tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post2544819410220239100..comments2024-03-28T11:28:57.772-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Cousins of oribis and dik-diks: SATURDAY, Jul. 26, 2008 - Barry C. Silk (CONDUCTOR OF MANY TV EXPERIMENTS)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90658520269474941882008-09-01T22:37:00.000-04:002008-09-01T22:37:00.000-04:0027A: "Frank TV" airer (TBS) Mad TV (FOX) alum Fran...27A: "Frank TV" airer (TBS) <BR/>Mad TV (FOX) alum Frank Caliendo who does the impressions of John Madden, Goeorge W. Bush , Donald Trump , Dr Phil.<BR/><BR/>Latley he has been seen in the Direct TV commercials.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4587495460478112372008-08-30T23:29:00.000-04:002008-08-30T23:29:00.000-04:005wkslater in syndicationland:Loved how (Let) IT BE...5wkslater in syndicationland:<BR/>Loved how (Let) IT BE crossed ELEANER RIGBY for a Beatles fusion moment. Oh wait, it's not BOALIES, it has to be GOALIES. And ELEANER looks more than a little strange. So much for serendipity. I sadly put in (Let) IT GO (ELEANOR) for the sake of the puzzle, if not my old hippie psyche.<BR/><BR/>Where are the 60's when you need them (or was it 70's)? Who can remember?<BR/><BR/><B>55a most frequent clapper</B> should've had some indication it was a first name (VANNA) and not WHITE--I hate blacked out letters on my grid (solving in ink).<BR/><BR/>My first Saturday solve in some time, so cut me some slack, I have to take my small victories when I can.embienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01991001167394653649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81475401725412799222008-08-30T17:24:00.000-04:002008-08-30T17:24:00.000-04:00You are welcome. Time travelling CrosscanYou are welcome. <BR/><BR/>Time travelling CrosscanJeffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01699404861773455504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48767225707906893332008-08-30T17:09:00.000-04:002008-08-30T17:09:00.000-04:00Funny how the brain works (or doesn"t). Though we...Funny how the brain works (or doesn"t). Though we are driving up to visit friends in Oxnard next week, I spent what seemed like an eternity dredging up the name. On the other hand, the only Eleanor I could think of was Rigby, so I put it in even though I thought she was a tennis star-amazed when it worked!<BR/> With relatives all over Vancouver, Victoria, and Salt Spring, I thank Croscan for bringing back memories of wonder boat rides up there. Too bad I live so far out (in time) he won't get the message.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74381527336862482642008-08-30T16:47:00.000-04:002008-08-30T16:47:00.000-04:00Fergus- Thanks for the Tennessee Tuxedo reference....Fergus- Thanks for the Tennessee Tuxedo reference. Don Adams supplied Tennessee's voice. I'm a Chumley fan myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13365630175351145442008-08-30T13:16:00.000-04:002008-08-30T13:16:00.000-04:00Could not wait to blog on as I am resident of the ...Could not wait to blog on as I am resident of the town in which Richard Eberhart was born. Recently, the high school IMC was renamed in his honor, he is also a distinguished alumni, and the school's poetry contest is named after him. He was ill,as I recall, and his daughter accepted the award for him. I think he was poet laureate for NH as well.<BR/>Thus, an extra fun puzzle for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89427560778614699462008-07-27T07:15:00.000-04:002008-07-27T07:15:00.000-04:00@bill: Thanks for letting me know that you, too, l...@bill: Thanks for letting me know that you, too, like a leisurely and lovely time with just you and your puzzle. The NYT puzzle has become a great friend (who sometimes gets me in a pet!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31120240300780196312008-07-27T00:58:00.000-04:002008-07-27T00:58:00.000-04:00And since I've already drenched you with scholasti...And since I've already drenched you with scholastic allusion, here's another:<BR/><BR/>Subject: beyond good and evil<BR/><BR/><BR/>Nietzsche's little aphorisms have some sway<BR/> <BR/>Same as it was on a train out of London in 1980,<BR/>reading the numbered pointed statements<BR/>in the basement of Logos bookstore in 2008<BR/>as if it were yesterday,<BR/>or 1890fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42774557535144816722008-07-26T23:38:00.000-04:002008-07-26T23:38:00.000-04:00@joho-When I came here six month ago, I aspired to...@joho-<BR/><BR/>When I came here six month ago, I aspired to speed and for the first several months, I made progress to that end. Then it occurred to me, that this was supposed to be fun and relaxing and I stopped. Cold.<BR/><BR/>Don't get me wrong. I am in awe of people like Orange and Rex and Ellen but I no longer want to be them. If speed makes folks happy, then by all means go for it!<BR/><BR/>But for me, now, I spend however long it takes on the puzzles. It I reference time, it is only generally, like half an hour, 45 minutes.<BR/><BR/>I enjoy the richness of the puzzles now.Bill from NJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103923612595508277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52584473507452151822008-07-26T21:06:00.000-04:002008-07-26T21:06:00.000-04:00@dk: My victories are just that and snickering is ...