Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community  

Go Back   Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community > Chatter > General Discussion


 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 02-02-2006, 05:11 PM   #1 (permalink)
Deja Moo
 
Elphaba's Avatar
 
Location: Olympic Peninsula, WA
Brain Teasers

We were advised that hubby would have some "chemo-brain" effects, and we were given some good ideas for minimizing the problems. One of the recommendations was the use of brain teasers to encourage brain stimulation.

Our local paper is now publishing a daily Sadoku puzzle, and Mr. Elph has jumped on those. He also does the cross-word puzzle and plays forecell. He enjoys reading, but he has been having difficulty in concentrating on the written word. I plan on bringing out the backgammon, cribbage, and chess boards over time.

I would welcome any other suggestions y'all might recommend that provide a spectrum of challenges to the thought processes. I don't wish to give the impression that he is currently a drooling neandrethal. He is quite intelligent under ordinary circumstances, which makes this "fuzzy" brain thing all the more noticeable.

Many thanks in advance,
Pen
Elphaba is offline  
Old 02-02-2006, 05:21 PM   #2 (permalink)
Junkie
 
I watched a lot of Jeopardy and did crosswords.

I'd recommend this sudoku site.
__________________
"Fuck these chains
No goddamn slave
I will be different"
~ Machine Head
spectre is offline  
Old 02-02-2006, 06:41 PM   #3 (permalink)
Crazy
 
He could spend some time trying to fathom the female mind...

That'll keep him busy.

Sorry Pen. I've had a bad week...
Slippery Slope is offline  
Old 02-02-2006, 08:38 PM   #4 (permalink)
Deja Moo
 
Elphaba's Avatar
 
Location: Olympic Peninsula, WA
He gave that challenge up shortly after he met me.


Edit: Thanks, Spectre. Jeopardy might help get the verbal responses working better again. Would it be too forward of me to ask you for a pm or post about how you have managed to get through the effects of chemo?

Last edited by Elphaba; 02-02-2006 at 08:43 PM..
Elphaba is offline  
Old 02-02-2006, 08:53 PM   #5 (permalink)
peekaboo
 
ngdawg's Avatar
 
Location: on the back, bitch
The cryptoquips in the paper are excellent for deductive reasoning exercises. Certain 'tricks' such as two letter words mostly starting with I or A, double letters in the center of a word are usually 'oo' or 'ee' help figure them out somewhat. Maybe if he needs focus practice, those find-a-words? I went through those like mad when I was stuck in bed for 3 months.
__________________
Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.
ngdawg is offline  
Old 02-02-2006, 08:53 PM   #6 (permalink)
is a tiger
 
Siege's Avatar
 
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mindtrap has quite a number of good brain teasers.

I have a set of them myself. But after a while, you'll get the hang of the game and the way the answers will work. So it's only good for a short while.
__________________
"Your name's Geek? Do you know the origin of the term? A geek is someone who bites the heads off chickens at a circus. I would never let you suck my dick with a name like Geek"

--Kevin Smith

This part just makes my posts easier to find
Siege is offline  
Old 02-02-2006, 09:05 PM   #7 (permalink)
Deja Moo
 
Elphaba's Avatar
 
Location: Olympic Peninsula, WA
Siege, is "Mindtrap" a website or set of books. I'm hoping a short time is all that is needed.
Elphaba is offline  
Old 02-02-2006, 09:53 PM   #8 (permalink)
Insane
 
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Look in the magazine aisle at your local grocery store. There are plenty of puzzle magazines, from simple to difficult. Crosswords, word searches, logic, etc.
__________________
~Alex~

You've come far, and though you're far from the end, you don't mind where you are, 'cause you know where you've been.
rhaevyn is offline  
Old 02-02-2006, 10:14 PM   #9 (permalink)
is a tiger
 
Siege's Avatar
 
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Quote:
Originally Posted by Elphaba
Siege, is "Mindtrap" a website or set of books. I'm hoping a short time is all that is needed.
My set, is a game. It's kind of like snakes and ladders... Just that there's no snakes and no ladders. And to advance, you have to answer a brain teaser correctly.

I believe there are other forms. They make murder mystery games and other things. I believe they even have some form of brain teasing puzzle (like, a 500 or so piece puzzle that has some form of brain teaser or something).

I can type up a few sample questions if you're interested.
__________________
"Your name's Geek? Do you know the origin of the term? A geek is someone who bites the heads off chickens at a circus. I would never let you suck my dick with a name like Geek"

--Kevin Smith

This part just makes my posts easier to find
Siege is offline  
Old 02-03-2006, 09:53 AM   #10 (permalink)
hoarding all the big girl panties since 2005
 
Sage's Avatar
 
Location: North side
My Father in Law is still on chemo- he's been on it for three years. Apparently the fuzziness is just a side effect- sometimes it goes away, sometimes not. It depends on the chemo.

What you're doing right now- puzzles, brain games, that sort of thing, is an excellent way to help the anti-fuzziness. Keep in mind it might take a while, even a really long while to fully go away or be under control.
__________________
Sage knows our mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's
She answers hard acrostics, has a pretty taste for paradox
She quotes in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus
In conics she can floor peculiarities parabolous
-C'hi
Sage is offline  
Old 02-03-2006, 05:13 PM   #11 (permalink)
Deja Moo
 
Elphaba's Avatar
 
Location: Olympic Peninsula, WA
I want to thank everybody for contributing their good ideas. I get "fuzzies" all over when I see hubby regain some of his former confidence.
Elphaba is offline  
Old 02-03-2006, 06:06 PM   #12 (permalink)
Junkie
 
Location: Chicago
I might be stating the obvious here, but I'll chime in, anyway.

There are a series of magazine by publishers Dell that are pencil puzzles. They have large volumes out that have logic problems, crossword puzzles, sudoku puzzles, annagrams, and all kinds of things like that. I spent many hours with them. They're pretty fun, also.

Personally, for keeping my mind sharp, I prefer logic problems.

Hope this helps.
__________________
"I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am" - Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses
JumpinJesus is offline  
Old 02-03-2006, 06:47 PM   #13 (permalink)
Deja Moo
 
Elphaba's Avatar
 
Location: Olympic Peninsula, WA
Everything helps, JJ.
Elphaba is offline  
 

Tags
brain, teasers

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 10:15 PM.

Tilted Forum Project

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2
© 2002-2012 Tilted Forum Project

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360