Four immortal chess games

Garry Kasparov vs Veselin Topalov (1999)
Donald Byrne vs Robert Fischer (1956)
Adolf Anderssen vs Lionel Kieseritsky (1851)
Robert Fischer vs Pal Benko(1963)

Double points

It seems that we got Fidel Castro angry when we shot Osama Bin Laden.

One of the great things about living in Norwalk

One of the great things about living in Norwalk is that you never have to leave notes on your windshield like this one:

Dear Officer,

I have temp plates because someone keeps stealing my front plate. NOT because I'm a drug dealer, but thanks for telling my little brother you suspect me of being one. Also, my FACTORY tints are legal and all 7 tickets you've written me for them have been dismissed. Please find another vehicle to harrass.

Thank you, Corrine.

P.S. If I were a drug dealer, I
could afford a garage!

A picture of the note is at Soignorant. I wonder if Corrine lives in Westport?

Shuffling out of Buffalo

Per the Buffalo News: Buffalo police are apparently still looking for John Caesar,a 58-year-old man who escaped from custody last week:

Downtown police are looking for a man who is handcuffed to a chair.

The man escaped shortly after 4 p.m. today from the Central District station at Tupper and Main Streets.

A robbery suspect, he apparently fled out of a back door onto Washington Street, according to police radio transmissions.

Described as tall and muscular, he was dressed in black clothing and wearing a white hat.

Police think he still has the chair with him because it is missing from the station.

They handcuffed him to a chair? They should have handcuffed him to a toy poodle; then at least they could have found him by following the dog's yapping.

h/t Lowering the Bar, who shamelessly copied from Fail Blog.

The power of love

The power of love in a university town ...

United States of Awesome

Four maps: a map of the United States of Awesome, a map of the United States of Shame, and two maps of the United States of the Environment.

Happy May Day

Best fucking May day ever.