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I went to Carrows last night with my friend to play scrabble and eat desserts. The waiter who looked to be about 50, but sounded like he had been smoking since 1921 greeted us as Kids and showed great interest in our Scrabble game. I have fun playing scrabble, I play once in a while and enjoy it every time. I am not very good, I forget about triple word score boxes, I miss letters, I make up words without realizing it. But, it's not like either my friend or I is very competitive. Anyway. The waiter showed great interest in the game. "Ohhh Scrabble. You know up the street every day they have a Scrabble tournament. What do you guys average?" I have no idea what I average. So, I just made up a number. "Oh man. I can coach you guys I average about 400 a game." I was pretty impressed with that, and I figured his offer to coach was a cute joke that he thought would earn him a huge tip. Nope. He came by all the time to watch the game and give us tips. At first, I was intimidated. I mean 400 points! That's impressive!

Then, I started actually listening to his tips.

crys "That's worth 50 points!"
xe "It's Hebrew."
doa_s "Doses! That's a big point getter!"
"You guys are really messing up. Always protect the triple scores. I average 400 when I play."

Well, I think it is pretty easy to average 400 when you are making up words.

Still. Scrabble is fun, even with a big knowitall telling you what to do.

No specific weekend plans. I think I do want to get back in the habit of my menu. I took a couple of weeks off to save money, but next week I will get back into cooking interesting things.
Oh man. I forget if I said this here. But, Dump Cake? HUGE success. So delicious. So VERY VERY delicious. Everyone should go out tomorrow and make it. Just Do Not Stir and everything will be A-Ok.