Can I use "wow"?

From the World Wide Words Newsletter:
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"Did you hear about the new world record score in Scrabble? Michael Cresta scored 830 points during a game at the Lexington Scrabble Club in Massachusetts on 12 October 2006. His words included quixotry, which itself claims a record as the highest recorded single turn, scoring 365 points. Quixotry: the state or condition of being extremely idealistic, unrealistic and impractical."
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I love Scrabble -- always have, ever since my mom hooked me on the game with all-night sessions when I was about nine. I'm a pretty traditional player and think the use of bizarre two-letter words that only pro players know kind of ruins the fun -- but still, no one in my house will play with me. So I've grown rusty...and completely wowed by a 365-pointer, let alone an 830-point game that apparently used words with some meat to them.

Or maybe I'm just being quixotic?

Red wine moonshine?

Despite all their efforts through the ages, alchemists just could not create gold from dirt.

However, we just might be able to brew some fine wine from a can of Welch's. I think I'll try it.

Somehow, I think pouring wine from a milk jug just won't be the same.

Somehow, I think no one will care.

Mainly because I have amazing wine-loving friends who are up for most anything.

Mentos and Diet Coke II

So here, the authors of the video below pose the burning question: "Is it dangerous to drink Diet Coke and eat Mentos?" They answer this with what they call "a cautionary tale."



Oh, and just for, um, ****s and giggles, check out PepsiGirl's other explosive video here.

I have been hanging around my teenage son and his father for far too long.

Sensible fun!

"Put your senses to the test," says the Senses Challenge. So go ahead -- it's interesting.

BBC - Science & Nature - Human Body and Mind - Body - Senses Challenge

I scored 11/20..."not bad" but not exactly hypersensitive. I found the visual-distortion questions the most challenging.

But what if you guess?

It's a bad habit: I have an assignment and I'm doing all I can to avoid its completion. Call it ADD, mental block, or whatever...I hate that I do this.

Today's distraction: the IQ test here. It's quick. Plus, it told me I'm way smarter than average. (I guessed on three of the questions out of sheer laziness, so...maybe not...)

Work avoidance + ego boost. All in all, a worthy timesuck.