tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3222661878769386256..comments2024-03-29T10:22:19.863-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Starchy substance found in some plant roots / TUE 8-23-16 / Soda brand introduced in 1924 / Bond player after Brosnan / Duchess of Goya subject / Many flower children these days / Aaron Burr Hamilton song with rhyming titleRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76651322235192949962017-10-20T00:59:11.621-04:002017-10-20T00:59:11.621-04:00Do you need free YouTube Views?
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Our MATCHGAME is NOCON...HOSE MWAH (MANGO OSX ISMS)<br /><br />Our MATCHGAME is NOCONTEST, I’ll be KOI to begin,<br />but I’ll SWIRL and I’ll SWAY when I’m WAY INULIN.<br /><br />--- HON. RENE LUMET<br />BS3noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58708935025608694752016-09-27T15:59:33.400-04:002016-09-27T15:59:33.400-04:00
Easy Monday puzzle, with six hateful answers unkn...<br />Easy Monday puzzle, with six hateful answers unknown to most.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14521242417090120602016-09-27T15:57:21.068-04:002016-09-27T15:57:21.068-04:00If my earlier post was too opaque, 12d (Creature l...If my earlier post was too opaque, 12d (Creature leaving a slime trail) turned out to NOT be a SLUt. Just a SLUG.BS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91847734117384425542016-09-27T15:15:21.349-04:002016-09-27T15:15:21.349-04:00My print version had a little line bolding going o...My print version had a little line bolding going on to show where and in which direction the SWIRL was taking place. Perhaps IMPERFECT, but as close to a SWIRL as you can get with squares. Probably mentioned above, but I didn’t have time to read. Saw CHOCOLATE right away and figured it’d be 2 tasty puzzles in a row. NOCONTEST at all after that, even INULIN fell in.<br /><br />Reruns of the MATCHGAME can be found on one of those extra digital broadcast channels we can get now due to a federal mandate, even if we’re in the Gulf of Mexico (a hundred feet off shore). <br /><br />ALBA not clued as yeah baby Jess like yesterday, so ZOE Saldana is it today. Too often made up with blue or green paint. But not “green paint”. Yeah baby.<br /><br />The idea of BUBBLEGUM ice cream doesn’t do much for me, but this SWIRLy Tues-puz was better than what usually seems to show up. No w/o on my grid if anybody CHEX.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68819505417507118192016-09-27T14:15:16.229-04:002016-09-27T14:15:16.229-04:00That left-of-center Z was my Natick-maker. Did no...That left-of-center Z was my Natick-maker. Did not see the "outlines," and stared for a while, not seeing anything swirlworthy. <br /><br />In the midst of the Clinton Administration, the government decided to shut down an entire Bureau - the Bureau of Mines. At the time I was a counselor (and career counselor) at the local community colleges. They were asked by the Bureau and the Employment Security Office to provide a counselor for the two offices of the BOM in Spokane. Moi. It was an unusual task, for many reasons. Such a well-educated group of folks (Master's and Doctorate's in mostly sciences, mostly geology) who had little if any experience in looking for a job. Most had gone from grad-school internships to career-track government positions. You really have to dress up for an interview? What do I put in a resume? Brilliant folks with impressive publications. A pleasure to work with them.<br /><br />I'll never forget one day, after I had helped him with his resume some days before, a geologist met me at the door. The personnel office he had visited the day before was impressed with his resume - and the paper it was on. When I had asked him (earlier in the week) if he had his resume paper with him so he could print out a copy, he had no clue what I was talking about. Well, everyone in the building was job hunting, so we found some pretty quickly. He was amazed that the personnel officer had noticed and even mentioned it to him. What a bunch of sweethearts to work with.<br /><br />On the last day the BOM offices were open, I was there to say my goodbyes. Everyone was packing up their final odds and ends, and someone put Snow White's "Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's Off to Work We Go" on the PA system, over and over. A bittersweet memory. <br /><br />Diana, LIWDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63297765681095324972016-09-27T13:48:42.160-04:002016-09-27T13:48:42.160-04:00@spacecraft-- Would have acknowledged your similar...@spacecraft-- Would have acknowledged your similar comments on graphics, but usually like to make my comments before reading others. leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40717350950578450702016-09-27T13:32:53.162-04:002016-09-27T13:32:53.162-04:00This otherwise nicely themed puzzle was obscured n...This otherwise nicely themed puzzle was obscured not by any of its word content but by hard-to-see outlines of the SWIRLy theme answers. Yes, outlines in my local paper, not circles, which would have been obvious.