Tag: Johnny Boy Marketing
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Sucky-Neck Disease — May 9, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Sludge🎶Nike👟MRI Report🤕 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Four. And yum. Wordle 1,055 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: Five. I want to meet the Purple Guy. ConnectionsPuzzle #333🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟩🟩🟩🟩🟪🟪🟪🟪 The song in my head when I woke up: “Sludge Factory,”…
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Creative Lull — May 8, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Rainbow 🎶Data Issue📊Lull😔 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Four. Appropriate word for my last day in-office working with the Catholics. Wordle 1,054 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: PERFECTO ConnectionsPuzzle #332🟦🟦🟦🟦🟪🟪🟪🟪🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨 The song in my head when I woke…
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MRI Moments — May 7, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Sooner or Later 🎶Siren🚨Thinking🧠 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Four. That came together quickly. Wordle 1,053 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: Seven. It’s so funny when the brain just figures something out. ConnectionsPuzzle #331🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨🟦🟦🟪🟪🟦🟦🟦🟪🟦🟦🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟦🟦🟦🟦 The song in my…
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CoachLife — May 6, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Breath🎶Graduations🎓Coaching Week⚾ THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: FAIL, and it’s the worst fail in the history of Wordle. Ugh. Wordle 1,052 X/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: Five. ConnectionsPuzzle #330🟦🟨🟩🟦🟩🟩🟩🟩🟦🟦🟦🟦🟨🟨🟨🟨🟪🟪🟪🟪 The song in my head when I woke up:…
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Slow Wings — May 4, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Panic!🎶RPCs🥘Popeye’s Fail🐔 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Three. Boom. Wordle 1,050 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: Five, and shoulda been four. ConnectionsPuzzle #328🟨🟨🟨🟨🟪🟦🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟩🟩🟩🟩🟦🟦🟦🟦 The song in my head when I woke up: “Nine in the Afternoon,” by Panic!…
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BTE & BTY— May 3, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Torn🎶Accessibility in Design🧠Growing Up😞 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Five, which sucks, but to go from so little to nailing it so quickly is cool. Wordle 1,049 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: Five, and I call bullshit on…
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Pending MRI — May 2, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Dock 🎶Intellectual Property🧠Neck😞 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Four. And now I want pizza. Wordle 1,048 4/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: PERFECTO! Oh, to be the purple guy. ConnectionsPuzzle #326🟨🟨🟨🟨🟦🟦🟦🟦🟩🟩🟩🟩🟪🟪🟪🟪 The song in my head when I woke…
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Home Repair — May 1, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Three Doors🎶Synthetic Bio🧬Sawzall🪚 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Five. Blech. Wordle 1,047 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: Seven. And this is with lots of guessing ConnectionsPuzzle #325🟨🟪🟨🟨🟩🟩🟨🟩🟦🟦🟦🟦🟨🟪🟪🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟪🟪🟪🟪🟨🟨🟨🟨 The song in my head when I woke up: “Here Without…
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First Phone — April 30, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Angels Again🎶News Nuggies!📰Loaded Gun🔫 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Four. That went from nuthin’ to sumthin’ real fast. Wordle 1,046 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: PERFECTO! That’s two in a row ConnectionsPuzzle #324🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟦🟦🟦🟦🟪🟪🟪🟪 The song in my head…
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Ice Cream Toast — April 29, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Angels🎶Funding Restaurants🥘To Paw-Paw🍦 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Six. That took too long. Wordle 1,045 6/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: PERFECTO! And I rarely get this in this order. ConnectionsPuzzle #323🟪🟪🟪🟪🟨🟨🟨🟨🟦🟦🟦🟦🟩🟩🟩🟩 The song in my head when I…
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Peace — April 28, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Gambler🎶Planet Zero🌎Guiding Value✌️ THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Five. Wordle 1,044 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: PERFECTO! ConnectionsPuzzle #322🟦🟦🟦🟦🟪🟪🟪🟪🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩 The song in my head when I woke up: “The Gambler,” Kenny Rogers. This is Wifey Poo’s fault. Favorite…
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Wedding Emotions — April 27, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Peace🎶Kenny🤠Movie and Music🎥 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Five. It took awhile to get there! Wordle 1,043 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: Five. ShouldaCoulda been four ConnectionsPuzzle #321🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟩🟩🟩🟩🟪🟪🟪🟪 The song in my head when I woke up: For…
