This is one of my favorites from you now. The gist twists every paragraph or so, but I especially loved the Scrabble rule based communication. The twist at the end was also superb--I almost feel like Alex earned it for his regular habits. When I play video games while my wife is around, I do so with the sound off and legs prepped to spring into action for her.

I do this to avoid getting shanked by hovering knives. Great piece.