tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4008170064440931948..comments2024-03-28T06:38:18.999-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Spherical locks / TUE 7-19-16 / Mythical abductee / McDonald's slogan that replaced Put Smile On / Mind-blowing in modern lingoRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32181795047654780062017-10-21T11:02:21.940-04:002017-10-21T11:02:21.940-04:00Do you need free Instagram Likes?
Did you know tha...Do you need <b>free Instagram Likes</b>?<br />Did you know that you can get these <b>AUTOMATICALLY & ABSOLUTELY FOR FREE</b> by registering on <b><a href="http://socialexch.syntaxlinks.com/r/AddMeFast" rel="nofollow">Add Me Fast</a></b>?Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-505000222445134892016-08-24T01:43:41.522-04:002016-08-24T01:43:41.522-04:00@rondo: So glad you mentioned Baader-Meinhoff synd...@rondo: So glad you mentioned Baader-Meinhoff syndrome. Such n excellent descriptive phrase. I hadn't thought of it in a while.<br /><br />I also enjoyed Vlad's comments.kathy of the towernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10330586094220520862016-08-24T00:01:20.574-04:002016-08-24T00:01:20.574-04:00@BS, I think you have created a new poetic form; a...@BS, I think you have created a new poetic form; add the tweemet to the sonnet, limerick and haiku.Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62570174818162168542016-08-23T15:39:56.181-04:002016-08-23T15:39:56.181-04:00If you count the number of characters (no spaces) ...If you count the number of characters (no spaces) from the "I" in IMLOVINIT through the "s" in FULLCOUNTs you will find it is exactly 140 characters. From NORA's TWEET. I didn't want to run it all together.BS2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59113342158824646232016-08-23T13:12:45.341-04:002016-08-23T13:12:45.341-04:00Oh, and just looked up OMNI hotels' associatio...Oh, and just looked up OMNI hotels' associations with San Diego Padres and Atlanta Braves organizations.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69412171334322058632016-08-23T13:05:13.357-04:002016-08-23T13:05:13.357-04:00A sunny day at the park where a BRIM may help in t...A sunny day at the park where a BRIM may help in the field.<br /><br />Strike zone and FULLCOUNT revealer needed no second-guessing. Clear BALLs and STRIKES together with ATBAT, OUT, YANKEE, and ERNIE Banks, Chicago Cubs STAR.<br /><br />Add it ALL up and you have the SKOR.<br /><br />A quick time-out in the SE with IOTA as "Skosh"(?) and ASSAI/ATLAS cross.<br /><br />Good game.<br /><br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48436623626545600232016-08-23T12:28:34.792-04:002016-08-23T12:28:34.792-04:00I’m ATBAT with the bases loaded, FULLCOUNT, no out...I’m ATBAT with the bases loaded, FULLCOUNT, no outs. Liner to third for one, steps on third for two, over to first for three and we’re ALLOUT. Triple play. SOTRUE, it happened to me. Play ball long enough and these situations will aRISE. So I didn’t cross-check today (except for ASH) and had Awake (up, right?) instead of ATBAT and had my inkfest in the NE. The rest was EZ.<br /><br />I don’t hold my golf pencil behind my EAR. I put it in the holder thingamajig on the mini-clipboard for the card.<br /><br />TALIA does get NAMED yeah baby today, not sure if BODACIOUS though. But I do remember that word from the Snuffy Smith strip in the Sunday comics. That and revenooers and flatlanders. Poor Weezy.<br /><br />IMLOVINIT - I refuse to do any business with companies that use “love” in their ads, including McDonald’s, Subaru, and the others. Love has nothing to do with merchandise, but apparently much to do with merchandising. Don’t fall for it.<br /><br />Remember when OMNI was a magazine? I spent a lot of time reading that one. Still remember an article re: homogeneous fields. Then experienced one that same evening. Talk about frequency illusion, or as we call it around here, "the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon". (The St. Paul Minnesota Pioneer Press online commenting board was the unlikely source of the name.)<br /><br />Better than average for a Tues-puz, no ANIMUS here.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80646220416303485502016-08-23T11:31:20.710-04:002016-08-23T11:31:20.710-04:00DOI EMOTE?
