I have Carlos Garcia (grandpacjg) looking for a partner to play tonight.
Anyone on the sidelines looking for a game?
Cheers,
Mojo
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Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
The Winter Wonderland regional is over, and I managed to play in five
sessions, all side games. Didn't get into the overalls, but had some
moments of brilliance, and witnessed some. :)
It was good to play some bridge at the regional level again, and whets
my appetite to travel to a bridge tournament again.
Meanwhile, here we are, and there's bridge to play tonight. *7:15,
0-1000 pairs*. Who's in and who needs a partner? Drop me a note!
On the email server side, Microsoft has dropped the block on my new
email server. This note is coming to you from the new one. I may back up
the old one and decommission it today. :)
Happy Winter Solstice and Jupiter-Saturn conjunction day from Dragon and
Mojo.
Mojo and Dragon
Best regards,
Mojo
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Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
Open pairs today at 12:30!
Drop me a note if you'd like to play but need a partner, or have a
friend or family member from out of the area who'd like to play.
Have you been watching Jupiter and Saturn? Look south west about an hour
after sunset. I took this shot at 5:30 p.m. last night. :)
Jupiter Saturn
Best regards,
Mojo
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Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
Hi all! There's lots of bridge to play tomorrow.
* 10:00 a.m. 0-500 Pairs
* 12:30 p.m. Open Pairs
I've already invited the newcomers to their game at 12:20.
*Please let me know *if you'd like to play and need a partner, or if you
have a friend or visitor from out of the area who'd like to play.
I also have the 9:30 Mini Lesson on the calendar. I'll be covering a
"play of the hand" topic. Here's the Zoom link for that:
Time: Dec 19, 2020 09:30 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83912578991?pwd=Y1R2UnJ1TFM2dVZzYmsyTDdzeFcydz09
Meeting ID: 839 1257 8991
Passcode: 7ntxx
In mail server news (if you're curious) you might recall that Microsoft
is blocking my new mail server. They still are.
But I've worked around the blockage for the time being by routing all
mail to hotmail, outlook, msn, and live.com through my old server which
is /not /blocked. This will work temporarily.
In the meantime, my hosting provider Linode is taking up my cause and
working on convincing Microsoft to unblock the new mail server. Once
they're successful, I'll be able to shut down the old server.
Internet drama. :)
Best regards,
Mojo
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Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
Wednesday is one of our two busiest days (for games at least!).
For these games I am asking for reservations. I'd like to be sure we
have enough players for a game, and do my best to find partners.
Who's coming to play Wednesday? Who'd like to play but needs a partner?
* 10:45 a.m. 499er (0-500) pairs
* 7:30 p.m. Open pairs
We also have a newcomer game at 7:15. I'll send that announcement to the
newcomer list.
Thursday starts the "Winter Wonderland" schedule of Regionally rated
games on BBO. If you're looking for Gold and Red points, here's a chance
to get some this year. Drop in at https://www.acbl.org for the full
schedule.
I'm planning to play a couple of side games at least with Karol Monroe
from Palm Desert. Hope to see you there!
P.S., Hotmail (MSN) has begun bouncing email from my new mail server.
Hopefully they'll resolve the problem before Saturday. I've done
everything I can at this point, and it will probably wait for a human
review before the roadblock is resolved. New servers have no reputation
yet. :(
Best regards,
Mojo
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Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
I just completed a class with PCC Extension on "Competitive Bidding"
last week on Tuesday evening.
I have a stack of eight hands left from the class to play and practice
with, so I'm offering that for a couple of hours this evening, starting
at 7:15.
If you're looking for a little informal bridge, here's an invitation to
come play. We'll meet on Zoom, and play cards using the Shark Bridge
teaching platform. After each hand we'll review the bidding and play.
If you'd like to join us, drop me a note and I'll forward the invitation
with the Zoom and Shark links. :)
(If you've never joined one of my bridge classes, take five minutes to
watch one of the videos from the page How to join bridge class
<https://bridgemojo.com/how-to-join-class-online> from the BridgeMojo site.)
Best regards,
Mojo
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Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
Come play on Tuesday morning! We'll have a 0-500 game at 10:45.
Please drop me note if you need a partner (I have a single player
available now), or if you have a friend or family member from out of the
area who'd like to play.
Best regards,
Mojo
--
Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
Tonight is our popular 0-1000 game at 7:15.
Please drop me a note if you'd like to play but don't have a partner, or
if you have a friend or family who would like to play as a guest.
Otherwise, just come play! :)
Best regards,
Mojo
--
Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
Did I mention I'd built a new email server? It had to be done.
Part of the cost was having all of my email to Verizon customers delayed
for almost 24 hours. That includes Yahoo and AOL mail accounts as well. :(
When a machine at a new internet address appears on the net sending
email in bunches (as if from a mailing list), they automatically put
that machine on probation until someone can check it out. I had hopes
that wouldn't happen. My previous mail server had a well-protected
"reputation" as a good email citizen. But they wouldn't know.
In any case, the logjam appears to be broken now. We had a great turnout
for the Saturday games!
The 9:30 lesson from this morning has been added to the YouTube playlist
of Saturday mini lessons. Here's a link to the whole list:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD5qT1hFf-OreW5_zBRHB3WwF6Ljdp-OS
We have a great *Sunday Open Pairs game at 12:30*. If you'd like to play
but need a partner, drop me a note. If you have a friend or family who
you'd like to have join in, let me know their BBO ID so I can set it up.
Best regards,
Mojo
--
Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
