Recently, I received a book called LOST Mind Games
courtesy of Anne Dawson Books. Appropriately, it arrived shortly after the airing of episode 7 (Ji Yeon)
– a classic LOST mind game of a show.

You might think that it’s a book about the way that writers Damon, Carlton and
team like to mess with our minds – but no! It’s a book of mind boggling puzzles related to LOST!

I’ve always enjoyed puzzles. One of my more
interesting classes in college had a textbook filled with nothing
but problems to be solved. Many LOST fans may have a tendency to be
drawn to puzzles. There are a huge number of LOST related message boards with
fans puzzling over every aspect of LOST.

The puzzles in LOST Mind Games really do require a
knowledge of LOST. Many of the puzzles are labeled Average Fan, Expert Fan or
Diehard Fan and require a knowledge of quotes (like funny things that Desmond
said to Locke in the hatch) , episode titles and other odd LOST related facts.
I was once at a party of real diehard LOST fans and when I stepped out of the elevator onto
the mezzanine floor (where the party was located) I said to a fellow LOST fan:
“I go up the elevator; I go down the elevator.” To the non-LOST fan, this means
nothing; but to the diehard fan, it’s pretty funny.

This book belongs in the library of every obsessed LOST fan. Don’t
forget to take it on your next long trip and if your name is Seth Norris,
you should remember to engage the autopilot before puzzling over LOST Mind Games.

JACK: …Do you ever think that maybe they put you down here
to push a button every 100 minutes just to see if you would? That all
of this — the computer, the button — it’s just a mind game
… an experiment?

DESMOND: Every single day….

  I’m sure everyone has noticed the new ‘enhanced’ LOST
episodes that have been airing before the new LOST episodes. They
are the ones with the little pop-ups that explain things to the more
casual LOST viewer. I even received an email from a serious LOST
fan who said to me – What are you doing with these pop ups!!
as if I were somehow responsible for the decision to provide hints
during the 2nd airing of the show.

  Jimmy Kimmel, however, really enjoys his enhanced LOST
episodes. Just take a look at this one!
It’s very funny and somehow I think Kimmel may have actually seen a different show

  I was certain that Jin was alive, but then I was
listening to a TiVo recording of the 9/29/06 Jimmy Kimmel Live show.
Evangeline Lilly was his guest and he said something that stopped me
in my tracks. You get a DUI and then you get a bullet on that show!

 
Holy Smokes – Daniel Dae Kim had a DUI!!!

The LOST DUI Chronology

  Therefore, Jin is dead!

  I was certain that Jin was alive, but then I was
listening to a TiVo recording of the 9/29/06 Jimmy Kimmel Live show.
Evangeline Lilly was his guest and he said something that stopped me
in my tracks. You get a DUI and then you get a bullet on that show!

 
Holy Smokes – Daniel Dae Kim had a DUI!!!

The LOST DUI Chronology

  Therefore, Jin is dead!

  The flashforward of Jin’s tombstone leads us to believe
that he will soon suffer an untimely demise. The date on the tombstone
is the same as the crash date and this is consistent with the Oceanic 6
deception that only 8 people initially survived the crash. Now, we have to
wonder if Jin actually died or was left behind on the island. What did
Matthew Abaddon mean when he asked Hurley the question: Are they
still alive?

  If only we could read the minds of the writers? We know
so much of the story. How will the flashbacks, the present and the
flashforwards all weave together? We know, of course, that they will
leave the island. When an agonized Jack said to Kate: We have to go
back, Kate!, we knew that they would someday go back. What will
motivate the survivors to return?

  
Sayid is working for Ben and Ben always said that leaving the
island would be a mistake. Hurley is haunted by Charlie and Charlie
tries to tell him that they need him. They need you!
Charlie tells Hurley! Jack is obviously haunted in the Season 3 finale.
What must Jack be thinking? By now (the S3 finale flashforward), he
must know that Claire is his half-sister. Is she still alive on the
island? Is Jack haunted by visions of his sister? Will Kate also be
haunted by visions of Claire? Certainly, little Aaron will be a constant
reminder. The Oceanic 6 will return to the island and each member
will have a motivation to return. What will motivate Sun? Unless Jin is
still alive on the island, she will have little motivation to return.
Therefore, Jin is alive!

