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After 20 minutes of filling in letter after letter, block after block, up and over, across and down, with a red sharpie and no assistance, I completed 75% of my first newspaper crossword puzzle.
It was an act that I can only describe as wholesome madness. It was *gasp* surprisingly enjoyable and fun! I wanted to keep going but my brain hurt. My brain hurt real bad.
I’ve had no desire to “crossword” until now. Perhaps there is a direct correlation between length of unemployment and increased play with the newspaper. Maybe I need to start mixing some metamucil into my morning smoothie.
My only fear is that this will lead me down the dark and deviant path, otherwise known as newspaper Bridge.*
* What the hell is newspaper Bridge anyway? I thought Bridge was a card game? Where are the cards?!?!
Comments
I am a crossword addict. I do the NY Times in the D&C Classified (FYI it gets harder as the week goes on).
You should check out the movie "Wordplay" on Netflix sometime.
Posted by: Ryan | November 21, 2006 12:32 AM
At least it's not toilet paper Sudoku.
Posted by: shelley | November 21, 2006 7:50 AM
R: ha, i was actually just about to see if wordplay was available prior to reading this. one of us is reading each other's mind.
S: they have sudoku on toilet paper now? what's next, the internet on computers?
Posted by: kir | November 21, 2006 11:00 AM
Oh yeah. I also saw a toilet paper roll ipod dock. All you need is a mini-fridge and you'd never have to get off the toilet.
Posted by: shelley | November 21, 2006 11:02 AM
S: throw in some people magazines and it sounds like a dream to me!
Posted by: kir | November 21, 2006 11:41 AM