That’s how it feels this summer. I’ve been caught up with
typical life things called work and family. I haven’t been doing anything chess
related since my last post and oddly I’m Ok with that. I’m working on an interesting medical device
at work and spending extra time learning new things. Putting time into learning new skills seems
to provide more bang for the buck than
boning up on the latest variation and nuances of the Caro-Kann defense.
Speaking of other satisfying pursuits, I’m also in a part
time band. Again, learning new songs and techniques also seems to satisfy the neural
plasticity excitation I was seeking for a long time with pure chess
endeavors. A part of my past is that I
wanted to be a rock star back in high school ( who didn’t). I had a parallel life. Dad tried to convince me that the right girls
were attracted to the guys in the chess club for their intelligence. I doubled down and played in a rock and roll
band because, well, Dad wasn’t always right.
This brings me to another topic, I’m writing about those
wanna be rock start days and how it didn’t quite work out the way I had dreamed
coming from a small college town in Brunswick. I was inspired after reading several
biographies of Rock and Roll stars, that I thought “ What about those of us not
growing up in London, New York or San Fran who had a lot of misguided attempts and
misconceptions and tried anyway.” So I
am investigating my misspent youth and how the partying and rock and roll
attempts usually ended up in the wrong place.
Would any of you readers be the least bit interested in
reviewing early material here as snippets from my chapters? I am toying with this idea or do you want
chess only posts from me?
