tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post2733978854662623922..comments2024-03-29T01:22:33.864-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Hit 1980s exercise video / MON 1-7-13 / Tech news site / Baldie's nickname / Vehicle of future since 1950s / Singsongy comment in a sticky situationRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2468590966924685462016-09-01T06:45:03.067-04:002016-09-01T06:45:03.067-04:00Home exercise program is designed for the beginner...Home exercise program is designed for the beginner, using simple exercises that can be done around the home, with either no equipment required or minimal equipment that is found around most homes. For more details visit <a href="http://www.livebeingfit.com/our-approach-exercise/" rel="nofollow">Exercise Video</a>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17744148380068794764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59474090125092899412013-02-11T23:21:20.282-05:002013-02-11T23:21:20.282-05:00Maybe it's an age thing. Awkward IS said in a ...Maybe it's an age thing. Awkward IS said in a sing song manner by teenagers. IKID is used very often usually repeated IKID IKID. It's from a movie. Just because YOU don't say it doesn't make it NEVER used.Syndy Solver in Texasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44600701759936628022013-02-11T13:46:44.330-05:002013-02-11T13:46:44.330-05:00Fun Monday, good start for the week. Funny part is...Fun Monday, good start for the week. Funny part is I got the body parts idea and missed the metals. Thinkmmy brain lives I. So e other universe. Loved the SOFTC clue.DMGrandmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50830428714270128012013-02-11T13:29:48.110-05:002013-02-11T13:29:48.110-05:00Really enjoyed this one, a perfect way to start of...Really enjoyed this one, a perfect way to start off a Monday. Like the theme entries, and the other long phrases. And...the clues 'Heck if I know' et al were irreverent and fun. Shout out to me at 38 D.<br /><br />The sing-songy AWKWARD is much in the language, though I've heard it used by adults as well as kids.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by @JimPeredo, looking forward to more.Gingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75073469237974422422013-02-11T12:44:58.911-05:002013-02-11T12:44:58.911-05:00@spacecraft...someone earlier here mentioned the D...@spacecraft...someone earlier here mentioned the Daily Show...<br />You will often hear jon Stewart sing-songing AWKWARD...<br />Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68539906059903213852013-02-11T12:03:09.939-05:002013-02-11T12:03:09.939-05:00I hate it when puzzles oontain phrases like, "...I hate it when puzzles oontain phrases like, "Heck if I know" and "I don't think so" and "Just messin' with you." How can you define such exclamations? It requires some mind-reading and a lot of them are not common in my locale. Also, I couldn't get all of the flying car and buns of steel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55898183036099283712013-02-11T11:53:06.268-05:002013-02-11T11:53:06.268-05:00@jackj stole my opening salvo about Steve Austin v...@jackj stole my opening salvo about Steve Austin visiting Old MacDonald. The only entry NOT "singsongy" in this grid was...AWKWARD. The clue made no sense to me, and very little more after reading bloggers' explanations. It's just an adjective I would NEVER think of applying to that word.<br /><br />The whole box in the central west should have been redone. Come on, SOFTC (UGH!), SISI crossing SOSO and OBI crossing OBIT? Please.<br /><br />I have to admit there are spots that I liked, especially the true-to-life IAMSODEAD. But mostly, today's puzzle hit me very differently than most on this site. Firstly, I got the theme right away; after BRONZESKIN and IRONFIST it was apparent to me that we were dealing with common expressions involving a metal plus a body part. No big mystery there. For me it was easy; well, maybe leaking a bit toward easy-medium in the NE. Nobody says "IKID" without two more words: "You not." Note the participle in the clue; that leads to "I'm [just] kidding," not IKID.