American Values: Working on holidays
Hey, it's Christmas! Need a fun diversion to enjoy with your family and friends, or possibly to get away from your family and friends? Well, the last American Values Club crossword drops today and it...
View ArticleDown the rabbit hole
Happy 2014, everyone! Yes, it's almost the end of January, but, as I've alluded to, I'm not posting much these days. It's time, though for my recap of the MIT Mystery Hunt, which rebounded from a...
View ArticleMinding the store
I updated the other pages on the website, correcting links, removing or changing obsolete information... you get the idea. Have a look around and play the world's least entertaining Spot The...
View ArticleSquare dealing
If it's Daylight Savings Time weekend, it's probably time for the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. This year is the 37th edition of the annual competition, and, almost incredibly to me, I'll be...
View ArticleTwo much
I had a fun weekend at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. I saw a lot of puzzle cronies, made some new ones, and caught up with a few old friends outside the tournament. You probably care more...
View ArticleThis one’s a keeper
Two weeks ago, I had great fun at DASH 6; it was a lovely San Francisco day and the puzzles were excellent. To top it off, the three-man League of Extraordinary Puzzlemen finished in first place...
View ArticleBattles of wits
Hello again, solvers! Since my last post, I've had my second-worst performance ever on the US Puzzle Championship, failed yet another Real Escape Game, won at The Grimm Escape, and pulled out a...
View ArticleTo the rescue
Last week, I returned from the annual National Puzzlers' League convention, which this year was held in Portland, Maine. As usual, I had a fantastic time solving and socializing with my puzzling...
View ArticlePosting through the cobwebs
My, it's been a while, hasn't it? You've no doubt figured this out by now, but this blog isn't really a priority for me anymore. With all the great ways to keep track of puzzle news, writing full...
View ArticleRIP Thomas Gazzola
This is probably the shittiest way to return to post here, but I had to make some attempt, however inadequate, to memorialize a dear friend that we lost this week. I knew Tom Gazzola through the...
View ArticleRIP Leslie Billig
With the puzzle world still reeling over the death of Thomas Gazzola, many of us heard the news on Thursday that we lost another friend. Leslie Billig was a regular attendee of the American Crossword...
View ArticleRIP Merl Reagle
Someday I hope to post something happier here, but for now, a very cruel year for the puzzling community has dealt us another painful blow. Merl Reagle shockingly passed away on Saturday after a brief...
View ArticleRIP Henry Hook and Doug Hoylman
I'm at a loss, folks. An utterly miserable year for our puzzling family somehow manages to get worse. Henry Hook was a brilliant puzzle constructor with a unique personality. He was known for being...
View ArticleTwo much
I had a fun weekend at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. I saw a lot of puzzle cronies, made some new ones, and caught up with a few old friends outside the tournament. You probably care more...
View ArticleThis one’s a keeper
Two weeks ago, I had great fun at DASH 6; it was a lovely San Francisco day and the puzzles were excellent. To top it off, the three-man League of Extraordinary Puzzlemen finished in first place...
View ArticleI dreamed a dream
As you may have noticed, I've become pretty lazy in discussing my various doings in the puzzle world. I need to make the effort for the 2016 MIT Mystery Hunt, however, because my team ran it. You can...
View ArticleResistance is (sometimes) futile
Before I dived back into the stress of Mystery Hunt, I took some time on a Thursday in Boston to check out Boda Borg. In talking about it with friends before I went, I described it as a bunch of escape...
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Pity the fool
Well, it's been three weeks and chatter about the recent American Crossword Puzzle Tournament has died down. So, finally, who wants to hear about how I crapped the bed this year? Before I get to that,...
View ArticleNothing (much) to see here
At the time of this writing, I haven’t posted to this site in three years, so I decided it was time just to archive everything. Most of the thoughts I somehow deem worthy of ejecting into the world...
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