Word of the Day
Palatable (adj., PAL-et-uh-bull)
Pleasing to taste or satisfactory. Not delicious, just good enough to eat or try.
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Link of the Day
Crokinole
One of our favorite winter Olympic sports is Curling. It's a weird, slow game, very different from the normal rush of Olympic sports, rewarding strategy and fine motor control over brawn, speed, and fancy equipment.
Recently, we found out about a tabletop game called Crokinle, which feels a bit like circular curling, shuffleboard, and marbles all in one. Here's a match between two top players:
If you want to learn the rules of the game, Wikipedia has a decent summary, and this video fills in the rest in three minutes. If you want to play the game, this website has a fun online version.
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