[stylist] does anyone

Sun Jan 4 04:47:06 UTC 2009

no,
I hadn't heard that about Foghat.
Scrabble is a wonderful game and really puts the mind to work.

and, oh, please call me Jim April, otherwise I think I'm in trouble.
jc
Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 10:05 AM 1/3/2009, you wrote:
>Dear James,
>
>Jim never much cared for Scrabble, but he would play anyway.  Now, after all
>these years, he is getting good at it.
>
>Don't know if you ever heard this story, but the 70s rock group, Foghat said
>they got their name from a Scrabble game.  They were playing Scrabble when
>all of the sudden, one of them noticed that the word foghat was on the
>board. They were probably drunk or high, but anyway, I always liked that
>story of how a band got its name.
>
>At first, when I was stuck holding a C and an L at the end of the game, I
>looked at oven and thought, "Wow, I could put a C in front of oven and make
>coven."  Then, I got to thinking, "Hmmm, I wonder if there is a word
>cloven."  And, sure enough.
>
>Each Scrabble game has its own personality and offers new and exciting
>challenges and opportunities.  My grandma was a big crossword puzzle
>enthusiast.  As for me, I'll take Scrabble any day.
>
>April
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
>Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 1:00 AM
>To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [stylist] does anyone
>
>dear April,
>I have a scrabble set with the raised lines on the board and brailled tiles,
>probably same model, about the same vintage.
>unfortunately, my wife is a singer and so I don't often get to play
>scrabble.  it is a wonderful game.  and English has so many interesting
>words.
>
>cloven: older english for  split or seperated.  interestingly, in the king
>james Bible english, "cleave" can mean stick together or split apart.
>"shall leave his father and his mother and cleave unto his wife."
>
>my wife did however, take to poker when I taught it to her.
>jc
>Jim Canaday M.A.
>Lawrence, KS
>
>
>At 10:26 PM 1/2/2009, you wrote:
> >Hi writing Friends:
> >
> >My husband Jim and I just finished playing a very competitive game of
> >Scrabble in which he won.  Being a person who loves language, I enjoy
> >word games and Scrabble is my favorite.  Usually, I beat him by a long
>shot.
> >Tonight, he beat me rather substantially.  A couple nights ago, I was
> >stuck with a C and an L at the end of the game.  Fortunately, I was
> >able to tack them on to oven to make the word cloven.  I'd never heard
> >of such a word, but I checked my dictionary and, low and behold, it was
>there.
> >
> >We bought our braille Scrabble game around 32 years ago.  We paid
> >around $20 for it then, a fortune, we thought, but we have more than
> >gotten our money's worth out of it.  Tonight, we did a letter
> >inventory.  To our surprise, all the letters are still there.
> >
> >Anyone else like Scrabble?  Jim and I usually play 9-tile Scrabble
> >instead of the traditional seven tile Scrabble.  We have played as much
> >as 14 and 18-tile Scrabble.
> >
> >Scrabble is a great way to pass time on these cold Iowa winter days.
> >It is also a fun game to take on trips.
> >
> >April
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> >Behalf Of ben micek
> >Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 10:16 PM
> >To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> >Subject: [stylist] does anyone
> >
> >
> >does anyone know of any well known blind writers? maybe i can check out
> >what they wrote . i am still hunting for ideas. Benjamin micek
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