tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4029644584616617825..comments2024-03-29T01:22:33.864-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: City founded by Shiva / SAT 10-16-10 / Kahn of Broadway / Viola da old stringed instrument / ___ Meets Godzilla classic 1969 cartoonRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42960619815202402762010-11-21T04:39:21.963-05:002010-11-21T04:39:21.963-05:00Determined to fill in a Sat. grid without Googling...Determined to fill in a Sat. grid without Googling. As a result I had one wrong square: guessed H instead of R on that nasty NW cross. Started with DRNO and CAIN in the SW which yielded ANECDOTAL and was off to the races. And I turned "scarlet" when I found I'd entered the wrong "letters" for 1d. Favorite clues: "Case load?" for BEERS and "Monologue writers?" for STENOS. Lotsa fun.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14062922668170777814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17076772621160320442010-11-20T18:23:05.945-05:002010-11-20T18:23:05.945-05:00@ rube It's actually lilikoi for passionfruit...@ rube It's actually lilikoi for passionfruit in Hawaii (not lilliquoi)Randy Chongnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91103899422331505512010-11-20T17:17:46.007-05:002010-11-20T17:17:46.007-05:00Syndicated paper puzzler.
Favorite puzzle in a mo...Syndicated paper puzzler.<br /><br />Favorite puzzle in a month of Sundays, my idea of what a xword should be: from what I already know plus a little application, I get to discover new words and ideas in an entertaining way.<br /><br />Like TWINBILL.<br /><br />And OSCINE.<br /><br />And VOIR "dire".<br /><br />And a slew of proper names I'll forget within the hour but, what the heck, run 'em at me a hundred MORE times and see what happens.<br /><br />Thought that a ROUX was more of a sauce in its own right than a thickener. Have a widened concept of it now, THANX (I keep waiting for MASA to show up as an answer to that clue).<br /><br />Comments gettin' frisky, snickerin' away over here. Never misunderestimate where BUTTERFLYKISSES might take ya.NotalwaysrightBillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39555858043072258402010-10-18T01:00:05.133-04:002010-10-18T01:00:05.133-04:00Me again.
So, many comments reference googling. Wh...Me again.<br />So, many comments reference googling. Why bother resorting to goog when you got Rex? Is it not cheating in either case? And if you come to Rex for the cameraderierre, what's the problem if he posts it at the end of the day?Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06063334745698094480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36520369695107578442010-10-16T23:37:51.223-04:002010-10-16T23:37:51.223-04:00@mmorgan: that is "boeren", not boers.@mmorgan: that is "boeren", not boers.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-917883842852691852010-10-16T23:13:22.709-04:002010-10-16T23:13:22.709-04:00your mind was poisoned by the @Detective!your mind was poisoned by the @Detective!apparentlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88694471107539884632010-10-16T21:31:42.652-04:002010-10-16T21:31:42.652-04:00That's on me, not in me. Sorry for the typo....That's on me, not in me. Sorry for the typo.Alice in SFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41687360228088397562010-10-16T21:30:17.141-04:002010-10-16T21:30:17.141-04:00Whee--I'm two up on Rex because of Varanasi (b...Whee--I'm two up on Rex because of Varanasi (been there and saw the funeral pyres on the banks of the Ganges, a tad unsettling for Westerners) and the viola da gamba (a dear friend plays it and performed for one of the celebrations of our 200 years of existence. He looked mighty funny in his white wig and 18th century clothes as he's Chinese. He loves to show off the photo with his costume.) but, of course, Rex is 10,000 up in me at the least.Alice in SFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50117778150063949212010-10-16T20:46:09.716-04:002010-10-16T20:46:09.716-04:00Not to mention the Boers.
