Jan 062012
 

Adorably Vicious

Adorably Vicious


From the start, it was you against the world. You worked through each day with your bitter little attitude and I loved you all the more for it. I’m just sorry it took so long for me to let go in the end. I love you little girl. RIP Kelly. 2000 – 2012

Kelly Favorite Sleeping Place 2005

Kelly Favorite Sleeping Place 2005

Attitude of the Chosen

Attitude of the Chosen

 January 6, 2012  Posted by PMM on January 6, 2012 No Responses »
 

Thirteen quotes by famous people (both fictional and non-fictional) have been encrypted below. Decrypt the text to discover the quote and who is given credit for speaking it.

B gkjmhcwpbm iuhnuum hnk vbnwucf sf vsxu b osfe iuhnuum hnk gbhf. –Iumzbpsm Ocbmxvsm

Qkm’h iu ejpivu… wkj’cu mkh hebh tcubh. –Tkvqb Pusc

S fuup hk fpuvv heu fhumge ko bddubfupumh sm heu bsc. –Pbctbcuh Hebhgeuc

Bghsmt sf heu pkfh psmkc ko tsohf. Bohuc bvv, Fescvuw Hupdvu gkjvq qk sh neum feu nbf okjc. –Xbhebcsmu Eudijcm

Ulucw pbm tkuf heckjte b ducskq ko hesmxsmt heuw’cu bhhcbghuq hk bmkheuc tjw. –Zbxu Twvvumebbv

S gbmmkh fnbvvkn nekvu heu lsun ko Vsmgkvm bf heu Tcubh Upbmgsdbhkc. –Ibcbgx Kibpb

Okc pu, sh sf obc iuhhuc hk tcbfd heu Jmslucfu bf sh cubvvw sf hebm hk ducfsfh sm quvjfskm, eknuluc fbhsfowsmt bmq cubffjcsmt. –Gbcv Fbtbm

Wkj gbm vubq b pbm hk Gkmtcuff, ijh wkj gbm’h pbxu esp hesmx. –Psvhkm Iucvu

B pbm sf xmknm iw heu gkpdbmw eu blksqf. –Bmkmwpkjf

Bm jmzjfh vbn sf shfuvo b fdugsuf ko lskvumgu. Bccufh okc shf icubge sf pkcu fk. –Pkebmqbf Tbmqes

Qsfgkmhumh sf heu oscfh muguffshw ko dcktcuff. –Hekpbf B. Uqsfkm

Nebh’f hebh fgcubpsmt? B tkkq pbmw qcbpbhsg fshjbhskmf iutsm nshe fgcubpsmt… –Ibcibcuvvb

Neum S bddckbge b gesvq, eu smfdscuf sm pu hnk fumhspumhf; humqucmuff okc nebh eu sf, bmq cufdugh okc nebh eu pbw iugkpu. –Vkjsf Dbfhujc

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Have a quotable day! By the way, feel free to send in suggestions for future cryptogram, word search, and crossword puzzles!

If you give up (or to verify your translation or solution), check out the Ultimate Solutions Page for the answer.

 December 27, 2011  Posted by PMM on December 27, 2011 No Responses »
 

With the big controversy over SOPA, and hearing that GoDaddy (my server HOST) was supporting it; I found myself examining my three blog sites and making the decision to move them all off of GoDaddy hosting. GoDaddy has reconsidered their support of SOPA and now oppose it. Therefore, I have decided not to move. However, while looking up “how to’s” and “where to go’s” on the internet, I examined my websites and decided that I didn’t like the look and layout — especially this site, Dark Wysteria. So over the next few days to a week, visitors may be inconvenienced as I make some drastic alterations.

If you come to the site and it isn’t working, has errors, or looks radically different; don’t panic. It’s only temporary. It’s quite the endeavor to revamp the site since I am relying on themes made by others. One theme may have great style but not enough features. Another theme may have too many features but look clunky. There are a ga-zillion wordpress themes to choose from and ironically that makes it harder to find the right one.

 December 24, 2011  Posted by PMM on December 24, 2011 No Responses »
 

Oh man… double cryptogram… oh like wow… what does it all mean!

Lyric snippets from thirteen very popular songs (in their time) have been encrypted below. Decrypt the lyric snippets as the first part of this puzzle. Can you guess the title and one of the vocalists who made it popular? Try doing so before tackling the second part of the puzzle below!

“Mpjzlg sesh yjvu cm stt tcxl s otczg usz
Ksm vz s ylznl opm cm gvz’m evjx.”

“Sjl mil kmsjk vpm mvzcrim?
C gvz’m xzve cy cm’k ntvpgh vj ojcrim.”

“Ive yskm nsz szhovgh lqlj mltt il keczrk?
Ive nsz hvp mltt mil jihmiu ejcmmlz vz s osj?”

“El eljl kv ntvkl, miljl esk zv jvvu,
El otlg czkcgl lsni vmilj’k evpzgk.”

