As I mentioned before, I’ve been sick since just before Christmas. The combination of high humidity and a too cold house has not made recovery easy. So even though I wrote that I would be committing to more time with “butt in chair, and words on screen,” what’s really been more common is ass in bed playing Solitaire on my phone.

The thing is, for years, I’ve been looking for a mobile version without ads. So when I found a version through my Netflix subscription, I downloaded it, and it was mostly fine.

Keep in mind, I’ve been playing Solitaire a long time. I first played with real cards after watching my mom play it. When we got a computer with Windows 3.1, I just moved over to computer versions because then I didn’t have to shuffle and count out the cards. Double bonus. I’ve played every version and variant since then, so it remains my most played game ever, edging out Tetris by close to two decades. Continue reading