Sunday, March 1, 2009

Extra Word Sudoku (Karmic Qudoku!) Puzzle for Sunday, 3/1/2009

Extra Word Sudoku (Karmic Qudoku!) Puzzle for Sunday, 3/1/2009

Today’s extra Qudoku puzzle set comes from my further reading a little book with big content: “instant karma: 8,879 ways to give yourself and others good fortune right now” by Dr. Barbara Ann Kipfer. I first used one of Dr. Kipfer’s karmic sayings in a puzzle exactly one month ago, on 2/1/2009, and stated then that I might do it monthly. Well, here it is, a month later, and I’ve been listening to the audiobook of Thomas Friedman’s “Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—And How It Can Renew America.” Friedman is a Pulitzer-Prize winning author and journalist who contributes op-ed pieces to The New York Times. He will make a speech in my home town of Portland, Oregon Monday 3/9. When you’re skimming through “instant karma” and you’re listening to “Hot, Flat and Crowded,” certain karmic sayings tend to stand out!

Note the ‘gimme’ in the puzzles: One letter is numbered both 3 and 13 in the quote grid. If you figure out that letter in one Word Sudoku puzzle, it will help you with the other puzzle also using that letter. And a quick examination of the anagrams should tell you what letter that is!

RANDOM
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle

SKETCH
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle

MY GULF
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled letters contains the letters in the anagram exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cell in the quote grid to spell out the quote

Solutions in the morning. Please check out Dr. Kipfer’s Web site, www.thingstobehappyabout.com/; her “instant karma” book from Workman Publishing is available from Amazon at www.amazon.com/Instant-Karma-Barbara-Ann-Kipfer/dp/0761128042.

Thomas Friedman’s book “Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—And How It Can Renew America” from publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux is described online at Friedman’s Website www.thomaslfriedman.com/bookshelf/hot-flat-and-crowded and is available from Amazon at www.amazon.com/Hot-Flat-Crowded-Revolution-America/dp/0374166854.

Thanks,
--Dave

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