“Gcg hvp lqlj jlsg sovpm s yjvr eiv gjlsulg vy olcz’ s xczr
Szg milz olnsul vzl?”

“Hvp’g ol tcxl ilsqlz mv mvpni.
C eszzs ivtg hvp kv upni.”

“Gvz’m icgl hvpjklty cz jlrjlm
Apkm tvql hvpjklty szg hvp’jl klm.”

“Kv pzbtpr mil apxlovf
Szg gv pk stt s ysqvj.”

“Tvzlth jcqljk ytve
Mv mil kls, mv mil kls
Mv mil vblz sjuk vy mil kls.”

“Szg C’ql ollz klsjniczr yvj kvulmiczr
Msxlz vpm vy uh kvpt…”

“Kll mil elkm eczg uvql tcxl s tvqlj kv
Pbvz mil ycltgk vy osjtlh”

“Yvj gjlsuk sjl apkm tcxl eczl
Szg C su gjpzx ecmi uczl”

“Skilk mv skilk, jpkm mv gpkm
Mick ck eism olnvulk vy pk.”

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Now attempt to remember the song title and artist who wrote it or performed it. No cheating by searching on the Internet! Note: This part of the puzzle uses a DIFFERENT encryption then the puzzle above!

“Fqchhzqc” yr Gzcce

“S Xewr Imkc Crch Axq Rxz” yr Aqmeb Hsemjqm

“Lsddc Omj Osel” yr jic Fsfbseh

“Wmr Oxne (Vmeowch se jic Qmse)” yr Hmabm Dcwmesc

“S Md S Hmso” yr Ecsw Osmdxeo

“Vme’j Jmbc Dr Crch Xaa Xa Rxz” yr Aqmebsc Kmwws meo jic Axzq Hcmhxeh

“Yxqe Jish Nmr” yr Wmor Lmlm

“Mejdzhsv” yr Momd Mej

“Zevimseco Dcwxor” yr jic Qslijcxzh Yqxjicqh

“Qskcq xa Oqcmdh” yr Yswwr Txcw

“Ascwoh xa Lxwo” yr Hjsel

“S Vme Oqcmd, Vme’j S?” yr Jic Meoqcn Hshjcqh, Vmhh Cwwsxj, meo dmer xjicqh.

“Fqsdsjskc” yr Meesc Wceexp

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Have a musical day! By the way, feel free to send in suggestions for future cryptogram, word search, and crossword puzzles!

If you give up (or to verify your translation or solution), check out the Ultimate Solutions Page for the answer.

 December 10, 2011  Posted by PMM on December 10, 2011 No Responses »
 

It was a busy month for me. I have a back-log of blogs to post, but the last three weeks have just been so incredibly busy. I turned 60 just after Thanksgiving. Talk about emotional pain, catharsis, and angst! LOL And lots of upheaval with my DnD and WoD games. And then there was Skyrim… which I will get to in other posts. I have (what I feel is) a spectacular cryptogram puzzle coming up and hope to get it posted this week.

At any rate, it was also a busy month for for people searching for game-related items on the Internet. Searches included “extreme crossword puzzles, vegas roller coaster, create my cryptogram, minotaur labyrinth, best way to level up a wizard in oblivion, puzzle search, word search for computers, oblivion naked, legends word search, training naked, computer word search, paperwork puzzle game, oblivion level 50, journaling elder scrolls, werecrocodile, meeple, dark prose, begone, werecrocodile, oblivion training, fallout 3 crossword puzzle, naked game, crossword games, word find puzzles office words, ultimate castle design skyrim, werecrocodile, computer word search, nocturnal skyrim, astronomy crossword puzzle, conucpia word serach, skyrim parody, surreal minecraft, riverwood innkeeper, encrypted_search_terms, bleak falls sanctum eq2″.

Those people looking for cryptograms should be happy campers within a couple of days. The number of people searching for puzzles (specifically cryptograms) tells me I should put more effort into that. The amount of feedback I get (zero) tells me I shouldn’t bother. LOL But I’ll keep doing it just because it’s almost as much fun to make them as it is to do them (IMHO).

I notice that Oblivion still dominates the searches even though it was released in 2006 and even though Skyrim just came out. But as you can see, the Skyrim searches are starting.

I wonder who the perv was who searched for “training naked”. :D

I was surprised to see that there were no hits on Minecraft. Maybe I just haven’t posted enough on it. That will change in December.

As always, people ask why I care about search data. It’s important to anyone running a blog or information site to know what people are looking for and what might have drawn them to the site. For instance, if I find I’m getting false hits because of certain terms I use, I can stop using those terms. If I see lots of hits about a particular subject, I might provide more blogs about that subject. (Of course, that dictates me actually getting my butt in gear and POSTING. LOL)

 December 7, 2011  Posted by PMM on December 7, 2011 No Responses »
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