If you’ve stopped in over the past couple of days, you may have noticed that the blog wasn’t quite itself. It all started when I tried to fix a problem with the RSS feed in Google Reader, and everything got out of control. It took me some time to fix it, but everything seems to be back the way it was. We now return you to the blog, already in progress.

I say this because, even though I have not been posting, new visitor Dharam has been busy creating entertaining anagrams for us. First she did the Shakespeare anagram challenge from February. Then she started to anagram the Thursday Morning Riddle. You can see her efforts here, here, here, here, and here. In each case, her anagram is a riff on the riddle’s answer, and scores high on the Anagram Hallmarks. Her later anagrams even rhyme!

Well, at least someone around here is producing. Dharam, you have shamed me into returning to the blog. Thanks for that.

I’m a ghost apparition; I’m zeal for your school;
I am liquor distilled; the intent of a rule;
As an airline, a cheap way to fly somewhere cool;
Or to have a good outlook, like Paula Abdul.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.

I’m a person who’s talking, so lend me your ear;
I preside over House legislation each year;
I can amplify music for others to hear;
And I promise a lecture when set to appear.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.

I’m a building that’s good for a worshipping stop;
On a face, I’m a place for a thin muttonchop;
Philadelphia’s school that is one of the top;
And I sang of my dream: the good ship Lollipop.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.

I was on a retreat yesterday for the teacher training organization where I work. For one activity, we had to teach a skill we had to a colleague. My partner was our tech guru Evan O’Donnell, and instead of having him teach me something useful, we decided that I should teach him my method for writing riddles.

He then wrote one of his own (under extreme time pressure), and I was so impressed with how it turned out that I asked him if I could publish it here. Enjoy!

I’m a set of approaches with rules that are stern;
An aligned group of fishes, all swimming in turn;
Nirvana sings me for the money they earn;
Or I’m simply a building for students to learn.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.

I’m a cartridge unloaded; a key that’s unfiled;
I’m a check with no limit; a face that’s just mild;
I am paper unblemished; in Scrabble, I’m wild;
And according to Locke, I’m the slate of a child.

I am a __________.

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Ms. Maddy. See comments for answer.

I’m a holder of briefs; or a shelving for books;
I’m a trial in court; or the argument hooks;
A particular instance where one study looks;
And a survey of places by wannabe crooks.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.

I’m the versatile notes that a singer displays;
Where the buffalo roam and the cattle can graze;
I’m the radius radio broadcasting plays;
I’m where golfers can drive; and where shooters can blaze.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.

Where there’s water conveyed, there I first must be laid;
I’m a ramp that is made for the board or the blade;
I’m a smoker’s upgrade; an impromptu grenade;
And an instrument played, once the player is paid.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.

I’m a day of the year on the calendar’s page;
I’m a fruit of the desert that ripens by stage;
I’m an outing that you, with a partner, engage;
And the act of determining something’s true age.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Annalisa. See comments for answer.