* * * * * Exreme chess sets, Ritz-Carlton edition Bunny and I ducked into the Ritz-Carlton [1] in downtown Charlotte [2] for a few minutes. Inside, I saw this very abstract, and very large, chess set: [The Ritz-Carlton spared no expense in sponsoring this abstract chess board.] [3] I found it nice, but it's one of those things where if you have to ask how much it is, you certainly can't afford it. [1] http://www.ritzcarlton.com/ [2] http://charmeck.org/city/charlotte/Pages/default.aspx [3] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2016/04/17/Chess.jpg Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org .