Most ACBL faceto-face tournaments in 2021 were canceled. (There were many on-line tournaments.) In December, the League felt able to stage the “Fall Nationals” in Austin, masks and vaccination required. Today’s deal (reported by Barry Rigal) arose in a Board-a-Match Teams, a demanding form of competition. If you play two spades, making two for plus 110, and at the other table they play at 1NT making two, plus 120, you lose the board. So, overtricks may matter.
Bluegrass musician Norman Blake is 84. Actor Chuck Norris is 82. Singer Dean Torrence of Jan and Dean is 82. Actor Katharine Houghton (“Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?”) is 80. Actor Richard Gant is 78. Guitarist Tom Scholz of Boston is 75. TV personality/ businesswoman Barbara Corcoran (“Shark Tank”) is 73. Actor Aloma Wright (“Scrubs”) is 72. Singerguitarist Gary Louris of The Jayhawks is 67. Actor Shannon Tweed is 65. Actor Sharon Stone is 64. Bassist Gail Greenwood of L7 (and of Belly) is 62. Magician Lance Burton is 62. Actor Jasmine Guy is 60. Bassist Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam is 59. Music producer Rick Rubin is 59. Singer Edie Brickell is 56.
Not just for Taco Tuesdays, these easy fish tacos with mango salsa are made from scratch and loaded with unique flavors. Quick and simple to make, fresh fish fillets are first pan-seared in a skillet. • Then, mango, pineapple, red and green bell peppers, jalapeno pepper, and citrusy lemon or lime juice are combined to make the mango salsa, a magical combination of fresh and bold flavors.
March derived its name from Mars, the Roman god of war. How appropriate because the month seems to be in an intense conflict with itself trying to decide if it wants to hold onto winter or give way to spring.
Christopher Kimball Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street ASSOCIATED PRESS Travel to the far north of Italy and the terrain gets rougher, the weather colder, and the pastas more rustic. For centuries, buckwheat was one of the few grains hardy enough to survive in Valtellina, a small valley in the shadow of the Alps, and it shows in the food.
Dear Abby: Thirty-two years ago I was seeing two different men. I slept with each of them in the same week and became pregnant. I told them midway through the pregnancy that the baby might be theirs. One ditched me. I never heard from him again. The other is my husband of 31 years. We went on to have two more children. I have suspected all along that my oldest son, “Todd,” wasn’t my husband’s biological child. When Todd was 8, we did a DNA test, and I was right.
It’s a bad sign when you visit a fortune teller and she asks you to pay in advance. It’s also bad when you hold South’s hand, and West bids diamonds and clubs; both your minor-suit kings may be worthless.
Actor Joyce Van Patten is 88. Country singer Mickey Gilley is 86. Actor Trish Van Devere is 81. Singer John Cale (The Velvet Underground) is 80. Singer Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders is 80. TV anchor Charles Gibson is 79. Guitarist Robin Trower (Procol Harum) is 77. Singer Jeffrey Osborne is 74. Guitarist Jimmie Fadden of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is 74. Actor Linda Fiorentino (“Men in Black”) is 64. Actor Tom Amandes (“Eli Stone,” “Parenthood”) is 63. Guitarist Rusty Hendrix of Confederate Railroad is 62. Actor Juliette Binoche (“Chocolat,” “The English Patient”) is 58. Bassist Robert Sledge of Ben Folds Five is 54.
Dear Abby: I’m a supervisor at my job and have feelings for a married man who also works here. He’s lonely and looks to me for attention, companionship, sex and to listen to his troubles. We have only had sex once, but I know I cannot continue this “relationship.”
Jazz saxophonist George Coleman is 87. Actor Sue Ane Langdon is 86. Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager is 78. Actor-director Micky Dolenz of The Monkees is 77. Bassist Randy Meisner (The Eagles, Poco) is 76. Singer Peggy March is 74. Jazz pianist Billy Childs is 65. Singer Gary Numan is 64. NBC News anchor Lester Holt is 63. Actor Aidan Quinn is 63. Guitarist Jimmy Dormire (Confederate Railroad) is 62. Actor Camryn Manheim (“The Practice”) is 61. Actor Leon (“Cool Runnings”) is 61. Singer Shawn Mullins is 54. Actor Andrea Parker (“Less Than Perfect”) is 52. Actor Boris Kodjoe (“Code Black,” “Madea’s Family Reunion”) is 49. Actor Freddie Prinze Jr. is 46.