{"id":243,"date":"2013-07-10T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2013\/07\/10\/the-famine-teams-district-2-masonry\/"},"modified":"2013-07-10T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T16:00:00","slug":"the-famine-teams-district-2-masonry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2013\/07\/10\/the-famine-teams-district-2-masonry\/","title":{"rendered":"The Famine Teams: District 2, Masonry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Jasper here!<\/b>  This is part two in a twelve-part series, examining the teams with which the humans will be playing in <a href=\"http:\/\/thefaminegame.com\/\">The Famine Game<\/a> this fall!<\/p>\n<p>Supposedly District Two specializes in <i>masonry<\/i>, but I&#8217;m not sure how that applies to these two teams, since neither one appears to demonstrate any skill in bricklaying or stonework.  Maybe we&#8217;ll find out later?  Or maybe they mean <i>Freemasonry<\/i>?  It&#8217;s a mystery!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Bostucky Plugh<\/b><br \/>Kentucky, New Jersey, and Massachusetts<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nIG6FrgSj8w?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/nIG6FrgSj8w\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/nIG6FrgSj8w<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s another bunch of unfamiliar humans!  That would make sense, since I haven&#8217;t been to any of those easterly states since <a href=\"http:\/\/roadtrip2008.malum-iter.com\/2008\/12\/end.html\">2008<\/a>!  Cats don&#8217;t really like traveling that much, I&#8217;ve found.  And we don&#8217;t really enjoy puzzles, either, but if we did, I&#8217;m sure I would find some of the bits in this video downright fascinating!  Or something.  Anyway, nice to meet you, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.markhalpin.com\/puzzles\/puzzles.html\"><b>Mark<\/b><\/a>, <b>Joe<\/b>, <b>Nathan<\/b>, and <b>Paul<\/b>!  Try not to die!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>The Puzzle Underground<\/b><br \/>Portland OR<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VbZDD0GzJyw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/VbZDD0GzJyw\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/VbZDD0GzJyw<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>Hey, I know these humans!  <b>Ana<\/b>, <b>Rob<\/b>, <b>Vic<\/b>, <b>Matt<\/b>, and <b>Emily<\/b> have all been to our house many times before!  <b>Kate<\/b> hasn&#8217;t visited yet, but I hear she plays a mean harp.  And I understand they&#8217;re all regulars at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.puzzledpint.com\/\">Puzzled Pint<\/a>, either as &#8220;solvers&#8221; or &#8220;constructors!&#8221;  (I just learned that terminology recently, from Greg Costikyan&#8217;s book <a href=\"http:\/\/mitpress.mit.edu\/books\/uncertainty-games\"><i>Uncertainty in Games<\/i><\/a>!)  This trip to the Capitol might be the farthest these guys have ever traveled for a weekend Game, but I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;ll be lots of fun and totally worth their while!<\/p>\n<p><i>Next week:<\/i> meet the teams from District Three!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/snout.org\/HotSheet\/Jasper.jpg\" alt=\"Jasper\" title=\"Jasper\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jasper here! This is part two in a twelve-part series, examining the teams with which the humans will be playing in The Famine Game this fall! 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