She is leather—
an old saddle worn,
a new jacket born
and a black belt
with daring design
studded with skulls, black and gold
tanned and glossy, loud and bold.
She is lace—
an old dress’s frill,
a new bride’s thrill
and that bow in girls’ hair,
their soft, flowing hair,
speckled with flowers, pink and white
trimmed and pretty, cute and trite.
She is cotton—
typical,
practical
and forgotten.
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To be great at Scrabble, many people think the only prerequisites are having a good vocabulary and the ability to spell. That is not the case. These skills are helpful, but they alone will not guarantee Scrabble success. Online Scrabble has brought this to light because it differs from the board game in two significant ways. It provides players with a dictionary and it racks up points automatically, giving all players, including bad spellers, the ability to rapidly test a number of scenarios before playing. The “challenge” aspect of the Scrabble board game, during which a pretentious good speller will, with great satisfaction, make his/her opponent lose 97 point by proving that ZENTIAS is not a word, is not part of online Scrabble. This puts the spelling bee champ on a level playing field with the kid whose favorite subject in school was recess. [click to continue…]
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