Friendly Game vs. SB (Guthries)

Friendly Game vs. SB (Guthries), originally uploaded by RumAli.

I was quoted in the Scrabble 'zine, The Center Star, about wanting to beat Sarah Burgundy, my favorite ex-girlfriend. When we dated, I was an absolute terrible player ... and now, ranked 870 in the nation!

Anyway, the game, played over beers at Guthries in Chicago, was quite pedestrian, and the only bingo I could muster was the utterly common MANSIOn - me not knowing that SQUARER (her play) took an S.