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Today I bought myself a book called Will Shortz's Favourite Crossword Puzzles. I felt guilty because I really shouldn't be buying myself anything, but I'd skipped lunch and it cost the same as lunch would have. And then when I got to the counter, the book turned out to be 70% less than the displayed price. So it was meant to be.

Then I was doing it in a fountain pen (so satisfying!) and my dad, who is in a snit, walked by and accused me of intellectual arrogance because I was doing it in ink. Which made me laugh because he can't even finish a Monday puzzle, so of course he would say that. And you know what else? Maybe it is intellectual arrogance; or maybe it's the fact that I don't measure intellect on the ability to do crossword puzzles. (Last night I was reading that David Sedaris essay, "21 down" from Me Talk Pretty One Day.)

Either way, I'm going to write Will Shortz a love letter. And David Sedaris, while I'm at it.

My name is Tavie and I love crossword puzzles and knitting. My name is Tavie and I am boring. (Hi, Tavie...)

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