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Chuck Anderson
So at my first Ann Arbor Scrabble club meeting (Year 3 I think), I played an older guy named Chuck. One odd thing about Chuck was that people tended to use him instead of a Scrabble dictionary. So he was playing a game, and someone playing a different game would say something like, "Chuck? Is YAPPIER a word?" or even "Hey, Chuck? YAPPIER?" and ( Read more... ) -
AA Scrabble Club
So this happened last summer in Ann Arbor (year 5) at Scrabble Club. Steve - who I told you about - I know I did because I converted this LJ into a PDF just so I could search it and find out whether or not I told you about Steve - I have work to do today - so Steve and I were playing, and I was doing well. Steve kind of "hosts" Scrabble club, he ( Read more... ) -
He comes out
My SI instructor (amazing program - an experienced, personable, responsible, student takes my course along with new students, and runs study sessions for them and otherwise mentors them) and someone who turned out to be her mom were behind me in line at Caribou. So I ordered my coffee, gave the barista my card, and said, "I'll take care of them" in ( Read more... ) -
A note to my fellow team members
(1) If your company felt that they could get you to do the same work while paying you less money, they would. if they could pay you a lot less, they would. If your company is on the stock exchange, there are lawyers saying that they are legally bound to pay you as little as they can ( Read more... ) -
The Variety Show called The Professor and Mary Anne
It would open this way. I'd be "Doug" and BlackSarah would be "Sarah." If you haven't seen her lately - she's still awesome and we still have the chemistry we did when we were doing No Shame theater pieces. Oster-Regent theater would be the locale - and yes, there would be backdrops and scenery and lighting and everything! I'd be wearing my tux ( Read more... ) -
My Secret Plan
So about 10 AM, with a great deal of pride, Dad said, “For lunch today I am having a hot-dog, potato salad, and a BEER.” After he started dozing, I went to the store to buy the items. For hot-dogs, I got Nathan’s all-beef (Dad is a New Yorker), and buns are buns. They had four kinds of potato salad, so I picked two, figuring Soling (his wife of ( Read more... ) -
Some water
One of my earliest memories ( Read more... ) -
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I am so fucking tired of being sweaty.
