Sometimes life (or a diabolical puzzle editor) throws you a curve you know is coming, and it still beans you in the brainpan. Bee alert!  read

My virtual contribution to the October CD Mix of the Month Club was That's Me in the Spotlight!: An Assertion of Enigmatic Origin. What do these songs have in common?  read

My virtual contribution to the June CD Mix of the Month Club was Buy Time, Don't Lose It: A Conundrum in Popular Song. What do these songs have in common?  read

I want to offer sadly belated congratulations to friend and former CD Mix of the Month Club compatriot Francis Heaney, who made his Sunday crossword puzzle debut in the New York Times this past, er, Sunday. Way to go, Francis!...  read

My contribution to the December CD Mix of the Month Club, meeting this evening for a holiday bowling party, will be 2006 Holiday Planner, with Wind in Sails: A Musical Riddle generously thrown in as a holiday bonus. [Ed. note...  read