Sudoku....seriously challenging my time on DU...

[ScreamingMeemie]

I fear I am becoming addicted.

[Zuni]

1. and that is Japanese for what?

:shrug:

:hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

2. for me, it means really addictive puzzle...on a google search, it means

"number single"

It is fun...for some reason I cannot describe. :hi: Zuni! :hi:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

3. Short for "only single numbers allowed."

Seriously, that's what it says in my Sudoku book. I bought it a week or so ago, and it's addictive as hell.

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. I've been playing it since about 4:30 this morning...with short

breaks to allow for getting kids off for school. :hi:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

5. Nice.

The first time I tried it very recently, it took me two hours (!) to finish one. Now my quickest time is 20 minutes. The book I got has 150 puzzles of varying difficulty, so it should keep me entertained on the plane when I go on vacation in January. :hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. I'm playing the internet version set on medium difficulty.

Where are you going in January? I think I'm taking MrG to Vegas in January as a Christmas gift. :hi:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

7. Going to Texas to visit my parents and NYC to see some friends.

I'll also be checking out apartments in NYC in anticipation of my move there next summer. :hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. That sounds like a nice long break. I hope you have a safe trip!

:hi:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

9. Thanks!

You, too! :hi:

[tjwmason]

10. I can't do on-line ones

It has to be on paper so that I can annotate.

The newspaper here has 2 per day - one is a competition one which is "moderate" difficulty, the other gets harder during the week starting with gentle and moving to diabolical on Friday.

[ScreamingMeemie]

11. I bought a book of them, but I haven't started. I just downloaded this

and am hooked.

My favorite newspaper puzzle is the world jumble. :hi:

[peekaloo]

12. I have more problems with the easier ones.

Go figure.

But they are addictive. I'm jonesin' on Sundays because there's not one in the paper. :dunce:

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. Very addictive.

I've got a problem already. :hi:

[ET Awful]

13. Here's a great freeware program.

Not bad at all

http://www.download.com/3001-2111_4-10457857.html

[ScreamingMeemie]

19. Thanks ET.

:hi: I'll check it out! :hi:

[AllegroRondo]

14. Hi, my name is Allegro, and Im a Sudoku addict

we need a support group.

[ScreamingMeemie]

20. Yes, we do!

:hi:

[flamingyouth]

15. Ooh, I love it too!

I've always been a crossword nut (in addition to being a nut in general) but have recently discovered Sudoku!! :hi:
:hug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

21. I am a crossword person too! this reminds me of number crosswords,

and it's great. :hi: :hug: I wouldn't have you any other way.

[gollygee]

16. Oh god that happened to me too

I discovered online Sudoku. I thought, "I'm just a bit curious. I'll just try it . . ."

Uh huh.

[ScreamingMeemie]

22. Me Too! I was just checking it out....

:hi: :bounce:

[HughBeaumont]

17. I print various ones online and do them in my spare time . . .

in addition to our paper's and USA's.

Is there REHAB for this???

[ScreamingMeemie]

23. I don't know, but they need one.

:hi: