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Treasure Hunts


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

(It is assumed that treasure hunts won't be overt about the region, but there's no rule against this.)

I would find it cute to have a treasure hunt explicitly for city x, with a lesser prize such as a little gold coin. "Maybe don't book a flight on Air Canada to pick this up". Vancouver for example, or a smaller city. This would also work for local sponsorship.
 
 

What do you think of this as a prize? Twenty $50 bills, a $1,500 little gold coin, a $500 Canadian Tire gift card (provided by the company) and a $500 Skip the Dishes gift card. Different experiences. $3,500.

I'm tempted to make a red triangle $500 Canadian Tire gift card as a prize, for a small city.
 
 
 

Information about the hunts would be in the introduction, so the chapters with the puzzles would be clean.
 
 

We're going to have to think about treasure out there and snow on the ground.
 
 

It would be great to have this book available before Christmas (no, not this Christmas).


 
 

Muttering to myself:
I would like to see treasure hunts with poems, ciphers and such, cryptic art, nonfiction/autobiograhpy/story, word search, a map? and other puzzles that don't fit in these categories. This variety between hunts is a key reason why I like Thesaurus Canada. But I think in practise there will be a set of
poems.
 
 

The Golden Apple Tale: 40th Anniversary Tribute

read sample
 
 
 

Maybe there should be a time limit for the proxy prizes.
 
 

I will officially change the British Columbia region to Mountains, including part of Alberta. It will make geographical requirements a bit easier, if there is no B.C. designer. It will corrupt this
 
 

Evaluating a treasure hunt in French is going to be something.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Games


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 

A new card game from Oink Games about chairs. Cute look. Under four minutes.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Trivia


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Question 1: Which musical act made the album "Brain Salad Surgery"?
 
 
 
 

Question 2: Which other act had "brain salad surgery" in their lyrics?
 
 
 
 

Question 3: What does "brain salad surgery" mean?


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Language and Culture


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Is twerking bad?


 
 

There is controversy and discussion involving Carnival cruise lines. Don't quote me on the details. The budget cruise has brought in a lower class of people, and had encouraged a party environment. Cruisers made trouble - fighting for example - and did controversial things. It's black people doing this. But it's more complicated than that. One can find black voices complaining about the behaviour. Carnival stopped rap music, or at least is experimenting with doing so, banned non-electric fans (seems to be a dance thing), bluetooth speakers and loud music. They're cracking down on fighting, marijuana, and I think they're doing something with drinking. I don't think they banned twerking, not formally anyway. The geography of activities on the ship is an issue.

Anyway, discuss it in the comments.
 
 
 
 
 
 

fans and boots

YouTube short


 
 
 
 
 
 

I was going to get some sort of link to a Detour in The Amazing Race Season 12 Episode 4, but I didn't. In Burkina Faso there is a ritual where ladies have feathers around their butts, head down, and literally shake their tail feathers, emulating a bird. I'm not yet sure what is going on with that ritual.

But while we're at it let's take a little look at Burkina Faso.
 
 

Let's start with a map


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Military


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ukrainian special operations forces

Video. He has an article for this at medium.com.
 
 

The long-feared special forces unit that 'wiped out' a Russian battalion

The Telegraph article
 
 

Military Land

bunch of insignia
 
 


 
 
 
 

Roman scouts and special operations forces

short

What does it sound like when you unsheath a sword from its scabbard?


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Things You Know


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hamas could release the hostages they took.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Other


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Halloween spider
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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