Last night I had a most unusual checker dream.
The time was in the present day, in our current year of 2011.
However, I was back in the days of my youth, as a college student at my alma mater, Old Dominion University.
One day I was hanging out in the girls lounge of the student center, when I had a "flash" of what I thought might be a great idea.
I went out and bought a dozen of these inexpensive checker sets, the ones with the folding cardboard checker boards with the red and black squares, along with the plastic red and black checkers.
I had also bought a few copies of some elementary checker books, written by Millard Hopper.
One day, when nobody was looking, I placed them randomly on some of the tables in the girls lounge.
When I left, I began to think I did something very stupid, concluding that these girls would have no interest in such a "child's" game.
Was I ever wrong.
When I came back the next day, the lounge was packed with beautiful college girls, totally absorbed with fascination over playing out the games and problems in these books. I was very pleasantly surprised.
I walked in to introduce myself and explain that I was the one who placed the checker boards and the checker books there. They thanked me immensely. One of them even kissed me.
The next day I returned and showed them some solutions to some stroke problems not shown in those books. They were amazed,
This went on for days and days. I returned every day to see how they were doing and gave them pointers on how to improve their game.
The girls showered me with appreciation and attention. Some of them even gave me their phone numbers and invitations to their dorm rooms.
Then one day I came back and was in for a big surprise.
Alex Moiseyev was there, showing the girls some solutions to some checker problems far beyond my comprehension. The girls were mesmerized.
The girls were literally clinging to him and were fascinated with his Russian accent.
The girls didn't even notice I was there.
Alex was now getting all the attention.
I wasn't getting any.
Then the dream ended.
Thanks, Alex.
In closing, I hope you all had a very happy and blessed Thanksgiving.
Best Wishes,
Dennis
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