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Early life and education

Will Shortz was born and raised on an Arabian horse farm in Crawfordsville, Indiana.[1] From an early age he was drawn to wordplay, and at 13 wrote to Language on Vacation author Dmitri Borgmann for advice on how to pursue a career in puzzles.[2] He graduated from Indiana University in 1974,[3] and is the only person known to hold a college degree in enigmatology,[4] the study of puzzles. Shortz achieved this by designing his own curriculum through Indiana University's Individualized Major Program.[5] He also earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia School of Law (1977), but forewent the bar exam and began a career in puzzles instead.[6]

Career

Shortz began his career at Penny Press Magazines,[6] then moved to Games magazine for 15 years, serving as its editor from 1989–1993. He has been the crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times since 1993 (the fourth in the paper's history, following Eugene Thomas Maleska), and has been the puzzle master on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday since the program was started in 1987.
 
aww - don't feel ba-a-a-a-d, we love (to pick on) ya Chris - you MickyD's reject you

were you born in a ******* barn or what?
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Ackkk! We are being invaded by midgets demanding candy!
As long as they are little folks.
The ones around here are taller then me.
No costumes. And then you get can i have extra for brothers and sisters at home.
 
As long as they are little folks.
The ones around here are taller then me.
No costumes. And then you get can i have extra for brothers and sisters at home.
Yeah, I've lived in places like that before. Here is all just little ones.

So far, I've been able to repel them coming up the yard with the pressure washer on the low setting. The bigger ones tending them may require the full 3200 psi setting...

:lol:
 
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