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Hired — April 26, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Blues🎶Free Agent🧠Getting The Job🤝 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Four. That changed from nuthin’ to sumthin’ very quickly. Wordle 1,042 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: Five. Ok, Purple Guy … that was a stretch ConnectionsPuzzle #320🟨🟦🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟦🟦🟦🟦🟩🟩🟩🟩🟪🟪🟪🟪 The song…
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Sleep Punches — April 25, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Blink🎶Deck Time🚬Bedtime Mike Tyson🥊 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Five. And I’m just gettin’ started. Wordle 1,041 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: PERFECTO! ConnectionsPuzzle #319🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟦🟦🟦🟦🟪🟪🟪🟪 The song in my head when I woke up: “What’s My Age Again,”…
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Baseball Tightrope — April 24, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Boston🎶Bike Safety🚲Lineup Builder⚾ THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Four. I’ll take it. Wordle 1,040 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: FAIL. Well that was embarrassing. ConnectionsPuzzle #318🟦🟩🟩🟩🟪🟨🟩🟨🟦🟦🟩🟦🟦🟦🟦🟩 The song in my head when I woke up: “Peace of Mind,”…
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Tay-Tay Attempt — April 23, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩BBx3🎶Robot Awareness🤖Not a Swiftie♭ THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Six. Barely. I was all over the place on this one. Wordle 1,039 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: PERFECTO. My ultimate job goal? Be the guy who comes up…
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Toss Bosses — April 22, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Breath🎶Robot Surgery🦾Cornhole💰 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Four. After yesterday’s double-fail, I was really … focused … on this one. Wordle 1,038 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: PERFECTO. Seriously, I got this in less than 30 seconds, which…
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Yard Work — April 21, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩What Lies Beneath🎶Coral Tells A Story🪸Kidless Future👩❤️💋👨 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: FAIL. I’m definitely not this. Wordle 1,037 X/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: FAIL. Seriously. WTF? First time I’ve ever had a double-fail. ConnectionsPuzzle #315🟨🟨🟨🟨🟪🟦🟩🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟪🟩🟪🟪🟪🟪🟩🟪🟩🟩🟪🟩 The song…
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High-Speed Life — April 20, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Zombies🎶COVID Story😷Fast Times📆 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: THREE. That’s two treys in a row, y’all. Wordle 1,036 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: Six. Not good. But there were some weird ones today. ConnectionsPuzzle #314🟦🟨🟪🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟪🟦🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟦🟦🟦🟦 The song in…
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AI Prayers — April 19, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Daylight🎶Climate Story🌞Daily Prayers🙏 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: THREE. A good rebound from yesterday’s FAIL. Wordle 1,035 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: PERFECTO, and an easy one, though I have a strong moral baseball objection to one of…
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Missing — April 18, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Bob 🎶Ethical AI 🖥️Safe 👐 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: FAIL. I hate this game. Wordle 1,034 X/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: PERFECTO. ConnectionsPuzzle #312🟨🟨🟨🟨🟦🟦🟦🟦🟩🟩🟩🟩🟪🟪🟪🟪 The song in my head when I woke up: Hey hey, Bob Marley!…
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Nanny State Farm — April 17, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Adele Again 🎶Planet Zero ☢️Car Narc 🚗 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Five. Honestly, my effort in this was only about 10 percent. Wordle 1,033 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩🟨🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: Five. Shoulda been a perfecto by Connections lies.…
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Stoicism in Baseball — April 16, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Gotten🎶Nuggies📰Life > Baseball⚾ THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Five. I am disappointed in myself and will hang my head in shame for the rest of the day. Wordle 1,032 5/6 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: Five. The three-day streak…
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Bridal Shower — April 15, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Like You🎶Taxes 🧾Celebration 🥳 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Five. Took awhile to get going. Wordle 1,031 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: PERFECTION. Three days in a row. ConnectionsPuzzle #309🟨🟨🟨🟨🟪🟪🟪🟪🟦🟦🟦🟦🟩🟩🟩🟩 The song in my head when I woke…
