tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post3997987083848581333..comments2024-03-27T03:03:44.660-04:00Comments on Vleeptron_Z: how to meet strangers in East Asia / the beautiful game of Go /Vleeptron Dudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01913822255924924435noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post-59027479045562903632011-06-06T06:24:45.720-04:002011-06-06T06:24:45.720-04:00Thanks, after 2 big surgeries this winter, I am &q...Thanks, after 2 big surgeries this winter, I am "doing well" by dictionary definition 12.g. of "doing well."<br /><br />Yeah, I got a personal letter from the Emperor of Japan asking me never to play Go again because I was so bad it was offending him.<br /><br />But look -- it's still a marvelous, fascinating game, and both of us can only get better!<br /><br />I used to hang with a bunch of chessplayers who thought they were hot shit at Go, too ... and then we had a wave of immigrants from Southeast Asia, and they just smeared my Go pals all over the board. There's an infinity of higher levels of Go we can aspire to. (One of my pals took a 1-year sabbatical in Japan to live with a Go master, when he came back he taught both math AND Japanese.)<br /><br />HOW IS YOUR BABY? JEEZ I STINK, I OWE THE CHILD A GIFT! SEND ME YOUR SNAILMAIL ADDIE!Vleeptron Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01913822255924924435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30829516.post-14204317050736078862011-06-04T22:53:12.473-04:002011-06-04T22:53:12.473-04:00I love Go, but am probably in the class with the c...I love Go, but am probably in the class with the children in that I never really knew why my movies were 'good' or how I beat anyone at all.<br /><br />Glad to see you're doing well.RheLynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com