David Goldfarb
@davidgoldfarb.bsky.social
SFF fan, player of board games and bridge and chess, comic book reader for over half a century. He/him.
Congrats! I managed to avoid relegation by the proverbial skin of my teeth....
December 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Congrats! I managed to avoid relegation by the proverbial skin of my teeth....
Connections
Puzzle #923
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Purple first, so immediately that I didn't even notice the trap. I did bobble on one blue item that could plausibly have been a purple. Then green, then blue, then yellow. And once again didn't manage to guess which was green and which yellow.
Puzzle #923
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Purple first, so immediately that I didn't even notice the trap. I did bobble on one blue item that could plausibly have been a purple. Then green, then blue, then yellow. And once again didn't manage to guess which was green and which yellow.
December 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Connections
Puzzle #923
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Purple first, so immediately that I didn't even notice the trap. I did bobble on one blue item that could plausibly have been a purple. Then green, then blue, then yellow. And once again didn't manage to guess which was green and which yellow.
Puzzle #923
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Purple first, so immediately that I didn't even notice the trap. I did bobble on one blue item that could plausibly have been a purple. Then green, then blue, then yellow. And once again didn't manage to guess which was green and which yellow.
There are a lot of things I don't love about Houston, but the longer winter days (and later time of earliest sunset) isn't one of them.
December 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
There are a lot of things I don't love about Houston, but the longer winter days (and later time of earliest sunset) isn't one of them.
Connections
Puzzle #920
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Trap, blue, yellow, green, purple. Did solve purple. Once again failed to guess yellow vs. green for the reverse rainbow.
Puzzle #920
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Trap, blue, yellow, green, purple. Did solve purple. Once again failed to guess yellow vs. green for the reverse rainbow.
December 18, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Connections
Puzzle #920
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Trap, blue, yellow, green, purple. Did solve purple. Once again failed to guess yellow vs. green for the reverse rainbow.
Puzzle #920
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Trap, blue, yellow, green, purple. Did solve purple. Once again failed to guess yellow vs. green for the reverse rainbow.
I had assumed that since TPF #13 came out in the second week of November, that #14 would be the second week of December. I was a bit disappointed last week to find out I was wrong. Oh, well.
December 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I had assumed that since TPF #13 came out in the second week of November, that #14 would be the second week of December. I was a bit disappointed last week to find out I was wrong. Oh, well.
Now I wonder whether you got the joke...?
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Now I wonder whether you got the joke...?
_The Tomb of Dragons_, "Katherine Addison"
_Testimony of Mute Things_, Lois McMaster Bujold
_Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me_, Django Wexler
_When the Moon Hits Your Eye_, John Scalzi
_Testimony of Mute Things_, Lois McMaster Bujold
_Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me_, Django Wexler
_When the Moon Hits Your Eye_, John Scalzi
December 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
_The Tomb of Dragons_, "Katherine Addison"
_Testimony of Mute Things_, Lois McMaster Bujold
_Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me_, Django Wexler
_When the Moon Hits Your Eye_, John Scalzi
_Testimony of Mute Things_, Lois McMaster Bujold
_Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me_, Django Wexler
_When the Moon Hits Your Eye_, John Scalzi
Here's ten from me:
_Inventing the Renaissance_, Ada Palmer
_The Incandescent_, Emily Tesh
_Hemlock and Silver_, "T. Kingfisher"
_Wicked Problems_, Max Gladstone
_Dead Hand Rule_, Max Gladstone
_The Orb of Cairado_, "Katherine Addison"
_Inventing the Renaissance_, Ada Palmer
_The Incandescent_, Emily Tesh
_Hemlock and Silver_, "T. Kingfisher"
_Wicked Problems_, Max Gladstone
_Dead Hand Rule_, Max Gladstone
_The Orb of Cairado_, "Katherine Addison"
December 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Here's ten from me:
_Inventing the Renaissance_, Ada Palmer
_The Incandescent_, Emily Tesh
_Hemlock and Silver_, "T. Kingfisher"
_Wicked Problems_, Max Gladstone
_Dead Hand Rule_, Max Gladstone
_The Orb of Cairado_, "Katherine Addison"
_Inventing the Renaissance_, Ada Palmer
_The Incandescent_, Emily Tesh
_Hemlock and Silver_, "T. Kingfisher"
_Wicked Problems_, Max Gladstone
_Dead Hand Rule_, Max Gladstone
_The Orb of Cairado_, "Katherine Addison"
Well, I've been slightly wistful that I live in Houston instead of an area of Dallas where I could vote for her. And hey, here's an opportunity to vote for her!
December 14, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Well, I've been slightly wistful that I live in Houston instead of an area of Dallas where I could vote for her. And hey, here's an opportunity to vote for her!
It's the second one and they thought it was the opening line of some sort of scam. I honestly can't blame them a bit.
December 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
It's the second one and they thought it was the opening line of some sort of scam. I honestly can't blame them a bit.
Many years ago one of the founders of my software company tried to visit the India office. He thought his visa was good until November 3rd. The customs officers at the airport thought it had expired on March 11th. Their point of view prevailed and he had to get on a plane back to the USA.
