Scrabble Nation

(A sample of one of my crazier boards, so stacked a lot of tiles at the end were unplayable)

The Scrabble application on Facebook has a history. The concept was first brought to Facebook in the form of Scrabulous sometime around 2006, I believe. It swept Facebook for a good couple of months before Hasbro caught on and threatened to sue. Shortly thereafter Scrabulous disapeared and the next craze hit. Tetris maybe.

Recently, Hasbro released its sanctioned/sponsored version of Scrabble and it is probably a bigger hit than the first time around.

My entire section is obsessed, and for mostly novice players, law students are damn good.

I got my first BINGO (where you use all your tiles = 50 bonus points, for a 149 word score!)

"Patented" down the right side using two of the "double word" score tiles.

What an exciting play, fitting that it was a Property related term. Seriously though, I need to kick this scrabble addiction and refocus on my studies. Maybe after the next game :)

Open Letter to Candace Parker

Candace,

I love you, I really do. But seriously woman, are you crazy?

You are young, fabulous, famous, and coming off an amazing couple of years. 2 NCAA titles, #1 draft pick of the WNBA and then Rookie of the Year and MVP, the first ever to receive both honors in the same year. Plus, a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. The Sparks really did have a chance at the title too. I couldn't wait until your second season, with hopes that Michael got the point guard position straightened out…it was a great opportunity to push your game and the league further into the spotlight.

Come to find out you thought it would be a great time to go and have a baby. Seriously? Now?

I don't know what your plans are, and I can understand you have been under tremendous pressure to succeed since high school and earlier, but if you don't want to play, don't.

If you want to have a great career, wait 10 years and then have a kid. Didn't you see what a great example Lisa Leslie was, and she is on your team, didn't you talk to her? It just doesn't make any sense to me. If you can explain this craziness, I would appreciate it.

Much Love,
A fan

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Summitt Does It!

Pat Summitt reached 1,000 career wins yesterday. The is the most wins EVER by a coach in college basketball, men's or woman's (the next closest is Bob Knight with 902 wins, he is currently retired but rumors are he might be coaching again soon). She has been the head coach of the Tennessee’s Lady Vols for 35 years, and has won eight national championships along the way! With a recent contract extension, she will be in action at Tennessee until 2014 with many more wins ahead. Congratz.

Other people singing the Summitt Love

December, no wait, its January already!

Quick recap of last semester: December was absolutely insane. Prop 8 was a disaster, but the fight isn’t over. I lost all my notes right before Thanksgiving, and had resigned to doing poorly on exams. I took all my exams (over a hellish 3-week period) and promptly forgot about them as soon as break started.

I had an AMAZING break. I got to spend the holidays with my girlfriend (our first Christmas together) and my family.

The day after Christmas I left for Vegas!

That was probably the smartest decision I made all semester, planning and paying for a vacation ahead of time. I went with 3 of my best friends and my girlfriend (we survived our first vacation together w/o even a fight). I had a blast in Vegas and really do love that city…

Our scores (since all of our classes are year long, you don’t get actual grades) were returned to us the weekend before school started back, and apprehensive as I was, I opened them immediately. Much to my surprise I didn’t get any C’s and even managed 2 A’s. It has given me the encouragement I needed to really push myself this second semester.

On another exciting note, I got a Crock Pot for Christmas!


I have been making a lot of soup which is great in this weather and for having lunches all week.



Some great things have been happening in the world of Women’s College Basketball. Cal beat Stanford last weekend and is currently ranked #8 in the country!

Tennis season has begun and I have been catching the Australian Open on my breaks. Go Rafa! Makes me want to play tennis, too bad it's raining. I wouldn't mind sitting on a Melbourne beach right about now.

I knitted up a storm during the break, but have trailed off a bit now. The cutest thing I made was a hat for my friend, looking at the picture again, I should have stolen it for myself!


I am off to finish my resume and a website for an on-campus group. I hope to return to a regular posting schedule moving forward!

Study Break

Enjoy:

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