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Spelling Bee: Not My Night

1. missile
2. broccoli
3. mischievous (i spelled it wrong)

Robert WON!

Short List: Songs about Girls Named Ruby

1. Ruby Tuesday - Rolling Stones

2. Ruby Sees All - Cake

3. Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs

Short List: Stranger Songs

1. Strangers on a Train - Lovage

2. Strangers in the Night - Cake (cover)

3. Stranger - Presidents of the United States of America

4. People are Strange - the Doors

5. Beautiful Stranger - Madonna

6. Strange Bath - Jon Brion

Etymology of the word STRANGE.

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Spelling Bee: 2nd or 3rd, Depending On How You Look At It

1. awning
2. zucchini
3. pisco
4. cromlech
5. dithyramb (spelled it wrong)
6. tauromachy
7. rhabdomancy
8. tsuga (i didn't know it but I followed the other lady's lead)
9. cosymmedian (when we unsuccessfully spelled the first 5 letters one at a time, i conceded)

I stopped the madness by saying "I WILL TAKE THE DRINK TICKET INSTEAD OF THE GIFT CERTIFICATE" but the lady thought i was pretty cool and gave me the gift certificate afterwards and I gave her the drink ticket. So... we were 2nd and 3rd, whichever you'd like me to be this week.

I also got a banana Tootsie Roll Pop from grandfather, which is weird. I bet it's gross.

Short List: Please Do Not Leave Right Now

1. Please Do Not Go - Violent Femmes

2. Gimme One Reason - Tracy Chapman

3. Lie to Me - Johnny Lang

4. Baby Please Don't Go - Muddy Waters

Spelling Bee: Back on Track, Kind of

1. raspberry
2. astuteness
3. spoor (i spelled it spoer)

Poor showing. Good night, though.

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Short List: Oldest Places on Earth (That I Have Been To)

1. New Grange, Ireland
circa 3100 - 2900 BCE

2. Monte Alban
500 BCE

3. Great Wall of China
5th century BCE

4. Roman Colosseum
70-72 CE

Short List: Countries I Love Purely For Their Flags

1. Estonia

2. Japan

3. Libya
4/5. Monaco / Poland


6. Sweden

7. Wales

Legitimate Playlist: Songs about Amounts of Time

1. One Minute Man - Missy Elliott ft. Ludacris
2. 4 Minutes - Madonna and Justin Timberlake
3. 7 Minutes in Heaven - Fall Out Boy
4. 8 Minutes to Sunrise -Common ft Jill Scott
5. 24 Hours - Tom Jones
6. One Day More - Les Miserables
7. 6 Days - DJ Shadow
8. One Week - Barenaked Ladies
9. Seven Days, Seven Weeks - Deus
10. 5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days - Louis Prima
11. 5 Years Time - Noah and the Whale
12. Seventeen Years - Ratatat
13. A Thousand Years - Brandston

Return to Spelling Bee: Not So Triumphant

1. perfection
2. magnificent
3. cantaloupe (spelled it wrong)

I'm happy that I went, and next week it will be at 6:30 so I can start going again normally, but I did not do a great job this time. I recognized an unhealthy pattern in my choice of words, and hopefully that will get me back on the right track. Also maybe I should study.

Short List: Songs about Hats

1. Hovering Sombrero - They Might Be Giants

2. Don't Touch My Hat - Lyle Lovett

3. You Can Leave Your Hat On - Randy Newman

4. Mexican Hat Dance - traditional

5. Helmet - The Bobs

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