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Walks — April 14, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Vindicated 🎶Jesus Burns 🔥Base on Balls ⚾ THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Four. This went from nothin’ to somethin’ real fast. Wordle 1,030 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: PERFECTION. Does two days in a row count as a…
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DoorDash Etiquette — April 13, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Johnny 🎶Game Day💔Tip Tips 🗡️ THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: FAIL. An absolute embarrassment to get three letters nailed out the gate and fail so hard. I resign as your Wordle God. Wordle 1,029 X/6 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s…
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O.J. — April 12, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩The Dark 🎶Heart Hurt 💔The Juice 🗡️ THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Four. Splendid Wordle 1,028 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: PERFECTION. Bow down to your Connections God ConnectionsPuzzle #306🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨🟦🟦🟦🟦🟪🟪🟪🟪 The song in my head when I woke…
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Nothin’ — April 11, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Joy Returns🎶Black ⚫Silence 🤐 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Six. Boo. Wordle 1,027 6/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Five. Better than yesterday… ConnectionsPuzzle #305🟩🟩🟩🟩🟪🟨🟪🟨🟦🟦🟦🟦🟨🟨🟨🟨🟪🟪🟪🟪 The song in my head when I woke up: Welcome back to my morning brain, the…
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Bills, Bills, Bills — April 10, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Wicked 🎶Calm 😌Expensive Expenses💸 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Four. Good for a chillier rainy day like today. Wordle 1,026 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Seven. I should have gotten the purples much sooner! ConnectionsPuzzle #304🟦🟪🟦🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨🟦🟪🟦🟦🟦🟦🟩🟦🟩🟩🟩🟩🟦🟦🟦🟦🟪🟪🟪🟪 The song in my…
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Saying Goodbye — April 9, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Blurry 🎶Tyrant Be Gone 👋Anniversary 😔 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Big-ol’ FAIL. Wordle 1,025 X/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Five. Meh ConnectionsPuzzle #303🟨🟨🟨🟨🟪🟪🟪🟪🟩🟩🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟩🟩🟩🟩 The song in my head when I woke up: “Blurry,” by Puddle of Mudd Favorite line…
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Eclipse — April 8, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Rock-n-Crow 🎶Baseball Stuff ⚾The Universe 🌑 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Six. Slow start, but I got there. Wordle 1,024 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: FAIL. Not quite sure why this one proved to be so hard for me. ConnectionsPuzzle…
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Play Ball — April 5, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Still Only Us 🎶Still Healing 🩹Tourney Nerves 😰 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: THREE. I’m on a Wordle roll. Wordle 1,021 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Seven. Phew. Took a bit to get rollin’. ConnectionsPuzzle #299🟩🟨🟪🟨🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟪🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟦🟦🟦🟦🟪🟪🟪🟪 The song in my…
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More Than Words — April 4, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Only Us 🎶Healing 🩹Smile Moments 😊 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: TWO! How I went from nothing to getting the word is surely a sign I am your Wordle God. Bow down to me and worship, for I am a kind…
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Cooped Up — April 2, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Run-Around 🎶Hard-Knock Life 🪨Irritating 🐛 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Four again. Wordle 1,018 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Perfecto! And probably the fastest I’ve ever done one of these. ConnectionsPuzzle #296🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟪🟪🟪🟪🟦🟦🟦🟦 The song in my head when I woke…
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Goodbye March — April 1, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Freaking Daughtry Again 🎶Newspapers 📰Triple Play of Suck 💸 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Four … Slow start, quick finish. Wordle 1,017 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Five. Not a fan of the picture thang. ConnectionsPuzzle #295🟪🟨🟨🟪🟩🟩🟩🟩🟪🟪🟪🟪🟨🟨🟨🟨🟦🟦🟦🟦 The song in…
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Shark Jumpin’ — March 31, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Complicated🎶Lots of Songs ♮Corruption ⛪ THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Fiver Wordle 1,016 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Five. The blues???? ConnectionsPuzzle #294🟩🟩🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨🟪🟪🟪🟪🟦🟦🟦🟦 The song in my head when I woke up: “Complicated,” by Avril Lavigne Favorite line from the…
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Suit Fitting — March 30, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Obviously Not Over🎶Hermit 👴Confused Parenting 👨👦 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: THREE. Use it, yo. Wordle 1,015 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Six. It wasn’t good, but getting the purples first makes me happy. ConnectionsPuzzle #293🟪🟦🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩🟦🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟦🟦🟦🟦 The song in my…
