Oxford Dilemma

I narrowly won the Petro family Thanksgiving game of Oxford Dilemma, a spelling board game. Luck plays a significant role in the game, but it's still reasonably interesting.

Things I learned: I could neither identify nor spell Vajpayee and Cucamonga. syzygy. Delawarr. Pinatubo. Macrolepidoptera. The name of Alexander the Great's horse. Falkland Islands. Chiang Kaishek. Sagittarius.

Learned to spell: ovipositor. millennium. Champs Elysees. battalion. ratatoiulle.

Closer to heart, I couldn't spell heuristic.

Maybe automatic spell checking really is bad for my brain. But a few rounds of Oxford Dilemma may have undone some of the damage.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! There's more to life than computers.

Sa-Bai Thong Thai

Sa-Bai Thong Thai in Madison, WI with Colleen. The Sa-Bai roll was pretty weird. Volcano chicken was delicious.

Indian Palace with the crowd

Hanging out with the crowd at Indian Palace. Clockwise from left: Drew, Jen, Evan, Michael, Wei-Ying, James, Gill, me, Minh.

Safe In Hell

Safe In Hell (Yale Repertory Theatre) was a well intentioned but ultimately failed attempt to make comedy out of the fundamentally un-funny Salem witch trials. When the performance was cut short by a fire alarm (apparently not as Safe as expected?), Anthony and I just headed home.