Entries tagged with people:cramerica

Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Music: "Naked Dutch Painter"--Stew

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Neologism Needed.

He and She, at a party, suddenly converge, shoeless, on the twister board while the other partygoers swirl around them and, maintaining laser-like eye contact suddenly reveal information about their families, punctuated by periods of mutual reflection/contemplation.
(Repeat three times for folkloric resonance.)

That's not really a "meet cute"; what is it?

Related quote: "He's pretty sarcastic for a guardian angel, but he's still a good guardian angel."

Current Mood: puzzled
Current Music: An NPR report on Monopoly.

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An NPL Day.

So, last week I had a party.

( FIRST-LETTER CHANGE (*6, 6; can be sung by Peeves) )

( FIRST-SOUND CHANGE (4, 5); I don't like ONE/And so I FUN. )

( BEHEADMENT (5); The lack of GUNs/Raised his UNs )

( FIRST-SOUND CHANGE (5, 6); ONE TWO, dude! )

( LETTER BANK (4, 6); In Table's TABLE Piece/No flightless BATTLE, please./No large birds,/Just long words. )

( Answers )

SatNYTX: 13. Wow, and I thought I'd be rusty after no crosswords for a few weeks.

Current Mood: Cluesome

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Puzzle Some More!

I'll continue where I left off yesterday. As you may recall, there had been many puzzles calling for trivia and ingenuity. The second part of the day called for appetite and playfulness.

( Dinner )

( One Two Many )

( Cluesome, by Bluff )

( Remains of the Day )

( More Answers )

TueNYTX: 4:30.

Current Mood: puzzled

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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.