...round, winner amongst those who haven't qualified makes the playoffs; third round, same deal.) On the one hand, it makes your scoring non-cumulative, which means that if you totally blank and miss a placeable 9 on a puzzle and get stuck for too long, it doesn't kill the whole championship for you. On the other hand, it's not as effective at rewarding consistent performance... someone who does very...

Broken Glass

... leads to some ridiculous philosphical discussion or debate. Except tonight it was about happiness and my miserable life, and I stupidly explained my problem in second person, and didn't even mention him in context that was placeable, but he guessed it anyway. I'm sure it wasn't that hard to do, anyone who has any sense would have known. I was just to stupid to notice. So now he knows..sorta..I ...