tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3193820341932425164..comments2024-03-28T08:20:54.275-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Word on biblical wall / TUE 12-20-11 / Writer John who won Pulitzer for Annals of Former World / John Constable Camille Pissarro / Shore dinner stapleRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74044043116771111132012-01-25T00:21:33.465-05:002012-01-25T00:21:33.465-05:00Rehabs are fixers. The terms are interchangeable t...Rehabs are fixers. The terms are interchangeable today. Been that way in the real estate investment business for about a decade now.Loishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04472262278428040074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19837411744116147282012-01-24T21:28:44.590-05:002012-01-24T21:28:44.590-05:00I like areolas, but I like nipples even more. And ...I like areolas, but I like nipples even more. And even more than nipples I like ...I Can Tap That!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32087528490879867082012-01-24T20:37:27.068-05:002012-01-24T20:37:27.068-05:00Spacecraft here. Got pulled way off the tracks whe...Spacecraft here. Got pulled way off the tracks when I violated my own rule: scan the clue list for the central theme-clue and solve there first. Instead I saw the Ali clue and filled in ROPEADOPE; then went straight to HOPEAGAINSTHOPE. Not only did I think it was -OPEs, I thought there was one at each end!! Lots of headscratching till I finally got around to the reveal. OK, served me right. Now I know why I have that rule.<br /> Someone called ONELB briliant but I say it's another bad copout by a constructor who needed those letters. Didn't care for TYPEAS, either. Coincidentally, I'm not too fond of actual type-As. Boy, there's a section: TYPEAS, NASCAR and MYSPACE. What a well-placed grenade could do...<br /> I did like some of it: LOPEARED, EXCERPT and the biblical south (the Bible belt?). The TRUTH is out there......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2413583244972502422012-01-24T17:18:31.152-05:002012-01-24T17:18:31.152-05:00Enjoyed this one. Thought of ROPE A DOPE first but...Enjoyed this one. Thought of ROPE A DOPE first but figured it was wrong so moved on without it. It doesn't happen too often that my first guess on something a little obscure turns out right.<br />Maybe that means I'm getting better at this?!?<br />Had all but a dumb mistake at 54D. Put in clam but could not figure out what maa was. Turns out it was BAA.<br /><br />Only bad thing now is having to listen to NY fans in five weeks after the Niners lost. ugh.. might have to skip the comments that week... As if I could.Mighty Nisdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604834076817509735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51696325715936572582012-01-24T15:12:30.234-05:002012-01-24T15:12:30.234-05:00If the number of write-overs is any indication of ...If the number of write-overs is any indication of difficulty, this was a tough Tuesday trial (I've been called an alliterate fool by some - wait, is that how you spell it?) (At least I'm not SANCTImonious. And no, I am not calling anyone else that, either.) OXO is also a losing tic-tac-toe line. Love seeing ROPEADOPE as it reminds me of what a great athlete Ali was and what a great man he is.Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52097977854689303262012-01-24T14:23:13.046-05:002012-01-24T14:23:13.046-05:00@Bob, http://www.utetribe.com/ is entitled "T...@Bob, http://www.utetribe.com/ is entitled "The Ute Indian Tribe" and is referred to by Google as "The Official Web Site of the Ute Indian Tribe". Hope that helps in resolving your angst...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28094733184983788752012-01-24T11:30:54.257-05:002012-01-24T11:30:54.257-05:00Native Americans don't care for the term "...Native Americans don't care for the term "Indians" and I have been tryiing to teach my students not to use that term for thirty years. <br /><br />Maybe the Utes are an exception I don't know about. Maybe using "Indian" will confuse solvers and readers of this blog with the country of India. That would be strong justification for being polically incorrect, would it not?<br /><br />It didn't confuse me. I knew who Wil Short meant. I have become used to the use of i-word in the puzzle. By using the term so often, it becomes the norm again. Is it intentional to offend Native Americans? I would really like to know the rationale. Did you really think about? Did the puzzle writer have Native American and Wil Short change it?<br /><br />Apparently I'm the only one in a lather. I must confess I have not read all the comments today but I searched for that word "Indian" which is offensive to many people and got no hits. Either no else cares, or we are just used to the puzzle as the last bastion of political in-correctness. What other racial words are we willing to get used to?<br /><br />Rex, you raise big to dos over all sorts of things. Why not talk about this? People listen to you.Bob in Syndicationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70822062764078758692011-12-21T09:28:46.924-05:002011-12-21T09:28:46.924-05:00I can think of some modern ice cream flavors, but ...I can think of some modern ice cream flavors, but Steven Colber's Americone Dream had too many letters...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35084771878129656182011-12-21T02:14:38.240-05:002011-12-21T02:14:38.240-05:00@pk
Happy Bday to you and yo mama! How cool same ...@pk<br />Happy Bday to you and yo mama! How cool same day!<br />My mom is but 8 days after mine, but we are even different signs...but she would be SO proud that I,m your go-to Puzzle Jew!<br />I didn't even get to light mine...and yes, you light the big one (the shammas...sounds a bit Irish, no?) and use THAT one to light the others...one more each night for 8 nights, which is why menorahs have 9 holders...Acmenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50049282740572569282011-12-21T01:25:18.940-05:002011-12-21T01:25:18.940-05:00@pk - thx!
btw - love the menorah story...
