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Today's Cryptogram: V GL ALP QDDX LZXVCDG PL ZDXVDBD PNKP PND TKYD CLG ENL NKT DAGLEDG JT EVPN TDATD, HDKTLA, KAG VAPDXXDMP NKT VAPDAGDG JT PL QLHCL PNDVH JTD. CKXVXDL Sometimes the longer the quote the easier it is. Take note that the same letters appear in some of the 2 and 3 letter words, as well as in the 3 and 5 letter words. Also the commas should provide you with a word. Solution to our last puzzle is in the first reply below. You can find this little fun word game, to combat early dementia and senility in...

Today's Cryptogram: PNWVYDO KWVV GOCOD TCODJNRO SO WP SE QOJODSWGNJWTG JT UYZZOOQ WU UJDTGF OGTYFM. TF SNGQWGT Our last puzzle: GREAT MINDS HAVE PURPOSES; OTHERS HAVE WISHES. WASHINGTON IRVING

Today's Cryptogram: This is a bit tricky so, I’m giving you a hint at the end of the post. Don’t scroll down if you don’t wish to see it. XEWFD HKCTL MFPW QNEQVLWL; VDMWEL MFPW BKLMWL. BFLMKCXDVC KEPKCX Our last puzzle: LIFE IS TEN PERCENT WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU AND NINETY PERCENT HOW YOU REACT TO IT. CHARLES R. SWINDOLL Not as easy as you’d think, although there are plenty of “E”s here. A two letter second word in a sentence is frequently going to be “IS” and when that second letter of the first word is an ”I” then...

Today's Cryptogram: No hints. FKYV KE RVJ ZVXDVJR SAWR AWZZVJE RM QMG WJH JKJVRQ ZVXDVJR AMS QMG XVWDR RM KR. DAWXFVE X. ESKJHMFF Our last puzzle: THERE ARE TWO GREAT DAYS IN A PERSON'S LIFE—THE DAY WE ARE BORN AND THE DAY WE DISCOVER WHY. WILLIAM BARCLAY Many of you found this one the easiest thus far. Probably because it started out with a word, that was easily deciphered, “THERE” giving you the top 2 most frequently used letters in the written language, “T” and “E” (12 of them), and then you’re off to the races.

The video games sector now accounts for more than half of the UK's entire entertainment market, according to a new report. The industry is worth £3.86bn ($4.85bn) - more than double its value in 2007 - said the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). That makes it more lucrative than video and music combined. The success is largely down to three games: Fifa 19, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.

I recently found a very nice cookbook of traditional and historic Maryland recipes, 'Maryland’s Way' by Mrs. Lewis R Andrews and Mrs. J Reaney Kelly, and published by the Hammond-Harwood House Association. It’s a very good overview of Maryland cookery spiced with history, and is available on Amazon. In 1851, a Hungarian revolutionary named Louis Kossuth visited Baltimore in an effort to raise support for his cause of Hungarian independence from Austria. He was hailed as a hero and freedom fighter in Baltimore, and treated to great hospitality; and though in the end he only raised $25.00 for his cause, a...

Today's Cryptogram: No hints. XNFSF USF XGQ PSFUX ZUCM JY U EFSMQY'M VJKF—XNF ZUC GF USF DQSY UYZ XNF ZUC GF ZJMTQRFS GNC. GJVVJUH DUSTVUC Our last puzzle: YOUR TALENT IS GOD'S GIFT TO YOU. WHAT YOU DO WITH IT IS YOUR GIFT BACK TO GOD. LEO BUSCAGLIA Many of you got this fairly fast after picking up on the “YOU” and “YOUR.” Was tough for others, since only 2 “Es.” After seeing the “TO” before the “YOU” it gave you the letter “T.” In the end, many of you told me it was a quote worth solving!

Let's go paragliding... maybe Watch this first *smiles*

Today's Cryptogram: No hints. SGPQ EXTICE BL OGF'L OBDE EG SGP. KMXE SGP FG KBEM BE BL SGPQ OBDE AXHU EG OGF. TIG APLHXOTBX Our last puzzle: NOTHING IN LIFE IS MORE EXHILARATING AS TO BE SHOT AT WITHOUT RESULT. WINSTON CHURCHILL

More than three years after its release, Windows 10 has passed Windows 7 in market share. That means more desktop computers are now running Microsoft’s latest and greatest operating system than any other OS, according to Net Applications. The milestone is a nice way for Microsoft to end 2018, even though the company surely was hoping it wouldn’t take this long for Windows 10 to overtake Windows 7.Windows 10 adoption started out very strong, but slowed quickly as the months progressed. Microsoft was aiming for 1 billion devices running Windows 10 in two to three years but backpedaled on that...

