tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3441286353929779279..comments2024-03-28T18:52:07.432-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Yangtze river boat / TUE 2-16-10 / Sitcom diner waitress / Hipster's Understood / Idle repairman's employer in adsRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86685024663623491812010-02-17T14:14:30.851-05:002010-02-17T14:14:30.851-05:00@fergus, no, no, nothing about reproductive optimi...@fergus, no, no, nothing about reproductive optimization! All about bonding or "mating for life" optimization... And tongue in cheek at that. <br /><br />Very puzzle related!foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052189131129098616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90513913274143483052010-02-17T10:51:27.011-05:002010-02-17T10:51:27.011-05:00Had to look up on-line dictionaries to see if scis...Had to look up on-line dictionaries to see if scissor was a legitimate verb in anyone's world.<br /><br />Interesting finding is that SCISSORS as a noun is always a plural, never the singular SCISSOR, so the constructor was, yes, wait for it ... <i>"technically correct"</i>.<br /><br />Still - little joy from this Tuesday barker even with this wondrous new knowledge.<br /><br />signed (captcha) flukolas - must be a new prescription brand containing cocaine to make you not give a durn about the influenza MAIMing youxyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287781952915413013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57469619729593669622010-02-17T07:11:37.536-05:002010-02-17T07:11:37.536-05:00I'm early for wed puzzle and the blog isn'...I'm early for wed puzzle and the blog isn't up yet. Hope Rex is ok<br /><br />chefbeaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85316016208020680142010-02-16T23:33:58.395-05:002010-02-16T23:33:58.395-05:00Ms Foodie, your thoughts on reproductive optimizat...Ms Foodie, your thoughts on reproductive optimization are fasscinating. I don't want to interpret them in the wrong way, and since I haven't been following along the whole way, I will agree without any historically negative eugenic tones.fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33693884518032712872010-02-16T23:07:36.545-05:002010-02-16T23:07:36.545-05:00On Tuesday we tend to process these things like bu...On Tuesday we tend to process these things like butchers with their ordindary rounds of meat. <br /><br />Today, late admittedly, with a beer or two around my belt, this puzzle almost solved itself.<br /><br />The amanuensis is me; the solver is who Clued this.fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71225090427610240702010-02-16T22:39:13.091-05:002010-02-16T22:39:13.091-05:00@Sfingi, true dat. But it's fun when the comm...@Sfingi, true dat. But it's fun when the comments are peppered with disdain for baseball fill in the grid. Nevertheless, I doubt sports knowledge will give me an edge this weekend in Brooklyn.HudsonHawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16119485923243014649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45950307038444352262010-02-16T21:38:26.363-05:002010-02-16T21:38:26.363-05:00SCISSOR is a noun, but... oh, why not. English has...SCISSOR is a noun, but... oh, why not. English has a long history of using nouns as verbs. <br /><br />BOLOGNA (pr. buLOHnya) isn't chopped liver. It contains the oldest university in the world (1088). One of hubster's 17 1st cuzzins went there for medical school. It also made slavery and serfdom illegal in the 13th century.<br /><br />I had "loan" before LEND.<br /><br />@Chefbea - We always call Pepto Bismol "Pesmo." <br /><br />@Hudson Hawk - See. Some people just know too much about sports and this actually can interfere with their crossword puzzle.<br /><br />@Stan - keep the puns coming!<br /><br /><a href="http://madcoversite.com/mayjagid.jpg" rel="nofollow"> MadMagazine</a>Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28145858314176806282010-02-16T20:43:38.468-05:002010-02-16T20:43:38.468-05:00@mac, well the best way is to pick the guy with th...@mac, well the best way is to pick the guy with the right genes and hope the right (brain) juices are flowing at the critical moment. But barring that, one could always spritz some inhalable oxytocin up his nose (it crosses into the brain that way) and hope his brain is capable of responding : ) <br /><br />@Artlvr, right... the studies on moles strengthened the idea that this stuff is relevant to all social behavior, in both genders. The recent study, published in a prestigious journal, showed that it helps in people with Asperger syndrome, a so-called autism spectrum disorder, who are very high functioning but lacking in social skills. It helped!foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052189131129098616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66607139132152943492010-02-16T20:21:05.388-05:002010-02-16T20:21:05.388-05:00@ Gregor Samsa -- "Les Metamorphoses d'Ov...