youtube vs. scrabble
tonight the power went out at our house. i kept yelling “blackout – california style!”
i busted out the kerosene lanterns and me and the lady decided to play scrabble. scrabble is a big deal in my family. i grew up on the game, deluxe edition. about 15 years ago i crafted my own board, complete with homemade letters and letter bag, fold up board, and most recently added… “the challenge ant” if you want to challenge someone, you get the ant, place it on the word in question, and say in a low slow voice…” chaaalllleeeennngggeee!”
about halfway through the game the power came back on. we left the lights off and kept the lanterns on but i kept jumping over to the computer to try and upload my first video on youtube of my son rambling on about things. once i figure out how to link to it i will.
i just got a call, a guy wanting a deep dish ready at 10:30 tomorrow morning which i said we would do.
the restaurant was on a long wait tonight but running smoothly. i was there before the scrabble game. at one point in the scrabble game i was in bad shape. caroline used all 7 letters in the word “rusting” and used the “s” to pluralize “dud.” she got 77 points on that turn. i had no vowels and had letters like v and z and x but a guy needs vowels. anyway, she had doubled my score at one point, it was something like 96 to 188 and i had all but given up. then something happened. i used a high point letter here and there. i challenged her several times and won. she challenged my “miter” and lost. i used a couple triple words and BAM, i’m back in the game. then i was on a roll. i ended up with 357 points. pretty good. i even got my first video uploaded to youtube during the game . here’s the board:
check my “raw” “am” and “we” in the lower right corner… that’s my “teeth” late in the game… i pluralized dick with pest and that’s my vex on a triple word…
too much information, i know.
keep looking out for the youtube video. my tags are “satchel’s pizza inventor silas smart kid simple” but for some reason i can’t get it to come up yet. maybe it takes a day. it’s new to me.
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