All you have to do is look at me, to know that every word is true

A game for the ages

The strategic board game Go challenges players, more than any other game of strategy, to use both sides of the brain. Simple rules soon encounter complex situations as spherical pieces of equal value form groups of variable strength. A player's skill in managing weaknesses will, in most cases, decide the eventual winner. To become skillful, a player develops both abstract and logical thinking capacity, and the talent to adjust each like nobs governing a faucet.

In ancient China, two opposing generals about to do battle first met in the middle of a field. After a short discussion, instead of fighting the battle and suffering many deaths among their soldiers, they decided to play a Go game between themselves to decide the victor. But this is not a game just for men. Many women enjoy the game and often beat their male opponents.

For decades, Japan has been the world leader in promoting the game. In Japan, it is called Igo; in China it is known as Weichi, and in Korea, Baduk. It is all the same game, played by young and old.

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The Enterprise crew watching the talent portion of an intergalactic beauty pageant broadcast

Scotty
Check out the legs on that Romulan!

Dr. McKoy
Quiet Scotty! I’m concentrating.

Chekov
How many tribbles did the Klingon juggle?

Nurse Chapel
Hell if I know. I kinda liked the girl who did an upside down Rigelian folkdance…….but, you know, none of them are really all that attractive.

Captain Kirk
Bones, please check Nurse Chapel’s pulse.

Lieutenant Uhura
What am I doing here with these nutcases?

Spock
A logical, yet unanswerable, questioning of one’s place in time and space lieutenant. Hmmmm, I thought the young lady from Talos 4 was most impressive with her response to “What is the distance of a parsec in nautical miles?” Off by only two million light years.

Sulu
I'm missing "Apollo 13" for this.

A sublime story rendered in high art prose that will forever impact perceptions of love and friendship

Art students at a private boarding school in the countryside of England struggle to overcome a dark aspect of their lives. Kazuo Ishiguro (Remains of the Day) delves deep to reveal these extraordinary students' desire for normalcy while facing an ominous future with courage. A rare novel that shows, rather than explains, the gift of intimacy and the eventuality of letting go.

Live Long and Prosper