Wishing You All the Est

I guess today is the Ides of February – I vaguely recall that there are terms for various parts of the month, but the only one I recall is “ides” which I think refers to the middle of the month. I do know that it’s the middle of freaking...

In Other Words

Happy Valentine’s Day! I realize it’s nearly a week away but it will have already happened by the time next week’s blog is posted, so ❤️💕💖💗💘💌 Valentine’s Day has nothing to do with this...

Going Whole Hog

My apologies – due to (non-emergency) unforeseen circumstances, I was unable to post a full blog entry for this week’s puzzle – below is a brief report that I will add to later, . Updated to include Canadian content and a few other things. Name:...

Noble Gases

Greetings from the dreary end of January; at least I guess we’re being prepared for February. In college we called this the “Dark Ages” – the time between return to school from winter holiday and Spring Break. While I sometimes find this time...

Ship of Foolishness

  Name: Ship of Foolishness Grid size: 15×15 Number of entries: 74 Difficulty: Easy (my solve time: 5:37) From the title, I figured this one was made for me: Ships!  Foolishness! – right in my wheelhouse (ha!) And I was not disappointed with the theme...

Trendy Terms

A third of the way through January already and work is back with a vengeance. I was double and triple booked many times this week with a big conference happening, retirement of one of my bosses, and everyone who returned to work from the holidays decided to schedule...