@ Gregor Samsa -- "Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide Traduites en Prose Francoise" -- Example of the French translation shows that the title is normally understood as a plural noun.ArtLvrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869528391374878601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18361859560821661392010-02-16T18:57:29.378-05:002010-02-16T18:57:29.378-05:00Can't get oxytocin around here... there's ...Can't get oxytocin around here... there's a big sign behind the counter in most pharmacies.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681342234536407419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55491590790235643222010-02-16T18:51:29.517-05:002010-02-16T18:51:29.517-05:00Kafka = The Metamorphosis
The clue = result, a nou...Kafka = The Metamorphosis<br />The clue = result, a noun<br /><br />Ovid = Metamorphoses<br />Theme = described by directly above , a verbGregor Samsanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66672396263877872162010-02-16T18:36:23.759-05:002010-02-16T18:36:23.759-05:00p.s. thanks to Lurker0 too for pointing out the ti...p.s. thanks to Lurker0 too for pointing out the title differences re Ovid and Kafka works. I did know that, but wanted to salute the first responder on today's blog comments... I enjoy the contributions of the Bard and others too, when they appear here. Food for thought!<br /><br />∑;)ArtLvrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869528391374878601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82950243477619270252010-02-16T18:28:40.259-05:002010-02-16T18:28:40.259-05:00@ foodie -- Interesting about oxytocin and male mo...@ foodie -- Interesting about oxytocin and male moles, thanks! Biospace today happened to have a note about oxytocin showing some beneficial effect on children with autism too -- any advance in treating that sad affliction would be wonderful!<br /><br />@ plantie bea -- Condolences on the demise of your computer. It's happened to me too, yet I'm still not protected against another crash one day. I need a kid or grandkid to get me up to snuff, as the local HOTDOG specialist shop closed down. <br /><br />∑;(ArtLvrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869528391374878601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36424451357054222122010-02-16T18:13:47.473-05:002010-02-16T18:13:47.473-05:00Am w the thumbs-down group, eg @hudsonhawk (wasn&#...Am w the thumbs-down group, eg @hudsonhawk (wasn't anywhere near constructor's wavelength), @sethg (will I "scissor" this completed puzzle? Nyet), @redanman. @Rex: feel better. Thanks for the read on SAMPAN...did have some very nice words: SAPPY, ADOS, LOUTS, AMITY, ASCOT...am visiting Tucson, went an hour's drive to Tubac to see the PRESIDIO ruind/museum before AZ shuts it down. Why it wasn't moth-balled years ago is a mystery..there's virtually nothing of the ruins and no unusual artifacts. But, it made 11D a gimmeCharles Boglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667976595355657752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33033645107896622562010-02-16T17:48:41.518-05:002010-02-16T17:48:41.518-05:00@Andrea Meta Michaels, CoolPapaD
Apparently, the...@Andrea Meta Michaels, CoolPapaD<br /><br /><br />Apparently, the HOAR is the pretty one. <br />So, our elders should be glad they have 'hoary heads' instead of 'rimed pates' or just plain OLD GRAY heads. <br /><br />Not enough controversy to get to 100 today, but an impressive array of processed meat jokes.Barbara Frietschenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33258583362063365972010-02-16T17:31:55.671-05:002010-02-16T17:31:55.671-05:00@Bob Kerfuffle I forgot to ask-Are you going to ch...@Bob Kerfuffle I forgot to ask-Are you going to change your blogger name to BobAdos in honor of 68A today?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90794949922350707952010-02-16T17:04:38.339-05:002010-02-16T17:04:38.339-05:00I got RIME off the R in GRIMM, so I never consider...I got RIME off the R in GRIMM, so I never considered another choice. However, that was an interesting article about the difference between RIME and HOAR frost; who knew? Well, someone did, and thanks for sharing the link. <br /><br />My captcha is "shnetin"-- "scissoring" in an obscure Germanic dialectElainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195458656221202202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61112674840433076922010-02-16T16:52:38.577-05:002010-02-16T16:52:38.577-05:00@Dan: see you there, and hope you will do as well ...