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Mud— March 29, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Awhile 🎶Tijuana ✍🏻Slip-n-Slide 💩 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Five. The best answer in all the land. Wordle 1,014 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: FAIL. I hate Purple Guy ConnectionsPuzzle #292🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨🟪🟦🟪🟪🟦🟪🟦🟪🟦🟪🟦🟪🟦🟪🟪🟪 The song in my head when I woke up:…
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Itchy — March 28, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Not Over 🎶Electrifying Book💡Dr. John 👨⚕️ THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: THREE. BOOM! Wordle 1,013 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: PERFECT. Gotta admit, I guessed on the blues, which gave me the purples, which make no sense, which make sense…
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Don’t Google — March 27, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Broken 🎶Onboarding 👨💼Bad Search 🔍 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Five. That really hurt. Wordle 1,012 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: FAIL. And I call bullshit on this one. ConnectionsPuzzle #290🟦🟪🟦🟦🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨🟦🟪🟦🟦🟦🟪🟦🟦🟪🟪🟦🟦 The song in my head when I woke up:…
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The Meaning of Metal — March 26, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Page Turner 🎶Ruling Reason 🧠How Metallica Saved Me 🎸 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: FAIL! Wordle 1,011 X/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Two days in a row of getting the purples first. Me and The Purple Guy are mind-melding ConnectionsPuzzle…
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People — March 25, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Outside, Again 🎶Eternal Sunshine 🌞DoorDash Dumbness 🤓 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Five. They are running out of words Wordle 1,010 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Perfecto! ConnectionsPuzzle #288🟪🟪🟪🟪🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟦🟦🟦🟦 The song in my head when I woke up: “Outside,” by…
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Stud — March 24, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Outside 🎶Heartbreak Songs 😔Family Renovation Project 🔨 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Six. Slow and steady, I guess. Wordle 1,009 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Perfecto! ConnectionsPuzzle #287🟦🟦🟦🟦🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨🟪🟪🟪🟪 The song in my head when I woke up: “Outside,” by Staind…
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Three Dreams — March 23, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Hurt 🎶Sad Songs 😔Boats, Moving & Missing Cars 🚢 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Five. When you get four of the letters in your first guess and it still takes you until five to get it right? Boo. Wordle 1,008 5/6…
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Father Tom — March 22, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Cutie 🎶Bad Poetry 🖋️Marriage ⚭ THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Four Wordle 1,007 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: FAIL! I call bullshit on “breaking.” ConnectionsPuzzle #285🟨🟨🟦🟨🟪🟩🟦🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨🟪🟦🟦🟦🟪🟪🟪🟦 The song in my head when I woke up: The return of Death Cab…
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Bad Breakup — March 21, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Need You 🎶Greenland🥶Message to Zuck 💔 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Six. I thought I had this one … made … earlier Wordle 1,006 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: PERFECTO! ConnectionsPuzzle #284🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟦🟦🟦🟦🟪🟪🟪🟪 The song in my head when I woke…
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Dinner — March 20, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Disturbed🎶Biotech 🧪Wonderful Wifey Poo 👩❤️💋👨 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Six. plllllttttt Wordle 1,005 6/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Five. Those purples… ConnectionsPuzzle #283🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟪🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟦🟦🟦🟦🟪🟪🟪🟪 The song in my head when I woke up: “Sound of Silence,” by Disturbed. At least,…
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Being Done — March 19, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Crows 🎶Rosy The Robot 🤖Heaven 🌤️ THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Five. Boo. Wordle 1,004 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: FAIL. I’m pretty sure I’m not awake yet. My Lord. ConnectionsPuzzle #282🟨🟦🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟪🟨🟨🟨🟪🟪🟨🟨🟪🟨🟨🟨 The song in my head when I woke…
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Queso Call — March 18, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Deer Dance 🎶Angry Earth 🌎DoorDashing Dumbness 🧀 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: THREE! Wordle 1,003 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Five. It’s been a long time since I’ve been perfect on this. ConnectionsPuzzle #281🟩🟩🟩🟩🟪🟪🟪🟪🟦🟨🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟨🟨🟨🟨 The song in my head when…
