One of the best gifts given or received this past Christmas was a book of puzzles by Frank Lewis (Cryptic Crosswords)
Every clue is a brain-teaser, each puzzle has almost sixty clues, based on wordplay, and the book has fifty puzzles, and, the best part, MOST OF THEM ARE PUNS.
Example: A count of the anit-Sandinista forces jokes, or, how Bach composed? (14)
A fourteen letter word that makes sense. Go. Let me know when you need a hint.
Other fun gifts:
A sampler pack of Tabasco brand pepper sauce. (Original, Mild, Habanero, Sweet & Spicy, Garlic, and Chipotle); Chicken Pox (among other giant microbes); and this kick-ass hooded sweatshirt.
New Year's Eve - A Summation:
Nashville is not all it's cracked up to be; mafia (a game designed to mimic criminal behavior and mob mentality) was ruined, ironically, by rule breaking; there was some delicious food; a painted whore of mythical proportions; and the largest collection of pretentious college kids I've seen since my time at BU.
Also margaritas and chauffeuring and loud, drunken, underage, hotel neighbor arguments at 3AM.
Suck it, 2009.
Resolutions - A Summation:
- Party more often in places that start with a "B" (like Boston, Birmingham, and Baltimore)
- Plan for retirement by purchasing stock in companies that share my economic, environmental, or philosophical precepts (Ted's Montanna Grille, Chipotle, Tesla Motors, Virtucon)
- Take my blogging inspiration from Sister Act II.
- Marry (in 2009)
- Keep the faith
- twitter more, and better
- add more T9 typing mishaps to my slang lexicon ("holy bras!" "zur" etc. (post coming soon))
- reduce my dependence on int-er-net memes.
- and support more things I enjoy online, like pandora, and wikipedia.org
-t
