today

Today does not win. Today, in fact, loses.

::edit:: WOW! Today sucks for EVERYONE, from Boston all the way out to Texas and California! I feel lucky now: Tuesday will get to me here before it gets to you folks out west.

Scrabble in the sunshine last week

Last week, we all went outside to play Scrabble in the park. It was a brief, shining moment of sunshine and loveliness in this otherwise mostly dismal Spring.

I played with Christine and Kristina. Jean, Kari, and Liam played a game also.

My words:

16 points - JOINTED
09 points - DOG
59 points - (H)EROINES (the board was all clogged up in the bottom right corner, so I had to convince Christine to play an E out in the middle of nowhere so I could play this word. I sure opened up the board, all right!)
12 points - DOPE/SO
20 points - CRATE
10 points - TURFED
28 points - BOY/OWE
14 points - JO/LOG
37 points - ZA/KA
22 points - HIVE/ET
-1 to whoever went out first
226 final score.

I don't remember who won, actually. It was either me or Kristina. Christine was not pleased with her performance, I remember that distinctly. It was nice to sit outside. We spied on the lunches of everyone else eating outside in the park. People had some good food. I may need to bring a blanket to the office for future picnic Scrabbling.

books 2008: Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris

Eh. There was nothing about this book that I absolutely loved, nor was there anything I particularly disliked. I'm kind of surprised, because Sedaris seems like the sort of personality I really enjoy. There were times I laughed out loud, but mostly it was just pretty okay. Like David Cook's performances last week: solid enough to get you through.