First World Problems NEWS FLASH! Jim Horne, who runs the www.xwordinfo.com site on which many […]

Play Ball! With Opening Day close at hand, we heartily recommend Jane Leavy’s 2025 Make […]

Holy Oil Marco Polo was not the first member of his family to venture along […]

Lack of Immunity Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies made […]

Peel Me a Grape Of the various versions of the 1962 song “Peel Me a […]

Oy! When we count our blessings as constructors of word puzzles, we place near the […]

Large Boxes Tom Wolfe’s critique of modern architecture, first published in Harper’s Magazine and subsequently […]

Zoophiles Unite! We had a great deal of fun constructing this acrostic.  Inspired by Emily […]

Let’s Dance We found Mindy Aloff’s book Why Dance Matters on the shelf of a […]

The City By the Bay This week’s acrostic honors San Francisco, the iconic American city […]