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| Sinister indeed |
Did you know that pigeons are more responsive to intermittent reinforcement than consistent reinforcement? That must be why I keep doing these sinister sudoku puzzles, even though I've only correctly solved about one in five. I feel certain that the book contains the word "sinister" in the title because the editors have placed random numbers in the boxes of the other 80%, such that it is impossible to solve them correctly. It is part of their plot to convince puzzle-doers that they are becoming senile.
Ten years ago, a puzzle-doer could easily solve expert-level sudoku puzzles. If, occasionally, she could not solve a puzzle, she could at least reach a stopping point without making any errors, and could correctly complete the puzzle by cheating. Ten years ago, a puzzle-doer almost never made mistakes such that she would have to bail on the puzzle altogether. And certainly not 80% of the time.
Clearly, it is the book's fault, not mine. Therefore, the book must go.
Also gave away some cheap paperbacks, a serious French-English dictionary and a serious German-English dictionary. Kept a pocket French and pocket Spanish phrasebook, a Lonely Planet guide to Brazil, and some teenage girl books that aren't mine to give away. We may yet visit Rio de Janeiro, or Congo, or Machu Pichu before I become too addle-brained to appreciate them.
Are you left-handed? Maybe this is a sudoku book for southpaws. Or a heraldic thing? Larry loves sudoku but I stick to crosswords. Anyway, keep up the good work of depletion!
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