The 13th Warrior is not an especially good movie, and it is not an especially good translation of the Crichton book either.  That said, there is one part in it which I really liked when I saw this, what, 12 years ago? and I still like it today.  It comes to mind quite frequently.

The basic plot of the movie is that a smaller Arab fighter is ( Read more... )

Not particularly scrabbly content continues ( Read more... )

Having fun with lots more practice.  Since I'm starting a really basic music program, I had lots of work assigned on strings 1 and 2 this week.  It's not particularly musical (in fact, some of is more likely to amusia than amuse ya) but hey, fundamentals are important so I grind them cheerfully like learning the 2s ( Read more... )

My 5-year old son has been playing piano for about 10 weeks now and (admittedly, everyone thinks their kids are special and unique snowflakes) he seems to definitely be showing some aptitude for it.  He's a bright little fellow who is good at symbol translation of any sort--reading, math, and now it seems music too ( Read more... )

Wherein I played 3 games with George. I cannot ever remember being luckier than last night. Haven't studied a word in a year+, at a bar, didn't care about the outcome... of course it all comes together. Total randomness ( Read more... )

So I've been a year removed from studying and playing seriously. A coworker of mine (comes to Scrabble club, somewhere 800-1000ish strength) likes to play and wants to get back into it for the summer. I got a text from him when I was walking past his office coming from a meeting asking for a game, and since it was zero out of my way I decided to ( Read more... )

Everyone--

I have donated #100 to the WGPO for the best performance by a
senior. This will be given for best performance over expectation by a
player 65 or older regardless of division. If the recipient also
qualifies for a best performance over expectation in his or her division
the $100 will be added; otherwise it will be a separate prize.

Moreover, ( Read more... )

Best wishes for an enjoyable weekend with good scrabble for all my friends in the CNSC!

It seems to me that you should just do it, each and every time ( Read more... )

Ran across this in some forum.

look at this comparison: a "terminally bad" player who plays janky decks, rarely wins any matches in FNM, just playsfor the fun of playing, and doesn't have any tier 1 decks (and wouldn;t know how to play them anyway). He plays MTG when he wants, has fun, and after he loses goes and does somehting else

now look at ( Read more... )