Monthly Archives: July 2010

I thought it was going to be 35 things with the initials MM

By Eric Berlin | Published: July 29, 2010
With thanks to Todd McClary, a delightful 2-minute animation of 35 movies, very simply symbolized. So simply, in fact, that you might not get all of them the first time through. Let’s see if we can get them all between the lot of us. Leave a comment with one of the movie titles, and when [...]
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More Top Chef Discussion

By Eric Berlin | Published: July 9, 2010
As always, spoliers. Laura asks: If the school lunch episode ruffled your feathers, then what did you think about episode four and the double elimination challenge? I’m trying to piece together what was edited out and then vaguely alluded to just before the final credits. Could it be that the producers are trying to keep [...]
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Seattle Miscellany

By Eric Berlin | Published: July 6, 2010
1. I explored Pike Street Market and ate my body weight in samples: high-end dried beef, amazing cheeses, fruits that might have been plucked from the tree moments before. As I was leaving, I passed one last fruit stand, which like all the others had a young person out front with something to give away. [...]
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Go West, Young Puzzler

By Eric Berlin | Published: July 6, 2010
There’s an old Calvin and Hobbes strip that summarizes childhood thusly: Calvin walks in and says to his dad, “Just so you know, I am the Downhill Tumble and Roll Champ, King of the Toad Finders, Captain of the High Altitude Tree Branch Vista Club, Second Place Finisher in the ‘Round-the-Yard Backward Dash, Premier Burper [...]
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My name! Read out loud over the air!

By Eric Berlin | Published: July 5, 2010
Most of the people who read this blog are here with me in Seattle, at the convention of the National Puzzlers’ League. (Or they’re just leaving, since the con is now over.) But anyway! Will Shortz used a little puzzle of mine on his segment on Weekend Edition Sunday. Go give it a shot.
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