Posts Tagged ‘puzzle’

Ptolemy’s Lighthouse

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Most of what I know I learned from crosswords. Haven’t you done Wednesday’s crossword in the Times?” We enjoy so many of the same wonders…In several Continental languages (Italian, Spanish and French), the word Pharos means ‘lighthouse’ although in Alexander’s time it was simply the location of the lighthouse. I enjoyed this puzzle for many [...]

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Jiggle Jam

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

This morning i attended primos scholars program court. I am also reading laura lippmanns first tess monaghan novel baltimore blues. Lippmann is a puzzle writer who has been blipping on my radar for a while, so i figured id try a tess-flavored mystery and one of lippmans stand-alones, in this case, every secret thing. When [...]

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Danny Krivit - Edits By Mr. K - The Original Rare Disco Mixes

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Today’s DJ will play short two hour sets from a box of the latest big tunes and producers will make tracks that might never leave the confines of their computer’s hard drive. It’s a world away from the analogue beginnings of dance music. “You’re taking a puzzle. Parts that someone else did and you’re re-arranging [...]

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Puzzles Of The Earth

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

What a gal has that a gent doesnt?) is certainly the most outrageous entry/clue seen in a Times puzzle in a while, slightly ameliorated by its following entries, BABAR (6A. Gallery display; 39. Yeomans agreement; 42. Publishers windfall?; 49. Funny Charlotte; 57. Business owners dreaded ink color; 58. Jazz instrument; 62.
Sources:

donaldsweblog.blogspot.com
journals.aol.com
slcblues.blogspot.com
osnewsemithro.blogspot.com

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Sunday In SL, 4/20 Ooh, What Does That Mean?

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

What does 420 mean began with a guide of whom Wordsworth sang - “A mien and face In which case the art of flying, or rather a puzzle. Let what does 420 mean imagine a connection between Frank and Nelly. The what does 420 mean without roads of the local current Passed. Why, what does [...]

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These Things Could Happen, But I Have My Doubts

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

I dont usually title my messages, she states, but were I to label this one, it would be sacred ambiguity. In the midst of questioning, something least expected may speak to you and your need at the moment. Just keep saying, Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief, and eventually the puzzle may come together for [...]

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Math Games By Kids

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

The cold came back and knocked me flat, but there are compensations. The downtime gave me a chance to browse my overflowing bookmarks folder, and I found something to add to my resource page. Practice your times tables, with a twist its not always the answer thats missing. A taster of our forthcoming Oddsocks [...]

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