I write crosswords for The Washington Post. I also like cereal. https://www.washingtonpost.com/crossword-puzzles/sunday-evan-birnholz/https://bsky.app/profile/evanbirnholz.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/evanbirnholz.bsky.social/post/3mwwviy2x522cThe adventure is complete: I've landed in Chicago a few hours after I was supposed to, but I'm here. Now let's see if we start the next adventure called "Evan Taxies on the Tarmac for the Next Four Hours." [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Oct 2026 03:01 +0000at://did:plc:odorpt64riib36f4koqxe7eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwwviy2x522chttps://bsky.app/profile/evanbirnholz.bsky.social/post/3mwwkx7d4tk2cAnd it looks like we're ready to go! Adventure ... complete? We'll find out when I land. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2026 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:odorpt64riib36f4koqxe7eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwwkx7d4tk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/evanbirnholz.bsky.social/post/3mwwijvm7us2cIt's time for another adventure of "Will Evan Make It to Chicago for the Midwest Crossword Tournament???" In this year's episode, there's a plane that needs to refuel, a sick passenger who had to get off the plane, and a rainstorm preventing our departure! ALL THIS AND MORE ON BLUESKY DOT COM. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2026 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:odorpt64riib36f4koqxe7eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwwijvm7us2chttps://bsky.app/profile/evanbirnholz.bsky.social/post/3mwvreevybs2cJust saw an email where the writer said "You know what they say about eating an elephant" and I did not, in fact, know what they say about eating an elephant.02 Oct 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:odorpt64riib36f4koqxe7eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvreevybs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/evanbirnholz.bsky.social/post/3mwtthddksc2aRoll call: Whomst among you will be going to the Midwest Crossword Tournament this weekend? #midwestgridfest01 Oct 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:odorpt64riib36f4koqxe7eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtthddksc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/evanbirnholz.bsky.social/post/3mws4a6zl4k2cThe #Cubs with the old "score more runs than any other team during the regular season and then score one run over two playoff games" tactic: bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for them. (It did not pay off for them.)01 Oct 2026 05:18 +0000at://did:plc:odorpt64riib36f4koqxe7eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mws4a6zl4k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/evanbirnholz.bsky.social/post/3mwpifq5t4k2cWatching the #Cubs get wrecked in Game 1 while remembering that PCA will be the MVP: https://static.klipy.com/ii/d7aec6f6f171607374b2065c836f92f4/b3/90/akUMKDDH.gif?hh=230&ww=294&mp4=qdtNTl8RJAHmOny&webm=NmRk3dMtzeLRG30 Sep 2026 04:18 +0000at://did:plc:odorpt64riib36f4koqxe7eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwpifq5t4k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/evanbirnholz.bsky.social/post/3mwpfzfurns2c#Cubs update:30 Sep 2026 03:35 +0000at://did:plc:odorpt64riib36f4koqxe7eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwpfzfurns2chttps://bsky.app/profile/evanbirnholz.bsky.social/post/3mwpbr6kq5s2cGonna go way, way out on a limb and say that giving up a home run on the first pitch is bad. #Cubs30 Sep 2026 02:19 +0000at://did:plc:odorpt64riib36f4koqxe7eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwpbr6kq5s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/evanbirnholz.bsky.social/post/3mwmt7467xk2xThe Eagles just got a bad case of the Keenums. #Bears29 Sep 2026 02:53 +0000at://did:plc:odorpt64riib36f4koqxe7eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwmt7467xk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/evanbirnholz.bsky.social/post/3mwemd7cc3s2cNew bucket list achievement unlocked: I sang the national anthem at a baseball game! Here's me with a brief moment on the Jumbotron at the Phillies game last night with the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia.25 Sep 2026 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:odorpt64riib36f4koqxe7eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwemd7cc3s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/evanbirnholz.bsky.social/post/3mvy46unvtk2xI didn't get to see most of the game today since I was singing at a memorial service for a friend's grandmother, but the game might as well have been a memorial service for the 2026 #Bears (September 13, 2026-September 20, 2026).20 Sep 2026 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:odorpt64riib36f4koqxe7eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvy46unvtk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/evanbirnholz.bsky.social/post/3mvjev4myec2zPeople are criticizing Mitch McConnell and the Republicans because he didn't show up to work for 13 weeks but in fairness that was the best thing Mitch McConnell ever did as a senator and he should continue not showing up to work as a senator. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:odorpt64riib36f4koqxe7eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjev4myec2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/evanbirnholz.bsky.social/post/3mvghei7cwc2oBen Johnson's mid-year goal is to break the Scorigami record. #Bears [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Sep 2026 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:odorpt64riib36f4koqxe7eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvghei7cwc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/evanbirnholz.bsky.social/post/3mvgh3lw3ls2oNFL fans: "The #Bears offense is good but they're not gonna break the scoring record, Ben Johnson is crazy to even think about it." Ben Johnson:13 Sep 2026 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:odorpt64riib36f4koqxe7eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvgh3lw3ls2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/evanbirnholz.bsky.social/post/3mvgfkmnrl22oThe #Bears have over 50 points and over 500 yards of offense and somehow not a single one of those yards have gone to Colston Loveland.13 Sep 2026 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:odorpt64riib36f4koqxe7eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvgfkmnrl22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/evanbirnholz.bsky.social/post/3mvg3f27ais2oIn other news, football.13 Sep 2026 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:odorpt64riib36f4koqxe7eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvg3f27ais2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/evanbirnholz.bsky.social/post/3mvfxv7ddu22dThis weekend's Sunday WaPo crossword is larger than normal (23x23 squares) and it has a meta. You're looking for a Dolly Parton song from the 1970s. Good luck.13 Sep 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:odorpt64riib36f4koqxe7eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfxv7ddu22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/evanbirnholz.bsky.social/post/3mves3h2wgk2dFor anyone who prints out the Washington Post Sunday crossword from the website, here's a reminder that you should click on the "Empty" button below "Evan's Sunday print options" to pull up the newspaper edition PDF. Do NOT click on the black Save/Print button at the bottom; that printout is bad.13 Sep 2026 04:47 +0000at://did:plc:odorpt64riib36f4koqxe7eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mves3h2wgk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/evanbirnholz.bsky.social/post/3mv42bh6dwk2dThat feeling when you're searching for potential theme answers for a crossword and one of them that comes up is the guy from the PuzzleLux ad.09 Sep 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:odorpt64riib36f4koqxe7eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv42bh6dwk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/evanbirnholz.bsky.social/post/3muzdpk2xh223Kindly asking the universe to allow the word BARNACLE to be a verb because the gerund form BARNACLING would end with a word aptly describing what barnacles do.08 Sep 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:odorpt64riib36f4koqxe7eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzdpk2xh223https://bsky.app/profile/evanbirnholz.bsky.social/post/3muv7kcqw4k2f*workshopping my #Cubs related tweets from the 1940s* You can't spell HEPCAT without PCA.07 Sep 2026 00:05 +0000at://did:plc:odorpt64riib36f4koqxe7eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muv7kcqw4k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/evanbirnholz.bsky.social/post/3mupqlpw2hc23It should be way harder for mosquitoes to bite humans. They should have to submit paperwork and references and pay you a nonrefundable $100 fee before they're allowed to bite you so that they can feel the crushing agony of bureaucracy before they feel the crushing blow of the palm of your hand.04 Sep 2026 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:odorpt64riib36f4koqxe7eb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupqlpw2hc23