Twenty-six years ago just at this time of year, a young man I had met the day before beat me at Scrabble. What could I do? Reader, I married him.
Last night he beat me at Scrabble again, but not by much. For a long time he was the only man to ever beat me at Scrabble, but then once a few years ago our son put a Q on a triple-word score and beat the socks off the rest of the family. Recently the kid came close to beating me at Boggle, but not quite close enough. One of these days he'll beat me and I'll be happy to hand over the Boggle Champion crown. One of the crowning achievements of my life will be raising a child who can beat me at Boggle.
But who will beat me at my new game? Today I happened upon the Trivial Pursuit Book Lovers' Edition on sale at 50 percent off, so naturally I snatched it up. Generally we play Trivial Pursuit in teams, with one parent and one child per team; the Dad team gets all the sports questions right while the Mom team excels at arts and entertainment, and this way everyone gets a chance to win occasionally.
But the Book Lovers' edition is another kettle of fish entirely. I'm afraid I'll never persuade any of my family members to play. I could take it to my office, but who has time to play at work? Here's an idea: my 45th birthday is coming up next month, and nothing would please me more than to gather some book-lovers 'round the game board and play the day away.
Now I just need to locate some book-lovers who also love games. Any takers? I promise not to marry the winner.
3 comments:
So long as I don't have to marry anyone, I'll play!
Remember the Cranium Tournament we had a few years ago hosted by the English department? This could be good motivation for your students ... 5 bonus points to the student who can beat you!
Bring it on.
I've read every Nancy Drew except for the scary ones . . .
I'm in, as Jessica says, as long as there is no matrimony attached.
Fair warning: I kick butt at Latin American literature.
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