Douglas L Stewart

I was going through some old pictures I'd taken on my camera phone and ran across a couple I'd taken when visting the former site of the  Summers Hotel and Subway Lounge .  I noticed there was no Wikipedia page for it, so the link is to the page I created.  First time I tried creating a Wikipedia page, although I made an edit to the U-Verse page once that has since been removed after seeing an article in the Clarion Ledger  that the service was coming to Jackson. I actually only went to the Subway Lounge once.  Jeff showed me the place back probably sometime in the 1998-2000 timeframe. I remember back when they were wanting to tear it down there was an effort to save it, ultimately unsuccessful that made the papers. I found a blog entry of someone from back in 2005 that said Subway Lounge would be re-opening as part of the Farish Street Entertainment District, which was the first time I'd heard that.  I've also heard that a B.B. King Blues Bar would be there, and I dou...

I've played David Kernell in several chess tournaments over the years. According to my database of games we've played 6 times with an even record of 2 wins, 2 losses, and 2 draws. [Event "Oxford Open"] [Site "Oxford, MS"] [Date "2004.11.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Stewart, Douglas L"] [Black "Kernell, David"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1854"] [BlackElo "1781"] [Annotator "Stewart, Douglas"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2004.11.20"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "USA"] {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 ({in our meeting the following month in the Mid-South Open I tried} 5. Bb5 e6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. c3 Bd7 8. Bxc6 Nxc6 {instead}) 5... Bg4 6. Bf4 e6 7. Bb5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O $6 11. Bxc6 (11. Qg3) 11... Nxc6 1...

I saw a movie called Sunshine yesterday that I had rented from NetFlix. It's a Sci-Fi movie from the director of Trainspotting and 28 Days Later, both of which are movies I am a fan of. I'd rented it after seeing a trailer of it on another DVD - I think it was Stormbreaker . I don't remember hearing about it when it came out, but it only did about $5.3 million in the US and didn't seem to have gone in wide release. I really enjoyed the film, although it did move a little too much in a slasher direction for the last 1/3 of the movie. It's an ensemble cast, and I recognized virtually everyone from some piece of previous work. I'm rarely disappointed with UK films or TV.

I was in a Doctor Who mood this morning, and I saw a couple of awesome videos on YouTube. Here is a spoof: Here is a trailer from Season 4 Doctor Who taken in a movie theatre:

Sarah went down to New Orleans Saturday for some kind of Mom's Club event. Connor and I dropped her off at the new Union Station in downtown Jackson. The station was very nice, although the surrounding area still looks pretty run down. I can't seem to find a website for the station, and the signs to help you navigate it were lacking. After dropping her off Connor and I hung around downtown for a while. We visited a free gallery at the Mississippi Museum of Art . That was okay for me, but not so enjoyable for a 4 year old. We tried to go to the Russell C Davis Planetarium, but they seem to have some work to do. I couldn't find an independent web site, just one of the City web site. There were no hours posted outside the building. When I went to the City web site and called they number they had to get show times, it referred me to another number which just rung forever. Connor and I went to Kiefer's downtown and had an enjoyable lunch, although it would have been n...

Yesterday I woke up after 7 AM, a little later than the day before. On the scale I was 235, a pound less than the day before. I tend to eat more sensible when I'm home rather than during the work week, because I usually just eat out at lunch during the week, or on the way home after work. I had Eggo Special K Waffles for breakfast with Smuckers Sugar Free Syrup . Sarah has some non-healthy butter coming up for expiration in November, so I splurged and used some of that. My first chore of the day was to work in the garage. I sorted through materials I have from Gordon Scott , a chess player who passed away in 2004. Gordon had copies of Chess Life magazine going back to the 70's. I contacted the US Chess Federation via email to find out if a collection that old is considered rare or not. I'd like to find a good home for the magazines - something better than my garage. Gordon has a variety of older chess books, all in descriptive notation . I could eBay them and pu...

I've got all next week off, but next weekend is the chess state championship. So I really have Saturday through Friday free. I'm going to try to be productive during that time, at least part of the time. There is definitely plenty to watch on the DVR. Yesterday I woke up before 7. On the scale I was 236, which is tied for a recent low. I made homemade french toast with some eggs that Sarah had bought and had met the 'Sell By' date. I threw away the yolk on all but one egg, which makes them considerably healthier. About the time I finished Connor woke up and I made him Eggo Eggo French Toaster Sticks . After breakfast Connor wanted to go for a walk around the neightborhood and I happened to be in the mood for that, too. It was still pre-8 AM. It was around 52 degrees at the time, so I had to find Connor some warm clothes. We broke out a new jacket (had to remove the tags). I got out some jeans that were too small (will go to Goodwill), and then I found a pair ...