Confessions of a Liberal Puritan

I have a former doctoral program classmate (now a professor at a seminary in Oklahoma) who comes back to town for a few days about twice a year, and always tries to make room for a Scrabble game sometime during her brief visit. ( complaining about how rarely I can get a game of Scrabble these days )

Anyway, last night was our second game this year, and boy, did I need that break from the too-much-alone-time that's my normal pattern here at home! (I know, I know! I whine about people-overload while at the con the previous weekend, but then as soon as I get home I complain of not enough people to socialize with. I'm just an inveterate whiner, I guess!)

On these rare Scrabble evenings when she's back in town I always bring over at least the main course and a side or two for supper for the three of us -- my friend, the retired teacher with whom she always stays on these visits, and myself -- and usually I try to do something fairly impressive, so I can bask in their appreciation. ( frozen food is our friend )

To top off the mellowing effect of the evening, I happened to get very lucky in my letter draws, and finished with a final score of 412, to my friend's 356 ( more info for those who give a rat's behind about Scrabble )

Plus, we watched two Bruce Campbell films from 1992 back-to-back on the free movies On Demand feature during our game -- "Mindwarp", which was as gory and cheesy as I'd expected, and my old favorite "Army of Darkness", which is gory, cheesy, and truly witty.

Truly, my cup runneth over with contentment after last night! Nerd Nirvana was nearly achieved, and no real cleaning required afterwards.

I have a former doctoral program classmate (now a professor at a seminary in Oklahoma) who comes back to town for a few days about twice a year, and always tries to make room for a Scrabble game sometime during her brief visit. ( complaining about how rarely I can get a game of Scrabble these days )

Anyway, last night was our second game this year, and boy, did I need that break from the too-much-alone-time that's my normal pattern here at home! (I know, I know! I whine about people-overload while at the con the previous weekend, but then as soon as I get home I complain of not enough people to socialize with. I'm just an inveterate whiner, I guess!)

On these rare Scrabble evenings when she's back in town I always bring over at least the main course and a side or two for supper for the three of us -- my friend, the retired teacher with whom she always stays on these visits, and myself -- and usually I try to do something fairly impressive, so I can bask in their appreciation. ( frozen food is our friend )

To top off the mellowing effect of the evening, I happened to get very lucky in my letter draws, and finished with a final score of 412, to my friend's 356 ( more info for those who give a rat's behind about Scrabble )

Plus, we watched two Bruce Campbell films from 1992 back-to-back on the free movies On Demand feature during our game -- "Mindwarp", which was as gory and cheesy as I'd expected, and my old favorite "Army of Darkness", which is gory, cheesy, and truly witty.

Truly, my cup runneth over with contentment after last night! Nerd Nirvana was nearly achieved, and no real cleaning required afterwards.