<br /><br />And the other way we differ is in the "like" factor. I thought the theme and entries were good to go, but that fill! Besides what I already cited, there's AVE crossing EAVE, and the AWKWARD partials ASAD, ERAOF and EFOR. Tell you what. The SW corner, including both long leadouts, is wonderful (save 65a). The rest? SOSO at best.Spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32930438870488112572013-01-09T15:15:08.997-05:002013-01-09T15:15:08.997-05:00Lovely post. Wonder full blog on under water weld...Lovely post. Wonder full blog on <a href="http://www.welding-school.org/massack-ca/welding-schools" rel="nofollow">under water welding</a>. I’d like some advice too. Thanks for sharing.....J D Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09516610802587780484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63806633025092576652013-01-07T22:06:51.596-05:002013-01-07T22:06:51.596-05:00This week's relative difficulty ratings. See m...This week's relative difficulty ratings. See my 8/1/2009 post for an explanation and my 10/15/2012 post for an explanation of a tweak I've made to my method. In a nutshell, the higher the ratio, the higher this week's median solve time is relative to the average for the corresponding day of the week.<br /><br />All solvers (this week's median solve time, average for day of week, ratio, percentile, rating)<br /><br />Mon 7:19, 6:12, 1.18, 98%, Challenging (5th highest ratio of 160 Mondays)<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Mon 4:09, 3:39, 1.14, 94%, Challenging<br /><br />Wow! Talk about being over-matched. Has there ever been a more overrated #1 ranked team in college football than this season's Fighting Irish? I sure would have liked to see how Urban's Buckeyes would have stacked up to Bama. I'm guessing not too well, but they surely would have offered more resistance than Notre Dame is tonight.sanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60500967535506891892013-01-07T22:02:16.248-05:002013-01-07T22:02:16.248-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.sanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38116308086639283712013-01-07T18:03:14.059-05:002013-01-07T18:03:14.059-05:00mmmmmmmachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85213943740880987992013-01-07T17:55:28.151-05:002013-01-07T17:55:28.151-05:00Wonderful Monday puzzle! 6 Theme answers, and doub...Wonderful Monday puzzle! 6 Theme answers, and double theme to boot.<br /><br />I'm hoping this will go through....machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59455606945554403242013-01-07T17:43:50.662-05:002013-01-07T17:43:50.662-05:00I am definitely a fan of this puzzle. It was chall...I am definitely a fan of this puzzle. It was challenging in a good way (for a Monday)--a few places where multiple words would work, along with some fill that was reasonable but not on the tip of my tongue. Put that together with a well-executed theme, and you get a fun, sparkly Monday.Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15336260911834780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55420140178778916672013-01-07T17:41:43.350-05:002013-01-07T17:41:43.350-05:00Loved the Robot clues. Clever and much more fun t...Loved the Robot clues. Clever and much more fun than what we got! Thanks Jim for stopping by and sharing both the clues and the Larry David clip.jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5607294390641762212013-01-07T17:04:25.221-05:002013-01-07T17:04:25.221-05:00@OldCarFudd -- nah, none of those flying car desig...@OldCarFudd -- nah, none of those flying car designs are right. By now we should have anti-grav. <br /><br />(Much) more seriously, @Bobby Seale, of course you're right. But after years of me and my white liberal friends earnestly wondering why white people spend so much time trying to look like people they don't want their kids going to school with -- I just recently read an opinion that a "tan" is a badge of white skin privilege; that it is not about the color but about demonstrating that one has the leisure time to lie on the beach and soak up rays. As opposed to being tied to a chair in a Chicago courthouse with your mouth taped shut. <br /><br />The karmic reward, at least, is that the long-term result of tanning for white people is often skin cancer. Ellen Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00473445503706985149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1270615912926960132013-01-07T16:53:37.711-05:002013-01-07T16:53:37.711-05:00Midday report of relative difficulty (see my 8/1/2...Midday report of relative difficulty (see my 8/1/2009 post for an explanation of my method and my 10/15/2012 post for an explanation of a tweak to my method):<br /><br />All solvers (median solve time, average for day of week, ratio, percentile, rating)<br /><br />Mon 7:20, 6:12, 1.18, 98%, Challenging<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Mon 4:15, 3:39, 1.16, 95%, Challengingsanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34793427025144886352013-01-07T15:20:35.763-05:002013-01-07T15:20:35.763-05:00This was a lot of fun (*CLAPS*). The HEART OF GOL...This was a lot of fun (*CLAPS*). The HEART OF GOLD paired with BUNS OF STEEL made it for me - what more does a body need? Enjoyed WELDED as a bonus theme answer. Loved AWK-WARD and I AM SO DEAD.