Rush 2: Short Circuits

In My Effortless Brilliance, Eric finds the metal puzzle in Dylan's cabin. He doesn't really try to solve it; he mostly jumbles it around and randomly hangs it on a ceiling hook. It comes up later when the men are drinking but not much is said about the puzzle. When I was a kid, I used to spend a chunk of my time at my grandparent's house. After having 6 children throughout the 60s and 70s, they acquired a lot of toys, most of which they passed on. For some reason though, they kept a few select things for their forthcoming grandchildren to play with. Among the wooden blocks and classic storybooks were a collection of metal puzzles. In my younger years, I ignored the puzzles and went for the books, but as I got older, I became more interested in these confusing metal scraps. I remember spending a few days going through each puzzle, figuring it out, and moving on to the next one. I repeated this process until I had memorized how the puzzles were solved and would then move on to something different. I only remembered the solutions for a short time afterward and since I only visited my grandparents about once every year, these puzzles always seemed fairly new to me. Even now, I love figuring out these puzzles; there is just something so satisfying when the pieces come apart and go back together with ease.