Huginn and Muninn

Thought and Memory are of course important.

He who does not think or remember cannot be said to be truly sane.

Enter a room or a quiet antechamber.

 

Know that the room bears history and is filled with passing thoughts.

Every person who has been there.

You can feel them Everywhere.

 

I fear I digress wildly.

So, let us return to more scholarly pursuits.

 

The text as a test of observation

Hiding in the heads of each line

Every letter in its place

 

Grinning at the livid faces

Acrostics make for terrible rhymes

Me, I’m but a poor traveller

Ending before I even began

 

 

Now that that terrible parody of Keats is complete, hello! This blog has been mired in terrible threats, basements with spotty WiFi and the usual throttling weeds of real life. However, one must forage onwards, for the game is forever afoot.

 

The message may be hidden, but I’m sure such capable scholars as yourself are capable of deciphering it. Speaking of secret messages, cryptography is a most engaging venture, especially for those lovers of letters and cloak-and-dagger intrigue.

One of the most fun types of ciphers is something called a Vigenere cipher. Properly used, a Vigenere cipher can be very effective, assuming no one else knows your key. A cool tool to help you encipher and decipher messages can be found here.

 

For those who are enthusiasts of the game, here’s a quirky little sample:

 

ipzelariq arge akrcif llg bpnywspq
hy ugqrjdmwfxu ga ygm gcl mesv xjgn
pdweuc mehdc kl ohw usokznlk yugig lzi uyhe cwc
oyt tzw snb bovk epb ohw fiy zz wall ac

 

 

And remember kids, you can’t play if you don’t know the name of the game.

 

Cheerios!