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Yesterday I got to see Beth for the first time in AGES, and meet her guy Nathan. It was a pleasant surprise that diverted me from my dull plans of going to bed at 10:30. Beth postulated that Skeeter from the Muppet Babies was the only one not to survive childhood. Scooter is so traumatized by the tragic loss of his twin sister that he never mentions her. It's both funny and poignant, really. I also told her about the Muppet Babies/Scientology connection. Spooky.

Now for my bragging: the second puzzle in this week's Times magaine is this "3-D Word Hunt", the object of which is to find as many 5-letter words as possible. (Described here.) According to the game's description, "Finding 20 words is par; 30 is expert; 40 is genius-level"; and there are 48 total that the puzzle's creators will provide with last week's answers.

I am a GEEEEEEEEENYUS! I found 40, not counting the "example" word that Shortz provided in the instructions. That's right, GEEEEEENYUS level!!!

Yes, I'm excited about this. Leave me alone with my puzzles whydoncha.

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