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This Is Jeopardy!
(Read about the first half of my tape day in my previous post.) I smiled when Ken read the categories for the Jeopardy! round: WATER EVERYWHERE, BESTSELLING FICTION, EAT LIKE A BRIT, MOVIE TITLE ROLES, U.S. FESTIVALS, IT’S FROM THE… Continue reading
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Going on the Alex Trebek Stage
On January 6, 2025, I booked a flight to Los Angeles for my January 27 Jeopardy! taping. I gave myself a few extra days to adjust to the time difference and squeeze in the sightseeing I’d skipped on my last… Continue reading
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Buzzers and Blazers: How I Prepared for Jeopardy
When most people get The Call from Jeopardy!, they spend the next six weeks cramming. They memorize Best Picture winners, potent potable ingredients, and presidential terms. This may, at best, net you a few extra thousand dollars. To even get… Continue reading
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On Journals, Part III: Tales of a Teenage Model
By high school, I had migrated to an online journal. Although it largely served as a platform for my terrible, Sylvia Plath-inspired poetry, my Xanga also recorded the momentous occasions of my life in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Perhaps most memorably, I… Continue reading
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