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Cubing — March 17, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Cars 🎶Cubing 🧊Fight Club Truth 🍺 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Four. This one made me laugh … hard. Wordle 1,002 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: FAIL… sometimes I really suck at this game. ConnectionsPuzzle #280🟨🟨🟨🟦🟨🟪🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟪🟦🟦🟦🟪🟪🟦🟪 The song in my…
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Cheers — March 16, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Nirvana Again 🎶Cubing 🧊Norm 🍺 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Four. Not bad. Certainly won’t … kill me. Wordle 1,001 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: FIVE … shoulda been four ConnectionsPuzzle #279🟨🟨🟨🟨🟦🟦🟦🟦🟩🟩🟪🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟪🟪🟪🟪 The song in my head when I woke…
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Oh Hail No. — March 15, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Nirvana🎶Wheelchair🦼Storm🌩️ THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Five. Happy Wordle 1000 Wordle 1,000 🎉 5/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: FAIL … Well THAT didn’t go well ConnectionsPuzzle #278🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟦🟩🟩🟩🟩🟪🟩🟩🟩🟪🟩🟩🟩🟦🟪 The song in my head when I woke up: “Something In The Way,”…
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Wedding Invitation — March 14, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Waving 🎶InstaEnglish📱May 5, 2002 📅 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: TWO! Bow down to your Wordle God! Wordle 999 2/6 ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Five… Shoulda been four but I’m stoopid. ConnectionsPuzzle #277🟩🟩🟩🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨🟪🟪🟪🟪🟦🟦🟦🟦 The song in my head when I…
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Serial Killer — March 13, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Joy 🎶Jeremy 🎸Dr. Toles 🗡️ THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: FIVE. That went from nowhere to done pretty fast. Wordle 998 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Four… Perfecto! ConnectionsPuzzle #276🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟦🟦🟦🟦🟪🟪🟪🟪 The song in my head when I woke up: “Look…
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That Person — March 12, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Aerials 🎶Not-So-Special Humans 🧔Waiting Room Thought 💭 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Six. Phew! Wordle 997 6/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Seven … That was tough. ConnectionsPuzzle #275🟨🟨🟨🟨🟪🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟦🟪🟦🟪🟪🟦🟪🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟪🟪🟪🟪 The song in my head when I woke up: “Aerials,” by System…
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Aunt Ne — March 11, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Death Cab 🎶Husband Love👩❤️👨Black Sheep 🐑 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: TWO!!!!!! Wordle 996 2/6 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Five … ConnectionsPuzzle #274🟦🟪🟦🟦🟩🟩🟩🟩🟪🟪🟪🟪🟨🟨🟨🟨🟦🟦🟦🟦 The song in my head when I woke up: “I Will Follow You into the Dark,” by…
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Alive, Not Living — March 10, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Life Goes On 🎶Husband Love👩❤️👨Safe Places🫂 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: FIVE … barely got a handle on this one. Wordle 995 5/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: SIX. ConnectionsPuzzle #273🟦🟩🟩🟦🟩🟩🟩🟩🟦🟪🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟪🟪🟪🟪🟨🟨🟨🟨 The song in my head when I woke up: “Life…
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Hell Week — March 9, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Not Over 🎶Stupid Friends 👥Big Jim’s Autorama 🛻 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: FOUR, and that makes me happy. Wordle 994 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: SIX. ConnectionsPuzzle #272🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟦🟦🟦🟦🟩🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟪🟪🟪🟪🟩🟩🟩🟩 The song in my head when I woke up: We’re back…
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Josh — March 8, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩With You 🎶Lit 🚬Text 📱 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: FIVE — better late than never. Wordle 993 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: PERFECTO! Totally guessed on the placement of Dart. ConnectionsPuzzle #271🟦🟦🟦🟦🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨🟪🟪🟪🟪 The song in my head when I…
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Seriously Irritated Vulva — March 7, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩With You 🎶Alaska Is Weird ⛄Dog Problem 🐶 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: Once again, THREE! Wordle 992 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Getting the purples first was a new thing. Six is pretty meh. ConnectionsPuzzle #270🟪🟪🟪🟪🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨🟦🟨🟨🟨🟦🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟦🟦🟦🟦 The song in…