Alhough they are actu...Not to mention the Boers. <br /><br />Alhough they are actually pronounced BOOers, they take up a lot a space (in all kinds of ways)in South Africa.mmorganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18375430572178263265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56543305422850421412010-10-16T20:39:58.411-04:002010-10-16T20:39:58.411-04:00How can we forget Niels BOHR?How can we forget Niels BOHR?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88244679194657000412010-10-16T20:30:44.845-04:002010-10-16T20:30:44.845-04:00Boars at luaus are delicious!Boars at luaus are delicious!K. Kamehamehanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14689258729859423172010-10-16T20:08:13.816-04:002010-10-16T20:08:13.816-04:00@ edith b - not surprised u missed the point. Mer...@ edith b - not surprised u missed the point. Meryl is the finest actress in the past 30 some years and ranks with the greatest in all filmdom. She was Polish not Jewish or Catholic in her dialect in SC. Now that we have UMA tomorrow we will probably get OPRAH (thx to David Letterman)....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75622739036102229452010-10-16T19:48:44.125-04:002010-10-16T19:48:44.125-04:00@Glitch (yo @andrea):
Not that this tells us muc...@Glitch (yo @andrea):<br /><br />Not that this tells us much, but in terms of usage stored on-line, each of these variations produces the following number of Google hits:<br /><br />"insufferable bore" - 5650<br /><br />"insufferable boor" - 2370<br /><br />"unsufferable bore" - 300<br /><br />"unsufferable boor" - 26<br /><br />"Unsufferable" may be an acceptable synonym, but it clearly garners far less usage.<br /><br />Of course, this is like the battle between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams over "unalienable" vs. "inalienable" rights in the Declaration of Independence. Adams favored the former and Jefferson the latter. There's a great scene in the musical '1776' in which (if memory serves) Jefferson prevails but Adams mutters "I'll speak to the printer about it later."mmorganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18375430572178263265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24389794208822003402010-10-16T19:24:19.854-04:002010-10-16T19:24:19.854-04:00@andrea-
Didn't Meryl Streep "play Jewis...@andrea-<br /><br />Didn't Meryl Streep "play Jewish" very well in <b> Sophies Choice </b> even though she was described as a Polish-Catholic camp survivor?<br /><br />Perhaps I missed the point but her role in that movie was heartbreaking and utterly believable.edith bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048817959846956992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36126312244735203322010-10-16T19:08:26.384-04:002010-10-16T19:08:26.384-04:00Not to mention at THE OPERA, insufferable booers.....Not to mention at THE OPERA, insufferable booers...and @chefwen can probably attest to unsufferable boars at the luau.insufferable bore at this pointnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26996507384843653582010-10-16T19:05:59.432-04:002010-10-16T19:05:59.432-04:00@glitch
Interesting! So not a complete typo after...@glitch<br />Interesting! So not a complete typo after all! I know BORE and BOOR are not interchangeable (other than not wanting either as guests)...I just meant that by purposely putting "insufferable" in the clue when that always triggers BORE was a pretty big implanted mislead on the constructor/editor's part. Bec you never say "Insufferable boor"...<br />Now for our South African friends, Unsufferable Boer is probably a whole 'nother kettle of fish.andrea boar michaelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-318299713356155202010-10-16T18:42:15.912-04:002010-10-16T18:42:15.912-04:00This week's relative difficulty ratings. See m...This week's relative difficulty ratings. See my 7/30/2009 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 6:01, 6:56, 0.87, 7%, Easy<br />Tue 11:25, 8:57, 1.28, 97%, Challenging<br />Wed 12:25, 11:38, 1.07, 73%, Medium-Challenging<br />Thu 17:18, 19:04, 0.91, 40%, Medium<br />Fri 29:50, 26:18, 1.13, 76%, Medium-Challenging<br />Sat 24:53, 30:34, 0.81, 11%, Easy<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Mon 3:25, 3:42, 0.92, 19%, Easy<br />Tue 5:34, 4:37, 1.21, 96%, Challenging<br />Wed 6:10, 5:44, 1.08, 78%, Medium-Challenging<br />Thu 8:44, 9:09, 0.95, 50%, Medium<br />Fri 15:17, 12:49, 1.19, 86%, Challenging<br />Sat 14:31, 17:29, 0.83, 16%, Easysanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46896720001868813322010-10-16T18:40:54.094-04:002010-10-16T18:40:54.094-04:00@andrea & @mmorgan
Actually, according to Wor...@andrea & @mmorgan<br /><br />Actually, according to WordNet at least, "in/un-sufferable" are interchangable in today's context:<br /><br />•S: (adj) impossible, <b>insufferable</b>, unacceptable, <b>unsufferable</b> (used of persons or their behavior) "impossible behavior";<br /><br />However:<br /><br />Boor:(n) peasant, barbarian, churl, Goth, tyke, tike (a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement)<br /><br />Bore: (n) dullard (a person who evokes boredom)<br /><br />are not ;)<br /><br />.../GlitchGlitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940000404613329056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21769572311760553482010-10-16T18:01:57.169-04:002010-10-16T18:01:57.169-04:00@andrea -- shucks, I assumed *you* were @H.Prynne....@andrea -- shucks, I assumed *you* were @H.Prynne.<br /><br />As for @detective... ouch!! ;-)mmorganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18375430572178263265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71806714853720524632010-10-16T17:53:45.605-04:002010-10-16T17:53:45.605-04:00Oh, and @andrea, your quasi theme here of compound...Oh, and @andrea, your quasi theme here of compound 2-word phrases beginning with P is explicitly the theme in today's Houston Chronicle/Wash Post puzzle. Coincidence? (cue mysterious music)JaxInL.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13792405579998093081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81920099222255475582010-10-16T17:36:36.411-04:002010-10-16T17:36:36.411-04:00comic lovers –
anyone here read/enjoy LOGICOMICS?
