{"id":2405,"date":"2023-05-13T20:08:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T20:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertmangeot.com\/?page_id=2405"},"modified":"2026-04-18T20:27:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T20:27:33","slug":"sleuthsayers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/robertmangeot.com\/?page_id=2405","title":{"rendered":"Sleuthsayers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"color2-background-color color-2-text-contrast bg-background-color tmpl-about-8 boldgrid-section dynamic-gridblock\">\n<div class=\"container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color tmpl-about-4 boldgrid-section dynamic-gridblock\">\n<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-8\">\n<div class=\"bg-box\">\n<h2 class=\"h1 color5-color\"><strong>Craft. Crime. Comedy.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"font-size: 24px;\">The Sleuthsayers collective includes a bevvy of acclaimed crime fiction writers. They blog daily on short fiction, writing tips, movie recommendations, and fascinating turns in history.&nbsp; Somehow, they let me join. Sometimes I go behind my stories, and other times it&#8217;s further afield into craft, analysis, or plain old silliness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-1 col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div class=\"bg-box-cover bg-box-flush bg-box\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bg-img alignnone wp-image-1336 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/robertmangeot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/13_0_357_499_Mystery-Weekly-0918-Problems.jpg?resize=293%2C409&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"409\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 50px;\" class=\"color4-background-color color-4-text-contrast bg-background-color tmpl-schedule-7 boldgrid-section dynamic-gridblock\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 1px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 col-lg-12\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 1px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 col-lg-12\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">May<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Operation Gold Rush<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2026\/03\/the-underappreciated-keen-eddie.html\">Coming<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Apr.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">April 11th Isn&#8217;t Boring at All<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2026\/04\/supercomputers-mongols-and-carbing-up.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Mar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Th<\/span>e Much Underappreciated<em> Keen Eddie<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2026\/03\/the-underappreciated-keen-eddie.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Feb.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">&#8220;Mack the Knife:&#8221; A Who&#8217;s Who<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2026\/02\/mack-knife-whos-who-and-how-they-got.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Jan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Studying Great Sentences: Hammett&#8217;s <em>Red Harvest<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2026\/01\/studying-great-sentences-hammetts-red.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 1px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 col-lg-12\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Dec.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Your Icelandic Yule Gauntlet Has Already Begun<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2025\/12\/your-icelandic-yule-gauntlet-has.html?sc=1765657560161#c3616562294458722613\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Nov.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">An Unsolicited Analysis of the Louvre Heist<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2025\/11\/an-unsolicited-analysis-of-louvre-heist.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Oct.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">How the Addams Family Got Their Names<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2025\/10\/how-addams-family-got-their-namesthen.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Sep.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Scarcity Lends Value: Behind &#8220;Oughta Go Different&#8221;<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2025\/09\/scarcity-lends-value.html?sc=1757784731202#c3534370371155425448\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Aug.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Irwin Allen, Pt. 2: The Master of Disaster<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2025\/08\/irwin-allens-second-act-master-of.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Jul.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Irwin Allen, Pt. 1: Give &#8216;Em the Rock and Roll<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2025\/07\/give-em-rock-and-roll-irwin-allen-part-1.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Jun.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Who Almost Got the Part<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2025\/06\/who-almost-got-part.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">May<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">The Foot Is What You Need It To Be<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2025\/05\/the-foot-is-what-you-need-it-to-be-and.html?sc=1746903392428#c2135935431607879233\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Apr.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Writing About Writing&#8230;About Talking<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2025\/04\/writing-about-writingabout-talking.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Mar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">It&#8217;s Not Just the Ides: Shakespeare&#8217;s Body Count<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2025\/03\/beware-more-than-ides-shakespeares.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Feb.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Adverbs Live On, As I Shall Explain<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2024\/02\/fun-crime-movies-i-kinda-forgot-about.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Jan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">The Holmes-Inspired Bank Heist &#8212; On Baker Street<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2025\/01\/the-holmes-inspired-bank-heist-on-baker.