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RIP Thor — March 6, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩RRR 🎶Google Yourself 🖥️Dead Car🚗 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: THREE! Wordle 991 3/6 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: SEVEN (boo) ConnectionsPuzzle #269🟪🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟪🟦🟪🟪🟪🟦🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟦🟦🟦🟦 The song in my head when I woke up: “Roots, Rock, Reggae,” by Bob Marley Favorite…
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So Long, Socials — March 5, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Rainbow 🎶Cybersecurity 🖥️Changes🛑 THE DAILY UPDATE Three Things I’m Grateful For Today: Pursuit of Wordle Godhood: Today’s result: FAILURE Wordle 990 X/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pursuit of Connections Godhood: Today’s result: FAILURE ConnectionsPuzzle #268🟩🟩🟩🟩🟪🟦🟨🟦🟨🟪🟨🟨🟪🟨🟨🟨🟨🟪🟨🟨 The song in my head when I woke up: “Rainbow,” Kacey Musgraves Favorite line from the song in my…
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Improv Grad — March 4, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Redemption🎶Long COVID😷Play Time 🎤 THE DAILY UPDATE The song in my head when I woke up: “Redemption Song,” by Bob Marley Favorite line from the song in my head when I woke up: Won’t you help me sing/These songs of freedom/’Cause all I ever had/Redemption songs Morning Tunes: No commute today,…
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I.T. Guy — March 3, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Jamie 🎶Bumpa Stickas🚗Dad 🖥️ THE DAILY UPDATE The song in my head when I woke up: “Jamie All Over” by Mayday Parade Favorite line from the song in my head when I woke up: Hey, please don’t tell me/That I’m dreaming/When all I ever wanted was to/Dream another sunset with you…
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Go. Away. Now. — March 2, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Outside 🎶Zeno 🪜Mole Parents 💩 THE DAILY UPDATE The song in my head when I woke up: “Outside,” by Staind Favorite line from the song in my head when I woke up: All the times that I’ve cried/All this wasted, it’s all inside/And I feel all this pain/Stuffed it down, it’s…
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Sopranos Truth — March 1, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩The Maine 🎶Walgreens 💊Therapy 💩 THE DAILY UPDATE The song in my head when I woke up: “Everything I Ask For,” The Maine Favorite line from the song in my head when I woke up: Oh she makes me feel like shit/It’s always something/But I can’t get over it/She thinks it’s…
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Leap Day — Feb. 29, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Sober 🎶Tijuana 👩🏽⚕️Humbled By Time 📅 THE DAILY UPDATE The song in my head when I woke up: “When You’re Sober,” by Evanescence Favorite line from the song in my head when I woke up: You want me, come find me/Make up your mind Commute Tunes: A kinda angsty musical selection…
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The Big Hook — Feb. 28, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Joy 🎶Water Sounds💧Glove Love ⚾ THE DAILY UPDATE The song in my head when I woke up: “Don’t Let Me Down,” by Joy Williams Favorite line from the song in my head when I woke up: Crashing, hit a wall/Right now I need a miracle/Hurry up now, I need a miracle/Stranded,…
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Writers vs. Editors — Feb. 27, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Angels Song 🎶Dan 💪Editors ✏️ THE DAILY UPDATE The song in my head when I woke up: “Anthem of the Angels,” Breaking Benjamin Favorite line from the song in my head when I woke up: Days go on forever/But I have not left your side/We can chase the dark together/If you…
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Buh-Bye, Netflix — Feb. 26, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩My Friends > You 🎶Fish Farts 🐟💨No More Netflix 📺 THE DAILY UPDATE The song in my head when I woke up: “My Friends Over You,” by New Found Glory Favorite line from the song in my head when I woke up: You were everything I wanted/But I just can’t finish…
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Suit Shopping — Feb. 25, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩It’s Not Over 🎶True Strength 🤐Suit 🧑💼 THE DAILY UPDATE The song in my head when I woke up: “It’s Not Over,” by Daughtry Favorite line from the song in my head when I woke up: This love is killing me, but you’re the only one/It’s not over Shower Sounds: No…
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Anne Lamott — Feb. 24, 2024
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Ashes of Eden 🎶Optimus Prime 🚚Storytime 📖 THE DAILY UPDATE The song in my head when I woke up: “Ashes of Eden,” Breaking Benjamin Favorite line from the song in my head when I woke up: Are you with me after all/Why can’t I hear you/Are you with me through it…
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Finishing — March 14, 2023
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Books and Stories 📚SVB Lessons 🏦Basketball Party 🏀 Holy crap, you guys! I actually finished something I wrote! In fact, I finished two somethings I wrote! As my regular readers (hey you three!) know, I’ve been stunk in a funk of starting to write books and short stories with gusto and…
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What Type of Bosses Do Employees Leave?