BODACIOUS NORA almost NAMED names, in ...DOI EMOTE?<br /><br />BODACIOUS NORA almost NAMED names, in an EPIC TWEET:<br />“IMLOVINIT, I can’t UNDO my NATURE to TICKLE him sweet,<br />it’s SOTRUE, for AREEL nobleman I’ll go ALLOUT, every OUNCE,<br />but no SKOR at my BALLJOINT with less than FULLCOUNTs.”<br /><br />--- SWAMI ASSAI NAE NAAN-NANU, NCIS<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61792647926270151392016-08-23T11:04:35.885-04:002016-08-23T11:04:35.885-04:00IMLOVINIT every time you techie solvers get confus...IMLOVINIT every time you techie solvers get confused by a glitch in your non-paper grids. This wasted about half of today's entire blog volume. But of course, you fast-lane people can't wait till the paper comes out. You have to get the jump on things and pounce on the online version as soon as it appears; I'm guessing the night before. well, sometimes haste does make waste. I do NOT sympathize.<br /><br />I started right off with a mistake, or what Bob Eucker would have called "Just a bit outside." Gimme NCIS left me with a 5-letter word for "Titled" starting with N: why, NOBLE, of course! I inked that in without the slightest fear that it might be wrong.<br /><br />STRIKE one.<br /><br />BALLINACUP? I picture a kid's beginner magic trick. But for dexterity??? Man, I never heard of such a thing. Thank goodness the crosses forced that one in.<br /><br />Then came the SW corner, and that music thing ASSAI. This means very?? Silly me, I thought it was a tree. That second A was my last entry, when I finally was able to parse ATLAS. "Place setting?" is for sure NOT a Tuesday clue. OFL must have "not noticed" this one either, apparently knowing ASSAI.<br /><br />So, not exactly easy for me. Much of it did go quickly, so I'll say easy-medium. I liked it; I thought it ASSAI clever. Nah, sorry, music guys, that just won't wash. VERY clever. There, that's better. You know, a baseball-related rating system sounds intriguing. I've been having some trouble with the golf one; a bit too restricting. Let's see: for today's, I wouldn't say he knocked it out of the park, but he smacked a solid stand-up double. BTW, I took note of the lagniappe ATBAT. For DOD there's TALIA; she'll do nicely.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59336471122061004092016-07-21T02:31:50.913-04:002016-07-21T02:31:50.913-04:00The strike zone isn't visible on the NYT iOS a...The strike zone isn't visible on the NYT iOS app so it wasn't until I pulled up the puzzle in Puzzazz that I had the aha moment, realizing the two strikes were inside the zone. That raised my opinion a bit higher.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258490572969237544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10975190757787474992016-07-20T13:12:22.707-04:002016-07-20T13:12:22.707-04:00Nancy, I am the anonymous writer suggesting the Ch...Nancy, I am the anonymous writer suggesting the Chromebook. I have many acquaintances who use their computer for very limited activities and are quite frustrated by all the other stuff they have to deal with. My wife is one of them and many of her friends. As noted above by another person, you need to have an Internet connection since it is essentially a dumb terminal that supports graphics and most of the functionality comes from the application to which it is connected: email, web, Facebook, etc. <br /><br />John HullAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41901827001371846732016-07-19T20:34:16.933-04:002016-07-19T20:34:16.933-04:00Thanks to everyone who wrote such nice comments to...Thanks to everyone who wrote such nice comments to me today: Mohair, Maldesmare, and Tita. With a special thank you to you, @Lewis. You should know that flattery will get you everywhere. :) I should fill you in a bit, however, about my FULL COUNT explanation to @Hartley: We're friends and she has often spoken to me candidly about her complete lack of knowledge about and interest in sports. So I was teasing her a little bit. Well, more than a little bit, actually. But, even so, I am quite touched by your comment.<br /><br />NCA Pres -- Thanks for responding re Sondheim. (OISK, too) I agree S. can be cold, cerebral and cynical, but he had on occasion made me cry. "Sunday" in the 2nd Act of "Sunday in the Park" made me cry. "Send in the Clowns" makes me cry, but only when sung by Glynis Johns. However as far as crying over show songs goes, there are two that make me bawl every single time -- no matter how often I hear them: "Ol Man River" (from Show Boat)and "Oh, Lord, I'm On My Way" (from Porgy and Bess).Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59951285590103550682016-07-19T20:23:10.060-04:002016-07-19T20:23:10.060-04:00@Nancy, thank you for that perfect explanation! Yo...