Oscars

Wow. Yet another year in which the only Academy Award winning film that I've seen was the Best Animated Feature. Come to think of it, I haven't seen a Best Picture, Best Director, or Best Actor or Actress winning film (before the awards) since Lord of the Rings: Return of the King...

Semi-word freaks

Played Scrabble with Mich last night for the first time in years. I didn't do nearly as terribly as I had feared. (She beat me by about 100 points, but I broke 200 - she's just scary good.) Kinda had a headache when it was done, though - my brain doesn't do the boggle/scrabble word unscramble/rearrange thing well. I'm more suited to the crossword type of challenge, puzzling things out from clues and a few letters. The interest in playing Scrabble came from watching Wordplay, a film about crossword competitions, which in turn reminded me of Word Freak, a great book on competitive Scrabble players. Both the film and movie highly recommended.