"Writher" for 110 points
I am nursing a ferocious Scrabble addiction. I played it as a kid, but didn't really get into then. About five years ago I played a game with my wife's family over the holidays, and I suddenly got interested again. I bought a book on Scrabble, and played a computer for a while . . . but eventually interest faded again.
Now it's happened again. My sister-in-law got a deluxe Scrabble board for Christmas, and we played a game. I downloaded a Scrabble game onto my Palm, which turned out to be my undoing. My taste for puzzles ranges in the two- to three-minute range, which is why I got hooked on doing SQL queries: it's the closest thing to instant gratification that you can get in programming. That rush from doing SQL is scarily like playing playing a bingo on a triple-word score with a "w". I say "scarily" because that little addiction to SQL lead to a whole new career path and changed me from a molecular biologist into a database consultant.
Now that I can walk around with Scrabble in my pocket, and take a hit while I wait for something to print out, I suddenly find myself playing it a lot. An awful lot. Compulsively. So where could this be leading?
Now it's happened again. My sister-in-law got a deluxe Scrabble board for Christmas, and we played a game. I downloaded a Scrabble game onto my Palm, which turned out to be my undoing. My taste for puzzles ranges in the two- to three-minute range, which is why I got hooked on doing SQL queries: it's the closest thing to instant gratification that you can get in programming. That rush from doing SQL is scarily like playing playing a bingo on a triple-word score with a "w". I say "scarily" because that little addiction to SQL lead to a whole new career path and changed me from a molecular biologist into a database consultant.
Now that I can walk around with Scrabble in my pocket, and take a hit while I wait for something to print out, I suddenly find myself playing it a lot. An awful lot. Compulsively. So where could this be leading?
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