tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post2740876539981755105..comments2024-03-29T01:11:26.960-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Florida food fish / FRI 2-7-14 / Is guilty of petitio principii / Philatelic collectibleRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23541869530081066002014-03-14T21:10:36.656-04:002014-03-14T21:10:36.656-04:00Oh my God, I'm so glad to tell everyone the re...<br /><br />Oh my God, I'm so glad to tell everyone the real thing that happen to me...My name is EMILIANO BABARAH. If i refuse to share this testimony it means i am selfish to my self and to people i love so much whom might have similar problems, March 16th about something 7:23pm after taken our dinner my husband got crazy started calling a lady name Melisa I love you, i was so mad and started crying like a baby...then my husband left home then for the idiot called Melisa, and never return back home then i believed when he understand his self he will surly come back to apology, but instead he left me So i complained to my friend she told me she was having such problems in her marriage until she was introduce to DR ORIOMON who specializes in bringing back broken homes and broken marriages DR ORIOMON cast a spell for me in May 4th surprisingly my husband came home May 6th apologizing that i should forgive him that it will never happen again, i was so glad and gave the thanks to DR ORIOMON who save my marriage, if you are having similar problem you can contact him and His email address is (oriomonspiritualtemple@yahoo.com) you can still save your marriage if u really love your husband.<br /><br /><br />Thanks EMILIANO BABARAH_USA<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05949698908700226305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9124605836772817502014-03-14T21:07:05.511-04:002014-03-14T21:07:05.511-04:00@strayling - that's very philosophical of you....@strayling - that's very philosophical of you. I presume you weren't referring to <a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow">this "doobie"</a>.<br /> Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91438694798859334112014-03-14T20:03:22.175-04:002014-03-14T20:03:22.175-04:00Socrates: To be is to do.
Sartre: To do is to be.
...Socrates: To be is to do.<br />Sartre: To do is to be.<br />Sinatra: 12 ac.<br /><br />(Somebody had to do/be it.)straylinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13536180563789923012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27258704697408296492014-03-14T18:29:49.113-04:002014-03-14T18:29:49.113-04:00Never heard of GANT, or gank either, but Jennifer ...Never heard of GANT, or gank either, but Jennifer EHLE was a GIMME. Her P & P was delightful. She was also in the more recent 'The King's Speech'.<br /><br />Have a fine weekend, Syndilanders.Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156872089175084024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73166408249272278972014-03-14T16:26:58.343-04:002014-03-14T16:26:58.343-04:00SOMEONE commented earlier that Ned White lives in ...SOMEONE commented earlier that Ned White lives in Maine, and even @spacey is quoting Maine's most famous literary native, Hawkeye, with "finest kind" so I'm calling a sub-theme shoutout.<br /><br />I've seen EDITMENU with the exact same clue very recently and I still needed most of the crosses to get it.<br /><br />It's a sure sign of pop-culture brain-rot caused by doing too many xwords when gEena (confirmed by gEtto for BESET) Davis comes to mind before the much more esteemable BETTE.<br /><br />My OWS, discovered only upon arriving here, was having my stamp collection be a PAgE.<br /><br />Is there such a thing as solitary poker?Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39818021667374967872014-03-14T15:53:00.300-04:002014-03-14T15:53:00.300-04:00Similar experience for me as for most others. Eas...Similar experience for me as for most others. Easy top half, harder bottom half, but pretty enjoyable nonetheless with some sparkle and misdirective cluing.<br /><br />Good to see BEGSTHEQUESTION with the Latin clue. This is probably the most misused phrase in the English language, along with *momentarily* and *hopefully*. I know everyone in Syndiland would EVER misuse these expressions...<br /><br />I spell it KEBAB, but say "kabob".rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63610785439717982842014-03-14T15:51:46.781-04:002014-03-14T15:51:46.781-04:00A bit of a strange puzzle with names (EHLE) and wo...A bit of a strange puzzle with names (EHLE) and words (VIRAGOS) that were new to me, but eventually solved it except for the UNTROD thing. Is that even a word? Is "not printed up" something anyone would say looking an unmarked patch of snow or sand? Maybe in some vernacular, perhaps the one that contains "bank"? At any rate, came closer than usual for a Friday!<br /><br />My Captcha: odsored. Could it be a comment on @spacecraft's Captcha? Blush, blush!DMGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81691222905183571052014-03-14T11:21:58.397-04:002014-03-14T11:21:58.397-04:00@M&A: Don't U mean "UEY UEY U?"
