u/Emotional-Count-8296

I just found this subreddit today. I saw a post from a few weeks ago about how Sporcle changed the daily acrostics, requiring us to subscribe or watch ads. I didn't like that, so I stopped playing them. However, I get my daily fix from another web site. Give solveandsmile.com a try. I'm in no way affiliated with that site. I'm simply passing on a recommendation to my fellow Sporclers.

The acrostics on Solve and Smile are all humorous quotes, and the initials of the bottom answers spell out the person who made the quote. When I get stuck, I sometimes can figure out who said the quote (usually someone famous), which helps me get more letters on the grid.

The site used to only provide one free puzzle per day (requiring a subscription to play more than one), but the site has recently opened up the archives for free (almost 2000 acrostics).

The clues are a mix of difficulty. Some very easy. Some very obscure. But I've been able to solve all of the puzzles I've played - sometimes needing a thesaurus or a web search to get me unstuck.

The downside - the site doesn't keep track of your stats or rank you against other people. But it does feel good when you solve a tough puzzle.

Delete this post if you feel it doesn't belong here. I've been on Sporcle for 16 years and have played over 35,000 quizzes, and have no plans on stopping. I'll keep an eye on this sub and contribute to it if anything comes to mind.

This big bird was stubborn, standing on 58th Street near 6th Avenue this morning. It didn't move when I slowly drove around it. I returned home an hour later to find it dead in this same spot.

With a stop sign on every corner and many pedestrians, this isn't an area to drive aggressively or distracted. This bird was EASY to see. No excuse to run it over.

On the cooldown lap at Milwaukee on 1 June 2008, Ryan Briscoe celebrates his first of eight career wins. Kodak was a sponsor on that car, and I was using a Kodak Z712 digital camera for this shot.

He almost didn't win this race. With less than 3 laps to go, a three-car accident in turn 2 happened right in front of him. Vitor Meira was launched airborne over Marco Andretti's car. The race ended under caution.

Back then, fans in the infield had a close-up view of the track in turn four - perfect for taking photos. Nowadays, there is a tall fence in the way.

Seeing the throw-back livery at Gateway made me remember this photo, and it took me a while to dig through old hard drives to find it. I read that Ryan is a drivers coach for RLL this year after having the same job at Prema last year.