OK, so I'm glad that the late-night comedians made cracks about the one or two pencils.

As a 2006 Person of the Year, this selection is awful.

Oo… Battle Umeboshi!

I missed another important occasion recently… Happy anniversary to warming things in the mee-cro-wah-vay! youtu.be/4KrUxLBHVu8?...

Somehow, the Pyrex measuring cup that was sitting on my kitchen countertop fell onto the floor and shattered into a crazy number of pieces.

One of my favorite things about classic Iron Chef is the attempts at ice cream. Currently watching battle sardine where Chen Kenichi is going for it!

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

Also, since I’ve been on a little skating kick and referred to the 2005 NHK Trophy earlier, happy belated 20th Anniversary to Yukari Nakano’s win (and emotional kiss and cry reaction) as well! SP (one of my favorites): youtu.be/lg6t3qGZiVY?... FS: youtu.be/C5Fmd37y3o4?...

Ok activists and nerds... I promised that I was SO MAD ABOUT HOW CONFLICT-AVOIDANT "CENTRISTS" UNDERMINE RESISTANCE TO FASCISM that I would resort to math to make this point and that I would write it up in a paper. So, here ya go. Share, enjoy, and get up on that soapbox. osf.io/preprints/so...

And in other skating news… Ilia Malinin: *trails by 15 points after SP* Also Ilia Malinin: *lands seven quads in the free skate and wins by 30 points*

I missed the anniversary by two days, but just over 20 years ago, this iconic sports moment happened… youtu.be/EHHRdtNNzS8?...

I’ve been watching Rizzoli and Isles lately, and I love it, but I wish that somehow it were able to take place in the same Boston as Crossing Jordan.

I want to see Cape Verde, Curaçao, and GROUP K QUALIFIER NEW CALEDONIA make it through the group stages of the World Cup.

It took me a moment to recall the fifth anagram of ESTRAGON, NEGATORS, RAGSTONE, STONERAG… #facepalm #wordstudy

It smells like cleaning products in my apartment right now.

A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself. Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.

I’m watching Celebrity Traitors (UK), and it’s a delightful series. And to all of the celebrities on the show thinking that they’re playing poorly, they should watch the last few US seasons or the last season of Australia.

I have Spanish tutees who are heavily not engaging with material. I know that not everyone is good at language learning, but it’s a bit concerning to see students in AP/IB classes who should be at a certain level of experience not be able to understand simple sentences/vocabulary.

We we we so excited!

Just did the Super Mega Crossword in #NYTXW Puzzle Mania, and it took me 1:40 (that’s an hour and 40 minutes). Curious to see and hear about others’ experiences with it.

My aunt would host Thanksgiving, and she loved to entertain people, but she wasn't much of a cook. She would order a Thanksgiving meal and fail to reheat something (cold soup one year, cold turkey another, cold matzo balls in the soup, etc...). There was only one item that always came out right...

Regarding today’s #NYTXW (also, spoiler alert…ish)… youtu.be/s5-t5Tr6Loc?...

I'm sure I'll find out about it a bit later, but is there a reason that the cases in the news today were dismissed without prejudice rather than with?

In other news, Jerry Heil is on the long list for Vidbir. I hope she makes it to Eurovision and has a “third time’s the charm” final.

I can always talk about Scrabble for hours. I hope that I get to do some more radio spots in the future!

I will be doing an interview about Scrabble and the recently-completed WESPAC with Hofstra University’s radio station at 8:45ish! You can listen on stream at www.streamwrhu.net/newPlayer/?w... or by downloading WRHU’s iOS app (88.7 FM WRHU).

Love 44A in today’s #NYTXW.

Puzzle Mania has come early this year! I picked up my copy this morning.

Instead of meat, I eat veggies and 😺😺😺😺😺! I like them both fresh, like ‘em both juicy. I ride my bicycle to work… instead of a car. All of my groceries are divided by weight and stored in glass jars…

Most of the “journalists” at this press conference couldn’t cut it on my high school newspaper staff.

Back in Princeton after the week away in Accra. I’m tired, but I want to stay up a bit so I’m back on East Coast time.

Adam Logan is (rightfully) the 2025 World #Scrabble Champion.

The WESPA Championship starts in less than an hour! I’m hoping for a nice birthday gift. Follow along here! wespacevent.ghanascrabble.com

I start competing in the WESPA Championships (Worlds essentially) tomorrow, and if nothing else, this championships has the best mascot. I’m hanging with Kofi Bingo for the week!

I chose... some songs... #ESC250

SHAKIRAS* is not a word. #wordstudy

Who wants to play a Price Is Right/Supermarket Sweep-type pricing game? I got four items in a supermarket here in Accra. (1) a 1.5 L bottle of Verna mineral water, (2) a 350 mL bottle of chocolate cola, (3) a 25 g bag of Lay’s potato chips, and (4) a standard-sized Cadbury Dairy Milk bar…

I’m tickled that friends of mine share photos of various fast food eateries around the world. One friend shared a fb pic of a Burger King in Malta. Another shared pics of a Burger King, McDonalds, and Taco Bell in Porto. Am tempted to see if I can get a pic of the Burger King in Accra!

If Nobunari Oda hadn’t announced his retirement last year, it would have been neat to see him compete at the NHK Trophy 20 years after he won it.

Getting settled for my flight and I am shocked that the movie selections do NOT include Cats (2019).

Posting this for the streak length more than anything…

I'm watching an old episode of Supermarket Sweep with two male Vassar College roommates. 🤔

Apropos of nothing in particular...

I suggested to my colleagues that one of our weekly work social gatherings be a group watch of Cats (2019).

Just 5 days to the WESPAC world championship tournament from Ghana. Early Bird (Monday) and Last Chance (Tuesday) , followed by 4 days of the Main Event. Don't forget to tune into LetsPlayScrabble for live streaming coverage www.youtube.com/@letsplayscr...

Watching classic Iron Chef and getting excited anytime one of the judges is culinary critic Asako Kishi.

I put the ‘er’ in New Jersey.

With the fake bomb threats that came in across the state, I'm a little concerned, but still hoping that Mikie Sherrill will outrun polling.

#Scrabble milestone: I have committed to reviewing all of the 7- and 8- letter words in Collins, and today I reached the last 7-letter word. Just a few thousand 8s to go, hopefully by the end of the year!

If any of my NYC bloomfs know any of the million people who are allegedly going to flee if/when Zohran Mamdani wins today, and said person who wants to flee has a conveniently-located two-bedroom apartment with good amenities (especially an in-unit washer/dryer)…