And re...@pk - thx!<br />btw - love the menorah story...<br /><br />And reminds me to say Happy Hannukah!Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74015665687384031202011-12-21T01:03:50.803-05:002011-12-21T01:03:50.803-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tobias Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14828873893205954337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69001970497970049752011-12-21T00:26:07.908-05:002011-12-21T00:26:07.908-05:00@Tita - thx. I love your posts as your solving ex...@Tita - thx. I love your posts as your solving experiences are almost identical to mine most of the time.pknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65561830889790465532011-12-21T00:07:26.844-05:002011-12-21T00:07:26.844-05:00Happy belated birthday to pk and pk's mom!Happy belated birthday to pk and pk's mom!Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32478249117965819782011-12-20T23:25:42.564-05:002011-12-20T23:25:42.564-05:00Thanks for all the birthday wishes, all! My mothe...Thanks for all the birthday wishes, all! My mother and I share the same birthday. For some reason, she decided to give me a menorah for my half of the b.day (we are not Jewish). So anyway, it is a lovely piece of art, and we just had our first night of candle-lighting. Wiki was not too helpful about what to do, so I hope we did it right. (We lit the big one first and then the next one from the big one - ACME help me out here.) <br /><br />Sorry for the off-topic post, Rex, but I figure everyone is on to Wednesday at this point. Okay, to get us back on topic, I printed out the Tuesday puzzle for my mother, who loves split pea soup. I will have to explain the theme to her, and maybe she will need some help with the puzz, a la Tita's mom, but we have had a lovely birthday.pknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65934249056402029512011-12-20T23:15:33.369-05:002011-12-20T23:15:33.369-05:00@ MatthewG I direct your attention to that of the ...@ MatthewG I direct your attention to that of the ST> Paddy's day-Now I love me my corned beef and cabbage but I cook much more than the family can eat in one sitting, because to tell the truth I look forward to the Hash as least as much-nothing beats itsyndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16814698406887041710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63824888284296129512011-12-20T21:59:56.850-05:002011-12-20T21:59:56.850-05:00This week's relative difficulty ratings. See m...This week's relative difficulty ratings. See my 8/1/2009 post for an explanation. 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 6:35, 6:50, 0.96, 34%, Easy-Medium<br />Tue 9:39, 8:53, 1.09, 76%, Medium-Challenging<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Mon 3:41, 3:40, 1.01, 55%, Medium<br />Tue 4:58, 4:35, 1.09, 76%, Medium-Challengingsanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3003478683697785322011-12-20T21:17:04.856-05:002011-12-20T21:17:04.856-05:00Pound before ONELB and I had to wait for EXCERPT, ...Pound before ONELB and I had to wait for EXCERPT, otherwise I'm surprised at SanFranMan59 mid day ratings. I'd have put it at medium-easy. <br /><br />Time for a left turn.<br /><br />The theme doesn't thrill me, but I defer to Pandrea's analysis. The fill is fresh.<br /><br />Time for a left turn.<br /><br />I like Sci Fi, but rarely get into anything on the small screen. STTNG and Babylon 5 were pretty enjoyable. Farscape had some hope, but took a left turn somewhere along the line and lost me. X-files just never got my attention.<br /><br />Left Turn <br />@CoffeeLvr - Fairly clued, but how many left turns can you watch?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19245805334248568562011-12-20T21:10:37.957-05:002011-12-20T21:10:37.957-05:00@ksquare, merci. Soir, not noir...but of course.
N...@ksquare, merci. Soir, not noir...but of course.<br />Now I feel like an eejit.swimslikeafishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15561314104964203746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3484588749375823532011-12-20T17:47:46.613-05:002011-12-20T17:47:46.613-05:00Above post was meant for @Eejit. Sorry for getting...Above post was meant for @Eejit. Sorry for getting the name wrong!KRMunsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79922993193971115312011-12-20T17:44:36.467-05:002011-12-20T17:44:36.467-05:00@jeerit: The MCAT's are required for admissio...@jeerit: The MCAT's are required for admission to medical school. Stands for Medical College Admission Test. A lot like the GMAT's - the Graduate Mamagement Admission Test (which I took to get into B-School)) or the LSAT - the Law School Admission Test...KRMunsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9323332314810693572011-12-20T17:27:42.961-05:002011-12-20T17:27:42.961-05:00Definitely agree with the difficulty rating. One ...Definitely agree with the difficulty rating. One of my worst Tuesday times.<br /><br />My feelings were the opposite of Rex's -- I thought the theme was fine, but I didn't like the fill. PENNER is one of the worst six-letter words out there. We also have TETS, SLUE, RES, BAA, OXO ... meh.<br /><br />I'm not familiar with HASH as a word meaning "leftovers." The only food-related use of that word that I know is in HASH browns. So that completely confounded me too.Matthew G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07957320012395569238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41884823104848922632011-12-20T17:02:23.450-05:002011-12-20T17:02:23.450-05:00I guess another way you can split PEA is have it s...I guess another way you can split PEA is have it start at the end of the phrase and end at the beginning:<br /><br />EAR HOOP<br />AGAINST ALL HOPE<br /><br />Not overly hard puzzle, but it seemed hard for a Tuesday...Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09709142959535977331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10496045981901684382011-12-20T16:00:53.409-05:002011-12-20T16:00:53.409-05:00Midday 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):<br /><br />All solvers (median solve time, average for day of week, ratio, percentile, rating)<br /><br />Tue 9:42, 8:53, 1.09, 76%, Medium-Challenging<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Tue 5:10, 4:35, 1.13, 86%, Challengingsanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40032527772141690002011-12-20T15:35:27.356-05:002011-12-20T15:35:27.356-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.KarenSampsonHudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12072958906391798661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56967582919894425482011-12-20T15:34:29.810-05:002011-12-20T15:34:29.810-05:00I have to disagree with you on this one, Rex. I f...I have to disagree with you on this one, Rex. I found it fast and easy.<br /> Merry Christmas to you and yours!KarenSampsonHudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12072958906391798661noreply@blogger.com