@Dan: see you there, and hope you will do as well as you did at the Lollapuzzoola!<br /><br />@Foodie: Now where can we get us some oxytocin, and how do we administer it to the husbands? Just askin'. ;-)!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19138872241198061932010-02-16T16:30:42.546-05:002010-02-16T16:30:42.546-05:00Rex -- Get well fast. I think being sick might ha...Rex -- Get well fast. I think being sick might have turned me off to a meat puzzle. One day when I was a kid my mom was cooking a roast beef, there was a huge bouquet of lilacs in the house, and that same day I happened to come down with the stomach flu. It took me about 15 years to be able to stand the smell of either lilacs or roast beef.Clarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22466774723331604592010-02-16T16:15:35.782-05:002010-02-16T16:15:35.782-05:00@Rex, a mixture of LOL and OMG, as I didn't no...@Rex, a mixture of LOL and OMG, as I didn't notice your Parker House Roll [Call] wordplay at the top of the side bar till just now.<br /><br />@LurkerO, don't let the "Ovid-to-Kafka transition" bug you.lit.dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729199575329286046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33302696672886620112010-02-16T15:43:50.285-05:002010-02-16T15:43:50.285-05:00Midday report of relative difficulty (see my 7/30/...Midday report of relative difficulty (see my <a href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=35115061&postID=3588389571383499624&isPopup=true" rel="nofollow">7/30/2009 post</a> for an explanation of my method):<br /><br />All solvers (median solve time, average for day of week, ratio, percentile, rating)<br /><br />Tue 7:50, 8:42, 0.90, 24%, Easy-Medium<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Tue 4:07, 4:27, 0.93, 30%, Easy-Medium<br /><br />Fun with captchas ... kariti = Martial arts practiced on a South Pacific islandsanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8825885572665284472010-02-16T14:50:23.067-05:002010-02-16T14:50:23.067-05:00@Joho, the hormones that are important in "ma...@Joho, the hormones that are important in "mating for life" or bonding are called Oxytocin and the closely related Vasopressin. Oxytocin is a hormone typically associated with female reproduction, pregnancy, nursing, maternal behavior, and mother-infant bonding. But it has been discovered that in many animals, oxytocin plays a role in so-called "Pair Bonding" or establishing a lifelong relation following mating. It works in the males as well, along with vasopressin. So, monogamy has a biology! <br /><br />Genetic variations in these hormones even affect whether a male vole will continue to investigate new females after he has bonded with a particular one. So, OGLE and LEER have a biology!foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052189131129098616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15279917512262540042010-02-16T14:41:38.046-05:002010-02-16T14:41:38.046-05:00Just stopping in to say congrats on the redesign, ...Just stopping in to say congrats on the redesign, feel better soon, and look forward to seeing you this weekend!Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11209543514266918480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87613618923037943572010-02-16T14:21:42.764-05:002010-02-16T14:21:42.764-05:00@ Steve J - Thanks - that makes me feel better tha...@ Steve J - Thanks - that makes me feel better that there are no avatars on Rex's page (only on the comments pop-up). I thought it was just me.<br /><br />Here is the link about hoar - rime that tptsteve sent to me - more than you will ever want to know:<br /><br />http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/almanac/arc_1999/alm99nov.htmCoolPapaDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11542059534657415505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51080620629199754472010-02-16T14:19:53.435-05:002010-02-16T14:19:53.435-05:00Have nothing to add about the puzzle, just O.K. in...Have nothing to add about the puzzle, just O.K. in my book, however, the comments are priceless and will keep a big 'ol grin on my face today. Thanks all!chefwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999206352243329280noreply@blogger.com