Odd numbers

Yesterday, there were exactly the same number of people on the Mall in Washington, D.C. as used to live in Gaza. Today there's somewhat fewer.

Twenty five, another odd number — Ramon Mercado, at the Cyclone Go Club at Iowa State University, told me everything I need to know about breaking out of the 20 kyu levels. His advice was to memorize the first 25 moves of Shusaku's games. He also said it only takes a year to get to 9 kyu. "A game of golf takes two hours..."