I've never been caught up in Crosswords, Alan, but your poetic paean here is most amusing and enjoyable! But then, I'm also a terrible chess player (perhaps worse than Buster Keaton, who eschewed that form of exquisitely tortuous intellectual challenge himself!) and an absolutely abysmal golfer (my scores are lower than the recorded sub-surface dive record in the Mariannas Trench's Challenger Deep!) so despite my best efforts to be perfect, I'm a complete flop! All that said, perhaps a good, swift kick in Will's Shortz would be in order, LoL? Thanks! Aloha nui loa! -K2
Stories Worth Wiping Your A** With
Whether you're making a deposit at the stank bank, dropping a return at the squat shop, or conducting a brown business meeting, these perfectly timed tales provide the literary fragrance your privacy deserves. F
Homer's Ill Iliad & Odd Sea Odyssey (420 pages) is an adult satire/parody rewrite of the classic stories of the 10 year Trojan War and of the 10 year adventure of Odysseus trying to return home to his native Ithaca.