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Mary and Bob's Journal |
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http://roolily.wordpress.com/ |
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A place for random reflections & links. |
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20 Followers |
Back to basics
It might look as though I’m regressing. 48 hours ago, I picked up Danica McKellar’s book for 11-13 year old girls, “Math Doesn’t Suck,” and have compulsively gone through 10 chapters and two mechanical pencils.
I’ll admit it: at the end of the last post, when I said I was ready to put the puzzles down, I was wrong. Should I be revising my resume? Yes. Is a refresher course on complex fractions really necessary now? No. So what am I going to do next? Chapter 11!
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There’s always a solution
The last time I was addicted to Sudoku was during a period of unemployment in 2005. I would often spend between 2-3 hours each day working away at those things. I went to Kinkos to enlarge and copy off multiple pages of the same grid. That way I could solve in layers. Eventually, my compulsion faded and I went on to the next thing. Back then it was writing.
For the last month or so, I’ve carried my book of Ken-Kens around the apartment with me. Ken-Ken is like Sudoku only with more clues. Discovered
What does it mean?
Replacing the belt on a vacuum cleaner was probably not on my “list of things to do before I turn 40″, but I can now add it to my list of experiences. It feels good breaking open a machine and getting your hands dirty putting it back together again. Puzzle solved – belt replaced; check. What else can I do in the few days before my thirties end?
For the last week or two, it feels like my every third thought has been, “I’m turning 40.” I’m turni
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