My dad used to be a volunteer at Bong Recreation Area, a WI state park named after one Richard Bong. Lots of sign selfies.

I'm obsessed with getting to Genius.

Same. I do that first every morning and don’t move onto the other puzzles until I get there. (Or occasionally until I get so frustrated I can’t keep going.) It is not always friendly to my Wordle streaks.

I do that first every morning and don’t move onto the other puzzles until I get there.

I do the Spelling Bee last, because I know it's going to take the longest, and the others (Wordle, Mini Crossword, Letter Boxed) are just like warmup.

The house just passed the bill. It's heading to Trump's desk.

I'm obsessed with getting to Genius. (Which is definitely not to say that I always do!)

I feel like as long as I get to amazing sometime during the day, and find the pangram, I’m happy. Don’t have to get genius (though it’s great when I do)

The house just passed the bill. It's heading to Trump's desk.

It was going to happen, but that doesn't make it any easier to accept.

and find the pangram

It's kind of surprising how often I can hit Genius without getting the pangram(s).

The house just passed the bill. It's heading to Trump's desk.

It was going to happen, but that doesn't make it any easier to accept.

There is not one single part of me that wants to celebrate July 4th this year. I'm going to our neighborhood's parade specifically because it's about our neighborhood and not about this fascist hellscape of a government.

So many people are going to be hurt by this bill. It's unfathomable.

I want to throw up.

I also do Spelling Bee last, and if I get the pangram that is usually enough for me. And if I just find a couple of words and don't find the pangram that often has to do. I can't do it while I'm listening to an audiobook, but I can pop into it for a few minutes at a time while I wait for a report to load or something. I'm gratified when I reach Genius, but if I don't I don't mind.

I can't wrap my mind around the current political reality right now. Maybe I will look for something to do in the company of like-minded people tomorrow....

Now I feel bad about joking about that fire seeing as people died in it.

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Happy birthday, sj!!!

And I also do my other puzzles before the Bee (aka my “chorin’”). Bob and I both do the Bee throughout the day and then combine forces after we each reach Genius (which happens most but not all days) and then try to get to QB together. We usually give up if we’ve gone through all the words we’ve each gotten and there are still 5+ words to QB.

I do Tiles when its pretty, but they could use some variety.