...comic lovers –<br />anyone here read/enjoy LOGICOMICS?<br />In it, a performance of The Oresteia follows a discussion of the curse on the House of ATREUS. <br /><br />Shout out to Indian Studies Professor Diana Eck:<br />BANARAS, City of Light (1982)<br />Encountering God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to BANARAS (1993)Sam S Aranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27476281389493206382010-10-16T17:34:54.365-04:002010-10-16T17:34:54.365-04:00Was saved in the NW by not knowing how to spell Pr...Was saved in the NW by not knowing how to spell Prynne - (Thought Prinn) - so waited for BOVARY to reveal. Had ENtice before ENtrap before ENAMOR. Wanted ATRiUS at first. Realized later that this was confusing Leto Atreides and his house of <i>Dune</i> fame with the Greeks. (As probably was Herbert's intention.) <br /><br />Tx or Thx, yes. THANX, definitely not.<br /><br />Never heard of VARANASI, but apparently this city is as important among the world's religions as Jerusalem or Mecca. Worth remembering. But then again, I had heard of Benares.<br /><br />Wife gives BUTTERFLYKISSES to little kids. Blecch.<br /><br />Know PASSIONFRUIT as Lilliquoi in Hawaii. This Maypop thing is apparently in the South.<br /><br />Any Saturday puzzle I can do without Googles is a marvelous puzzle.Rubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773241241484881566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90498446765363653762010-10-16T17:31:45.490-04:002010-10-16T17:31:45.490-04:00@Andrea, Meryl is pretty good in this particular J...@Andrea, Meryl is pretty good in this particular Jewish mother incarnation, but there's no real accent other than an educated New Yorker. I never saw Heartburn. I don't need to see Prime again, but I did like it enough to say it's worth a try. The characters are much more complex than the usual rom-com, and the choices they make are more interesting. <br /><br />@Hester, you made my day. I'll do my best to keep your fellow fallen women (why fellow, not sister, usually?) in mind for the future so I don't get so badly stuck next time. Might help if I read Mme B. Got all the others but missed her somehow.JaxInL.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13792405579998093081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42150505803285384472010-10-16T17:22:18.707-04:002010-10-16T17:22:18.707-04:00Nice puzzle. Like many others, I got everything ex...Nice puzzle. Like many others, I got everything except for atreus varanasi. I have heard of Benares, but that's no consolation.michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70559362524698895082010-10-16T17:10:26.280-04:002010-10-16T17:10:26.280-04:00@mmorgan
yes, I meant INsufferable, just a typo, b...@mmorgan<br />yes, I meant INsufferable, just a typo, but that obviously was a huge meant-to-mess-with-us...<br />and @the hag articulated much better what I was trying to say about learning a ton without actually knowing any of it, but not enough to have it stump me. Yay, Patrick Berry!<br /><br />AM loving the comments today, from @H.Prynne chiming in (ha!) to that guy @David L asking if he wants some...to the @detective's interesting "narrative"!!!<br /><br />@fikink, @JaxinLA<br />Meryl was Jewish in that movie?<br />Oy...now a for sure reason to skip...the ONLY time I've ever seen her be totally not believable was trying to pull off being Jewish in the quintessential Jewish woman role in "Heartburn".<br />She and Jack Nicholson were the two least Jewish people alive and it was bizarre, given she can do ANY accent, nationality, whatever, but not that. And i've never been able to figure out why, exactly.<br />On the other hand, if it's about therapy and cougars in the making, maybe I SHOULD check it out!andrea prime michaelsnoreply@blogger.com