I lost a game of Words with Friends today for the first time ever.

The beast who defeated me is Malory Goldin, you can find her on Twitter at @MalGoldin.

For those of you who don’t know, Words with Friends is a game for your smartphone or other smart­phone-like device (like an iPod Touch) made by Zynga. It’s basically exactly the same as Scrabble except for different locations of bonus spots on the playing field.

I’ve been playing since about halfway through this past academic year, and I’ve always won every game I played because I take advantage of bonus locations and form multi-row words (such as placing letters so they form words in multiple directions, which adds the points from all the words to my score). Malory has been close to defeating me multiple times before, but she finally beat me this time, 387 to 378.

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Topic #206: How much debt is too much?

I think any amount of debt that you can’t pay off in the time limit agreed upon in the contract is too much. For example, if you borrow $1,000 and agree to pay it off in 10 days, and you can produce a spare $100 every day to give to your lender, then the $1,000 in debt is not too much. However, if you borrow $1 and agree to pay it off in 10 days, but you cannot produce a spare $0.10 every day and can only produce an extra $0.09 per day, then the $1 debt is too much.

It was brought to my attention today that Google came out with the iPhone app for Google+ not long ago.

Shortly afterwards, it was brought to my attention that the app is only for iPhone and not for iPod Touch.

Laaame.

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Topic #208: What’s a food you’ve always wanted to try? But have chickened out on trying?

There really isn’t any food that I really want to try that I haven’t tried yet. I’m not really a big fan of putting a lot of effort into finding unique and special foods to eat, and if I haven’t eaten something yet, it’s because it either sounds horrible to eat or it’s not really worth the effort to eat.

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Topic #203: Why is there evil in the world?

This is a pretty obvious topic. There’s evil in the world to form balance with good. If there was only good, the equilibrium would be broken and the system would crash on itself.

Even if all the evil were to be taken away from the world and only good left, too much good would lead to laziness, which would ultimately lead to more evil being formed.

And, a world without evil wouldn’t be very interesting.

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Topic #202: Here in the U.S. it can sometimes be harder to find a theater playing a new movie in plain old 2D than in 3D. Do you think the trend for releasing movies in 3D will continue, or is it on the way out? Why or Why not?

I don’t think that 3D movies are going to continue on with such popularity in the future. I’ve never seen a 3D movie in a theater before, but I’ve heard that it doesn’t really add that much to the movie. When we watch 2D movies, we automatically add a third dimension into the picture. For example, when we see a tiny man slowly getting bigger, we assume that he is walking towards us, not rapidly expanding in size and mass. The added dimension really isn’t needed to help us out with that.

I also heard that watching movies in 3D will give you headaches. I remember my dad telling me a long time ago that he read in a newspaper that if you watch a movie in 3D, it takes your brain twice as long as the movie after it’s over to go back to its normal state. It didn’t mention any damage occurring, but I’d rather avoid a headache and watch a 2D movie, adding the third dimension in by myself.

Tip of the Day

If you see something on your todo list that you have a faint memory of adding, it probably means that it was important enough at that time that it had to be done. Not seeing the reason behind it and ignoring it will most likely have negative consequences later when you finally remember why you added it onto your list in the first place.

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Topic #201: What would it take to get you to move? If someone you trusted offered you $1000 to move to a different city, would that be enough? More? Or would you need other things (the promise of friends or better weather?) What would they need to offer you before you’d instantly say yes? Or if you already want to move, what would it take to get you to stay?

If I was paid $1000 to move to a different city, I would probably do it if it actually really is a city and the location of my home would be convenient. I would also most likely accept the offer if my destination was California (although, I might put the offer on hold until I finish my undergraduate university studies in Madison, Wisconsin). It would be helpful if I got more than $1000, though, because I would still want to have some money left over after the moving costs.

I don’t think the promise of friends in my area is that important of a factor of me deciding if I want to move or not, seeing as I usually don’t spend a lot of time in person with friends in the first place. The weather is important, though, because I’ve lived in cold and snowy areas all my life, and I’d rather live in a place where it doesn’t snow at all and rains infrequently. The trade-off is that I would have to live through more hot weather, but as long as I have an air conditioner, I would be fine.