DearDiary Logo
Public DiariesHomeLogin

D'vorahDavida
Yetzirah

What The Heck Is Sudoku?
Mon Jun 19 2006

Not long ago a friend of mine told me about these puzzles she was learning how to do. All innocently I asked her what they were. "Sudoku" she said. How odd I thought. What the heck is that? So she whipped out the one she was working on that was in her purse. That should have clued me in right there, this was no casual pastime. But I continued down the garden path, all unaware. She explained the rudiments to me, and I had to admit, even I, a normally numericphobe person, might be able to do this puzzle.

Where did it come from? Here's a short article about it. Origins.

And here, in case you want to get hooked is a nice link where you can print out easy or harder, or crazy hard Sudokus with answer sheets (do print the answer sheets, I warn you). Puzzles to Print

I cannot describe the evil glee that I experience when I manage to complete one without peeking at the answer sheet. (Which is about one out of five, but I'm improving) It is truely a Snidely Whiplash moment.

In all honesy, I must admit, I am still working on the EASY level puzzles. I don't even think about the harder ones yet.

But still, there is something about them.......


[album 65561 GoofyHen2.JPG]

"Is there a POINT
to these puzzles?
Will there be a
FOOD reward?
Chicken feed?
Egg money?
Something?
Anyone?
Anyone?"


9 Comments
  • From:
    Deepbluesea (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Jun 19 2006
    Sudoku....addiction...must finish...must solve...
  • From:
    Pragmatist (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Jun 19 2006
    The Bee publishes this puzzle every day. I've given up. Word puzzles are a snap. Sudoku forget about it!

    Shalom
  • From:
    Welshamethyst (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Jun 19 2006
    Give the Hen some corn or something, she's getting a little cranky
  • From:
    Mamallama (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Jun 20 2006
    Oh boy. I'm not sure about this, but I did save the site. Just in case...
  • From:
    InStitches (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Jun 20 2006
    Just what I need....another addiction. Now let's see if I put a 3 there and a 4 over there.......... *walks away scratching head*
  • From:
    ImNotLisa (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Jun 20 2006
    Don't hate me.

    http://www.websudoku.com/

    You don't even have to print these out.

    ;o)
  • From:
    Bookworm (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Jun 20 2006
    Yes, my daughter loves these, but seems to have a much better success rate. She works through a book a week at the moment and has now gotten hubby hooked on them, too. ;-)
  • From:
    DyingToBeThin (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Jun 20 2006
    i love sudoku! my mum's crazy about it as well. mind you, i suck at them. still fun though!

    V
  • From:
    Razzenne (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Jun 28 2006
    Little Red Zen says the reward is the puzzle itself