While I love doing crossword puzzles (I usually spend my Metro commute doing the puzzle in one of the free daily papers, Express), I haven’t really taken to sudoku, that number game that seems to be popping up everywhere. I’ve tried it a few times, and it’s just not my thing. I think I much prefer the “Fill in the Squares with Whatever the Hell You Want” puzzle. Everyone wins!
Aside: On one of my flights over Christmas vacation, I turned to the crossword puzzle in the airline magazine only to find it already had been completed. But I looked closer and saw that whoever filled it out didn’t pay attention to the clues; they wrote in line after line of what looked like song lyrics or poetry, skipping over the black boxes until the whole thing read like a stream of consciousness. I should’ve torn the page out and kept it. Just ’cause. (See also “Switching seats.”)
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That Sudoku stuff is all over the place. I see people doing it constantly on the train. Whatever. I’ve always had a very good head for numbers, but games like that just don’t interest me.
my dad started doing those puzzles because the radio personality he listens to said he gets them done in ten minutes.
and i wonder why i can be so competetive.
I’m with you on Sudoku; it makes my brain hurt just to look at it. Though suppsedly my math skills are just as good as verbal, I was never much for numbers. Is there some trick to getting it started?
I’ve started doing the Post crossword again; supposedly it’s helpful for keeping your brain sharp (I need to start thinking about warding off Alzheimer’s! Hah!)