I love brain teasers that are just easy enough for me to complete them successfully. I get most of them from mental_floss via Google Reader or Twitter. Here was today’s (well, yesterday’s, but I did it this morning).
FOOL
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WARS
Got that? Turn “FOOL” into “WARS” by changing one letter at a time and forming four (real) words in between. Go!
autumne reflections 
FOOL -> FOOD -> WOOD -> WORD -> WARD -> WARS
Plus, you get the joy of embedded political commentary.
You win! And, yes, that part is fun too.
I’m not sure if I win by virtue of intelligence or by virtue of checking RSS feeds compulsively every 20 minutes.
A little bit of both, perhaps. Congratulations.