@Nancy, thank you for that perfect explanation! You're a true pal It's swell to have someone who knows your foibles and likes you just the same. I promise that I have watched baseball as a true American should, but that terminology isn't in the 101 introductory level. I stopped paying close attention when I discovered I could have a tiny sip of my Dad's beer when he was engrossed in the Red Sox game. And no, it was not the road to perdition, thankfully.<br /><br />I found @NCAPresident excellent today. I'm with @Oisk and one of my very favorite Sondheim melodies and lyrics is "Not While I'm Around" and it can surely bring on the dewy eyes in my case. Christine Ebersole does a good job with it.<br /><br />@M Obama, you are the bomb today!<br /><br /><br />Hartley70https://www.blogger.com/profile/00557118655188472450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61305713545469726522016-07-19T18:59:17.746-04:002016-07-19T18:59:17.746-04:00@ M. Obama 11:21 A.M. “Imitation,the sincerest for...@ M. Obama 11:21 A.M. “Imitation,the sincerest form of flattery” SO TRUE! But who knew you were so popular with GOP speechwriters, oops, constructors? So many verbatim steals, a challenge to get a FULL COUNT.<br /> <br />Day One: Off to a rollicking start, when the ANTI-Heist Artist contingent went ALL OUT in a (feeble) attempt to STRIKE BACK against the inevitable RISE (and hopefully soon relegated to the proverbial ASHbin of history) the presumptive nominee. That ended, after ten minutes of an empty stage, with a Ken Cuchinelli heartACHE and for those inadvertently out in television land, a TICKLE. “I'M LOVIN’ IT!” said scores of aghast historians,reverents of the nation's founding documents... followed by a collective “DRAT it” when the motion for a roll call vote failed.(All this of great interest to ROO, no doubt.)<br /><br />In TOTO, opening night contained not an IOTA of that which is commonly known as reality. Up AT BAT, “NANU! NANU! Mayor 9/11 began his version of the ROAST of President Obama - a k a in Republican circles as “Barack OBAMA” as a pejorative - with a CANNON BALL defense of a candidate who looks as if he were released each afternoon from the asylum without his medication, but after a huge lunch. (That long red tie ain't foolin nobody.)<br /><br />But for EPIC ANIMUS, the ‘unseemly award’ goes to Ms. Smith, Sean Smith’s mother, who NAMED the Democratic nominee as his murderer. (Can anyone rest in peace while being used at a political rally? That said, RIP Sean Smith.)<br /><br />But the STAR wasn’t even listening to the insanity, having a chance to EMOTE on that station of up-to-the-minute conspiracy news where mere accusations of sexual abuse and misconduct against SWAMI Roger Ailes means zilch to viewers hooked on steady EARfuls of TKO’S.<br /><br />Despite the busy evening for Mr. Mr., whose narcissism cannot allow him to introduce the innocent plagiarist without remaining at the podium and saying thrice, “Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!” – he still had time for a TWEET. Why disappoint his 13 million White Man Marchers- losers who don't know wtf has been going on for 8 years (Lilly Ledbetter Act; Recovery and Reinvestment Act; auto bailout of GM, Chrysler and thru saving the supply chain, Ford Motors as well; proper administration of Bush's TARP, now fully repaid and earning interest; increased fuel efficiency standards; repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell; New START Treaty w Russia on nuclear; the Iran deal: all fissile material now out of the country-- breakout time went from 2-3 months to 15 years;Paris Climate Accord, signed by every nation including China and Russia; getting sanctions against Russia thru EU and then getting them renewed, re Ukraine; flying for 17 months daily against ISIL,killing their CFO and burning his stored 800 million bucks, bombing the sh*t out of their oil fields; killing the top two Taliban generals in Afghanistan recently; Ebola; My Brother's Keeper Initiative; getting the troops out of Iraq in 2011, properly because there was no Status of Forces Agreement by al Maliki; let's not forget Osama, and for our Natick resident, last but not least, Obamacare. <br /><br />In addition to an utter lack of interest and info, the 13 million are sooooooo angry that all these amazing things were accomplished, and by a young (thin)man of color. Supporters apparently rue the fact that a global economic collapse was averted, which didn't seem to alter their productivity returns. They're like the jihadis in that, can't make it in the real world, love guns and violence, but white. Just as hor*y tho. <br /><br />And how about that DILLY bean, Tom Cotton? The ONUS is on him to prove that he got his RISE through the tea partiers, and not DNA from an ET. