since it is a computer, my only guess is that it's programming really hasn't been designed to handle disconnects/reconnects in the middle of a game. I'd show you the position, but I'm still feeling a bit lazy. Maybe some other time.

I've been thinking a lot about the new year. I had a big list of resolutions, goals, hopes, dreams and whatever else I could think of... but then I stopped myself. All of that stuff is great, but is it really worthy of a resolution? Of The New Year's Resolution? Since it's all about me, well, yes, it probably is worth it. And yet I hesitated. Paused. Pondered. Marinated... and even stewed. Finally, it hit me. All of that stuff is what I want, but not what I need. What I need... is to find myself!

My 2006 New Years Resolution is to find myself.

So buckle up and enjoy the ride!

Ed.