Author: Eric Berlin
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I Don’t Remember Musk’s Name on the Ballot
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If you, like me, are trying to wrap your head around Elon Musk’s apparent takeover of the United States government, Mike Masnick at Techdirt is a very good place to…
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Back to Basics
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The day after Trump was re-elected, I wrote on Facebook… Like a lot of Never Trumpers from across the political spectrum, I feel more than a little helpless at the…
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Happy National Spaghetti Day!
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According to this web site, one of the things you are encouraged to do on National Spaghetti Day is “Think Outside The Box.” They mean you should make your own…
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Puzzlesnacks Plus, Volume 3
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I’ve got a new set of 20 larger-than-snack-sized variety puzzles for you — Puzzlesnacks Plus, Volume 3! The collection includes many Puzzlesnacks favorites: Jelly Roll, Patchwork, Cascades, Consonant Companions, One…
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Puzzle Mania!
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Today is New York Times’ Puzzle Mania day! A huge puzzle supplement will be folded into the Sunday paper, or you can buy it online. And hey, that’s my Jelly…
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The Secret Ingredient
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Every year I created a small puzzle event for the Wonderful Weekend of Words, an event held at the beautiful Mohonk Mountain House. Soon after that, I post those puzzles…
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Fraternal Twins Makes Its NYT Debut!
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Fraternal Twins is a variety form I created years ago for my Puzzlesnacks subscribers. The puzzle takes the form of two curvy grids. Letters in each corresponding six-space section are…
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Puzzled Pint
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Puzzled Pint is a fun mini-puzzle-hunt hosted every month at bars and other outlets all around the world… …and I’ve created the October set of puzzles, “Shopping Spree!” The event…
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New Patchwork in the New York Times
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Hey, New York Times subscribers! When you’re done with Connections and Wordle and Spelling Bee and so forth, open up this weekend’s Sunday magazine and try my new Patchwork variety…
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The Great Gotham Challenge
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A few decades ago, I lived in New York City, and every once in a while I would hear about some puzzle-adjacent event taking place. Maybe it was in a…