Yeah, I know it's more than a quarter of a century old, but I have finally defeated the beast - better known as Rubik's Cube.  And this time it was solved without taking it apart.  I know what you're thinking, and the answer is No, I haven't been working on it all these years.  As a young lad I spent some time understanding how the puzzle worked (read take apart and re-assembling).  It's only recently that this puzzle has re-entered my life and this time I decided I needed to solve the challenge the correct way.  Now that I have, it's time to put it away and get back to the more important things in life.