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 1px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 col-lg-12\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2024 AND EARLIER<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Dec. &#8217;24<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">There Is a Santa Claus, and He Pays His Damn Taxes<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2024\/12\/yes-there-is-santa-claus-and-he-pays.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Nov. &#8217;24<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">It Was Random Joe, On Your Porch, With His Teeth<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2024\/11\/it-was-random-joe-on-your-porch-with.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Oct. &#8217;24<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">A Monster Hunt (Okay, a Monster Cereal Hunt)<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2024\/10\/a-monster-hunt-okay-cereal-monster-hunt.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Sep. &#8217;24<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">But Dad, It&#8217;s Smokey<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2024\/09\/but-dad-its-smokey.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Aug. &#8217;24<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">A Title So Good I Couldn&#8217;t Use It<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/3119105822589181967\/6343598193709621111\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Jul. &#8217;24<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">How to Nashville<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2024\/07\/how-to-nashville.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Jun. &#8217;24<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">A Golden Age of the Guest Star?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2024\/06\/a-golden-age-of-guest-star.html?sc=1717864667224#c3278985303736665488\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">May &#8217;24<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Revisiting <em>The Mysterious Affair at Styles<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2024\/05\/it-turns-out-id-never-read-mysterious.html?sc=1715453042642#c2534674512169047830\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Apr. &#8217;24<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Adventures in Spelling<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2024\/04\/adventures-in-spelling-or-author-gives.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Mar. &#8217;24<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">What the Hell, Let&#8217;s Make Wine (<em>Murder, Neat<\/em>)<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2024\/03\/what-hell-lets-make-wine-on-noble-rot.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Feb. &#8217;24<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Fun Crime Comedies I&#8217;d (Almost) Forgotten About<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2024\/02\/fun-crime-movies-i-kinda-forgot-about.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Jan. &#8217;24<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">A Near-Luddite Tries Bing AI<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2024\/01\/a-near-luddite-tries-bing-ai.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Dec. &#8217;23<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Character Tests and Conference Rooms&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2023\/12\/character-tests-and-conference-rooms.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Nov. &#8217;23<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Don&#8217;t Get All Twisted<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2023\/11\/dont-get-all-twisted.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Oct. &#8217;23<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">On <em>Scooby Doo, Where Are You?<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2023\/10\/i-recapped-meddling-so-you-dont-have-to.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Sep. &#8217;23<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Good For the Soul (RIP to a Storyteller)<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2023\/09\/good-for-soul-rip-to-storyteller.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Aug. &#8217;23<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Holy Turnstiles! When <em>Batman<\/em> Went to Shea<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2023\/08\/holy-turnstiles-when-batman-took-show.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Jul. &#8217;23<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Weapons and What Comes Around<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2023\/07\/weapons-and-what-comes-around.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Jun. &#8217;23<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Train Travel and Travails: Rail Travel Misadventures<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2023\/06\/trains-of-thought-train-trip-fails-and.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">May &#8217;23<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Mother&#8217;s Day and Why I Crack Foxy<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2023\/05\/mothers-day-and-why-i-crack-foxy.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Apr. &#8217;23<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">What Is Up With That, Anyway?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2023\/04\/mangeot-draft-april-what-is-up-with.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Mar. &#8217;23<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">25 Years Later: Decoding <em>The Big Lebowski<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2023\/03\/25-years-later-decoding-big-lebowski.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Feb. &#8217;23<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">I Am Digging <em>Poker Face<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2023\/02\/i-am-digging-poker-face.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Jan. &#8217;23<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Consider The Rabbit (on New Year&#8217;s Resolutions)<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2023\/01\/consider-rabbit.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Dec. &#8217;22<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">One-fers and Zero-fers and Damned Statistics<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2022\/12\/one-fers-and-zero-fers-and-damned.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Nov. &#8217;22<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">I Confess: The New <em>Fletch<\/em> Is a Big Improvement<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2022\/11\/i-confess-new-fletch-is-big-improvement.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Oct. &#8217;22<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Haunted Hearts: <em>We Have Always Lived in the Castle<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2022\/10\/haunted-hearts-and-trapped-souls-we.