I can get excited after Sunday but then loss interest as the week goes on. My Greek studies are getting overwhelmed mostly by my Facebook addiction. Sigh.

Let me just comment QUICKLY on MP's sermon because I need to get to the gym. And maybe some Greek homework.

MP started out by talking about movie: Searching for Bobby Fischer. I suspect half the crowd had never heard of it. As a chess player (?) and Chess Life reader I loved it. I know Bruce Pandolfini as a columnist in Chess Life (magazine). He gets a little cameo as an onlooker in the crowd. Of course an actor plays Pandolfini in the movie. This movie does have a nice moral and its cool.

MP mentioned the scene where Pandolfini sweeps all the pieces off the board and exclaims, "Do you see it better now?" He doesn't mention earlier scenes where he playing his dad and is getting bored so he goes about the house doing other things while calling out his moves from the other room. His dad say for him to come back and he declares checkmate. So they set us up. Natural chess players usually can see the board and prospective moves in their head without needing to actually see the board. I once played a blind player. He beat me badly. He had a special board but of course he could not see it. He could feel it but still he has a disadvantage unless he is good, and he was.

Anyway the hero Josh Waitzken is given a balanced education. They contrast that with another child prodigy who is just given chess work. He does not get to play or learn other things. So under pressure he does not know how to lose. You have to learn to deal with losing, no one wins every time.

I am looking forward to Hogg Middle school "Turbo Tuesday". I always meet a nice kid and hope it helps some. I know I have a good time.