November 22nd, 2009 (12:53 pm)
How I'm feeling: look into my eyes...
By the order of the tiles yesterday, I really should have gone 4-4 against the Vancouver team, which would still be a 14-point rating pickup from the San Francisco Massacre.
But two opponents misfired late, allowing me to steal games to go 6-2 and gain almost 70.
First Evan Kramer, holding AAEIOX? for a last rack, with an N ready to be first or second, missed both ANOXEmIA (which I saw, for 110) and ANOrEXIA (which was certainly in his consciousness, if not his cardbox), either of which would in easily. Instead he took 26 for the X and painted himself into a corner.
Then two rounds later, (I may post these later in the week),
nagekinoki really should have taken this one. With 3 in the bag, unseen to him were AEENORST?1 (don't know the one)... one bingo line even remotely available, a quad-hook job back-hooking (BO)-U-R-I... and then he doesn't block it, basically daring me to hit it. My last play was a fish-off of an E, drawing to AENST?... R. Ding. ANESTRi 83, one more for the South Team.
Nice job by
rafij52 for going PERFECT against a rather formidable-looking side... and to the Vancouver C and D divisions for swamping their Seattle counterparts.
Portable passive hypnosis gear, how to work this into my outfit for future events?