If you accept the truism that people don’t leave jobs, they leave bosses, the next question is obvious: “What do bosses do that cause their people to leave?” The answers to that are as varied as the types of horrible bosses, but it’s possible to roll those individual reasons into just a few bigger buckets.…
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Democracy and Newspapers
The three most influential people in my life as a journalist are, sadly, all part of the Great Newsroom in the Sky now. Professors Michael Perkins and Bob Woodward (AKA Bob Woodward-Not-That-Bob-Woodward) helped educate me at Drake University, and Lisa Warren was the best editor of the Dayton Daily News’ Southwest Ohio papers who ever…
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Freezing Fans — Dec. 26, 2022
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Chiefs! 🏈Indy Tickets 🏎️Bank Visit 💰 When I bought the tickets to the Christmas Eve contest between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Seattle Seahawks as a gift for Boys The Elder & Younger, it was sometime in September and temps hovered around 90 degrees. The thought that the game might…
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Aunt Pauline — Dec. 9, 2022
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Familial Reflections 👪Career Rebuild 🛠️Andrea 📱 It’s hard to think of my Aunt Pauline as old, hard to imagine how it is that she’s just about to leave her 80s and, thus, it’s hard to understand how she could be in such poor health right now. Aunt Pauline is Father Dearest’s…
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Redefining Family — Dec. 6, 2022
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Who’s Family? 👪Music Speaks 🎵Wedding Websites 👨❤️👨 I was raised as an East Coast Italian, despite being a mixed bag of ethnicities born in Denver, Colorado. That meant that there was this huge importance placed on family that’s not necessarily shared with the same ferocity by others. Yet as I grew…
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Why Your White-Collar Job Is In Jeopardy
Far be it from me — a guy who struggled to get through high school algebra — to suggest performance on standardized math tests is the barometer by which we should measure a nation’s educational system. Yet it is true that those who do well in math and science move into more white-collar jobs than…
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A Big Reason Your Workers Are Cranky About RTO
Here’s a workplace truth: Management often has no clue what the rank-and-file are thinking. This is often because employees suck at communicating directly, though their fear of doing so is often justified because of, shall we say, overzealous HR departments. Too often, however, it’s because managers are so used to being managers that they’re not…
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Springfields Aplenty — Sept. 15, 2022
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Which One?🗺️Leave Introverts Alone🤫Oxford Commas🤪 I’m on the road for work this week, in Springfield. Ahhh, but Springfield what? There currently are 35 populated places in the United States named Springfield, spread out over 25 states, including five in Wisconsin. In addition, there are 35 Springfield Townships, and Ohio owns 11…
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The Biggest Hiring Mistake Managers Make
I received a phone call from the CEO of the company for which I served as marketing director at about 6:30 p.m. on Valentine’s Day. I was waiting in the parking lot of a nice restaurant for my wife to arrive. “John, our recent hires have been horrible. Why?” he asked. This was the same…
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How Data Is Ruining Baseball (And How It Can Fix It, Too)
Smart businesses allow data to guide their marketing. The ability to do this is relatively new and likely not to last too much longer. A firehose stream of information is available on a company’s marketing campaign performance, its customers and its potential customers. That stream is so strong that there’s a movement afoot to create…
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Your Car is Selling You Out
On the dashboard of my car is a tiny square, just a little bit bigger than a postage stamp, that is worse than my sister ever was. If I drive too fast, it tattles. If I brake too hard, it tattles. If I accelerate too quickly — though I struggle to think how this would…
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Cyclical Forces — July 29, 2022
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Change 🌀Me, Different 😷Bad Baseball ⚾ I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Most everything in humanity is governed by two intertwined forces. Supply and demand. Scarcity. Whether its the economy or human emotions, everything about us is geared toward responding to these two things. For example, when there…
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Hypocrisy — July 28, 2022