<br /><br />Took some scrutinizing to make them out and seeing the two counter-clockwise and two clockwise ice cream SWIRLs. Good idea, but taxed my aging vision.<br /><br />Would have had to make a wild guess at UNULIN if it weren't for RUMRAISIN, and ZAPF, lying out there on its own, was filled solely by the helpful crosses.<br /><br />It's a good puzzle, and I liked it except for the IMPERFECT graphics.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45408426736128792592016-09-27T11:55:35.728-04:002016-09-27T11:55:35.728-04:00My printed grid had no circles, so I was blind to ...My printed grid had no circles, so I was blind to the theme. Could have stared at the completed grid for hours with no hope of seeing the "SWIRLS." The closest I came after twenty minutes was the SW of SWAY, the R and I of CRAIG and the L of BEELZEBUB (fantastic entry!), which form a sort of misspelled counterclockwise "SWILR." Without circles it's pretty nigh impossible.<br /><br />So I'm going to treat it like a themeless, and as such I liked it. Lots of fun entries with clues more playful than one might expect on a Tuesday. True, the outliers lay WAY out; three for me. In addition to INULIN, there were ZAPF--now how in blazes did the creator of this font come up with that, grab a handful of Scrabble tiles out of the bag?--and OSX for this TECH-challenged reporter. Still they were gettable on crosses, and the whole thing wasn't much harder than your typical early-week offering. In fact, Those nine-stacks flowed.<br /><br />I had no problem with seeing KEY as a gift, sort of a pre-"Let's move in together" gesture. Now "EXHIPPIES" is something else. Don't you find that they still are? It's like saying "Ex-Marine." There's no such thing. DOD is the exotic ZOE Saldana. I know Ms. ALBA is hanging around for an encore, but let's give her a rest. Big pass play: first down in the red zone. spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66729780245108277502016-09-27T10:25:02.222-04:002016-09-27T10:25:02.222-04:00VASSALAtE (not vacillate) could’ve been a thing, l...VASSALAtE (not vacillate) could’ve been a thing, like a sultanate, that would have put that t right at the end of 12d (Creature leaving a slime trail) instead of the G, but apparently SLUG was the correct answer.BS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78321253871749947332016-09-27T09:55:01.776-04:002016-09-27T09:55:01.776-04:00NAP RUMOR
LORD, THATSALIE that BUGS me, that EXHI...NAP RUMOR<br /><br />LORD, THATSALIE that BUGS me, that EXHIPPIES are as WOBBLY ASEVER,<br />the REMAINDER just have LOWENERGY for their IMPERFECT endeavor.<br /><br />--- ZOE ZAPF ALBA<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68945864094095244602016-09-27T06:46:58.751-04:002016-09-27T06:46:58.751-04:00No No No... it's MUAH
You people are too old...No No No... it's MUAH <br /><br />You people are too old...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73901907221322513212016-08-24T13:13:46.063-04:002016-08-24T13:13:46.063-04:00P.S. And that goes for Star Wars also.
I would l...P.S. And that goes for Star Wars also.<br /> I would like to think of myself as an adult.ANON Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88106193880514468062016-08-24T00:34:06.587-04:002016-08-24T00:34:06.587-04:00@Aketi - Hm - No worries. My first thought was &qu...@Aketi - Hm - No worries. My first thought was "why is Aketi apologizing?" <br /><br />@anonymoi - Too funny. No idea what caused that response, but to answer your question I wear a shirt with buttons maybe ... maybe, once a month. I'll let the mathematicians here explain the difficulty of dividing stuffing by zero.<br /><br />@Beatrice (and @numinous and @lms) I think a lot of the "woodenness" is a function of two things besides just the acting. First, lots of the staging is as if they are filming a play. Second, the rigid wall between the sexes.<br /><br />@Lewis - We'll have to meet for lunch sometime and see if we can get a count of ex-hippies. I'll be back in October.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67206733488507012102016-08-23T23:10:19.770-04:002016-08-23T23:10:19.770-04:00Having MATCHGAME show up not only as an answer, bu...Having MATCHGAME show up not only as an answer, but as the first answer, made me unnecessarily happy.Garetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17638001184677566313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57037443766513952002016-08-23T22:03:50.357-04:002016-08-23T22:03:50.357-04:00Dnf. Ridiculous for a Tuesday. You are all on some...Dnf. Ridiculous for a Tuesday. You are all on something today. Chronic dnferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129538196003383400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31150430811692436842016-08-23T20:18:29.724-04:002016-08-23T20:18:29.724-04:00B+ for me, deductions for INULIN, ZAPF on a Tuesda...B+ for me, deductions for INULIN, ZAPF on a Tuesday, and the theme being something I didn't notice until I was already finished. <br /><br />Big points for the technical accomplishment of the swirls without too much crap, the 9s are all good, all Tuesday, and a few are wonderful: BEELZEBUB, NO CONTEST, EXHIPPIES, LOW ENERGY. I also definitely think that REBUS is part of the theme -- it's symmetrical to SWIRL.