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Vladnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61593867524033181922016-07-19T15:35:59.619-04:002016-07-19T15:35:59.619-04:00@Nancy - @kitshef;s advice is spot-on. Sometimes ...@Nancy - @kitshef;s advice is spot-on. Sometimes the most important factor is what you're comfortable with.<br />Having said that, beware, because Windows 10 is different enough that you might feel you're relearning all over again anyway.<br /><br />The Chromebook might in fact be a great choice.<br />Make a list of the things that you do - and make sure it can do them all. Do you Skype? That may not be available.<br />And ask about whether you need to be online to do certain things.<br /><br />My only real advice - beware folks who swear that Mac or PC is inherently superior - both suck in so many ways that as a software and hardware person my whole career, I cringe at. They all have warts to go along with their incredible awesomeness.<br /><br />(Thankfully, none of those here...@Mohair and @kitshef and others have given you great advice.)<br /><br />And - if you need to do nothing - that would be the best!!!!!!!!!! Good luck.Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4931212690962301212016-07-19T15:24:28.505-04:002016-07-19T15:24:28.505-04:00@GILL - you're getting quite boldacious with y...@GILL - you're getting quite boldacious with your comments!!<br /><br />I am so glad I stopped by today to learn about the strike zone. I thought the theme was pretty neat. Then I got here, and I it turns out I just really love it.<br />Yes, a home PLATE would have been icing on the cake.<br />(Rex - kudos for figuring that out...)<br /><br />@lms - you mean I've been doing the can-opener wrong all these years???!<br /><br />@Patrick - I'm w/out electronics, so I printed from AcrossLite. No strike zone for me.<br /><br />@Z - this isn't really *about* baseball... It doesn't require knowing MVPs or ERA leaders or teams or their blessed stadium names, who won what pennant...it just requires knowing one bit of scoring that has kind of made it into the language. I'm not sure if I could draw a crossword puzzle parallel with opera, although "It ain't over till the fat lady sings" might be a nice crossover clue!!<br /><br />@Mohair - a rare political weigh-in for me - everyone calls it ObamaCare, but it should be called ObstructionistCare, becausee his original plan was eviscerated till there was barely any viscera left.<br /><br />Holy cow, Mr. Mulhern - a fabulous puzzle!Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20421724447374297992016-07-19T14:10:05.204-04:002016-07-19T14:10:05.204-04:00Times have became just way too interesting.
Not...<br />Times have became just way too interesting. <br /><br />Not being an afficionada of baseball, this puzzle didn't exactly float my boat, but it was pleasant enough - at least I vaguely knew what a strike zone was. <br /><br />@Martin A. - enjoyed your comments, as usual. As to the infamous TWEETer, well it seems to me that 'there is no there there' (a la Gertrude Stein). That can't be completely accurate of course, but one piece of this ghastly enigma, is, I suppose - well, I think Joel Gray and Alan Cumming sing it best.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc1KsSmsGdo<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXjN9UKZwLE <br /><br />On the life-affirming side, here is the exuberant Allegro ASSAI from the Brandenburg Concerto no. 2, followed by the no. 2 in its entirety. <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UknvI4WMCM<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HSRIDtwsfM <br /><br />beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16162755764092888665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27977140424949796572016-07-19T14:02:02.392-04:002016-07-19T14:02:02.392-04:00I've been using Puzzazz software on my iPad si...I've been using Puzzazz software on my iPad since someone here recommended it. It's way better than anything else I've used - shows all the special graphics that no other puzzle software can handle. So I saw the square in the middle as soon as I opened the puzzle and I thought the theme was cute. I liked it.<br /><br />It was an easy puzzle, but it made me smile.