...@M&A: Don't U mean "UEY UEY U?"<br /><br />Our word for "grab" (as in, something that's not yours) was KYPE. Yeah, GANK must be very restrictively local--like, particular to a single school, judging from the vast majority of us who never heard of it.<br /><br />On to the puzz. To kick off a Friday with the GIMME of PRESENTARMS (neither SHOULDER nor ORDER would fit) seemed such a gift that it made me wary. Then when the next line was the famous Sinatra scat, for which I had only to determine the precise spelling (scat spalling has GOT to be the most inexact of sciences), I began to wonder if I hadn't woken up on a Wedensday and just thought it was Friday. I do not, however remember any Abba song called GIMMEGIMMEGIMME, so had to infer the repetition from the previous entry. Man, I thought I knew most of their hits; not that one.<br /><br />The repeating theme is...repeated in the center--and then we go south. Those long acrosses are "finest kind," as Hawkeye would say, but they desert the theme. Not that this is a bad thing. I mean, recreate some socko entries like BEGSTHEQUESTION and DOUBLEBOGEYED on top, and you'd HAVE something.<br /><br />Big Green is Cornell, which though in the same league is hardly the ELIS' "rival." That would be, of course, Harvard, since the dawn of time. Careful how you toss that word "rival" around.<br /><br />There's much to like in this; a single line containing both KEVLAR and ARCTURUS is hard to beat. I just think the repetitive drivel (well, OK, USAUSAUSA is not drivel...but it IS repetitive) cheapens the whole effect. Certainly made it one of my easiest Fridays ever.<br /><br />You say KEBAB, I say KABOB...let's call the whole thing off.<br /><br />Captcha is eatmLo...nope, I'm not gonna touch that one.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59348739884960004782014-02-07T22:02:51.440-05:002014-02-07T22:02:51.440-05:00This 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 6:04, 6:22, 0.95, 27%, Easy-Medium<br />Tue 10:30, 8:18, 1.27, 94%, Challenging (13th highest ratio of 217 Tuesdays)<br />Wed 8:25, 10:26, 0.81, 7%, Easy<br />Thu 18:20, 18:35, 0.99, 44%, Medium<br />Fri 18:20, 20:15, 0.91, 34%, Easy-Medium<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Mon 4:01, 4:00, 1.00, 47%, Medium<br />Tue 6:33, 5:14, 1.25, 96%, Challenging (9th highest ratio of 217 Tuesdays)<br />Wed 5:26, 6:15, 0.87, 15%, Easy<br />Thu 10:09, 10:24, 0.98, 42%, Medium<br />Fri 11:06, 11:32, 0.96, 42%, Mediumsanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75464783448576637802014-02-07T19:38:41.227-05:002014-02-07T19:38:41.227-05:00A real nice Friday puzzle for me. Enjoyed the trip...A real nice Friday puzzle for me. Enjoyed the triplets and got the bonus of the Drill Command with my first salvo<br /><br />Okanaganer.. IF Penticton is Palm Springs Nanaimo is SeattleKretchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37635159455932151802014-02-07T18:51:43.936-05:002014-02-07T18:51:43.936-05:00I have heard of gank and probably used it years ag...I have heard of gank and probably used it years ago. I am under forty and Midwestern. I wonder if it is regional or has to do with the, ummmm, ethnic diversity in one's school.<br /><br />I have also heard of Arcturus, although I didn't recognize it by the clue alone without AR-Sizenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48827179584188173472014-02-07T18:25:48.369-05:002014-02-07T18:25:48.369-05:00P.S. Never seen or heard "gank".P.S. Never seen or heard "gank".machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47123177181906024882014-02-07T18:16:51.698-05:002014-02-07T18:16:51.698-05:00@Yvette: if you do you have to tell us about it.
