We partnered with
PuzzlersParadise.com to bring you
puzzles you can play right on the site. Our interactive Drop Quotes
let you jump right into solving the puzzle without the delay and
hassle in needing to print them out first.
Each month we'll post a new interactive drop quote puzzle to our
respective sites. To add to the challenge, we're not going to post the
answers until the following month. Happy Puzzling!
The formal definition for the literary form of
satire is the use of irony, sarcasm, or ridicule to expose or denounce
human folly and vice. Philip Roth, an American novelist, provides his
definition of satire in this month's puzzle.
At some point in our lives, we've all had
aspirations - a great longing or ambition to do something more or to
attain a greater treasure. Zora Neale Hurston, an American folklorist,
reflects on the aspirations of her mother and her mother's attempts to
get her children to aspire to something more as well.
The term "dream" can refer to both what you do
during the REM (Rapid Eye Movement) period of your sleep as well as
your vision or hope of the future (the most famous example probably
being Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech). In this month's
puzzle, Stanislaw J. Lec makes a humorous observation regarding the
dreams of sleep. Mr. Lec was a Polish poet and aphorist, considered
among the greatest writers of post-World War 2 Poland.
Dreaming is something we all have in common -
whether we dream in stories or images, black and white or color,
everyone dreams while they sleep. Some speculate it's a way for our
subconscious minds to work out problems. Others say that our dreams
have no meaning at all and are simply random images and such from our
sleeping minds. Whether they have meaning or not, William Dement, a
pioneering US sleep researcher, makes an amusing observation about our
dreams with this month's puzzle.
Jeff Valdez, a multi-talented comic writer and
producer, answers an age old question in this month's puzzle. Mr.
Valdez even provides an example to support his conclusion. So, the age
old question - which are smarter, dogs or cats?
We've seen what actors and actresses do when
they're on the screen and many say that to act is to live "in the
moment". But how do they choose which moments, or what roles, they
wish to play? Val Kilmer, a talented American actor, discusses what
motivates him to select the movie roles that he plays.
During our lifetimes, we make many decisions and
all, no matter how large or small, ultimately affect the path of our
life. You could say that our road of life has many forks and there can
be endless speculation about the fork, or path, not taken. The
American humorist, Will Rogers, makes a philosophical observation
about the path taken in this month's puzzle.
What makes you happy? What do you consider a
successful life? What lifetime accomplishments can make you feel
fulfilled? We have no attribution for this month's puzzle, but it's a
wonderfully succinct way of feeling accomplishment during your
lifetime.
This month, our puzzle doesn't spring from the
lips of a famous or influential person but from a 10-year-old girl
with no home. Children see the world through a clearer lens than do
most adults. So, let us share a child's perception of home.
Everyone's heard the old adage, "The only dumb
question is the question not asked." This month's puzzle takes a
slightly different look at this same question - is there shame in not
knowing? An old Russian proverb provides us with the answer.
