Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Crossword puzzles
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I love doing the New York Times crossword puzzles and have done since I was in high school, having had the virus enthusiasm passed on to me by mother who did them every day as regularly and necessarily as getting dressed. It's always annoyed one of my siblings that she and I did and enjoyed the Times puzzles while he not only did not particularly enjoy them but also could not do them after Tuesday - patently smarter though he is than we (which I say somewhat, although only somewhat, in jest). My father preferred the (clearly inferior) puzzles in the Daily News and the New York Post - though patently smarter, too, than my mother and me. (Please note that I sincerely hope any rare readers recognize sarcasm and flippancy here, and do not take anything I have said as offensive.)
Of late, my excitement and enthusiasm has increased many times - a hundred fold, Jane A. might say - because two compatriots and I have found each other. They enjoy the puzzles at least as much as I do and do them as furiously and thoroughly. It's so much fun to complete each puzzle and then compare times and specific reactions to words and themes with each other. I haven't enjoyed doing the puzzles this much in years. And, not surprisingly, we share lots of other enthusiasms, too, so our conversations range all over the place and are great fun.
Also, from them I learned about a daily NYT puzzle blog, Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle. This is such an amazing go-to site in that Rex is apparently unable not to finish every single puzzle and then write wittily about it, disrespectful-though-adoring fan that he is. And yesterday I met one of the proprietors of Ryan and Brian Do Crosswords, another fun puzzle site and a terrific resource that's a lot of fun. Both blogs have all manner of great links to other puzzle sites, too. What a wondrous world....
Of late, my excitement and enthusiasm has increased many times - a hundred fold, Jane A. might say - because two compatriots and I have found each other. They enjoy the puzzles at least as much as I do and do them as furiously and thoroughly. It's so much fun to complete each puzzle and then compare times and specific reactions to words and themes with each other. I haven't enjoyed doing the puzzles this much in years. And, not surprisingly, we share lots of other enthusiasms, too, so our conversations range all over the place and are great fun.
Also, from them I learned about a daily NYT puzzle blog, Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle. This is such an amazing go-to site in that Rex is apparently unable not to finish every single puzzle and then write wittily about it, disrespectful-though-adoring fan that he is. And yesterday I met one of the proprietors of Ryan and Brian Do Crosswords, another fun puzzle site and a terrific resource that's a lot of fun. Both blogs have all manner of great links to other puzzle sites, too. What a wondrous world....
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