Utica

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I hadn't studied OWL at all since Nationals started because I was cramming my brain with OLM # and VLY# and the like. I had also volunteered to play CSW because my brain felt so fried that I didn't think I'd really be able to play decent OWL games. As it turned out, I was pretty much correct in that assessment, but the tiles played themselves for the most part, and I drew a ton of blanks, and so it worked out okay. I'm glad to have been able to go to support spherulitic's event, and the winnings paid for all the overeating that I (we) did at Chesterfield's, Dinosaur BBQ, Five Guys, Capital Thai and Ommegang.

I also hit my 1000th tournament game at Utica. Like the rest of the tourney games, it wasn't particularly pretty, but it got the job done: http://www.cross-tables.com/annotated.php?u=9249

Also, here's the last game. It's kind of hilarious. Or it was at the time. I was gibsonized, so outcome didn't really matter.
http://www.cross-tables.com/annotated.php?u=9250#0

Here are the bingos:

Mine (33)
GRUNIONS, ELATIONS, TELERAN
ALFReDO
SOUARIs
COPIoUS
DIASTAsE
EPSILOn, HOmILIES (bingo bango), CRAFTING, TURTLED, SUPERIOR
EUsTATIC, pENNATE
NOSEGAY, BACuLINE, IMPASTE
PAINTIER, EnGRAILS
DEAERATE, SORcERY, MERIDIAN
FEATHER, AIRDROPS, R(E)GIONa(L)S
SENECIO, RAVELING, FIDgETY
TEENIEST, MaNNERS, GRAINED
CrEMATE, TURBINED*

Theirs (21)
sTUNTED
ROOSTED
HoTTISH
TONIEST, QUARTIC
REGAuGES
HEADSET
ALLERGEN, SNORTER
UNDEREAt, ELATIVE, INTRIGUE
MONSTeR
TOUCHIEr
SEITANS
ECOToNAL, OVERSTEP
CITRINEs
ALEVINS, POINTING, LITHARGE

0 blanks: 1-0
1 blank: 6-3
2 blanks: 3-1