Easysticks – by Annie Jo Cain

As you know (hopefully, I mean do you know me at all?!?) I am less than six months away from the big 3-0.  My twenties are nearing an end.  So far I’m not too upset about crossing over into pure grown up territory.

What I am worrying about is how to celebrate.  30 years of Annie Jo?  It’s got to be momentous.  It’s got to be huge.  Easy, you say, just have a momentously huge party.  Ah, but my friends and family span the globe.  Or at least are divided between West Coast and New England.

So now what?  Force people to travel across the country in these troubled economic times?  Have two parties?  Forget the whole party idea and travel to a remote tropical island to celebrate in peace?

This post may be about puzzles, but it’s not about jigsaw puzzles and I’ll even throw in a cute nephew picture.

Okay, now on to the puzzle. Surely you’ve heard of Sudoku. This new puzzle is similar, but involves a little math as well. I’m starting to get the hang of it, so go try it out and let me know what you think.

KenKen at the New York Times

My Sudoku experience definitely helps.  I also must admit I’ve had to use a calculator a little.

Back in 2006, I attended the first ever NY Comic Con.  It was a disorganized, dangerous mess.  This year, dragged back down by children’s librarian extraordinaire Miss Jackie, I found a much more organized, safe-for-the-most-part mess. Strangely enough, the con charges less for librarians and doesn’t make them wait in this giant holding pen.

The Javits Center is a bit gross when inspected closely and the rooms where the sessions were held reminded me of huge empty swimming pools. There were a few panels good enough to make me forget the depressing surroundings, though. The exhibit hall was also pleasant enough in the mornings before the hordes of people made it through the cattle drive to the booths.

Thanks for letting me tag along Jackie.

I mean, enough about puzzles after I point out that you can do jigsaw puzzles online.  I just did this one.

It took me 8 minutes.

Looks like I have to cover up some of my site for this puzzle.  It’s good to change things up a bit.

Well, actually, I guess the team I was cheering for didn’t win.  It looked like they might for brief time there at the end, but oh well.  The nacho cheese sauce was delicious, especially poured over hot and crispy tater tots.

If you missed out on the commercials and are into that sort of thing, Hulu has put them online.

Over the weekend I also finished my second puzzle, the Commemorative Barack Obama 44th U.S. President Puzzle.