Bryan Berlin

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Boatman - the first 50 reportedly makes a great present or holiday read, exemplified by this image of the book opened to show the story behind the Shipping Forecast puzzle, on display on Brighton beach. Reviewing Boatman - the first 50, Alan Connor (The Guardian's crossword editor and the brains behind many of BBC2’s quiz programs) says: "This is one to savour. Boatman's puzzles are witty and ingenious. It is an extraordinary pleasure to read how his unique mind works. The first 50 is a book I never knew I needed in my life. Gift it to yourself and to the word-lovers in yours". Hugh Stephenson (Alan’s predecessor at The Guardian) says: "This is a unique book of crosswords" and Henry Morris: "a Boatman crossword is like a theme park. Each daunting line is a rollercoaster ... He scares you witless. But you can't wait to do it all over again".

Boatman - the second 50 contains another 50 puzzles from The Guardian, with five bonus puzzles previously only available online and including puzzles, solutions and the ideas and stories behind them, exemplified by this image of the book opened to show one of the stories, which is accompanied by a picture of a large cow. Reviewing Boatman - the second 50, Gyles Brandreth says: "If you want a fiendish crossword, you want the best - which means you want Boatman, because he is the best" and Brian Bilston: "Cracking crosswords - each puzzle a delightful daily workout for the brain and a welcome tonic for the soul".

It's the Seasonal Reposting Competition! Repost this over the weekend, and on Sunday one lucky person will win a signed copy of one of my books. For you or the #crossword addict in your life: 50 fiendish @theguardian.com #puzzles and all the stories behind them:
boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-bo...

Oh do you know more about what licensed means? I was trying to apply for SPL games when I was in Edinburgh this summer and could not get a reply back. With Wikiportraits it’s something that exists as a media outlet which is why I can get approved for games in US but wasn’t sure what I needed there

I did not and don’t know what this stuff is but I’m curious!

Often I’m amongst a lot of other media outlets so there’s not too much interaction time but sometimes I’ll get to chat a little and they usually find it cool/exciting to get an updated Wiki photo. David Krumholtz recently posted on social media thanking people for updating his wiki photo.

If you're in need of positive and rather wholesome news, there's a high school teacher named Bryan who took a ton of freely licensed celebrity headshots at the New York Film Festival last month for Wikipedia, and I truly can't believe how drastic the upgrade is for some articles (thread)

Thanks for the shoutout!

I had to say to myself “finish chewing your Swedish fish before you take your back pills” so I am simultaneously 6 and 66 and not 36.

Would happily grab some and could take some photos too! (I was the one who took your Wikipedia photo last year)

A woman just flyered someone at my gate at JFK. We’re in full #EdFringe mode.

Sure TED Talks but does he ever listen?

If “Fast Car” was written by a man it would have gone “you’ve got a fast car, but I’ve got a faster carrr”

Things are looking even worse for Tim after tonight.

What is Guns ‘N Rampage

It’s always fun to revisit the crossword I was working on the night before when the ambien kicked in and nothing makes sense.

Finished a show and a woman came up to me after and just went “that wasn’t for me” and now I have to change my entire performance and personality to appease this person.

Love Hurts Love Hurts is a podcast hosted by Bryan Berlin that celebrates the messiness of relationships, whether with family, friends, partners, faith, or themselves. Each episode features a new guest sharing t...

Want to be a guest on my podcast where guests come on and share a story of tough love in their life? Would love to have you!
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If you want a peak into my family’s holiday dynamics we worked on a puzzle for 2 days and I woke up and it was gone and found out my family spilled a drink on it and decided to toss the whole puzzle in the fire.

Garmin: your restful day has sped up your recovery.
Garmin really: you were so lazy today please go and do something.

This toaster is all of us.

We have such similar looking kitties!