More excellence from the Bozeman Chronicle Police Reports

From the previously recommended Bozeman Chronicle Police Reports:
10/02/2008: - At 6:28 p.m., a man wanted to know if it was legal for him to write profanities on his vehicle.
10/09/2008 - In order to get free burritos for a local restaurant, two men needed to get their picture taken with a Bozeman police officer. Police obliged.

Kookaburras postcard

Kookaburras - postcrossing
Originally uploaded by Alhazred

Another older postcard, sent to a postcrossing chum in Finland.
On back:
Kookaburras (Taronga Park),
Sydney, Australia

Here's a rather charming postal mail story

This Sunday Independent article shows the UK post office at its best, I think:
We may be living in the era of the email, but one young illustrator has proved that the art of correspondence is far from dead. While working for her degree at Glasgow School of Art Harriet Russell decided to find out exactly what lengths the men and women of the Royal Mail were willing to go to to ensure the safe delivery of her missives.
To put them to the test she concealed the addresses of 130 letters to herself in a series of increasingly complex puzzles and ciphers. Among the disguises she employed were dot-to-dot drawings, anagrams and cartoons. The answer, it seems, was very far indeed. Amazingly, only 10 failed to complete their journey back to her.

LSS tournament CP-2008-P-00025 - yeesh, that game didn't go well

A truly cringeworthy game on my part:
[Event "CP-2008-P-00025"]
[Site "LSS"]
[Date "2008.10.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Taylor, Mick"]
[Black "Stibal, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "833"]
[BlackELO "1868"]
[EventDate "2008.10.01"]

1.e3 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.d4 e6 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.c4
Nc6 6.Nbd2 dxc4 7.Nxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4
9.exd4 Qxd4 10.O-O Bd7 11.Be3 Qd5 12.Qb3
Bc6 13.Rad1 Qxg2# 0-1

Can be replayed in all its glory here: