Games and Secret Rooms

Welcome to my Foyer

I'm glad our house is a little house,
Not too tall nor too wide;
I'm glad the hovering butterflies
Feel free to come inside.

Our little house is a friendly house;
It is not shy or vain
It gossips with the talking trees,
And makes friends with the rain.

And quick leaves cast a shimmer of green
Against our whited walls,
And in the phlox, the courteous bees
Are paying duty calls.

- Cristopher Morley -

You do not have to enter my home on the web through the Foyer. But if you did you are very likely a methodical and well organized person.

My home on the web is not my physical house in Fort Worth, Texas where I reside. It is instead a graphical mechanism to introduce you to various aspects of my life. Paul says I should call it my fantasy house.

Paul says that in a well designed home, the front door should not open directly to the Living Room. It should open onto a small anteroom where, for example, one might shake the dust from ones shoes or hang up ones garments.

The rooms in my home page are metaphors for areas of my life; my home page is eclectic; each room is a story of its own.

Why might you enjoy my homepage?

If you ever had the desire to ramble about a big three story house, bop into the various rooms, check the place out, browse the books, and explore the nooks and crannies you might enjoy my homepage.
If you enjoy humorous family anecdotes and stories you might enjoy my home page.
If you were one of my students and are curious to know what my life might be like outside of the classroom you might enjoy my home page.
If you enjoy mystery books you might enjoy my home page.
If you enjoy vintage poetry you might enjoy my home page.
If you enjoy a crossword puzzle [about the mystery book] after having read a mystery book you might enjoy my home page.
If you enjoy surprises you might enjoy my home page.
If you like to hunt for secret rooms you might enjoy my home page.
If you enjoy scavenger hunts you might enjoy my home page.
If you like mazes, simple, intermediate, or complex you might enjoy my home page.
If you like original animated GIFS, you might enjoy my home page.
If you are into 'Ham Radio' you might enjoy my home page.
If you are appreciative for living in this grandiose universe and for your place in it you might enjoy my home page.
If you want to reduce your clothing bill by 400% you might enjoy my home page.
If you think an autobiography in a new-age format might be interesting then you might enjoy my home page.
If you are curious as to the relative effectiveness of medicines, exercise and diet in altering ones lipid profile you might enjoy my homepage.
If you want to reverse cardiovascular disease, you might enjoy my home page.
If you want to improve your powers of observation and the awareness of your surroundings then you might enjoy my home page.
If you are curious about some of the shenanigans that go on behind the scenes at a broadcast radio station then you might enjoy my home page.
If you are receptive to new ideas then you might enjoy my home page.
If you enjoy translating brief Morse Code selections you might enjoy my home page.
If you have respect for life and can see a touch of the creator in all his/her creations then you might enjoy my homepage.
If you are interested in 'fast preparation' low fat meals you might enjoy my home page.
If you are curious about what a United States student might do in Mexico then you might enjoy my home page.
If you think that religion should have to do more with serving ones neighbor than earning oneself points in the hereafter then you might enjoy my homepage.
If you are conservational in Spanish then you might enjoy parts of my home page.
If you are a wild and woolly guy or gal you might enjoy my home page.

This House has a Secret Room!

MYSTERY#1 -- Here is your clue:
To find the secret room, browse through the various furnished rooms of the house until you find a small three sided figure. Then click on it! Good hunting!

MYSTERY#2 -- Here is your clue:
Nantic is the name of my neighbor's cat. It is also an anagram. Solve the anagram. Find the object in one of the furnished rooms. Click on it. Good hunting!

MYSTERY#3 -- Here is your clue:
It rhymes with a synonym of hesitate. Find the object in one of the furnished rooms. Click on it. Good hunting!

MYSTERY#4 -- Here is your Clue:
A very effective learning system, with the catchy name: Built In ORDERly Organized KNOWledge, is more commonly identified by an acronym. Find this object, not in a furnished room, but in one of the other pictorial graphics of this site. Click on it. Good Hunting!

Solve all four mysteries and I will send you this Certificate of Merit!

View the Front of the House!