@dk: My victories are just that and snickering is always allowed.<BR/>@chefbea1: I couldn't agree more about a Sunday puzzle ... and thanks to you both for your kind and informative remarks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64370631276153638722008-07-26T20:58:00.000-04:002008-07-26T20:58:00.000-04:00Liked this puzzle; it was a smooth Saturday except...Liked this puzzle; it was a smooth Saturday except for the NE for me - I couldn't get a toehold there for the longest time. SLIME finally greased it.<BR/><BR/>I see my Alma Mater has become the default Engineers of college sports, although this lame Liberty League must be a new organization. I used to send my fellow "True Sons" copies of the finished grid with RPI in it, but now it seems we're in there at least once a month.<BR/><BR/>@DocJohn - Children = ISSUE of one's loins...what kind of Dr are you again?<BR/><BR/>I, too, savor the solving experience, slowing up at the end. Doing the puzzle in ink in the newspaper itself only adds to the sensuality of it all - smooth, viscous ink flowing out to sink slowly into the porous newsprint while my SWEATY palms HEAT UP in anticipation of a successful completion. Phew, are you guys as het up as I am?Bill Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741876820211768387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39741348388090406842008-07-26T20:31:00.000-04:002008-07-26T20:31:00.000-04:00@joho I dont time my puzzles.. especially on sunda...@joho I dont time my puzzles.. especially on sunday. its good to take all day, then come back and solve some more.chefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68481513808769390942008-07-26T20:19:00.000-04:002008-07-26T20:19:00.000-04:00Ah, thanks, Fergus. I'd never have known that. W...Ah, thanks, Fergus. I'd never have known that. Will have to file it away for next time!Doc Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12540112168511893896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82148843913247321962008-07-26T20:14:00.000-04:002008-07-26T20:14:00.000-04:00I am back! Miss me? Sailed through with one delay ...I am back! Miss me? <BR/><BR/>Sailed through with one delay notreal for SURREAL and one STUMBLE quest instead of QWEST.<BR/><BR/>I prayed for a religious theme given the O.T. and NOEL clue and answer... but those prayers were consumed like a GNAT. That said I liked all the Bs and Qs almost like BBQ was the theme.<BR/><BR/>Spent the last 5 days on Madeline Island, part of the Apostle Island Group, Lake Superior WI side. <BR/><BR/>So relaxed I can just say IGNOREIT to... well to be BLUNT... a response as obscure as APET. Sounds like something I may have wanted to do at a cetain age when my palms were SWEATY and things were starting to HEATUP with (name omitted to protect the...).<BR/><BR/>@joho, you just do the puzzle whatever which way you want and ignore any snickering you may read about savoring your victories such as they may be ;).dkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317008233459295376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26606358127835659952008-07-26T19:45:00.000-04:002008-07-26T19:45:00.000-04:00ISSUE is a standard term from the British aristocr...ISSUE is a standard term from the British aristocracy. If a marriage were without ISSUE, all sorts of land and title claims could go awry.fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86091118253761478682008-07-26T19:15:00.000-04:002008-07-26T19:15:00.000-04:00I struggled thru this one, pausing every now and t...I struggled thru this one, pausing every now and then to practice some for our concert tonight (8PM in the Mississippi Room of the Lafayette Hotel on El Cajon Blvd). I certainly didn't have a "silky" solving experience, having to jump around the puzzle filling in answers willy-nilly. QUENTIN was my first fill followed by BBQS and then B MOVIE. OK, I guess the SW went kinda quickly. NW gave me the most trouble: had ___WHALE for a long time and "bin" didn't help me any, either. Actually had "it'll be OK" for 15A for awhile. Finally finished with a WTF H in RHEBOKS.<BR/><BR/>Not really sure how children=ISSUE.Doc Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12540112168511893896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58320720922841070342008-07-26T19:09:00.000-04:002008-07-26T19:09:00.000-04:00@mac: I've been at this site for over six months a...@mac: I've been at this site for over six months and haven't seen one person ask what I did today. I could be brain dead, however.<BR/><BR/>@ulrich: We definitely are in crossword puzzle solving synch!<BR/>@hudsonhawk: Now you know it's not just you who feels the way you do.