cover has curiously Scully & Mulder vibe...

If we judge music by the character of its creators (dubious enterprise), then only the material by Jack Bruce on this record passes muster. Fortunately, as someone else noted, the studio half of this one's dominated by Bruce's work. And this track "As You Said" is just freaky acid-folk cool.

(if anyone's doing the math: we also decided full-rack plays would be worth 25 rather than 50. Makes other plays plausible rather than clearing the just a no-brainer default.

2) Rose played PERI/G/ON/OGEE/NAB (all 7) for 49.

And then TORULAE/TE (all 7) for 38.

I rallied with ZEN/YEZ/ODE (Z on double-letter)...but not enough (52).

Rose ended up winning, with me being the BUTT (final move) of the joke!

1) Weird board this game. I played SUASIVE with its S pluralizing GRIEF (all 7 tiles plus triple word) for 68.

Rose @highplainstallcat.bsky.social played TAX/MA/AX with the X on triple-letter: 55.

Then she played /E/NDERMIC (all 7, 2x): 53.

2) Rose played PERI/G/ON/OGEE/NAB (all 7): 49.

And then TORULAE/TE (all 7): 38

I closed the gap, nearly, with ZEN/YEZ/ODE (Z on 2x for 52).

But it wasn't enough. Rose won, and I was (final move) the BUTT of the joke.

I don't think his post-presidential career as an insult comic is going to go well...

We ARE talking about this. Both of these things. All of these things.

I do wish folks would stop pretending that people focus only on one thing at a time.

You can find many articles—even in the MSM—about the fucked-upness of blowing up these boats. And likewise about pardoning the coke guy.

Yipes. Between this, and Trump's stance on the penny...

Excuse me, I need to shower.