Thursday, December 29, 2011

Two Letter words for Words with Friends

A: A D E H M T X Y
B: E I
C: -
D: A E I O
E: D H L M N S X
F: A E
G: O
H: A E I O
I: D F N S T
J: O
K: A I
L: A I O
M: A E I
N: E O
O: D N R X S
P: A E I
Q: I
R: E
S: I H
T: I O
U: N P S T
V: -
W: E O
X: I
Y: E
Z: A

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Words With Friends Strategies

  • save your larger points for tiles, especially JQZX
  • unless you are playing a plural word that gets a DW or TW, attempt to save S for making a plural word and a word in the perpendicular direction
  • when you don't have a lot going on, add suffixes/prefixes or attempt to place tiles that connect multiple words already on the board
  • attempt to build in adjacent rows and columns, learning two letter words as you go
  • use google to find words with no vowels or all vowels, etc.
  • be careful not to build too close to TW tiles while you are behind
  • if there is a tile within 3 or 4 spaces, guess possible words with your higher pointed letters
  • when playing on facebook, you can check if a word works before submitting to compare options
I do not believe there are any two letter words that start with C.

Two and Three Letter words Starting with Q
qi     qat     qis     qua     suq

Four Letter words Starting with Q
aqua     quad     quag    quai      suqs  
quay    quey      quid     quin
quip     quit       quiz      quod

Four Letter Q without U words
qadi     qaid     qats     qoph     waqf

The only two letter J word is Jo

An expansive list of words Starting with J

The only two letter Z word is Za

An expansive lift of words Starting with Z


    Sunday, December 11, 2011

    2011 TOP 10 LIVE PERFORMANCES

    1. Kimya Dawson and Aesop Rock at the Triple Rock Social Club (MPLS)
         
           I've waited a quarter of my short life to see Kimya and the emotional energy of this show was indescribable. Never in my life have I experienced a combination of artists like this.

    2. Mountain Goats at the Varsity Theater (MPLS)

           Emotional and humorous, sitting in my favorite couch spot at the venue.

    3. Robyn at First Ave (MPLS)

           Third Robyn show and best one yet!

    4. tUnE-yArdS at the Cedar Cultural Center (MPLS)

           Merrill is quirky and fun. I love live looping.

    5. Animal Collective at Pitchfork Festival (Chicago)

           Crowd energy, light show, just a good closer for the day.

    6. Girls at First Avenue (MPLS)

           It's cool to see a band's live performance improve through the years.
           Love love love Girls.

    7. Bon Iver - Bon Iver at the Orpheum (MPLS)

           Everything you hope for in a theater show.

    8. Gang Gang Dance at Pitchfork (Chicago)

           They were great at the Entry, too.

    9. Shabazz Palaces at Lincoln Hall (Chicago)

           Great pitchfork after show.

    10.  Das Racist at Blue Moose Tap House (Iowa City)

           Although disheartening, an experience for sure.
    Honorable Mentions: TV on the Radio (Chicago and MPLS), G-Side at Pitchfork (Chicago), Prince Rama with Girls, Nobunny with Girls, Diamong Rings with Robyn

    2011 TOP 10 ALBUMS

    1. tUnE-yArDs - W H O K I L L
    2. Danny Brown - XXX
    3. Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
    4. Cut Copy - Zonoscope
    5. Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
    6. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
    7. Kurt Vile - Smoke Rings for My Halo
    8. James Blake - James Blake
    9. G-Side - One Cohesive
    10. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
    Saw eight of these ten bands live in 2011 and had tickets to see all of them at some point. Good year!

    Honorable Mentions: Kimya Dawson - Thunder Thighs, Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues, TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light (all of whom I also saw)

    Sunday, December 4, 2011

    Saturday, December 3, 2011

    CANCELLED: Kimya Dawson

    Kimya Dawson cancelled her 12/5/11 show at the Cedar Cultural Center the day after I finally bought our tickets. I had really been looking forward to this show after how great her performance at the Triple Rock was and how satisfied I have been with her newest album Thunder Thighs. I had sent Chris a message saying that her Twitter bio had changed from something like "aka that Juno lady" to "single mama" something something something. Then one of my followers on twitter responded to one of my tweets saying the Cedar had just announced the show was cancelled. According to the website it was cancelled for unforeseen family issues and refunds are being issued. Her twitter has only a few vague tweets along the lines of sorry guys and change of plans. Our speculation is that she might be going through a divorce?


    UPDATE:
    Kimya's Message