Emo’s 2013 calendar

We made these for a calendar and I couldn’t resist sharing them here.  Which one is your favorite?

Viaduct/Alaskan Way tunnel: part 2

The SR 99 tunnel project has been chugging right along since my last post about it in April.

2012 in review

Although our year has been documented by this blog, I can’t resist the chance for a good summary.

Emo, the Korat cat from the frat

In 2009 we adopted a cat. 

two-letter words: both classy and cheap!

For the last few months, I've been playing Words with Friends on my phone.  The biggest difference from a physical game of Scrabble is the possibility of trial and error.  I often doubt my spelling, so this is quite a boon for me.

Two-letter words are essential to competitive play.  This is a list of the accepted two letter words, with the words I would consider to be legitimate, outside of the game in pink.  

AA

AB

AD

AE

AG

AH

AI

AL

AM

AN

AR

AS

AT

AW

AX

AY

BA

BE

BI

BO

BY

DA

DE

DI

DO

ED

EF

EH

EL

EM

EN

ER

ES

ET

EX

FA

FE

FI

GI

GO

HA

HE

HI

HM

HO

ID

IF

IN

IS

IT

JO

KA

KI

LA

LI

LO

MA

ME

MI

MM

MO

MU

MY

NA

NE

NO

NU

OD

OE

OF

OH

OI

OM

ON

OP

OR

OS

OW

OX

OY

PA

PE

PI

QI

RE

SH

SI

SO

TA

TI

TO

UH

UM

UN

UP

US

UT

WE

WO

XI

XU

YA

YE

YO

ZA

I am not above playing "qi" and "xi," and I recommend memorizing this table!

the Smith tower from season to season

I spend my days walking in circles around the Smith tower.