Similar result as SGBear. I had determined 4 letters in the first two guesses, but not the order in which they appeared. 3rd guess confirmed the order, but not the first letter.
I feel like I'm underperforming when I know 4 letters but need 3 more guesses to get the correct word.
I, for one, look forward to the Miami Dolphin's season - which may be historically bad after management decided to go into rebuild mode and eating 60% in dead cap space
Democrat wins Florida State special election (for only about 8 months) for the area that includes Mar a Lago (and Trump's mail in ballot). It was a 17 point swing and an indicator that midterms will be a blue wave.
I've been reading "So Anyway...", John Cleese's autobiography. Here's an excerpt from his and Chapman's time at Cambridge: "Graham, like me, carried a grudge against the nonsense we had been fed at school in the name of religion and we had huge enjoyment writing a ponderous homily in which a vicar who begins by reading out the text about Lot's wife being turned into a pillar of salt suddenly realizes what an extraordinary thing this was to happen, and then speculates about God's choice of condiment. When Graham performed it, it worked well, especially the punchline, delivered after a very long and puzzled pause - 'Hymn 42!' Graham later worked with the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams: Did our sermon inspire him when he pondered the answer to life, the universe and everything?"
WORD GAMES
My younger child ruined my nyt crossword streak by using hints
This is not horrible since it means they are doing it
Not great, Bob.
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Similar result as SGBear. I had determined 4 letters in the first two guesses, but not the order in which they appeared. 3rd guess confirmed the order, but not the first letter.
I feel like I'm underperforming when I know 4 letters but need 3 more guesses to get the correct word.
When you’ve gotten 4 letters, but there are still 3 or more possible words, that’s the trap.
PRO
I, for one, look forward to the Miami Dolphin's season - which may be historically bad after management decided to go into rebuild mode and eating 60% in dead cap space
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/dolphins-will-be-setting-182-million-on-fire-in-2026-with-record-setting-amount-of-dead-cap-space/ar-AA1Z4mpk
No Mo
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/breaking-mohamed-salah-leaving-liverpool-36917752
Brock Lesnar explains how he got that gawdaffle chest tattoo
https://x.com/2011PhilBrooks/status/2036519503270412327
Ja Done
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48300820/grizzlies-rule-ja-morant-season-due-left-elbow-injury
DBD AV CLUB
The far-more-interesting-than-expected history behind "Who Let the Dogs Out?"
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/389-whomst-among-us-let-the-dogs-out-again/
50th
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/foreigner-2026-50th-anniversary-tour/
Vivan los nostalgia tours
https://www.essence.com/entertainment/tlc-salt-n-pepa-en-vogue-its-iconic-tour/
CAL
POLITICS
Democrat wins Florida State special election (for only about 8 months) for the area that includes Mar a Lago (and Trump's mail in ballot). It was a 17 point swing and an indicator that midterms will be a blue wave.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/24/politics/florida-democrats-state-district-mar-a-lago-special-election
We recommend getting to the airport seven hours early to give you enough time to do duty free shopping
https://apnews.com/live/airport-tsa-ice-trump-03-24-2026#0000019d-2022-d552-a1bd-3b6e61750000
Bruh.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/23/nx-s1-5758069/the-trump-gold-coin-is-not-normal
Can you imagine being a PR professional and having to write press releases/EOs in the voice of the president?
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/national-agriculture-day-2026/
Good news, everybody. You can die for the Orange Fuhrer at the age of 42 in a war to distract people from him being a pedo.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2026-03-24/army-raises-enlistment-age-42-21170859.html
Darn, if only they would add another thirty years.
I've been reading "So Anyway...", John Cleese's autobiography. Here's an excerpt from his and Chapman's time at Cambridge: "Graham, like me, carried a grudge against the nonsense we had been fed at school in the name of religion and we had huge enjoyment writing a ponderous homily in which a vicar who begins by reading out the text about Lot's wife being turned into a pillar of salt suddenly realizes what an extraordinary thing this was to happen, and then speculates about God's choice of condiment. When Graham performed it, it worked well, especially the punchline, delivered after a very long and puzzled pause - 'Hymn 42!' Graham later worked with the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams: Did our sermon inspire him when he pondered the answer to life, the universe and everything?"
TOLKIEN
... according to Stephen Colbert
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/25/stephen-colbert-new-lord-of-the-rings-film
I’m one of the few people I know who never read LOTR.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Heels fire Hubert Davis
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/48300016/source-hubert-davis-fired-north-carolina-hoops-coach