Day 14: Pencils are overrated

Jan 16 2011 . . . I've read somewhere that exercising your mind with puzzles, word games and such may hold off Alzheimer's. I think I read that somewhere and didn't just make it up. I don't remember, really.

Here's the Sunday crossword out of the local paper. Not too difficult and sometimes has a fun play on words for the theme. You may have noted a pen laying there all ready to do its thing. That's right, I always do the crossword in pen.

We've been cautioned over time to avoid the use of absolutes in speech. Few things in life are truly "never" or "always."  But I can say with confidence that I always do the crossword in pen, because I never can find a sharpened pencil in this flippin' house.