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52 Books in 52 Weeks, Part 35

September 26, 2007

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My New Year's resolution was to read a book a week.

Book #35: Robinson Crusoe (1719) by Daniel Defoe, finished 9/26. Verbose, tiresome. Not recommended.

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Beers 15 & 16: New Belgium Higher Plane IPA, ABV: 8.5%, New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Juicy Haze IPA, ABV: 7.5%

Both of these were pretty excellent. It is entirely possible that I drank most of one of them in the shower, after a pretty good run. Recovery beverage!

Rules of Truco According to Victor Fisch

Different versions of Truco are apparently played all over the world. A few years ago, the first time I was in Brasil, Catherine's cousin Victor taught us the best way to play. When we returned, I taught a few of my friends and we played many fine games of Truco throughout the following year or so. Then we didn't play for a while and we all forgot how. As luck would have it, in late September, I returned from a second trip to Brasil, and while I was there, Victor refreshed my memory. So, in a format I've tried to adapt from my Goren-Hoyle Encyclopedia of Games, here are The Rules of Truco: TRUCO Number of players. Four in two partnerships. Partners sit opposite each other. The deck. 28 cards, four each of A, K, Q, J, 7, 3, and 2 in each of four suits, spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs. Rank of cards. Gene rally as follows: 3, 2, A, K, J, Q, 7. However, with each hand that is dealt, one of these card ranks moves from its nominal rank and becomes the manilha, or t

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