We're on our usual schedule this week. Saturday's events:
* 9:30 a.m. free mini-lesson, all welcome! Link below
* 10:00 a.m. 0-500 pairs
* 12:20 p.m. Newcomer pairs
* 12:30 p.m. Open Pairs
Please drop me a note if you're planning to play, need a partner, or
want to play with a friend or family member from outside our
"jurisdiction." :)
Here's the link for the mini-lesson (same as the past several weeks and
next several weeks):
Time: Dec 26, 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
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>
*Let's have a Christmas afternoon game just for fun. :)*
My RealBridge director credentials are up. The site is beautiful. :)
I've played a little pairs and team-of-four games on the site, and it's
gorgeous.
Every table has audio and video built-in. My experience with it has been
nearly perfect, but it does require a solid broadband internet connection.
You can see what the tables look like here:
https://realbridge.online/8.html#player_guide and visit the rest of that
link to learn more about playing there. The FAQ has information about
devices and browsers.
At this link you can test your camera and microphone with your device
and browser: https://play.realbridge.online/camera.html
Would anyone like to have a 12ish board Swiss Team game (or maybe round
robin) on Christmas afternoon? Thinking of maybe a 90 minute game with
check-in at 3:30 and play start at 4:00. We could easily play three
4-board matches in that time.
This would be *for fun only*, no sanction, no director calls, no
masterpoint awards. Anyone from anywhere is welcome to join in.
If you want to play but don't have teammates, I will be happy to pair up
partnerships and make teams.
There are some disadvantages with the current version of RealBridge:
* There are no robots. I have no way to handle an odd number of pairs
(other than sitouts or standby players).
* The team matches are all head-to-head, no three-team round robins,
so I need to have an even number of teams, or have "bye" matches.
Or if we had an odd number of teams, we could just switch to playing a
pairs game for fun.
Either way it'd be a festive game of cards just for fun. We'd be able to
visit and chat like we haven't for a while.
* 3:30 check-in, 4:00 start, over by 5:30ish
* Reservations required
* No sanction, no director calls, no masterpoints
* And no charge. :)
* Test your camera and mic before, please!
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>
At the moment we're a little light for the Open Pairs game tonight.
Here's a call for more players. I know many of us may be distracted by
family tonight. :)
Are there more coming tonight?
Wednesday 7:30 Open Pairs
Name BBO Name BBO
Avice Osmundson 2holtdrive Kiran Kumar cndy037
Kent Burrell KMB37 Liz Burrell gojazz
Carlos Garcia grandpacjg Kathy Malovos kathy did
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>
Yes! We're open for bridge today, on our regular schedule.
* 10:45 a.m. 0-500 Pairs
* 7:15 p.m. Newcomer pairs
* 7:30 p.m. Open Pairs
I am collecting reservations for these games, so *please let me know* if
you're coming to play. Of course it's also fine to just drop in! I'd
like to be able to warn players if we aren't expecting enough entries.
We'll have a Zoom after party for the newcomers. I'll send that link to
the newcomer list.
As I write this, I'm in a club manager training course for RealBridge.
They've done a beautiful job! I'm hoping to invite folks to a social
team game (no sanction) over the holidays.
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>
I'm late with the game announcement, but we certainly do have a 0-500
game this morning at 10:45. Come play if you can!
Right now I'm playing in a short 8-board match using a European online
bridge game from realbridge.com, and it's heartwarmingly beautiful. We
couldn't hold masterpoint games there, but for just playing a duplicate
game or social game it's magnificent. I'll report back more soon.
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>
I have Carlos Garcia (grandpacjg) looking for a partner to play tonight.
Anyone on the sidelines looking for a game?
Cheers,
Mojo
--
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
--
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
--
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
--
Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
