This year we're experimenting with crowd-sourcing color commentary for the event. Players who are on twitter are asked to tweet about the event and include the #caliopen hashtag. Follow @CaliOpen to see how it goes.

I wish I was playing :(

I just dropped off my registration for Phoenix in the mail, extending the Scrabble streak to six weekends (yikes!).

Is anyone looking for a roommate or wouldn't mind a third? Floor space is fine with me.

Just an observation...

8:06am PST: I get my 2009 NSC Registration Confirmation email
8:08am PST: The Entrants list for the NSC is updated on cross-tables with my name on it.

Not super excited about the location but looking forward to 31 challenging games.

On my way to Portland for the OT, I have to take out the SamTimer to show the security folks...

Security guy: "Is this for Scrabble or chess?"

Check these out...

http://motionographer.com/2009/04/24/scrabble-the-beautiful-word/

Wonder if we'll ever see ads like that in this country. 

I haven't shared in a while so here.

I just finished doing Today's 6s on Aerolith.  I missed finding the 6 in the alphagram EFFORT.  I tried TOFFER* and thought of FORFET*.

*sigh*

http://kevan.org/johari?name=esdscrabble

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yesterday i tripped on the curb at Fillmore and California and fell. hard. in broad daylight with lots of people around. including XP. and a hot girl (who gave me bandages, but not her number).

but the part that hurts the most, even more than my scraped knee...


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If you have a Facebook and/or Myspace account (or a Friendster account -- gasp!), you might get a good laugh out of this:

http://current.com/items/88913552_social_networking_wars