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The Engineers Play Chess
Christos and Lieberman, veteran development engineers, played chess every lunch hour. Watson, a young engineer, joined the project, watched them play and immediately starting making unwanted comments. They put up with him for two weeks.
One day Christos briefly studied the board, then moved Knight to F4.
"That's a strange move," Watson commented.
Lieberman immediately moved rook to H6.
"That doesn't make sense. What did you do that for?" Watson demanded.
The two chess players said nothing, just stared at him.
"OK, I'm leaving," Watson finally said.
"Check," said Christos and reset his pieces.
"Mate," Lieberman added and did likewise.
From Guest Contributor Ronald Larsen
Disenchantment
The mist glistened with false promises. The canopy dripped the tears of myriad misled bards of all races who had put effort into the creation of tales only to be demeaned by the praising of the Mediocre tribe by the forest’s Editelves.
The tribe, though mere mortals, had somehow produced a damsel of beauty which had entranced even the sorcerers and had been avidly welcomed into the hierarchy as a mate where she wielded unprecedented influence.
The trolls, in particular, grumbled angrily as the incantation of rejection echoed through the avenues, causing even lianas to cringe. “We have decided not…”
From Guest Contributor Perry McDaid
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