  Dominic Monaghan was on the Tonight Show this week where
he talked about working with Hugh Jackman on the X-Men prequel,
hunting giant spiders, his art exhibition in LA, picking up other
people’s accents as a kid, and growing up watching the Muppets,
Sesame Street and the A-Team. The A-Team was a very important part
of Dominic’s life. Not only does Dominic love it when a plan comes together,
but he has completely memorized the A-Team song that aired at the
beginning of each episode! Be sure to watch the videos if only to catch
the part where he recites the A-Team intro word for word.

  

In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court
for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum
security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted
by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a
problem, if no-one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you
can hire the A-Team.

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  There’s a good video interview with Yunjin Kim on
USATODAY’s latest CelebWatch.
She talks a little bit about the upcoming episode 7 and tells us that we will meet the last of
the Oceanic 6 in that episode. She also thinks that some of the survivors will stay on the island and this
will be the reason for Jack’s need to return to the island.

  Will Sun be one of the Oceanic 6? Remember what
Jorge Garcia said about episode 7. It’s going to be shocking!

  There’s a good video interview with Yunjin Kim on
USATODAY’s latest CelebWatch.
She talks a little bit about the upcoming episode 7 and tells us that we will meet the last of
the Oceanic 6 in that episode. She also thinks that some of the survivors will stay on the island and this
will be the reason for Jack’s need to return to the island.

  Will Sun be one of the Oceanic 6? Remember what
Jorge Garcia said about episode 7. It’s going to be shocking!

Цікаво, десь у Київі, можна придбати такі іграшки?

  Geek Monthly has some interesting tidbits about Jorge Garcia.
When he was in high school, he scored very high on the math portion of the
SAT and was later named Triton of the Year. According to Wikipedia,
the Triton of the Year is selected by the faculty and is the highest award given to a
graduating senior.

  Garcia admits to enjoying puzzles involving math and logic, which is great
considering that he stars in a TV show that is arguably the biggest puzzler in
television history.

  Garcia also has a special affinity for the number 8,
which makes me wonder if he had anything to do with Ben’s rabbit having the
number 8 painted on it.

Ben to Locke: Rabbit today? This didn’t have a number on it, did it?

  Geek Monthly has some interesting tidbits about Jorge Garcia.
When he was in high school, he scored very high on the math portion of the
SAT and was later named Triton of the Year. According to Wikipedia,
the Triton of the Year is selected by the faculty and is the highest award given to a
graduating senior.

  Garcia admits to enjoying puzzles involving math and logic, which is great
considering that he stars in a TV show that is arguably the biggest puzzler in
television history.

  Garcia also has a special affinity for the number 8,
which makes me wonder if he had anything to do with Ben’s rabbit having the
number 8 painted on it.

Ben to Locke: Rabbit today? This didn’t have a number on it, did it?

  Yunjin Kim has been doing the talk show circuit lately
and last night she was on the Late Late Show.
Craig Ferguson is always great and I’m beginning to think that
Yunjin is a bit of a kidder: teasing the nervous, yet delicious
Craig Ferguson (see video).

Oh… it’s wet. Did you spit on the floor?

  I hope that Sun is one of the Oceanic Six because that
would be a really funny line for Sun.

  Yunjin Kim has been doing the talk show circuit lately
and last night she was on the Late Late Show.
Craig Ferguson is always great and I’m beginning to think that
Yunjin is a bit of a kidder: teasing the nervous, yet delicious
Craig Ferguson (see video).

Oh… it’s wet. Did you spit on the floor?

  I hope that Sun is one of the Oceanic Six because that
would be a really funny line for Sun.