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QuoteoftheDay ‘Once your heart is purified and cleansed, God himself will settle in.’ - HH @Younus_AlGohar
A 1950 ELO rating in chess signifies a strong, experienced player, typically classified as a Class A player or Candidate Master (depending on the specific federation like USCF or FIDE, though FIDE generally places Candidate Master closer to 2000-2200). This rating indicates a deep understanding of chess principles, tactics, and strategy, with the ability to consistently beat lower-rated opponents and put up a significant fight against even master-level players. A 1950 ELO player has likely studied various openings, endgames, and middlegame concepts, demonstrating a good level of positional play and calculation. They are typically active in tournaments and are continuously working to refine their game.
"The Sea of the Sky." Huntsville, Alabama. 4 Sep 2008.
The sky that morning reminded me of a satellite image looking out over the ocean, with the sun the eye of a hurricane and tropical clouds swirling around it. In fact, these clouds were a remnant from one of the spring hurricanes that had blown in to us from the Gulf.
In reality we can hide everything behind a facial expression and I find this both beautiful and disturbing, It is a gift and a curse
If you follow the logic of this one really closely, you'll discover that Brann is saying "become a woodworker--you'll get the hot chicks."
And then there's his coinage "ANEBE". Crazy that that one didn't catch on.
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From a series of circa-1960s D.I.Y. books called "Easi-Bild" that were published by a fellow named Donald Brann. In the beginning of each one, he wrote a little homily that tried to link up his own Confucius-like wisdom with whatever Easy Bild project was at hand.
So there would be a couple of paragraphs where he waxed poetic about some general concept essential to the good life, and then there would be a paragraph where he'd try to make you think you'd never done better by yourself than you did the moment you decided, say, to purchase the Easy Bild book on building a plywood bar in your basement.
A tragically overlooked 20th-century Thoreau was Mr. Brann.
"The Unclear Present." University of Alabama in Huntsville. Huntsville, Alabama. 20 Aug 2008.
I was depressed this day and longing for expression. As I sat down at the table to write, a brisk breeze steadily stirring my pages, I was struck by the beauty of the image. The primary goal of the depth of field here was to mask what I was writing in my pages; if I had been able to capture what I was feeling, it was that I couldn't see what was ahead of me. But what I did capture may actually be closer to the truth; it may be a message of encouragement to me. It's merely the present that I cannot see. The distant future is more hopeful and bright.
QuoteoftheDay ‘Once your heart is purified and cleansed, God himself will settle in.’ - HH @Younus_AlGohar