<BR/>@jae: I, too, print out the puzzle every day ... makes it more of a treat. <BR/><BR/>Thanks to you all for sharing your feelings about speed solving with me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31180481470350126582008-07-26T19:08:00.000-04:002008-07-26T19:08:00.000-04:00Guy de Maupassant was one of those pretenders. (A...Guy de Maupassant was one of those pretenders. (Another superb short story, ou je devrais dire Conte, writer, along with others I've plugged recently.) It was probably a late 19th century affectation that was more pronounced than other forms of the simian ego trip. <BR/><BR/>I've been pleased, by the way, by how many other people, celebrity scholars and nowhere scribblers, are recognizing the brilliance of Edward Gibbon. Parallels with Rome and America are rife (and I've yet to read that Atlantic guy's take), but "The Decline and Fall ..." is about as much fun as one can have in a serious reading state. <BR/><BR/>Save for some poetry, of course, where I'm still dwelling in some melodious plot of beechen green, where the some happy bird sings of summer in full throated ease.fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11811302731445899382008-07-26T17:32:00.000-04:002008-07-26T17:32:00.000-04:00In Holland "van" is often followed by a name that ...In Holland "van" is often followed by a name that was originally a geographic bit of information, and in some cases, often with double last names, there my be an aristocratic background. I can even think of some names that go <BR/>"van ------ tot (to) ------, obviously major landowners centuries ago. These days, no noble connotations to van and de.<BR/>When Napoleon required the Dutch to formally register (under his brother's reign), many people had some fun with it and created hilareous names like "Naaktgeboren" (born naked). Their poor ancestors are stuck with it!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36977539584356991882008-07-26T17:08:00.000-04:002008-07-26T17:08:00.000-04:00Tooter Turtle.The "Drizzle, drazzle, druzzle, drom...<A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYUvj8jRf3I" REL="nofollow"> Tooter Turtle.</A><BR/><BR/>The "Drizzle, drazzle, druzzle, drome; time for zis one to come home." is at 4:13.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52892359568080216252008-07-26T16:53:00.000-04:002008-07-26T16:53:00.000-04:00"Drizzle, drazzle, druzzle, drome; time for zis on..."Drizzle, drazzle, druzzle, drome; time for zis one to come home." <BR/><BR/>That was what my MR WIZARD is reputed to have said to Tooter Turtle when he was imperiled at the close of one of his misadventures. I hope this fragment of information matters to someone.fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74679316186257823292008-07-26T16:38:00.000-04:002008-07-26T16:38:00.000-04:00Concerning the IBN, van, von, de issue, I'm curiou...Concerning the IBN, van, von, de issue, I'm curious whether these other prepositions (?) denote some background of nobility, like the de does in French?<BR/><BR/>CrossCan, I took the Keystone to Port Townsend ferry in May, which presented some fantastic views of the Olympics. When I was at UBC, my parents were living in Sidney, so I would often park on the causeway at Tsawwassen (which my father called quadruple u) and catch the nice, big boat over to the island for the weekend. They're now on Whidbey, and I always enjoy the Mukilteo crossing. Also, loved the little boat that went to Salt Spring from Sidney. From the Ferry Building in San Francisco to Jack London Square was always fun, and for a while I commuted from Tiburon to the Financial District. I guess I'm sort of into ferry boats ... and please pardon the digressive blogspacefergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10246047735547022482008-07-26T16:28:00.000-04:002008-07-26T16:28:00.000-04:00Real fun puzzle Mr. Silk.Here's Mr. Wizard.Re: "in...Real fun puzzle Mr. Silk.<BR/><BR/>Here's <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_RJtkKGw4c" REL="nofollow"><BR/>Mr. Wizard.</A><BR/><BR/>Re: "in a pet"<BR/>Wuthering Heights:<BR/><BR/>She flung the tea back, spoon and all, and resumed her chair <B>in a pet</B>;her forehead corrugated, and her red under-lip pushed out, like a child's ready to cry.<BR/><BR/> He imagines me <B>in a pet</B>--in play, perhaps. Cannot you inform him that it is frightful earnest?Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07466240197659721721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57625027858085340832008-07-26T16:18:00.000-04:002008-07-26T16:18:00.000-04:00I thought this was a fairly easy Saturday. I did m...I thought this was a fairly easy Saturday. I did miss one square -- the crossing of mahalo and orsk even though I spent a summer in Hawaii many years ago.<BR/><BR/>"in a pet" seems like sort-of-ordinary English even if it is not an expression I've ever used.<BR/><BR/>I was stalled for a while in the NW with "reeboks" and "dream on" (which I thought was a quite good answer).Michael Chibnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700426644898924644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26910661996903502622008-07-26T15:46:00.000-04:002008-07-26T15:46:00.000-04:00I really liked this one. Finished in a good time ...I really liked this one. Finished in a good time (about 15 minutes - took a while for the coffee to kick in pre-golf this a.m.). I think IQTEST was hard because the average blogger here is probably well above the 100 mark.<BR/><BR/>INAPET after an appalling golf game, <BR/><BR/>Daveimsdave1https://www.blogger.com/profile/05801936953212432824noreply@blogger.com