I have regularly been interested in puzzles plus word games; It all started when I was a kid, plus I would do the crossword puzzle in the newspaper every afternoon.
- I stuck with it, plus over time I started playing Scrabble plus other word games competitively.
It’s not genuinely common, but there are places where you can “buy in” plus play games against other people like you would in a casino, but eventually I got successful enough on the circuit that I was invited to the world games of Scrabble, hosted in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and you really weren’t even aware there was a world championship of Scrabble, or that it was held in Albuquerque every year. It’s been a while, even though I still remember my first trip to Albuquerque so clearly, the first time I came here I did not guess that cannabis was legal in Albuquerque, plus the rest of New Mexico… Since I came from a conservative state with no form of legalized marijuana, I assumed that Albuquerque would be the same way. I will regularly remember that trip, because it was my first time in the Scrabble championship, plus the Albuquerque weed scrambled my circuits plus I did terribly! Since after that I regularly make sure to buy my cannabis, but not smoke it until after the games are over plus I have left Albuquerque, but one afternoon I might go to Albuquerque for a little “cannabis getaway” plus not have to worry about word games at all. In the meantime, I will care about my annual visits to New Mexico.