Some of my best in Logic Puzzles

I solved a  4x5 grid in 135 sec (just above 2 mins)





I solved a 4x5 grid in 146 sec

So close to

 I missed the record (320 seconds) by 2 secs on a 4x6 challenge grid puzzle .  My score is 322 secs a little more than 5 minutes.

This is a typical 4x6 puzzle.



Clues for Logic Puzzle:
 1. Neither the person departing from Guadalupe nor the person departing from Hardwick is Allen.
 2. The six conductors are the person arriving at Paradise, the person departing from Guadalupe, the conductor working on June 16, the person departing from Hardwick, Thomas and the conductor departing from Audubon.
3. Of the person arriving at Paradise and the person working on June 17, one will depart from Farley and the other is Mitchell.
4. Chris won't arrive at Zwingle.
5. The conductor arriving at Thornburg will leave 2 days before the person departing from Kent.
6. The person departing from Guadalupe will leave sometime before the person arriving at Thornburg.
7. Of the person working on June 15 and Oscar, one will arrive at New Hartford and the other will depart from Farley.
 8. Of Chris and the person arriving at Ripley, one will depart from Audubon and the other is scheduled to leave on June 19.
9. Neither the person departing from Guadalupe nor the person departing from Hardwick is Mitchell.

Latin Origins #1

I recently discovered that the name Cara come from the Latin adjective Carus, Cara, Carum.
Meaning: dear
Pronunciation: Carus
Other words that come from Carus are: Caress, Charity, Charitable, Cherish

Pink sand beach

When I used to watch The Backyardigans I thought that Pink sands beach was just made up by them. However, I found out that Pink Sands really exists. The pinkish color comes from small, single-celled organism refered as the Sea Strawberry.

12/11/2017

FINALLY!!! I was able to wake up at 3:45. I had to go back to bed after that, but I feel so proud of myself.

California Condors

According to this 1986 NYT article, there were only 6 California condors in the wild. A year later, this species became extinct in the wild, with these 6 all being "Rounded up". Them, along with 21 more in captivity, were raised in California and their population was significantly increased.  In 1991, Californian condors was reintroduced in the wild. As of December 2016 there are 446 condors living wild or in captivity.

7/23/2017

Today I went to house of dosas. I ordered a paper masala dosas that looked good, or at least on the cover. It took so long to get our meal ready that I was about to complain. But long later, our meal was received, and it was delicious! I also wanted ice cream, but I was full and decided not to order- today was still great!