This is as good as it gets. An edible chessboard and chess set created by an English designer named Biggles. Do visit his website for the full story.
Archive for July, 2009
Your Move
Posted in Art, Chess on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
C.M. Woolley, Yale & Polo
Posted in Polo on July 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Clarence Mott Woolley Jr. led, for a time, a charmed existence.
Clarence Mott Woolley Sr. made central heating possible in America by providing cast iron radiators for millions of homes; for this, he was well compensated, so young Clarence’s educational options were not limited. He attended Phillips Andover and then Yale. Because his father had a [...]
Quite a Day
Posted in Film, Literature on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Julie Benz plays an abused teenage runaway that becomes a single mom and bank executive who is then stalked, kidnapped by masked gunmen, held hostage for 14 hours and forced to rob a bank to save her child’s life.”
– “Held Hostage,” The Syracuse Post-Standard, July 19, 2009
As the local paper lets more and more writers [...]
An Invention of the Devil
Posted in Chess, Religion on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“I went straight from Houston to New York over the Iron Mountain Railroad. I anticipated a rather solitary trip; but, fortunately, I met General Baird, whom I knew, and some other Army officers, who had been down on the Mexican border to settle some troubles in the ‘free zone.’ We amused ourselves on the long [...]
Encouragement for Writers
Posted in Literature on July 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“As long as I have a pen in my hand and a revolver in my pocket, I fear no man.”
– Benito Mussolini, November 24, 1914
Everyone Loves the Mail
Posted in Art, Mail, Postal History on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Art by F. Earl Christy (1883-1961) for the cover of The Ladies’ Home Journal, February 1914. Christy’s work glorified young women, especially the society college girl, always beautiful and beautifully dressed.
On the Voyage of Self-Discovery
Posted in Love, Music on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“To tell you the truth, it’s my sixth marriage. And I’m starting to think it’s me.”
– Gregg Allman in “The Lost Brother” by Mark Binelli, Rolling Stone, July 2009
