Happy New Year!

I realize that this blog has been around for so long and I haven’t updated it much. 
A few updates:
- My wife and I welcomed our son, he is almost 10 months old. 
- Panda Chess Academy is about 10 years old and I still love chess!

If I have anything interesting or useful to say, I will try to remember to share it in this blog (could be years for me to think of something!). 

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