Because one can never get enough football stuffed into one week, even Mental Floss is throwing together Super Bowl related brain games for us. It’s been a while since I’ve posted a brain game, but this one is fun, and doable. Enjoy.
Today’s Brain Game offers twelve anagrams of various football player positions; think tailback or [...]

Just because it’s a short Holiday week, doesn’t mean you can let your brain off too easy.
The nine squares inside the main red grid should be filled with the digits 1 through 9. Each digit should appear only once in the mail grid. One of these numbers (the 2) is already provided for you. Place [...]

Normally, Philly sucks. But today, Philly is awesome. Well, at least 1988 Phildalephia was awesome.
Everyone has heard the Bears’ Super Bowl Shuffle. But I have never heard of Buddy’s Watching You. Buddy being their head coach at the time, Buddy Ryan:

Reggie White? Randall Cunningham? Keith Jackson? All the greats make an appearance…
Why don’t teams make [...]

As I have mentioned numerous times before, my brother and his family are vegans/vegetarians/tree-hugging hippies — both for health and social/environmental/ethical/animal rights reasons. That’s why I think they’ll love this story:
When Nancy Dickenson and her stepdaughter found an 11-month-old calf suffering from severe frostbite on their neighbor’s property, they knew they had to do something [...]

Update – Mental Floss has a nice little relevant article: 10 of the Worst Blizzards Ever
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When Mike Tomlin, the Steelers head coach, is fired in January, maybe he can get a job as a meteorologist. He said that his team was going to ‘unleash hell’ in December — and has started that off with [...]

The last few Mental Floss puzzles I’ve put up have been the number squares. They haven’t been particularly challenging. Luckily, Mental Floss put up a logic game today. Not that it’s particularly difficult either, but at least it’s something different and will hopefully get your brain going on a Monday.
Bored, five of the male patrons [...]

Sorry Sweisen, another week, another easy math square. Send your complaints to Mental Floss. Hopefully it’ll help you get your brain out of the tryptophan-induced haze a little.
Your brain may need a post-Thanksgiving jump start, so here’s a new Brain Game Math Square to get you going for the week.
The nine squares inside the main [...]

I always thought people were idiots for choosing to live in the Upper Midwest, where it gets so cold every winter (although it’s been unseasonably warm so far this year). Then I happen see this post from Mental Floss on the coldest places in the world:
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This picture of Jim Brader shows what it’s like to [...]

The last time I posted one of these number puzzles, I got a lot of complaints as to how easy it was. Well, Mental Floss has given us a second puzzle. Like the first time, I have yet to do it, but I imagine it’s probably just as easy. My apologies in advance, G.O.A.T. (Sweisen) [...]

I’ve had a severe cold since Halloween. It’s actually only gotten worse in the last couple of days, which explains why there haven’t been as many posts. But I’m feeling a little better this morning, so I need to get my brain back in shape. I haven’t done this puzzle yet (I need to make [...]