Did you happen to give last week’s puzzler a whirl? It was pretty simple… but did you do it without a calculator? No, that wasn’t a requirement, but I’ve been wondering how many of us rely on a calculator to do simple math these days… Regardless, it’s time for the answer, and thanks for playing, … Continue reading »
What a lovely week! Just spent several days in Bedford, NY celebrating a big birthday for my mother-in-law, and am turning around tomorrow to head to my alma mater for my (gulp) 30th reunion. I am fully prepared to laugh my head off for a couple of days. Frankly, that’s all I care about right … Continue reading »
NOTE: It happens every now and then — a few crazy weeks during which time you’re tethered to a tight schedule, leaving precious little time to write. For me, it usually involves a week of travel–like this one. So, with an empty suitcase staring at me from across the room and an early afternoon … Continue reading »
Did y’all have a nice Thanksgiving? I sure hope so. Did you get those holiday lights strung yet? Tree bought? Wreath up? Presents purchased? Wrapped? Shipped? Not yet? Good for you. There’s a few weeks between now and the Big Day, and I’m not sure where the fire is. Black Friday freaks me out. It’s a … Continue reading »
I’m on the road a good deal this summer for work, and finding the time to work on this project is particularly challenging when my schedule includes a lot of travel. Like many people, I’ve got a love/hate relationship with travel. I don’t mind being in different cities doing different things, but I’m not crazy … Continue reading »
And we have a winner! Stacy Lieder, “charter follower” of the BSP, cracked the code posted on Wednesday as part of the work for the “Creative Solutions” badge. Stacy gets a box of cookies! The decoded text–always worth reading–is Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address: Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, … Continue reading »
I suppose I like a cryptogram as much as the next person, which is to say I’ll do one if there are hours to kill at an airport, the newsstands are all mysteriously shut down, and my iPhone‘s battery is dead. But scouts are tasked with coming up with a secret coded language, and it’s … Continue reading »
As promised, here’s the answer key to the crossword puzzle posted earlier this week. And as a reminder, this fulfilled a task for the “Puzzler” badge. ALL YOU NEED IS L-O-V-E Continue reading »
I can probably count the number of crossword puzzles I’ve actually finished on one hand (I’m more of a Sudoku girl), so I really didn’t have much sense of how to actually make one. Still, it was really interesting to come up with answers and try to reverse-engineer a puzzle to match. BADGE WORK UPDATE: … Continue reading »
BADGE WORK UPDATE: MATH WHIZ Here’s some task work I did for the “Math Whiz” badge, and boy do I feel a foolish posting this. While the task was accomplished, I remain woefully short of “whiz” status. Watch for a laugh, then read below the video for some sincere follow up on how to do this better. I’m … Continue reading »
