When the night is good
So good that the inexorable march toward decrepitude pauses freezes stops
Time hitting an invisible wall of rightness —
Well, then, we must sing and dance and laugh and love
Certain that if life can be this fine
It surely must go on forever, never stopping, always flying, refusing to
Come down.
At the World Championship Match, in Helsinki, Finland, they reached a complicated position where The Champion intended on sacrificing a knight.
The giveaway was not an obvious tactic; with all the minor pieces still on the board, the position offered a large number of possible variations, all of them leading to interesting circumstances, but nothing concretely winning. When The Champion allowed his mind to envision the sub-plots, he found nothing with a satisfying conclusion. Tendrils…
Writer, poet, artist, improviser, lyricist, former television personality, and generally decent person.
The British mentalist, magician and showman Derren Brown has long created television specials of enduring power and controversy. Much of his work concerns psychological manipulation and social coercion. In our view, shows like “Russian Roulette” (filmed live on a 15-minute delay) and “The Push” (in which an average member of the public is convinced to...
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