1h 38m

(22:28)


That's how long it took me to solve the last of the Nurikabe sample puzzles on the Puzzle Japan website. Man, those things are great. And man am I a fanatic. I mean, no one paid me to do that. It was tough. I could have easily gone and done something else just as purposeless that wasn't so much hard work. But no, I had to sit there for an hour and thirty-eight minutes blacking in boxes and putting dots in other boxes...until I completed the whole puzzle and clicked the Check button and saw the little congratulatory psycho rabbit and raccoon.


Ahhhh. I wonder if anyone else taxes their mind so brutally for fun. I would think most people would give their brains a vacation when they had free time... maybe even force a vacation by using some brain-mangling chemical.


I need a brain-mangling chemical. Bring me cider. I won't talk to you unless you bring me cider. (I like saying that every now and then, for all you 16-bit-graphic RPG'ers.)
:-D