<br />Sherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03541441427243883835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28895516960331135642016-07-19T13:30:55.131-04:002016-07-19T13:30:55.131-04:00Mully got me with his change-up in the SW corner �...Mully got me with his change-up in the SW corner 😉Joe Bleauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161776968606180476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68355139072248951312016-07-19T13:17:20.054-04:002016-07-19T13:17:20.054-04:00No strike zone for me today until I got here, whic...No strike zone for me today until I got here, which means I missed the BALL and STRIKE placements. Coming here to find that out turned this from a so-so puzzle to FULL COUNT BODACIOUS! Nice one JM. <br /><br />The SW was definitely my section of greatest resistance - skosh to me means a slosh of *something* in a glass, not an IOTA and DIBS/ASSAI gave that area some additional crunch - so not an "easy" Tuesday but just a skosh above average, time-wise.Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35216616324969454682016-07-19T13:12:15.021-04:002016-07-19T13:12:15.021-04:00@NCA president. Sondheim has written some of my f...@NCA president. Sondheim has written some of my favorite songs, and NONE of my favorite shows. I agree with much of what you wrote. @ Nancy, you didn't mention a favorite of mine - "Not while I'm around." <br />He is a great lyricist, but too much cynicism is tiresome.<br /><br />Happy to see a baseball themed puzzle, and don't understand @Z's complaint about other themes, such as opera, for example. I can recall a puzzle on which the entire perimeter was three letter acronyms for rock groups. And I almost finished it! (hated it, of course.) My point is, that certainly America's pastime is a fit theme source, especially when the puzzle is solvable without much awareness of the sport...<br /><br />Anyway, this one was right in my strike zone, and despite fouling off a couple ( SKOR?? Didn't score with me...), I ran it all down...<br /><br />OISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-714759326237305092016-07-19T13:11:11.631-04:002016-07-19T13:11:11.631-04:00Some of the comments today are great...@Nancy....c...Some of the comments today are great...@Nancy....computers and Sondheim... I can't decide which of the postings I like the most. @NCA Pres, are you a music critic? If not, you should be. I love Sondheim because of Sweeny Todd but now that I read your critique, I can understand your comment about lyricists rhyming till the "cows come home."<br />@M Obama....coffee splatter!GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33814592204725906792016-07-19T12:47:41.855-04:002016-07-19T12:47:41.855-04:00Bodacious - I always thought that was originally a...Bodacious - I always thought that was originally a reference to Boadicea, the Briton queen and war leader who resisted the takeover of her tribe.Margaret Holtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72238897671280779232016-07-19T12:36:45.519-04:002016-07-19T12:36:45.519-04:00@Nancy, to your own self be true. I went back to y...@Nancy, to your own self be true. I went back to yesterday's blog, saw your response (and Kitschef's) and nodded in agreement. Nothing worse than dreading what's coming. I hope you get the perfect replacement. Computers are supposed to make life easier, not harder. And thanks for the compliment on my signon. I've had Malamutes for 25 years, best dogs in the whole wide world. <br /><br />I'm not a big baseball fan, but I had no trouble getting this theme, so I'm not sure it's all that esoteric. Loved BOADACIOUS! such a lush word, evocative of Marilyn Monroe. And now I've really dates myself, haven't I.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Malsdemarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05375476737540476148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56797351498801179602016-07-19T12:31:40.590-04:002016-07-19T12:31:40.590-04:00@kitshef - "first sound in European is y-as-a...@kitshef - "first sound in European is y-as-a-consonant" - Is it? Or, maybe better, Is it always? If it depends on the dialect would "correct" usage be dialect specific? I hope our resident linguist @lms will illuminate us.<br /><br />@Mohair Sam - I loved your "Everybody in Washington knows that" story. Your niece would probably appreciate my first link. <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/07/18/everything_she_says_means_everything_installation_of_100_nude_women_at_the.html" rel="nofollow">This is a better write-up</a> but one probably ought not click on it if one is at work. As for the NYT, I think people mistake its generally socially liberal stances as carrying over to its politics in general. You don't have to be all that old, though, to recognize that most of those "socially liberal" stances would have fit easily into the politics of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_Republican#21st_century" rel="nofollow">Rockefeller Republicans.</a>Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.com