READ TALES OF A CHECKERED MAN - the comic strip adventure by Ann Arbor cartoonist Denver Brubaker about a shadowy mystery man who strikes fear into the hearts of the crooks and criminals of Exotic City. Who is this masked stranger? Where did he come from? Why does he choose ...
Adapted from a recent online discussion.
Hi, Carolyn:
After years of reading your chats with a pit in my stomach, knowing that wanting things to work didn't make it so, I finally ended my tumultuous five-year relationship six months ago. I have felt great since then!
Because you'll be placing a considerably greater emphasis on your material interests in the year ahead, chances are your probabilities for success will be increased. However, take a little time to smell the roses as well.
DEAR ABBY:
I was recently diagnosed as gluten intolerant. My question is, when dining at a restaurant, while everyone else is eating the bread that is served, is it acceptable to discreetly take a few gluten-free crackers from my purse and snack on them so I'm not starving while waiting for dinner?
DEAR DOCTOR K:
I'm a 42-year-old woman. This year I've had four urinary tract infections. Each cleared up with antibiotics. But now my doctor wants me to take a preventive antibiotic every day. Is this safe?
Vladimir Kramnik, who became the world chess champion in 2000 when he defeated Garry Kasparov, said about that match, "At some point he (Kasparov) seemed to lose all confidence trying to break down the Berlin Wall." Kramnik won two games and drew the other 13, using the Berlin Defense of the Ruy Lopez to great effect.
At the bridge table you sometimes have your back against a wall, needing a specific distribution to make your contract. You just have to make the best play and hope to get lucky.
In this deal, South is in six spades. West leads the heart king and continues with a second heart. After ruffing, how should declarer proceed?
When North raised to two spades, South wondered if North had the right cards for a slam. North assumed South's three-diamond rebid was a help-suit game-try, looking for values in diamonds. With that king and four spades, he jumped to game. Now South took a shot at six spades. (Roman Key Card Blackwood would have worked well, allowing South to find out that the spade king and heart ace were missing.)
Here is the daily Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for February 9: 20120209pzdxl-a.pdf
Even if the times ahead are trying for many of your friends and associates, your material prospects look to be very encouraging. This may be due to some kind of special job you'll be able to do that others can't.
Ashley's Belgian Beer Fest is back and bigger and badder than ever. Don't forget your jester hat!David Bardallis | Contributor ......
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