To remind you that the dress code for this evening is lounge
suits.
I'm picturing 70s style disco suits with people leaning back everywhere. I think they mean suits?? Maybe I should check before I show up in leopard purple hot pants. :)
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Just loungin'
So we have a big event this Friday night and this was the reminder for the dress code:
I'm picturing 70s style disco suits with people leaning back everywhere. I think they mean suits?? Maybe I should check before I show up in leopard purple hot pants. :)
I'm picturing 70s style disco suits with people leaning back everywhere. I think they mean suits?? Maybe I should check before I show up in leopard purple hot pants. :)
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
8 letters...starts with an S
So our office has been asked to document a Guiness World Record attempt. The story is below. I will be capturing the madness from 5-7 today.
Chris May's (left) attempt is expected to last up to
five hours
Chris May, 29, a musicology student at the University of Oxford, will aim to play 28 games, each against a different opponent, at the same time.
The current Guinness World Record stands at 25 games, set in India in 2007 by Ganesh Asirvatham.
Mr May, from Australia, won the Scrabble championship there in 2011.
He is currently ranked ninth in the world and the event is designed to raise money for Assisted Reading for Children (ARCh).
'Fun with words'
He described his attempt, which is expected to last up to five hours, as a "huge challenge".
"I've played tournaments since 1999 and my highest score in a tournament game is 732," he said.
To claim the record Mr May must win at least 75% of the games played.
Games will be played according to British tournament Scrabble rules and his opponents include staff and students at the university.
The event has already raised more than £1,000 for ARCh - a Bicester-based charity which aims to support children in Oxfordshire with reading difficulties.
Jane Rendle, from the charity, said she hoped the event would "help highlight the importance of reading as well as show how much fun can be had with words".
Mr May said his attempt at Oxford University Press would be independently adjudicated and documented.
Oxford University student's Scrabble world record bid
Chris May's (left) attempt is expected to last up to
five hours
An international Scrabble champion
will attempt to break the record for playing the greatest number of simultaneous
games, in Oxfordshire later.
Chris May, 29, a musicology student at the University of Oxford, will aim to play 28 games, each against a different opponent, at the same time.
The current Guinness World Record stands at 25 games, set in India in 2007 by Ganesh Asirvatham.
Mr May, from Australia, won the Scrabble championship there in 2011.
He is currently ranked ninth in the world and the event is designed to raise money for Assisted Reading for Children (ARCh).
'Fun with words'
He described his attempt, which is expected to last up to five hours, as a "huge challenge".
"I've played tournaments since 1999 and my highest score in a tournament game is 732," he said.
To claim the record Mr May must win at least 75% of the games played.
Games will be played according to British tournament Scrabble rules and his opponents include staff and students at the university.
The event has already raised more than £1,000 for ARCh - a Bicester-based charity which aims to support children in Oxfordshire with reading difficulties.
Jane Rendle, from the charity, said she hoped the event would "help highlight the importance of reading as well as show how much fun can be had with words".
Mr May said his attempt at Oxford University Press would be independently adjudicated and documented.
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