it devolves into boys talking about sports and hardcore
Posted by rladew on 2005-05-21 04:46:27 +0000
Can I embarass our resident cruciverbalist for a moment?
Props to BEQ in a new book called Crossworld
Also, check out the latest Entertainment weekly May 20, 2005 (Hayden Christensen / Darth Vader cover) page 79:
CROSSWORLD
Marc Romano
Nonfiction (Broadway, $24.95)
"After picking up a NYT Sunday crossword as a college sophmore, Romano was smitten; before long he was 'hopelessly addicted'. But this book isn't just a smart, funny chronicle of Romano's infatuation, it's also a history of the NYT puzzle, as well as a mini-bio of its current editor, Will Shortz. Romano mines the brain of the devilishly talented Brendan Emmett Quigley, one of the nation's best puzzle writers. He visits the American Crossword Tournament (where he's swamped by a 'wave of almost palpable hyperactive geekish energy'). His conclusion: A puzzler at work should never be disturbed. 'He or she is solving a mystery, and at the same time putting back together, word by word, the pieces of our broken world' B+
- Tina Jordan
Posted by rladew on 2005-05-21 04:50:42 +0000
sorry, just found the ew.com link, so here it is, Im not makin stuff up here
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Posted by G lib on 2005-05-22 22:15:35 +0000
I always knew that the riott nrrrds would win out in the end!
Congratulations, BQ.
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Posted by Miriam on 2005-06-01 14:42:02 +0000
I really like this review: [url=http://www.randomhouse.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780767921602] [color=blue]random house review[/url][/color]
Favorite part: ...Brendan Emmett Quigley, the wickedly gifted puzzle constructer and the Virgil to Marc’s Dante in his travels through the crossword inferno.
Posted by rladew on 2005-06-01 16:58:13 +0000
we all knew him when he was little..
He's such a nice boy...
He used to cut my grass....
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Posted by tgl on 2005-06-01 17:56:56 +0000
You just never know who your neighbors are.
Posted by Frederick the Younger on 2005-06-01 19:46:25 +0000
...and he gives great headache...
Posted by tgl on 2005-06-01 19:56:09 +0000
Do you mean "Mark Felt"?
Posted by Miriam on 2005-06-02 14:31:05 +0000
Is he trying to show how his and Laura's favorite position?
Posted by rladew on 2005-06-02 15:50:12 +0000
said politely: this thread is about Crosswords not Dubya...
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Posted by Miriam on 2005-06-02 19:19:38 +0000
It's tgl's fault. I claim no responsibility for responding to visual stimuli; it's involuntary.
Posted by tgl on 2005-06-02 23:34:57 +0000
I'm sure Dubya has someone read the crossword to him after they give him the news summary.
Posted by Miriam on 2005-06-03 16:53:02 +0000
Stop. It hurts. No, really. I can't stop laughing. Seriously. :)
Posted by tgl on 2005-06-03 17:05:45 +0000
Come to think about it, I'd love to cross words with Dubya.
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