davidbedard: Chess boxing was a plot device in...

Chess boxing was a plot device in the graphic novel, Froid Équateur (Equator Cold) by Serbian creator Enki Bilal. Until someone started setting up matches in real life.

Matches are made up of rounds of boxing and twelve minutes sessions of chess, alternating back and forth. The winner either gets checkmate or knocks his opponent out. (via Bleeding Cool)

HELL YES. I am so going to try this.

Dec 2 2009

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About me

I got the nickname "99th Percentile" from my college buddies when we joined the Mug Club at our on-campus bar. We got to name one another's mugs; the intent was to embarrass your friends by exploiting a flaw in their personality. I was studying (I use the term loosely) for the LSAT at the time and spent the better part of three months bragging that I was going to ace the test. Unfortunately, I couldn't live up to the name my friends chose. I only scored in the 98th percentile. I may never live down the humiliation.

I graduated college this past May and decided to take a year off between college and law school. For the time being, this blog will be dedicated to sharing my adventures over the next several months; among them, trying to support myself by playing poker at Foxwoods casino, any progress I may or may not make on the novel I may or may not end up writing, playing drums in a band for the first time in a few years, and, of course, the results of this whole law school thing.

The 99th Percentile

Dec 2 2009

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