...@Yvette: if you do you have to tell us about it.<br /><br />Nice puzzle! The arcturus/tattier area was the last one for me. I've only ever heard tatty in England, and the clue for 42 seemed to ask for something bigger than a stein, like a carafe or a pitcher. A stein is for one person.<br /><br />Talking about untrod: normally, when there is snow in our yard, we almost immediately see tracks of all sorts of animals, but this time none at all, very weird. There is a crust of ice on top, the little ones probably don't even leave a mark. Still, where are the deer, our girls?<br /><br />I was also looking for additional multiples in the bottom half. <br /><br />I'm looking forward to the speed skating this weekend, my favorite event, especially the longest distances.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66786797890333667962014-02-07T17:48:38.359-05:002014-02-07T17:48:38.359-05:00The videogame definition of GANKing (basically, ga...The videogame definition of GANKing (basically, ganging up on a person to kill them in a PvP game) is in common usage in that subculture. But I guess the NYT has always been very shy about using any videogame terminology more obscure than MYST, ATARI, or SEGA. :)<br /><br />(Although RAID did show up in a World of Warcraft context a little while back. I was pleasantly surprised!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9989705078723509372014-02-07T16:33:57.315-05:002014-02-07T16:33:57.315-05:00Wait--people google the answers?? That changes eve...Wait--people google the answers?? That changes everything for me.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773083768074831892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59366471347413888612014-02-07T16:12:11.144-05:002014-02-07T16:12:11.144-05:00@Freddy Me too! Smart and stupid. You're no...@Freddy Me too! Smart and stupid. You're not alone.Tracy Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02346306757950033324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13504983469445395632014-02-07T16:11:18.195-05:002014-02-07T16:11:18.195-05:00@Freddy An electrical short in the wiring in your ...@Freddy An electrical short in the wiring in your walls or behind appliances can start a fire. Tracy Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02346306757950033324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38737515672284811222014-02-07T16:10:43.901-05:002014-02-07T16:10:43.901-05:00Thank you, OISK. I wasn't thinking of electri...Thank you, OISK. I wasn't thinking of electricity. I am reasonably smart, but I am awfully stupid sometimes. Freddy Murcksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55421531972268293672014-02-07T16:05:05.357-05:002014-02-07T16:05:05.357-05:00@Freddy - As in a short circuit, or in the case...@Freddy - As in a short circuit, or in the case of this group, a Shortz circuit.OISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45106017042122143742014-02-07T15:50:36.894-05:002014-02-07T15:50:36.894-05:00Midday 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 />Fri 18:33, 20:15, 0.92, 37%, Easy-Medium<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Fri 11:47, 11:41, 1.01, 52%, Mediumsanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10809586162470025192014-02-07T15:40:08.365-05:002014-02-07T15:40:08.365-05:00I can't quite figure out why SHORT is a potent...I can't quite figure out why SHORT is a potential fire hazard (24A). That's the only clue/answer pair in the puzzle that I can't quite make sense of. Would someone care to enlighten me?Freddy Murcksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14559776693978406312014-02-07T15:07:34.374-05:002014-02-07T15:07:34.374-05:00Oh yeah, another seltzer SLOPPING: My mother and h...Oh yeah, another seltzer SLOPPING: My mother and her father both collected coins and stamps. Took a bit of digging to find PANE, I had PA_E before it popped up. A pane is a group of commemorative stamps printed with a border around them so they are completely enclosed as opposed to a sheet which has open edges. PANEs are prized and stamp album makers print pages specifically for them. I believe they even create albums just for PANE collections.Numinoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01263999193499725814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71957320047839324192014-02-07T14:50:22.800-05:002014-02-07T14:50:22.800-05:00Got most of this one with a good bit of Google hel...Got most of this one with a good bit of Google help [ARCTURUS, GANT, GIMMIEGIMMIEGIMMIE] but still had to take a DNF because of the cross at QBS and DOUBLEBOGEYED--all the more maddening since I'm a big golf and football fan. UEY is also terrible filland I only got it after completing the rest of the puzzle. And I still don't really get PANE as a philatelic collectible. Then stamps aren't my thing. SEGO and SEGA in the same fill? Saccharides twice? How does something like this get accepted despite the clever stacks?LaneBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57250927104215059602014-02-07T14:49:47.988-05:002014-02-07T14:49:47.988-05:00Gank, LOL. Never heard it before but it has three ...Gank, LOL. Never heard it before but it has three very real definitions. @Ben's middle schoolers, it definately means steal. In MMORPGs it means gang kill. Y'all look up MMORPG, I looked up gank. Anyway, with the previous two defs, I'd expect this in a David Steinberg puzzle (see, I''m starting to pay attention) so brace yourselves. David might come up with with the following too. Ganks are a race of homicidal Star Wars characters who live for murder and mayhem (another easy google find). I gave up on Star Wars after sleeping through the fourth or fifth. I was seriously bored. <br /><br />I really laughed out loud when UNTROD jumped up and squirted seltzer in my face (<i>Guys and Dolls</i> reference). I love when that stuff happens to me. So bummed when I DNFed because I didn't seen SAUCY, I wanted SAUte and I didn't know from APPLEe. <br /><br />I have no complaints about DOOBE GIMME USA. I was't really looking for a theme but I expected one more triad. <br /><br />Thanks Ned White for the squirts in the face.<br />Thanks Ben for a really good write up and for introducing a groovy new word, trust me, someone's gonna GANK it soon.Numinoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01263999193499725814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14712483037501877112014-02-07T14:46:17.298-05:002014-02-07T14:46:17.298-05:00Okay, okay... I'm slow on the uptake. One wh...Okay, okay... I'm slow on the uptake. One who sings is a rat, duh!<br /><br />Nonetheless, I had enough random data bouncing around in my head as it was and I did look for a literal solution because I am a singer of the conventional kind.gringahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12917379814760525264noreply@blogger.com