Second adventure of Ofipd, the self-professed world's greatest bridgeplayer. In this hand, he explains the sound logic (?) for his bidding to laydown grand slam, as well as his logic for his play. Normally he charges a large fee for his lesson, but you get to read this and his thoughts for free here.

Third in a series of articles about the "worlds best bridge players (self-professed)" and the abuse of a bridge convention. As always, the hand is real (played on BBO in a real match with over 100 kibitzers), the bidding and the story behind the hand is an entire work of fiction. There is no player on BBO named Ofipd, although there are dozens there from whom the personality of this hypothetical player could have been drawn. Any similarity to any single player, real or fictional is purely a coincidence.

When the Game Is Over It All Goes Back in the Box is a book on life by John Ortberg, a Presbyterian pastor. His argument is thus: you will die, and when you do, you will lose all the stuff you have...

With a title like Supernatural Childbirth, you'd probably expect Jackie Mize's book to be about the Virgin Mary. Instead, it's about her own experience carrying and delivering babies after she was told that she was unable to have children...

Spiritual Arts: Mastering the Disciplines for a Rich Spiritual Life is a book on Christian living by Jill Briscoe. Based on Paul's letter to the Philippians, Briscoe outlines eight "spiritual arts" that Christians should practice and master: ministry, harmony, humility, intimacy, tenacity, maturity, serenity, and receptivity...

All I Need to Know I Learned from My Cat is a little illustrated book by Suzy Becker. Each page has some piece of wisdom like "Be curious" and "Don't always come when you're called," and a corresponding illustration involving a fat white cat...

I know not where life is taking us all. The problem is not to always know but to allow ourselves to flow with what is as-it-is.

A humorous (well at least hopefully) bridge article about a very interesting real world deal as played by a fictional character who is a composite of several existing BBO bridge experts (any similarity between Ofipd in this story, and other BBO players with that or similar names is purely coincidental).

Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse is a 2008 post-apocalyptic novel by Victor Gischler, written with a humorous tone. In it, nine years after the end of the world, Mortimer Tate emerges from seclusion, whereupon he has many harrowing adventures...

A Natural History of the Senses is Diane Ackerman's celebration of smell, touch, taste, hearing and vision. It is one part science text, as Ackerman gives thorough coverage of how each sense works, and part ode, as she also provides many vivid, detailed examples...

Sushi: Taste and Technique is Kimiko Barber's and Hiroki Takemura's guide to preparing, presenting and eating sushi. The book is thoroughly illustrated, and features photography by Ian O'Leary on nearly every page...

Talking Bear recognizes the change of Season and so welcomes Brother Autumn-- the gentleness of the sun on his shoulders made strong and broad from the catching of trout, the earthy, musty scent of dry leaves co-mingled with a scent of wet earth which wafts up to his sensitive nose, and its coolness on his padded feet, the glorious display of colour which tone harmonizes so well with the sheen of his thickening coat. A turning inward of the Spirit-Eye with both a sadness as his Father Summer takes leave and a sense of urgency in the inner-knowing of soon-to-be quietude of Mother Winter who invites him into Rest...

Chas Addams Happily Ever After is a collection of one-panel cartoons by Addams Family creator Charles Addams. Many were previously published in The New Yorker...

Bird by Bird is a 1994 book on writing and life by novelist and writing instructor Anne Lamott. This is partly a book on writing and partly a memoir – obviously, when writers write books on writing, this is not an infrequent combination, although Lamott more or less melds them inextricably together – there is no "writing" section and "memoir" section...

A Bear Called Paddington, written by Michael Bond and illustrated by Peggy Fortnum, is a children's book, and the first in a series of books featuring the Paddington Bear character. This book is a collection of stories about Paddington, an anthropomorphized bear from Darkest Peru, who is well-mannered and well-intentioned, but bumbling and destructive...

Batman: Dark Victory, written by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, was originally published as a miniseries in 1999 and 2000. It is a sequel to Batman: The Long Halloween...

Batman: Arkham Asylum, written by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Dave McKean, was originally published in 1989. The fifteenth anniversary edition also contains Morrison's original script and storyboards...

This is the fourth in a series of articles about Ofipd, the worlds greatest bridge player (self-professed). These are meant to be "funny". There is no real player named Ofipd, but perhaps you will see something familiar in his tone or action. However, this is total fictional. Several people have suggested different people they think Ofipd was styled after. I will tell you, that he is not styled after any one in particular... at best he is a composite of many. If there is any real interest shown, I will continue these stories, or you can feel free to pick up the character of Ofipd and write your own.

Bidding and play problems from the summer championships.

Kids Say the Darndest Things!, by Art Linkletter, is a collection of highlights from his talk show House Party. It was originally published in 1957...