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Double Standards 🦅Birthday Deals 🎁Video Guy 📹 The United States has a problem with hypocrisy. Don’t worry, though; it’s nothing new. It just happens to be glaringly apparent right now. Our revered Founding Fathers got things off on a really bad foot when they penned the lofty statement that all men…
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Birthday Eve — July 27, 2022
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Revolution 🌍Rain 🌧️Refund 💰 By this time tomorrow, I will have completed 48 trips around the sun. Or is it 47 and I’ll be starting my 48th? Whatever. I’ll be 48 years old tomorrow. I have to admit, I’m feeling kinda blah about it. Looking back, this past revolution was busy…
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Top 5 ‘Thank-Yous’ To The Bad Bosses Out There
Bad bosses shouldn’t be. Of course, I’ve never met anyone who self-identifies as a bad boss, yet we all know they’re out there, and yes, indeed, without a shadow of a doubt, they do suck. I’ve had more than my fair share of bad bosses over the course of my career, from the one who…
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Big-Drop Thoughts — July 25, 2022
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Rollercoasters 🎢Sad Puppy 🐶News Roundup 🤖 It’s possible to think a lot of thoughts while plummeting 90 feet at a 90-degree angle while staring up at the sun. This I learned yesterday while at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missourah, with the Core Four, Div, Wifey Poo’s baby sister and baby…
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Meet Johnny Boy’s Newest Client
There’s some humor to be found in the newest client on the Johnny Boy Marketing roster. Envision Benefits Group is an employee benefits, payroll and HR consulting company based in Buffalo, NY. Started just before the pandemic, it has not only survived by is thriving under owner and president Kristin Devereaux. Now to the humor:…
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A Secret Look Inside a Nuthin’ Story
One of my clients is a former newspaper colleague who now runs his own marketing firm and who has more work than he knows what to do with. Truth be told, whereas once I was a mentor to him when he was a young journalist, he’s now a mentor to me as I seek to…
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Future Wife — July 16, 2022
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Jewel💎First Kiss💋Slow Ahead🐢 Wifey Poo and I are headed out into the sweltering hell that is Missourah this evening to see the woman who, should she knock on my door and say “let’s go,” I am fully empowered to join in the next part of life’s journey. I jest. Sort of.…
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Population Growth — July 15, 2022
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Parenthood 🚓Alexa 📋Quick-Hitters 👋 Just about every statistic imaginable tells us we shouldn’t have kids — at least, not if we’re concerned about our own happiness, mental health, marriage, career, finances, time or ability to buy a really boss car instead of a freaking minivan. Yet here we are, still a…
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Four Steps to Market Your Way Through a Recession (Plus a Bonus Tip!)
THE FOUR STEPSNo Axes 🪓Strengthen 💪Attack 🥷🏿Don’t Stop ⏳ BONUS: 🥶🧊❄️ The go-to inevitabilities in American society tend to be death and taxes — and with good reason. After all, death is coming for all of us at some point, and income taxes were supposed to be a temporary fix to help fund the Union…
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Top 5 Cringeworthy Marketing Mistakes
The Top 55. Solving Racism with Kendall 🏴4. Coke is a Feeling 🥤3. Fish > Death 🐟2. Arab Spring Ignorance 👳1. White Power PSP 🎮 As most people do, I made my first on-the-job mistake in my very first job. I was a blueprint copier for an architect who ate a pile of onions on…
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It’s a (Dysfunctional) Family Matter
Top 3 questions to ask yourself before going into business with relatives. My wife, Carla, is an amazing woman. She is exceedingly brilliant, the owner of a whole lot more A’s in school growing up than her future husband had. We’ve known each other for nearly three decades now, the past 25 as spouses. And…
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The Inside Story of Johnny Boy Marketing
Big things happen in odd places and at the strangest times. I met my future wife in the basement of a dingy college residence hall. The biggest boost to my career came when I had to cancel an interview with someone who could have been President of the United States. And I realized I could…
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Stupid Chicken — June 10, 2022
🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩Kentucky Fried Idiot 🍗Johnny Boy Marketing✏️Airplanes!🛦🛦🛦🛦🛦 There’s a scene in the 1979 film Rocky II in which the titular character (sorry, I’ve always wanted to write that …) is tasked by his trainer Mickey with chasing a chicken. Rocky was pummeled into oblivion — though somehow managed to eek out a…