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If you cannot afford it, one will be appointed for you.

http://www.psychologymatters.asia/article/141/nothing-is-as-healing-as-human-touch.html

http://entertainment.time.com/2011/06/07/the-morning-after-finding-bobby-fischer/

“It sounds terrible to leave a 16-year-old to his own devices, but he is probably happier that way.”  A quick reading suggests Regina was a smart, independent, and attentive mother.  The husband, birth certificate, and degree things are legit.  She appears to have helped in his education and chess development; moving and a lack of funds was not her fault.  Was she warm?

Fischer had lots and lots of contact with intelligent, mature chess players.

Aside from the weird, chess-playing woman Zita, there is no mention of a woman.  (EDIT:  The Japanese wife?)

Strange, the continued run-ins with the State Department.  Prelude to paranoia.

FBI reports is the wrong way to find out about your family.  I know.

There is no doubt he worked hard to realize his gift.

The HBO documentary is good; the film is very good.  Maybe he could have been happier if the childhood years were different.  He still had plenty of chances.

I wonder how many parents realize their kids, no matter how old, will always want their love.

Still my favorite playlist.

Shelleyan Orphan.  Sugar is new.  I don’t want to know how to control it.

3×3 watt LED ceiling light in a can.

The fairway, under construction.  Tees are to the right and up.

From the first tee.

From the second tee.

“I can’t touch what I feel.”

This is the wrong playlist but it is close.  The lyrics are pretty depressing.  No, that is the wrong word–it is just really different.  My favorites are the deeper cuts, maybe that is because I have heard…  them all so many times.  Also, Cheryl Wheeler, Arrow.  Odd what I can and can’t find.  Schooner Fare, Leviathan.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/savopoulos-family-thanks-law-enforcement-after-arrest-in-slayings/2015/05/22/4b5b488a-0077-11e5-8b6c-0dcce21e223d_story.html?hpid=z1

The good news is that it was a targeted crime.

For those who don’t know, a family was held captive in their home, ransom paid, murdered, house set on fire and the “suspect” is caught after going back and forth to NYC in a van and car with others.

The family was absolutely in their prime and the victims included a household employee.

And the story here is that TMZ got it wrong.  Hang himself at 25?

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It is raining or snowing for the hundredth day in a row—what else happened to me a hundred days ago?—so I’ll take the time to write it down. 

It is a civil right.  I believe there is sufficient evidence to win a court case; I think, even more strongly, that the case can be “won” (if that is possible) in the court of public opinion if it can be told explained properly.  There was a time—and that has not changed—that I expected dark blue sedans and SUVs with flashing lights to surround my home and protect me.  I have often compared it to Mississippi Burning.

It is part of the much larger, often in the news subject of public safety.

And then, this is where it really gets interesting to me.  The standard is what you think, “reason to believe” I think are the exact words.  (Only tangentially-related:  customer satisfaction is the highest standard.)

It is a fantastic story that needs to be told.

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I don’t know, I wasn’t really paying attention.

Whatta ya like, do you want me to chase you around with a rolling pin?