When President Barack Obama starts his speech on Thursday night, I'd love for someone to place an empty chair by him and for him to say look at it and say something along the lines of, "Hey Clint. How's it going? I'm surprised to see you here. Am I making your day right now? I have to tell you, I felt pretty lucky last week when you were speaking," and then look back at the crowd with a big smile on his face. I'd like to see that or the Democrats bring out Betty White to parody Clint Eastwood's performance. If the Democrats don't poke fun at Eastwood talking to an empty chair at least once, I will be severely disappointed.
I am unashamed to admit that I'm a nerd. My idea of a good time is playing a word game like Boggle or Scrabble. Thankfully, I (and many others) can play such games via Facebook and/or my (our) cell phone(s). While it seems that cheating has become more commonplace in these games (Words With Friends in particular) than San Diego has had nice weather, I've yet to give in to that craze. One element present with the game Scramble With Friends (Boggle) not present in Words With Friends (Scrabble) are legal boosts called "power-ups," which cost a number of tokens from the 15 available. I've now tried all five power-ups, including the latest one which costs money. So, in case anyone's curious about playing the game or giving these power-ups a gander, here's a rundown of them all: Freeze - I think this is probably my favorite of all the power-ups. With the freeze, time stands still for a matter of seconds, which allows you more time to find words and improve...
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