One of the things I got for Christmas this year was a book of (for me) solvable New York Times crossword puzzles and a mechanical pencil. I have been doing crosswords on my iPad for a while now, but there’s something satisfying about actually writing the answers on paper using a really nice pencil. I don’t have the temptation for hints, and I get to use an eraser sometimes too. Ok, yes, I’m a dork.
