I asked that question when I found myself cursing at the computer screen. Not so abnormal, you think? Well I was hurling abusive language at automated chess moves.
I admit it. When I feel stressed, I play solitaire. Mind numbing, predictable, easy to cheat while playing solitaire. My sons pester me to play chess. I think they fear early onset Alzheimer's if I continue the solitaire playing. Chess, in their view is far superior, employing much more of the brain, logic and strategic thinking.
Don't they realize the point of escape is escape?? If I wanted to employ logic and strategic thinking, I would be problem solving about the issue I am trying to avoid. Sheese.
So, to prove his point, Anton showed me where the chess game was located and opened it for me, setting it to the easy setting. I tried. I think it was six moves in when I lost a knight. "Motherf***er!" Another move. "Motherf***er!" After a half dozen expletives, I closed the game.
"Not very spiritual, Mom." "Not very evolutionary, Mom." Yeah, yeah, whatever. As the Dali Lama once said, "Think you are enlightened? Just spend a week with your family."
We all have buttons and I refuse to push my own.
And so it is. Karen