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Sep. &#8217;22<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Cool Writing Sites and Why I Won&#8217;t Use Them<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2022\/09\/cool-writing-programs-i-learned-about.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Aug. &#8217;22<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">There Will Be Math (A Few Story Statistics)<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2022\/08\/there-will-be-math-or-few-story.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Jul. &#8217;22<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">The Big Mo<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2022\/07\/the-big-mo.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Jun. &#8217;22<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Don&#8217;t Pluck a Star From the Sky<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2022\/06\/dont-pluck-star-from-sky.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">May &#8217;22<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Your Word of the Day Is Panglossian<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2022\/05\/your-word-of-day-is-panglossian.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Apr. &#8217;22<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Splat (Or, How They Do It in Bu\u00f1ol)<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2022\/04\/splat-or-how-they-do-it-in-bunol.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Mar. &#8217;22<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Perfect Spy &#8216;o the Time: The <em>Macbeth<\/em>&nbsp; Mystery<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2022\/03\/perfect-spy-o-time-macbeth-murder.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Feb. &#8217;22<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">What a Decade of Writing Stories Does to You<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2022\/02\/what-decade-of-story-writing-does-to-you.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Jan. &#8217;22<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">First Up: On Opening Paragraphs<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2022\/01\/first-up-opening-paragraphs.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Dec. &#8217;21<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Shelf Inspirations<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2021\/12\/shelf-inspirations.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Nov. &#8217;21<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">The Writer As Necromancer<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2021\/11\/the-writer-as-necromancer.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Oct. &#8217;21<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">So Good She&#8217;s Scary: <em>The Haunting of Hill House<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2021\/10\/so-good-shes-scary.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Sep. &#8217;21<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">9\/11, Twenty Years Later<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2021\/09\/remembering-911-twenty-years-later.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Aug. &#8217;21<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">I&#8217;ve Watched The Long Goodbye 3 Times Now<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2021\/08\/ive-watched-long-goodbye-3-times-now.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Jul. &#8217;21<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Have a Neat Summer<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2021\/07\/have-neat-summer.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Jun. &#8217;21<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Walk It Off<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2021\/06\/walk-it-off.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">May &#8217;21<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Devil at the Crossroads Has Got on Wet Socks<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2022\/05\/your-word-of-day-is-panglossian.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Apr. &#8217;21<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Nashville and The 19th Amendment<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2021\/04\/how-it-happened-in-tennessee-19th.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Mar. &#8217;21<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Don&#8217;t Make Me Turn This Car Around<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2021\/03\/dont-make-me-turn-this-car-around.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Feb. &#8217;21<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">How It&#8217;s Done These Days<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2022\/02\/what-decade-of-story-writing-does-to-you.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Jan. &#8217;21<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Nashville Strong<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2021\/01\/nashville-strong.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Dec. &#8217;20<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Inspiration Isn&#8217;t Everywhere<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2020\/12\/inspiration-isnt-everywhere.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Nov. &#8217;20<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">It&#8217;s Not Funny to Them<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-3 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2021\/06\/guest-space.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color3-background-color color-3-text-contrast bg-background-color\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color col-lg-2\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Oct. &#8217;20<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-9 col-xs-12 col-lg-7\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px;\">Kyle in Payables Has Been Binge-Watching, and Now You Need to Care About Zettabytes<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 20px 0;\"><a class=\"btn-color-1 btn btn-small-caps btn-regular\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleuthsayers.org\/2021\/05\/guest-slot.html\">Read It<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 50px;\" class=\"color4-background-color color-4-text-contrast bg-background-color tmpl-schedule-7 boldgrid-section dynamic-gridblock\">\n<div class=\"container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Looking for my occasional blogs on this site? 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