Posts in diary (page 58/59)
Fri Mar 09 2001

A letter/digit Enigma this week – nice one too (although doing it on the train caused me to miss my stop!!!). Probably 45-50 mins.

Mon Mar 05 2001

Another new word – eupeptic: cheerful, optimistic.

Mon Mar 05 2001

New word – thrasonical: Bragging or boastful. Also added a new link to Ananova – the virtual newscaster.

Fri Mar 02 2001

Interesting enigma – did it by brute force in probably 45-50 minutes, but think there’s probably a trick I missed!

Fri Mar 02 2001

Don’t forget – Australian Grand Prix this weekend!!

Thu Feb 22 2001

Very easy enigma – 15 mins on the train.

Thu Feb 15 2001

Nice enigma this week. Took me an hour, but I wrote a computer program to do it’cos my mental arithmatic isn’t working properly (too much marking!!)

Two new words: distrait (“dih-stray”): withdrawn in attention, or distracted. hortative (“HOR-tut-tihv”): giving exhortation, or advisory. I get words in a daily mailout from Merriam-Webster. They have word games too!

Thu Feb 08 2001

‘peasy enigma this week – 50 mins to do, of which 35 were looking at it from every possible angle because it can’t be that easy (either it is, or I’ve got it wrong.) Might just be easy compared to last week’s tho.

Tue Feb 06 2001

New word – “chthonic” (THAH-nik). Means of or relating to the underworld. This week’s Enigma is also a bit tricky – took me 2 Hrs+ (with a calculator!)