It's clear that LJ is moribund as a regular blogging medium for Scrabblers. The cross-tables forums are not really any better, despite several past attempts at reviving them. I know that we all get busy; heck, I'm barely on ISC anymore, almost never look at the newsgroups, and haven't done a whole lot of Scrabble-related stuff besides a handful of ( Read more... )

For the first time in several years on a non-holiday weekend during the school year, I am not working. My job in Media Relations for UBC Okanagan Varsity Athletics, which has been a large part of my weekends during university, has finished after 3 years. I feel strange not proofreading a weekend preview for the varsity soccer, basketball or ( Read more... )

From this post last year, here's a few things I put in motion for 2012:

Five things I want to do in 20121. Get better at Super Bishi Bashi Champ ( Read more... )

3:15 AM
Kelowna, BC

The world outside lies dormant, enshrouded in the darkness of the still night. Leaves on the magnolia tree outside my window sway ever so slightly, absorbing each of my thoughts in our one way telepathic conversation. I cherish these nocturnal bouts of reflection; none of the urgency that the daylight brings is present, and many ( Read more... )

Dunno how many people even use LJ anymore, but here goes. Who's figuring out Orlando rooming already? I'd like to do so as well. Are people getting more of those off-site places again?

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Last Tuesday I went with Jordan, my friend in Simi Valley in California, to watch him at jujitsu. He is training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and various MMA (mixed martial arts) for a tournament in Las Vegas occurring in mid-March. The experience got me thinking about some important differences between this culture and Scrabble culture.

There are several ( Read more... )

I briefly popped into Las Vegas to surprise some folks (pretty sure I achieved that!) and also lent myself to unofficial internet reporting services for the tournament. That included some reporting on Twitter as time permitted (quick note: you can see updates from the players on Twitter by looking for posts with the hashtag #scrabblevegas), and I ( Read more... )

In a WWF game today with dugy1001 I held DIMORR?, with no spot for either of the 7s. I looked at the board, saw PE, and instantly found the 9. I put it down excitedly, only to have WWF invalidate it (much to my shock). Upon further investigation, I discovered it was Collins only. Damn it OWL!

The following are words exclusive to WWF; that is, they do not work in TWL06 or CSW07 (CSW12 words marked with ( Read more... )

Everyone else is, why not?

Five things I did for the first time
1. $%@*#&!$*%
2. Hit an already dead animal with my car
3. Organized and ran my own Scrabble tournament
4. Rented a car (and out of country at that!)
5. Bought one-on-one personal training

Five things I did that I never want to do again
1. $%@*#&!$*%
2. Hit an already dead animal with my car
3. ( Read more... )