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Hello there blogger world. It has been way too long since my last update. To my faithful readers, if there are still any left, I apologize.

Bowling is over. Many do not realize how sad this indeed makes me. I love to compete. I need to compete. In something...anything. I really want to play some softball somewhere, but I am having trouble finding a team. This is mighty aggrviating.

This weekend I will be performing in a 24-hour play festival. Those in the B-ville, come on out and see the show. Show begins at 8.

And now for puzzles of the day:

1.) There was a contest to guess the number of beach balls in a store display. Fiona guessed 35, Gretchen guessed 28, Hope guessed 31, Ina guessed 34 and Jenny guessed 30. One was off by 2, one was off by 5, one was off by 1, one was off by 4, and one was correct.

How many beach balls were in the display?

2.) Valerie is as old as Casey was four years ago. Five years ago, Valerie was half the age Casey is now. Four years ago, Valerie was five sevenths Casey's age. Both are teenagers.

How old are Valerie and Casey now?

Okay, now here are the rules. Since others can see you guess, you only get one guess per problem, so make it good, and make sure you are right, as I will not tell you if you are right or wrong until points are given. Good luck!

Bonus points to the first to name the reference at the top...