A Frenchman has set off to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a barrel-shaped orange capsule, using ocean currents alone to propel him. Jean-Jacques Savin, 71, left El Hierro in Spain's Canary Islands and hopes to reach the Caribbean in as little as three months. His reinforced capsule contains a sleeping bunk, kitchen and storage. He will drop markers along the way to help oceanographers study Atlantic currents. Updates on the journey are being posted on a Facebook page and the latest message said the barrel was "behaving well". In a telephone interview with AFP news agency, he said: "The weather...

Today's Cryptogram: No hints. FGOUSFM SF NSRT SL EGYT TDUSNXYXOSFM XL OG PT LUGO XO VSOUGWO YTLWNO. VSFLOGF QUWYQUSNN Our last puzzle: YOU'LL NEVER ACHIEVE REAL SUCCESS UNLESS YOU LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. DALE CARNEGIE

The message is still on the office answering machine from about a decade ago, and we’ve been careful to keep it saved ever since. “This is a lot more than a publication; this is beautiful!” the man on the machine espoused. The voice was utterly unmistakable, and it was validation on a spiritual level; like getting an audio high five from the Buddha himself. Warren Miller had blessed us.~snip~

Today's Cryptogram: No hints. WPA'EE BDODU QJLNDOD UDQE TAJJDTT ABEDTT WPA ENXD RLQZ WPA'UD IPNBS. IQED JQUBDSND Our last puzzle: AS I GROW OLDER, I PAY LESS ATTENTION TO WHAT MEN SAY. I JUST WATCH WHAT THEY DO. ANDREW CARNEGIE

North Aurora, Illinois, carlectors Rick and Patti Coleman are the proud owners of this Mountain Green Metallic Mist Nickey Vintage Continuation Series Super Camaro. It is the second in what hopefully will be a long line of vintage Camaro supercars built by Nickey Performance, Inc., and the first Nickey Vintage Continuation Series Super Camaro to be sold stateside. You may ask, where is Nickey Vintage Continuation Series Super Camaro number one? “That was our prototype, and it was sold to a collector in Canada,” explains Nickey Performance CEO Stefano Bimbi. “This, our second 1967 Camaro RS/SS, was dubbed ‘Margarita’ by...

Dayglored note: The article is very image intensive. Definitely check it out -- I'm not going to try to re-post all the graphics in this excerpt. Give into the power of the dark side with the dark theme in Windows 10. If you’ve seen the Dark Mode that Apple recently introduced with its macOS 10.14 Mojave operating system update, and wished that Windows 10 could look the same, well, it can! Microsoft has quietly slipped the feature into not only the latest version of Windows 10 but also its Edge browser and Microsoft Office applications. We show you how to...

Some systems may get version 1809 automatically Forced Windows 10 updates aren’t entirely a new concept, and most users found out this is really a thing back in the days when this operating system was available as a free upgrade for Windows 7 and 8.1 devices.But while Microsoft promised never to embrace forced updates again in the future, a recent company release makes some believe there’s a chance it could happen one more time with Windows 10 version 1809, also known as the October 2018 Update.Microsoft rolled out a silent update to KB4023814 on December 24, and by the looks...

Microsoft starts accepting beta testers for the new Edge Microsoft is currently working on building a new browser after its EdgeHTML experiment failed, so now the company is transitioning to Chromium for an approach that just can’t go wrong.The software giant has started receiving beta testers for the new browser, as it’s now likely finalizing the preview build due in early 2019.What’s important to know is that registering today doesn’t provide you with a download link, but only adds your name to the list of beta testers that will receive the preview build of the new Microsoft Edge when it...

Today's Cryptogram IJ H RYLD LCWOY, H AIK COJJ IMMOZMHLZ ML DBIM VOZ JIK. H UFJM DIMEB DBIM MBOK WL. IZWYOD EIYZORHO Our last puzzle: LIVING AN EXPERIENCE, A PARTICULAR FATE, IS ACCEPTING IT FULLY. ALBERT CAMUS

Today's Cryptogram: It’s short and a little tough. Hint V=A It’s a quotation by a famous French philosopher and writer. NKTKJM VJ IWQIPKIJGI, V QVPRKGLNVP DVRI, KF VGGIQRKJM KR DLNNB. VNSIPR GVZLF Our last puzzle: IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN. GEORGE ELIOT You can find this little fun word game, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications, unfortunately they are copyrighted so we can't use them here. So, we're just going to make up our own. The way it works is a letter stands for another...