<br /><br />I have only seen bubble gum Italian ice, but I'm sure it's an ice cream somewhere; rum raison is definitely alive in NYC, much to my chagrin.<br /><br />Slowdowns, ALIa, HuN, BEEZleBUB (I can't spell, I guess), ios over OSX for about 2 seconds, LOWENERGY took every cross to see the L (and INULIN did not help).<br /><br />Sidney LUMET and ZOE Saldana should have been gettable if you do crosswords. INULIN/ZAPF, okay, they are absolutely brutal on a Tuesday; ESTS and ETDS along with ALII, ALBA (as clued), and INRE are just -- yuk!<br /><br />But the rest is enjoyable enough and the crosses are fair. Very fast for me today, could have broken 10 minutes on paper if I did it at home and not on the subway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15599071128171767342016-08-23T19:25:36.362-04:002016-08-23T19:25:36.362-04:00@beatrice, I suppose I do have some comments to ma...@beatrice, I suppose I do have some comments to make. Probably quite a few, actually. Too extensive to go into here. After giving this some thought, I've decided to write about it on my blog which can be found on my profile page. Don't go there now unless you are interested in other "musings". I won't start it until tomorrow. I'll let you know here when I'm done.Numinoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01263999193499725814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14050547547915695952016-08-23T18:33:51.687-04:002016-08-23T18:33:51.687-04:00@G Barany - thank you for the link.
I have to sta...<br />@G Barany - thank you for the link.<br /><br />I have to stand up for 'Snow White'. Many years ago my then husband and I saw it at a drive-in theater, and then endured a lame Disney live-action feature in order to see it again. It may well be that it is one of those (many) films which really needs to be seen on a large screen. Plus I loved her voice.<br /><br />@LMS - not sure about that library scene, but I agree that there was much wooden acting in 'classic' cinema - not least in film noir. Many actors and actresses were apparently chosen on looks alone - that, and somebody's idea of sex appeal (I imagine Numinous has some thoughts about this). <br /><br />Thanks to @Lewis for pointing out the hot-cold vibe of the puzzle! Not sure I ever knew that BEELZEBUB was a Romanized combination of the familiar 'Baal' - 'Lord' - and 'Zebub'...which is not quite so straight-forward. The Wiki article is quite interesting.<br /><br />So solemnity and the CELLO led me to finding 'Requiem for Three Cellos and Orchestra', by a composer of whom I had never heard, David Popper (1843-1913). He was a professional CELList and wrote mainly for that instrument. A less STYgian composition of his is a tarantella for cello and piano. The Wiki article on the tarantella is interesting, as well.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtpw0Y2dxbI<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7mXir0EVjY<br /><br /><br />beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16162755764092888665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58181856140629000022016-08-23T17:23:45.688-04:002016-08-23T17:23:45.688-04:00The construction of this puzzle was very clever, a...The construction of this puzzle was very clever, and very few people could do it. Therefore, since Rex's review is unfairly low, I am giving his review the grade of 'D.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28056387288742749752016-08-23T16:27:13.545-04:002016-08-23T16:27:13.545-04:00@Tom, @Teedmn, as an undergrad German major, I rec...@Tom, @Teedmn, as an undergrad German major, I received my college's German prize. It was a hardbound copy of Mann's "Der Zauberberg." The icing on the cake was that a chunk of pages in the middle of the book were blank.Carolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971759975067250908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86803882394305520262016-08-23T16:16:45.739-04:002016-08-23T16:16:45.739-04:00Plentiful chuckles throughout, but my LOL was Nich...Plentiful chuckles throughout, but my LOL was Nicholas MWAH. I'm either a pee-dant, or maybe just best-wrong, in thinking the title should be "One Foot in Eden, Still I Stand".<br /><br />Comma toesLeapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.com