<br /><br />Liked SUN HAT crossing CHROME DOME. My bald husband, after multiple Mohs surgeries on his DOME (a word he actually has used for his shiny pate), has finally seen the wisdom of wearing a hat out in the sun. It just can't look like a SUN HAT.<br /><br />@Jim Peredo - I can't wait for your next puzzle!Carolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971759975067250908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46116065688775119372013-01-07T14:41:47.711-05:002013-01-07T14:41:47.711-05:005-U debut. Rhymey. Nice job, Mr. Peredo. U'v...5-U debut. Rhymey. Nice job, Mr. Peredo. U've set the bar mighty high, dude. I mean, if the next "artificial body parts" puz ain't got Platinum Blonde hair, a Tin ear, a Wood leg, Brass balls, and don't poop Silver bullets, fergettaboutit. thUmbsUp.<br /><br />@Lewis. Oh, man. U made my day. Another U counter. In fact, U have inspired the 2012 I Fink U Freaky awards (comin' real soon) to take a whole different tack. mUcho Thanx.<br /><br />M&AM and A's First Silver Body Partnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82179348831433788292013-01-07T14:41:05.925-05:002013-01-07T14:41:05.925-05:00A minor technicality, but blowtorches are not used...A minor technicality, but blowtorches are not used for welding. Most commonly they're used to remove old paint, heat roofing shingles and sometimes, to preheat large pieces which are to be welded. Blowtorches do not produce enough heat to melt metal, which is part of the welding process.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31553179754288528352013-01-07T14:37:33.889-05:002013-01-07T14:37:33.889-05:00Thought it was a good puzzle and more challenging ...Thought it was a good puzzle and more challenging than the typical Monday. Terrific debut for Mr. Peredo.<br />Only issue (especially for a boomer)---"generous spirit"???---how about "Young classic"? or "I've been a miner for a____ ___ ____"?<br /><br />Airymomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9801673818997548282013-01-07T13:57:49.692-05:002013-01-07T13:57:49.692-05:00Like others above, I knew today was gonna be tough...Like others above, I knew today was gonna be tough for a Monday when URGE was my immediate answer at 1-Across.<br /><br />While I can't find a video at the moment, I'm pretty sure that Jon Stewart has sung the word AWKWARD in a falsetto voice on many a Daily Show segment.<br /><br />@Jim Peredo:<br /><br />Add me to the list of people who would have loved to have seen your robot clues while solving the puzzle. Good work and congrats on the debut.Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15440942981870183719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16106447611463504412013-01-07T13:44:43.876-05:002013-01-07T13:44:43.876-05:00Good one. Fun theme. Medium-challenging here too.
...Good one. Fun theme. Medium-challenging here too.<br /><br />Had KEEN for 19A - should have realized it was a bit esoteric for a Monday.<br /><br />Note to self: learn to type. Typos and accidental overwrites cost me almost 2 minutes.<br /><br />Thanks, Mr. Peredo. More please.retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19833648925342011772013-01-07T13:36:00.331-05:002013-01-07T13:36:00.331-05:00Two write overs: SOFTe and hOWL. So, DNF. Thank...Two write overs: SOFTe and hOWL. So, DNF. Thanks Jim Peredo for coming by with the nifty Robot clues. <br /><br />Then there is the sad "A for effort, D in the course." Sigh.<br /><br />Good start to the week.Sparkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11149915526159432838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4385447508641071162013-01-07T13:32:56.151-05:002013-01-07T13:32:56.151-05:00I liked this puzzle. Thank you Mr. Peredo and cong...I liked this puzzle. Thank you Mr. Peredo and congrats on your debut.<br /><br />My only flub was ZACK at 18D which then led me to put in the M and gave me KMART OF GOLD for a short while. Not sure what I was thinking there.Birdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84703442331184880992013-01-07T13:14:40.888-05:002013-01-07T13:14:40.888-05:00@Bea looks like we have a lot in common - includi...@Bea looks like we have a lot in common - including our name!! - E-mail me so we can chatchefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.com