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Words to live by...

"How beautiful it is to do nothing, and to rest afterward."

[Spanish Proverb]

Ius luxuriae publice datum est

(The right to looseness has been officially given)

"Everyone carries a part of society on his shoulders," wrote Ludwig von Mises, "no one is relieved of his share of responsibility by others. And no one can find a safe way for himself if society is sweeping towards destruction. Therefore everyone, in his own interest, must thrust himself vigorously into the intellectual battle."

Apparently, the crossword puzzle that disappeared from the blog, came back.

Monday, June 18, 2012

What's a 4 letter word for blather?


I do a lot of crossword puzzles. Which means I am subjected to a lot of pun-ishment.

An example:


Gleeful seer - "happy medium"

There are certain words that routinely appear in crosswords:


Alum
Alee
Via
Ocher (and Ochre)
Atop
Riga
Brno
Lease
Let/relet/rent

And it seems that crossword puzzle authors collude. When you do more than one crossword puzzle in the same day, you may see the same words in each. Sometimes, you see a clue which part of a word pair and the left hand word is the answer in one puzzle while the right hand word is the answer in another. I always find this weird. I can't believe they call each other up or chat before creating the puzzles but I also don't think there's some kind of unintended telepathy going on either.


But it does make solving them easier.
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