Posted

Dec 15th 2008

I've recently registered for WordSplay, which is basically a web version of Boggle. It's pretty fun. :)

My team name is Tame Meat. Anyone who wants to join my team must choose that team name. Benefits of joining the team include that all of our words will be pooled together to determine the team's score, which will boost the team's standings against other teams and individuals. Furthermore, the team members' individual scores will also be displayed on the score list, meaning we can have friendly competitions amongst ourselves to see who can get the most points. It's much more fun for me this way! :)

If you'd like to join my team, then set your team name to Tame Meat, and post or PM me your WordSplay screen name so I'll know who you are. Also consider giving me your contact information on AIM, YIM, or MSN, so that we can better coordinate ourselves and be online at the same time, and stuff. :) My sole teammate (so far) mikeamok and I actually got second place in one game we played; maybe your addition to the team could make us one number 1!

Edit: Here's a conversation that arose when I promoted this journal entry in CFF:
(6:54:30 PM) mathgrant: http://www.sheezyart.com/journal/521055/ -- Yay! Journaling about words and crap!
(6:59:13 PM) DracoDei: entomology and protology? that would make an interesting dual major...
(6:59:57 PM) mathgrant: Do you mean etymology and proctology?
(7:00:05 PM) mathgrant: Entomology is the study of insects.
(7:00:22 PM) mathgrant: And protology doesn't exist. :p
(7:01:55 PM) mathgrant: Scatology is more in line with the crappy joke you're trying to make than proctology, anyhow.
(7:03:11 PM) DracoDei: I know but... somehow...
(7:03:41 PM) DracoDei: And I always get entomology and etymology confused...
(7:05:24 PM) mathgrant: :p
(7:05:39 PM) mathgrant: Think of it this way: words are smarter than insects.
(7:06:04 PM) mathgrant: So you have to be twice as y's to understand etYmologY than to understand entomologY.
(7:06:11 PM) mathgrant:
(7:09:27 PM) DracoDei: Well if I could spell reliably in the first place...
(7:10:21 PM) mathgrant: You'd better spell reliably, or else you'll spell blearily.
(7:11:53 PM) Xyie: hehe