December 12, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Many years ago one of the founders of my software company tried to visit the India office. He thought his visa was good until November 3rd. The customs officers at the airport thought it had expired on March 11th. Their point of view prevailed and he had to get on a plane back to the USA.
Connections
Puzzle #912
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Solved as shown, did solve purple. (Not my favorite purple ever.)
Puzzle #912
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Solved as shown, did solve purple. (Not my favorite purple ever.)
December 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Connections
Puzzle #912
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Solved as shown, did solve purple. (Not my favorite purple ever.)
Puzzle #912
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Solved as shown, did solve purple. (Not my favorite purple ever.)
Connections Puzzle #911
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Green, thought I had blue, thought I had yellow, purple. Did solve purple.
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Green, thought I had blue, thought I had yellow, purple. Did solve purple.
December 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Connections Puzzle #911
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Green, thought I had blue, thought I had yellow, purple. Did solve purple.
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Green, thought I had blue, thought I had yellow, purple. Did solve purple.
Some absolutely textbook DARVO right there.
December 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Some absolutely textbook DARVO right there.
Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series has been mentioned, and this also occurs in his Stormlight Archive, where research and development of magic stuff is an important theme.
December 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series has been mentioned, and this also occurs in his Stormlight Archive, where research and development of magic stuff is an important theme.
Thank you for bringing that to my attention.
December 9, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Thank you for bringing that to my attention.
Connections
Puzzle #910
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Managed the reverse rainbow for once. Part of blue first, then green, then purple, then the rest of blue, then yellow.
Puzzle #910
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Managed the reverse rainbow for once. Part of blue first, then green, then purple, then the rest of blue, then yellow.
December 8, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Connections
Puzzle #910
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Managed the reverse rainbow for once. Part of blue first, then green, then purple, then the rest of blue, then yellow.
Puzzle #910
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Managed the reverse rainbow for once. Part of blue first, then green, then purple, then the rest of blue, then yellow.
Connections Puzzle #909
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Whereas I got blue first. Then yellow, green, purple. Once again misguessed the yellow-green so no reverse rainbow.
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Whereas I got blue first. Then yellow, green, purple. Once again misguessed the yellow-green so no reverse rainbow.
December 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Connections Puzzle #909
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Whereas I got blue first. Then yellow, green, purple. Once again misguessed the yellow-green so no reverse rainbow.
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Whereas I got blue first. Then yellow, green, purple. Once again misguessed the yellow-green so no reverse rainbow.
Archive December 5, 2025
Connections Puzzle #908
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Blue-yellow-green-purple, did solve purple. Once again misguessed between yellow and green, sigh.
Connections Puzzle #908
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Blue-yellow-green-purple, did solve purple. Once again misguessed between yellow and green, sigh.
December 7, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Archive December 5, 2025
Connections Puzzle #908
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Blue-yellow-green-purple, did solve purple. Once again misguessed between yellow and green, sigh.
Connections Puzzle #908
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Blue-yellow-green-purple, did solve purple. Once again misguessed between yellow and green, sigh.
Connections Puzzle #907
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Trap, green, blue, yellow, purple. Didn't do a good job of guessing which would be purple and which blue; nor which green and which yellow.
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Trap, green, blue, yellow, purple. Didn't do a good job of guessing which would be purple and which blue; nor which green and which yellow.
December 5, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Connections Puzzle #907
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Trap, green, blue, yellow, purple. Didn't do a good job of guessing which would be purple and which blue; nor which green and which yellow.
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Trap, green, blue, yellow, purple. Didn't do a good job of guessing which would be purple and which blue; nor which green and which yellow.
Connections Puzzle #905
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Trap, green, yellow, blue, purple. Did solve purple.
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Trap, green, yellow, blue, purple. Did solve purple.
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Connections Puzzle #905
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Trap, green, yellow, blue, purple. Did solve purple.
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Trap, green, yellow, blue, purple. Did solve purple.
North: Utqiagvik, Alaska (then called Barrow)
South: Zihuatanejo, Mexico
Utqiagvik is also the farthest west I've been.
South: Zihuatanejo, Mexico
Utqiagvik is also the farthest west I've been.
December 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
North: Utqiagvik, Alaska (then called Barrow)
South: Zihuatanejo, Mexico
Utqiagvik is also the farthest west I've been.
South: Zihuatanejo, Mexico
Utqiagvik is also the farthest west I've been.
Connections Puzzle #903
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Solve order trap-blue-green-yellow-purple. Did solve purple. (Katie wrinkled her nose at it. "Why are you solving this?")
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Solve order trap-blue-green-yellow-purple. Did solve purple. (Katie wrinkled her nose at it. "Why are you solving this?")
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Connections Puzzle #903
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Solve order trap-blue-green-yellow-purple. Did solve purple. (Katie wrinkled her nose at it. "Why are you solving this?")
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Solve order trap-blue-green-yellow-purple. Did solve purple. (Katie wrinkled her nose at it. "Why are you solving this?")
I am a huge fan of Jenna Moran in general and Hitherby Dragons in particular. (It's a bit of a pity that I don't really do role-playing games, as I gather that's what she's been working on for a while.)
December 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I am a huge fan of Jenna Moran in general and Hitherby Dragons in particular. (It's a bit of a pity that I don't really do role-playing games, as I gather that's what she's been working on for a while.)