Day 5

Check Mate...not that, but the game of Chess...you a player?...of that game?...the one of the ages...like really...the Horse learned it when he was way young...listen, kids, it is complicated...which made me think...who invented it?...

This is as bedeviled as the game itself...the history is muddled...some say as far back as 200 BC...by some Chinese guy...then, there are those who say some Indian in the 600’s...some say it was a Persian...cmon...originally called chaturanga...eerily similar to Chinese checkers...4 colors...hmmm...the modern game?...probably changed in the 1800’s...of course, an aristocratic board match...the Brits?...seriously, no one really knows...

The one thing, it is extremely hard to find people who play it...my claim to fame...there were these chess geeks at college, on THE chess team, held a round robin game at the student center...they played multiple people at once...to show their dominance...of course, the Horse fell for the gimmick...the dude kept going elsewhere, then stopped that...and ONLY, played moi...no check mate, but a STALE MATE...yup, they asked me to join them...not me, no not me...I was not a geek...

Totally checkmated, are the Friars...gosh, I would love to be a fly in that locker room...something is badly amiss...off to Pittsburgh for a set...

Keegan Bradley a winner!..a feel good story...on the other hand, 60 Minutes repeated their story on LIV...and their financial banking of the Saudis...repulsive money grabbing golfers...

Just watch the collapse of Putin...the people of there, will not stand for it...inevitable...

Follow the money...trump is attempting to move cash from his political donations to cover his court cases...payouts, attorney fees, and propaganda...just another move by the incorrigible...yet, YOU still send him dollars and follow the bloke...heathens...

After a 24-4 win, forcing a champ game...Florida faces LSU for the crown today...

We are going to roam Morro Bay, today...fish lunch...and prep for the Hearst Castle visit...