Bored out of your mind???

How about some brain teasers?
Email me: zannahope@yahoo.com for the answers.

With hands, measure them
With care, break them
With hope, play them
But it is often prudent to hold them.
What are they?

Fill in the blanks below with three 4-letter words that are anagrams of each other (they all contain the same four letters):
"The man ____ ____ of money because he couldn't walk away from the ____ machines."

I have a Monster that lives in my basement, and we use a primitive code to communicate. For example, if it says the number 16 I know it wants a vegetable to eat. If the number is 10 it wants a bird to eat, and if it says 2 it wants a nice juicy insect to munch upon.
What should I do if one day the monster says 21?

An antigram is an anagram which has a meaning opposite to its unscrambled version.
Try these:
EVIL'S AGENTS
REAL FUN
NICE LOVE
NO MORE STARS

Here's a few tricks of the eye for you...

Do you see a face or a word in the image above?

Is the circle shimmering?

Do you see a skull, or something else?

The image below is the type where you have to relax your eyes.