Month: Dec 2019

Posted on in create, foodrink

Sweet Garibaldi

Sweet GaribaldiDo you love Italian food? Well here’s a treat of mine I expect you will absolutely adore.

I invented this recipe in 2009 and it just came into being all by itself. I honestly cannot describe to you the thought processes which brought it into existence… it just happened.

  • Parmigiano Reggiano ~ Italian hard Cheese.
  • Prosciutto Crudo ~ Italian uncooked Ham.
  • Pineapple Chunks ~ Del Monte recommended.
  • Vino Di Rosso ~ Italian Red Wine

Parmigiano Reggiano is traditionally used for grating over pasta since it is very hard in comparison to other cheeses. It is also extremely mature and has a kick like a mule.

Sweet GaribaldiThe alternative, which I often substitute myself, is any good vintage Cheddar, which has been wrapped in tin foil and left to mature in the fridge for a couple of days or so.

Take a slice of Prosciutto and place inside it a piece of Cheese and a piece of Pineapple.

Wrap the Cheese and Pineapple up within the Prosciutto.

Now… take a mange on that.

Follow it through with a sip of Red Wine and…

… take another mange on that.

Sweet GaribaldiRepeat these steps as continuously as you like, or until you fall into a deep and heavenly sleep.

Et Walla. This recipe, “Sweet Garibaldi”, got its name in much the same way its ingredients, in that it was simply the first thing I said out loud when I first tasted it.

“Sweet Garibaldi!”

Giuseppe Garibaldi ~ Wikipedia

Posted on in music, walkabout

Alex Parks ~ Songwriter

Alex Parks Singer
Alex Parks ~ Female Artist
OK Pandora, what’s the deal? Where are you…?

The first time I heard your voice it was in 2003. I was strolling the streets of Turin and your song Maybe That’s What It Takes was playing on my portable radio.

Then, as it does there sometimes, it started to rain.

I love the rain. In fact I love the rain just as much as I love the sunshine. Especially both at the same time… that’s really nice. Makes you feel all exotic.

As the water began to swoosh along the foot polished pavements of this romantically architectured metropolis, the radio hostess announced to the world this was your debut album and, like a gentle arm around my shoulder, the next song Here Comes The Rain Again began to play.

To be honest I couldn’t believe my ears when I first heard your singing. Oh of course, I expect people have often said, “she’s no Opera queen”, or, “too husky for my taste”… but, looking at your face right now, as the rain pours down outside against my tin-roofed Somerset apartment in the middle of nowhere… it’s the only voice I want to hear.

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Posted on in dotdonc, panceltainia, politics

My Paragraph & Word On Brexit

Flag Of Panceltainia
Flag Of Panceltainia
You won’t find me dropping dead in a Jobcentre after being declared “fit for work”, or lying on a hospital floor because Tories can’t afford to buy beds. You won’t find me polishing the shoes of a racist lunatic who refuses to acknowledge the Celtic right to self determination and independence. You won’t find me saluting a paedophile establishment that has covered up its crimes for as long as we can remember, while today, rape is effectively decriminalized because… you guessed it, Tories can’t afford to pay cops. You won’t find me bowing to an unelected monarch who wants to claim a poverty grant and buy herself a $7.9m apartment in New York, all the while laughing off her daughter in law’s death with the words, “Someone must have greased the brakes”. You won’t find me singing the national anthem of a country whom’s self proclaimed “greatness” is founded upon the colonisation and persecution of innocent and defenceless indigenous people across the world. You won’t find me looking up the word “stupid” in an English dictionary because everyday a fascist looks at me that way. You won’t find me walking amongst a society which has not a single Holy Nun to its name and whom’s definition of religious culture is giving lip service to a smart phone. You won’t find me in “great” Britain. This is Panceltainia. This is The United Sovereign States Of Europe.

Amen.

Posted on in chess, games, thelawofthefolly, wizardsdwelling

Wizardry & Follying ~ AI, Droidfish & Other Apps

Droidfish Analysis Screenshot
A screenshot of Droidfish Chess engine for Android
In time to come we hope a Chess computer of sorts will be available which is capable of processing Wizardry and Follying algorithms.

Whilst at this time there is none such computer, YllwChlk does have at least a solution of a kind.

Personally, I employ Droidfish for recreational, analytical and publishing use. It is a very good Chess engine with numerous features and even a selection of interface themes.

When playing Chess against Droidfish, it is possible to incorporate Wizardry and Follying by a method of intervention in its computational processes.

It is not exactly a solution, since Droidfish does not actually compute these new rules, but it does allow the player to compute them on behalf and thus assert a continuum of play.

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Posted on in chess, games, thelawofthefolly, wizardsdwelling

Self Check Via Wizard’s Dwelling

Self Check By Dwelling
White unintentionally self-checks with 2. Rd3
Self Check is always a point of discussion when playing face to face over a real board.

For example, if neither player realise the Check and continue playing regardless, does that invalidate the whole game?

During a friendly one might argue that it doesn’t matter.

Wizard’s Dwellings follow a similar principle, but whence formed without an announcement, the Check may then be bypassed for the benefit of either player.

The rule here, is that Check by a Wizard’s Dwelling is only valid if it’s announced and most especially in the case of Unintentional Self Check.

In this example position, Black has just played 1. … Nxd4, capturing a Pawn and threatening White’s Rook on f3. Thus now White has just played 2. Rd3.

White believes he has trapped Black’s Knight and that he is therefore about to gain material.

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Posted on in chess, create, games, thelawofthefolly, variants, wizardsdwelling

The Wizard’s Dwelling ~ Unto The Sacred Folly

Wizard's Dwelling ~ Philodor Opening
Wizardry in the Philodor Opening
The Law Of The Folly is described in detail and studied extensively throughout this blog. Yet whilst the articles contained here are comprehensive, there is one element of this new practise of Classical Chess which I have decided to publish only as a separate thesis, or to say, only as an accompanying element.

Granted this thesis is designed to be compatible and even a good spouse to Follying, but it is of course always up to the individual player what rules to employ in their gameplay.

This additional element to Follying, hereby known and referred to as The Wizard’s Dwelling, is indeed a fabulous work of Chess variantism. Yet it is important to mention that I have not created this element of the game to be compulsory within the rules.

For it does touch closely… with magic.

Nevertheless, as has always been the case with the evolution of Chess, throughout history controversial rules were invented which even today people maintain their reservations about.

These rules, such as En-Passant, Castling, Double Queens or various promotion enhancements, are no different to the concepts you are about to discover within The Wizard’s Dwelling, yet, these rules are today the standard of international competition Chess.

It would only therefore be prudent to consider the tremendous entertainment value of this well crafted wizardy you are about to read.

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