Diluted

I'm not sure what I'm going to blog about today. The Super Bowl is about to start and I'm buying time before the Cards do some unpredictable rampaging. People are still coming to this site even though nothing of any real value has been posted in some time. Which is appreciated for sure. But its strange that certain posts hold enough substance to get a continued readership.

The last games I played were back in Milwaukee over the new year at the much aforementioned Bremen Cafe with the notorious Rob. You know the one who just joined the Army? We went one and one for two games that didn't have any fireworks. That's kind of what was nice about them though. Some times the best games are the midday slowbies that are only vaguely memorable.

On a related note, Ive been steadily churning through books on battles in Fallujah and Baghdad. Probably not going to improve my chess game a whole lot with them, but they definitely give a good grounding on invasion and urban warfare tactics. Its surprising how much detail they are allowed to go into. The two best so far and both highly recommended by yours truly are "On Call In Hell" and "No True Glory." If you cant get a good sense of the people, battles and culture of Fallujah from these two your probably mildly retarded. Or you cant read, in which case you shouldn't just stare at books for no reason. If their is anything chess related one can glean from such writings its that you should finish what you start on the board. Having a good feasible plan only to pull it back for something better is a risk to big to take.