Most Recent Posts to Miscellany

The New York Times Crosswords
Posted September 02, 2010

Welcome
Welcome to our Miscellany page, containing a potpourri of interesting odds and ends. Posted July 27, 2010

I Still Play Klondike
All my strategy improvements in the world resulted in a 2% drop on average scores. Posted June 11, 2009

Klondike Wins 49%
Notes on hitting 49% - sort of - on Klondike, and a programming math error. Posted January 24, 2009

Bjarne
With the recent arrival of what may well be my last Bjarne tobacco pipe , I decided to take a family portrait. Posted January 14, 2009

Fastest Klondike win
This Klondike win, with its new jump to 48.4% wins, was a long time in coming, but it was my fastest ever: 1.33 minutes. Posted December 16, 2008

More Klondike
Jumping an extra one percent in the all-time stats ... Posted October 27, 2008

Frog Morton and the Curious Tins
Frog Morton is a line of distinctive pipe tobaccos from McClelland Tobacco Company, of Kansas City. Among pipe tobacco aficionados, McClelland enjoys a deserved reputation as a purveyor of fine specialty or "Boutique" tobaccos, such as their Frog Morton line, or the strong and aptly-named blend "Mississippi Mud". Posted October 26, 2008

New Pipes
I've added a number of pipes to the collection this year. Mr. Bjarne of Bjarne Pipes passed away this year, so there will be no more of those excellent smokers when the existing stocks sell out. Here are three of my new additions. Posted October 11, 2008

Scratchpad Doodles
Notepad sketches of model airplane, from some years ago Posted July 04, 2008

Pipes 2008
Photos of our Nording pipes and some "poker" favorites Posted January 13, 2008

Alex's Mix No. 1 (2008)
The newest variant of Alex's Mix No. 1 Posted January 13, 2008

Klondike Wins
Hi Solitaire score to date Posted December 13, 2007

Hello world!
Welcome to Miscellany message. Posted December 09, 2007

Klondike (Solitaire)
Observations on playing Solitaire on the PC Posted July 16, 2007