Behind.

I am so behind on my Journal, right now.

And unless things turn out to be very slow at work this week, I will continue to be so. This weekend was crazy, since I pulled a twenty-eight-hour day (with a three-hour nap, thankfully) on Saturday to attend an NPL puzzle party. On Sunday, I read at Mass and celebrated my father's birthday. Any time in between was dedicated to arranging the stuff in my room for moving. And I'll be arranging the stuff in my room for moving for quite a while, yet, so I'll probably neglect telling you about important things like the history of Sabrina Drill, which is very much on my mind right now.

I've also got to call the phone company and have them install a phone line back there.

All right. Back to my wall of CDs.

Puzzles Galore, Part I.

A browser crash has saved you from reading about the trouble I had getting to the house wherein was held the bimonthly meeting of the Los Angeles members of the National Puzzlers' League. Of the lost text I wrote, here's what it's important to know:

• I don't remember things like teams and order exactly, so bear with me.
  
• There was lots and lots of traffic getting to Conundrum's house near LAX.
  
• NPL members use pseudonyms called Noms that we use in conversation and that I shall use in this report.
  
• The first game was written by Music Man and was a "Stage II" game, named after the eighties board game of the same name.

( Stage II, by Music Man )

( Business Meeting and LaConic '05. )

( The Case of the Heptaphobic Hooligan, by Bluff )

( Make Your Own Treasure Hunt, by everyone )

( Puzzle from NoCal whose name I forgot by Iolanthe, Wrybosh and someone else who I forgot )

( The answers )

MonNYTX: 3:40. During the on-line NPL chat, there was much time comparison. I did adequately, considering that some solvers finished it in 2:15.