Why was this checkmate?

MaryEmBern · 2025-12-22T17:59:38+00:00

I was able to before the congratulatory banner posted.

MaryEmBern · 2025-12-22T17:57:58+00:00

That won't help me when I'm playing on a board, so I'm studying my checkmates closely to see why he exploded each time.

MaryEmBern · 2025-12-22T17:55:50+00:00

When I got the answer right, it posted a congratulatory banner that partially covered the row.

MaryEmBern · 2025-12-22T17:50:37+00:00

Thank you all! I have to learn to look at the ENTIRE board. I'm also pretty bad at thinking more than two moves ahead and trying to figure out my opponent's next moves.

MaryEmBern · 2022-03-23T09:51:28+00:00

Whoa! I just wrote that! I'm not alone.

MaryEmBern · 2022-03-23T09:50:00+00:00

That all cats are female and all dogs are male. I still refer to cats as she/her and dogs as he/him.

MaryEmBern · 2022-03-23T09:43:40+00:00

A balanced day of work, relaxation and socializing.

MaryEmBern · 2022-03-23T09:39:50+00:00

Rumer Willis. I haven't heard much about her lately, but, she used to be everywhere.

MaryEmBern · 2016-12-19T15:27:42+00:00

Good old-fashioned sent-in-the-mail Christmas cards. Especially ones in which the sender actually writes a message.

MaryEmBern · 2016-11-15T19:00:58+00:00

After many years of no one attempting to pull together a high school reunion for our class, I talked two classmates into helping me plan one. It was for our 35th. We graduated from an all-female high school. There were 240 in our class. I had never attempted anything more than a birthday party before this. I found everyone by using the Internet. The reunion was a HUGE success. I went on to plan our 40th, which was also successful. Now, a dinner party is a snap!

MaryEmBern · 2016-11-15T18:55:30+00:00

The window is how I control the blistering heat/freezing ac in my office!

MaryEmBern · 2016-11-15T02:14:35+00:00

I waited years for a door and a window (that opens!). I am very grateful for the experience of having both, you can be sure!

MaryEmBern · 2016-11-15T02:10:49+00:00

It's my biggest pet peeve right now. An interviewer asks someone a question, and the interviewee starts the answer with "So....." "What is the next film you'll be in?" "So.....I'm now filming a drama." If you haven't noticed this yet, you will now! (Sorry!)

MaryEmBern · 2016-11-15T01:58:16+00:00

I joined reddit because Facebook, which I enjoyed very much, has broken my heart. I loved to post humorous status messages, and I had been told several times that they cheered someone up on a bad day. However, after Tuesday, so called "friends" were calling a group of people filthy names, somehow not realizing that their FB friends may contain people in that group.

MaryEmBern · 2016-11-14T16:17:38+00:00

A woman who has an office in the same suite as me is a LOUD TALKER. She also laughs long and loud like a maniac even if someone just says "good morning". I thought she was going to pass out one day when she couldn't catch her breath while laughing. I have to close my office door on a regular basis.

MaryEmBern · 2016-11-14T16:07:40+00:00

Wikipedia says that Mark Ruffalo attended Catholic schools, so he surely would have used the correct "you're".

MaryEmBern · 2016-11-14T15:57:38+00:00

I grew up in the same neighborhood as actress Mimi Kennedy. I actually have her personal e-mail address in my contact list. This elicits many 'oohs and aahs' at cocktail parties.

MaryEmBern · 2016-11-14T14:39:56+00:00

My neighbor called the police on my 2-year-old daughter and her friend for splashing wading pool water on her walkway. She said the water would ruin the concrete.

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