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[jmallick]

The local paper recently did an interview of me. They had tried to reach me after I had already left for Dallas, but John D. Williams did it for them while I was there. It was after round 18, smack dab between beatings at the hands of sr_orangepants and tranonehalf, so the timing could have been better. He wanted to have a photo of me playing a national champion, but I

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[jalapic]

That's a nice article. It would be great if more local papers got behind local players too.

You can also fly nonstop from Manchester UK to Atlanta with Delta !

[ftangredi]

As you said, they didn't get everything right -- the age thing was inconsistent even within the article -- but it's a nice article. If only they'd mentioned your skill at doing impressions of other Scrabble players....

[srockhop]

Great article. But is it really true that the top players don't care about ratings?

[jmallick]

They only care when they're not near the top anymore. Otherwise they don't.

[scrabblek8]

agree!

thanks for the mention, even if not by name :)