Two days ago I was in Utah.

I am wondering who else experienced the joy of driving through the unbelievable snowstorm.

I traveled through that snowstorm from Salt Lake City to Orem (to visit with my parents) and then back again a few hours later (to catch a plane). Road-condition wise, it was crazy and so am I for doing that twice. There were extended periods of time when we were driving between 2-10 miles per hour.

But I was glad for those extra hours with my parents.

Now on to a different issue of global significance.

Mom, I hope you are paying attention.  You will NEVER beat me at Super Scrabble (or Boggle, for that matter). So you can just forget about it. Below, for the historical record, for all to see - the very important picture of the official Super Scrabble scorecard from our games on Sunday:

Note: After a little online research, I discovered that what we are calling “Super Scrabble” is referred to (by at least one source) as “Speed Scrabble”. It’s a version of Scrabble played without the board. Here’s how it’s described (though we start with two tiles each rather than four tiles each and only take one additional tile when a person says “go”):

This game is a lot more fun than regular scrabble, and it goes by quicker. To begin, you sit in a circle and dump the scrabble letters in the middle. You then turn them upside down. A scrabble board is not used in this game, but everyone needs space to build their own crossword. When everyone is ready, somebody says go. Everybody takes four letters and tries to make something of it in scrabble form (without the board!) When someone has used all their letters, they yell “go”, and everybody has to get four more. When someone has used all eight of the letters that they now have (you can break up previously made words, or even break up your whole board if you are stumped) they yell “go” and everyone has to get four more letters. This is done over and over until all of the letters are used up. The first person to use all of their letters wins. If no one feels that they can use all of their letters at any time, everyone agrees to get four more letters and continue play. This game really gets intense when some people start falling behind while having to get more and more letters.