Thursday: 9:19

9:19 isn't a record, but it's pretty darn fast (PB is 8:59), and the best I've done since the crossword moved to exclusively online. The Times records my averages and best times. I hope I can get some actual records on there so I don't have to keep refinding that one post where I list my best times, but I'm not too hopeful on getting a sub-10:02 Saturday any time soon), On the other hand, the averages can get skewed if I'm multitasking, or early on, my Mom would try and solve a little (c'mon, Mom, you get the paper version!) and balloon my time (and a lot of her answers were wrong and misleading).

We do team up on the Spelling Bee puzzle, though, and we make a pretty good pair, although I jump in right at midnight and sometimes solve the whole thing by myself in one go. But it usually takes another look, and a second pair of eyes can really help. Even though most of the words are somewhat common, you can't always see the obvious.

Perhaps a bigger post in the near future. My life, personal shit, Grateful Dead, I don't know.