David Goldfarb
@davidgoldfarb.bsky.social
SFF fan, player of board games and bridge and chess, comic book reader for over half a century. He/him.
North: Utqiagvik, Alaska (then called Barrow)
South: Zihuatanejo, Mexico
Utqiagvik is also the farthest west I've been.
South: Zihuatanejo, Mexico
Utqiagvik is also the farthest west I've been.
December 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
North: Utqiagvik, Alaska (then called Barrow)
South: Zihuatanejo, Mexico
Utqiagvik is also the farthest west I've been.
South: Zihuatanejo, Mexico
Utqiagvik is also the farthest west I've been.
Connections Puzzle #903
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Solve order trap-blue-green-yellow-purple. Did solve purple. (Katie wrinkled her nose at it. "Why are you solving this?")
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Solve order trap-blue-green-yellow-purple. Did solve purple. (Katie wrinkled her nose at it. "Why are you solving this?")
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Connections Puzzle #903
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Solve order trap-blue-green-yellow-purple. Did solve purple. (Katie wrinkled her nose at it. "Why are you solving this?")
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Solve order trap-blue-green-yellow-purple. Did solve purple. (Katie wrinkled her nose at it. "Why are you solving this?")
I am a huge fan of Jenna Moran in general and Hitherby Dragons in particular. (It's a bit of a pity that I don't really do role-playing games, as I gather that's what she's been working on for a while.)
December 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I am a huge fan of Jenna Moran in general and Hitherby Dragons in particular. (It's a bit of a pity that I don't really do role-playing games, as I gather that's what she's been working on for a while.)
Archive November 29, 2025
Connections Puzzle #902
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Solve order as shown, with one bobble. Thought purple was unusually easy.
Connections Puzzle #902
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Solve order as shown, with one bobble. Thought purple was unusually easy.
December 1, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Archive November 29, 2025
Connections Puzzle #902
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Solve order as shown, with one bobble. Thought purple was unusually easy.
Connections Puzzle #902
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Solve order as shown, with one bobble. Thought purple was unusually easy.
Ana Ng. Lots of others that I could put as a close second.
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Ana Ng. Lots of others that I could put as a close second.
Connections Puzzle #896
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Trap-blue-green-yellow-purple. Did solve purple.
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Trap-blue-green-yellow-purple. Did solve purple.
November 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Connections Puzzle #896
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Trap-blue-green-yellow-purple. Did solve purple.
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Trap-blue-green-yellow-purple. Did solve purple.
I still have my junior and senior yearbooks, but not freshman or sophomore. Oh, well.
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I still have my junior and senior yearbooks, but not freshman or sophomore. Oh, well.
Archive November 22, 2025
Connections Puzzle #895
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I have to admit, I found blue so quickly that I wound up not even seeing the trap.
Order was as above except purple last instead of first. Did solve purple.
Connections Puzzle #895
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I have to admit, I found blue so quickly that I wound up not even seeing the trap.
Order was as above except purple last instead of first. Did solve purple.
November 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Archive November 22, 2025
Connections Puzzle #895
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I have to admit, I found blue so quickly that I wound up not even seeing the trap.
Order was as above except purple last instead of first. Did solve purple.
Connections Puzzle #895
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I have to admit, I found blue so quickly that I wound up not even seeing the trap.
Order was as above except purple last instead of first. Did solve purple.
When I started reading comics, books from both companies were on the newsstands. I didn't see any reason why I had to choose one or the other — still don't.
November 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
When I started reading comics, books from both companies were on the newsstands. I didn't see any reason why I had to choose one or the other — still don't.
"You should work for my son's software startup." I'm convinced that he only gave me a shot in order to please his mother, but he hired me as QA / testing, and it turned out to be a good fit.
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"You should work for my son's software startup." I'm convinced that he only gave me a shot in order to please his mother, but he hired me as QA / testing, and it turned out to be a good fit.
I played in a mentor-mentee bridge game, and was paired with a woman with whom I hit it off; we played in other games also. My family started pressuring me to get a part-time job (I was a stay-at-home husband) and I mentioned this to her; she immediately said,
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November 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I played in a mentor-mentee bridge game, and was paired with a woman with whom I hit it off; we played in other games also. My family started pressuring me to get a part-time job (I was a stay-at-home husband) and I mentioned this to her; she immediately said,
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It stands for "Multi-User Dungeon". Text-based, internet-accessible multi-player games. Some had game elements with puzzles and monsters and treasure, others were just social.
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
It stands for "Multi-User Dungeon". Text-based, internet-accessible multi-player games. Some had game elements with puzzles and monsters and treasure, others were just social.
Mine is at .444. 😭 This is why I'm at 1-7-1 instead of 3-3-3.
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Mine is at .444. 😭 This is why I'm at 1-7-1 instead of 3-3-3.
There's a bunch of people I know and respect who adore the work of C.J. Cherryh. I cannot read her prose.
November 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
There's a bunch of people I know and respect who adore the work of C.J. Cherryh. I cannot read her prose.
Connections
Puzzle #891
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Solved as shown, except yellow before purple and didn't really solve purple.
Puzzle #891
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Solved as shown, except yellow before purple and didn't really solve purple.
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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Puzzle #891
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Solved as shown, except yellow before purple and didn't really solve purple.
Puzzle #891
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Solved as shown, except yellow before purple and didn't really solve purple.
Aren't they second cousins or some such?
November 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Aren't they second cousins or some such?
I guess that was a "no" then? Condolences.
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I guess that was a "no" then? Condolences.
A couple of bobbles.
Connections
Puzzle #890
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Solve order pretty much as shown, did solve purple.
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Puzzle #890
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Solve order pretty much as shown, did solve purple.
November 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A couple of bobbles.
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Puzzle #890
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Solve order pretty much as shown, did solve purple.
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Puzzle #890
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Solve order pretty much as shown, did solve purple.
When we visited England some years ago, Katie insisted on us taking a train trip out to the town where _The Dark is Rising_ takes place, and walking down Oldway Lane to get to the church. (Which was much smaller than I'd imagined.)
November 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
When we visited England some years ago, Katie insisted on us taking a train trip out to the town where _The Dark is Rising_ takes place, and walking down Oldway Lane to get to the church. (Which was much smaller than I'd imagined.)
Connections
Puzzle #889
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Solve order as shown except blue before purple.
Puzzle #889
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Solve order as shown except blue before purple.
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Puzzle #889
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Puzzle #889
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Solve order as shown except blue before purple.
In no particular order:
Dominion
Phoenicia
The Scepter of Zavandor
Ra
Go
Brass: Lancashire
Puerto Rico
Scythe
Power Grid
Age of Steam
Dominion
Phoenicia
The Scepter of Zavandor
Ra
Go
Brass: Lancashire
Puerto Rico
Scythe
Power Grid
Age of Steam
November 16, 2025 at 7:01 AM
In no particular order:
Dominion
Phoenicia
The Scepter of Zavandor
Ra
Go
Brass: Lancashire
Puerto Rico
Scythe
Power Grid
Age of Steam
Dominion
Phoenicia
The Scepter of Zavandor
Ra
Go
Brass: Lancashire
Puerto Rico
Scythe
Power Grid
Age of Steam
Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor wouldn't be bad, either.
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor wouldn't be bad, either.
If you're not into printed phone books, I just did a search on "John Scalzi home address" and whitepages.com was one of the top hits.
November 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
If you're not into printed phone books, I just did a search on "John Scalzi home address" and whitepages.com was one of the top hits.