tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4642132990716526842..comments2024-03-28T11:23:52.275-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: TUESDAY, Apr.7, 2009- J Pahk (Neopagan belief / Dwellers in Middle Earth / Having dams at various locations as river / Last letter pilot's alphabet)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20478322677788707712009-05-12T09:49:00.000-04:002009-05-12T09:49:00.000-04:00Du syndicat -
Odd connection, but the abbreviatio...Du syndicat -<br /><br />Odd connection, but the abbreviation used in French emails (courriels) for FWD (1D) is TR as per the puzzle theme. Wonder if Joon was au courant?<br /><br />Go Expos, er, Blue Jays (forget the Red Sox & Yankees this year - it's Blue Jays all the way!)Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71763740989396125122009-05-12T09:31:00.000-04:002009-05-12T09:31:00.000-04:00As a crossword fan living in Iowa I will say that ...As a crossword fan living in Iowa I will say that I don't mind sitting in Iowa instead of Row A. I love this blog, I would have to guess that you are close to my age with all the references (I'm 35). As a syndicated solver I'm 5 weeks behind and I've also noticed the DM Register doesn't print the author of the puzzle and doesn't italicize the clues that are supposed to be italicized which adds to the challenge sometimes.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11459186271972503388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3589827213190524942009-05-12T09:28:00.000-04:002009-05-12T09:28:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11459186271972503388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34361724096505069062009-04-09T02:46:00.000-04:002009-04-09T02:46:00.000-04:00Alpha, Bravo, CHARLIE, Delta. The G is Golf.-Bren...Alpha, Bravo, CHARLIE, Delta. The G is Golf.<BR/><BR/>-BrennanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13625738418983719932009-04-07T23:16:00.000-04:002009-04-07T23:16:00.000-04:00Fun, piece-of-cake puzzle--and even more fun to se...Fun, piece-of-cake puzzle--and even more fun to see the Sox/Bombers cage rattling. I personally am a NY fan but love the Sox as well. Color me Chance (Chauncey Gardener)--I just like to watch a good, well played game no matter the participants.deerfencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185773504451380520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27153555387823296102009-04-07T22:02:00.000-04:002009-04-07T22:02:00.000-04:00I sit in Iowa most days. It is a fine place to sit...I sit in Iowa most days. It is a fine place to sit (or stand).<BR/><BR/>Not at all hard -- but for some reason this puzzle took me a bit longer than the average Wednesday.michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47688952026725864472009-04-07T21:25:00.000-04:002009-04-07T21:25:00.000-04:00@Crosscan,I guess you're lucky I didn't enter--one...@Crosscan,<BR/><BR/>I guess you're lucky I didn't enter--one of my ESPN brackets finished #1563 out of about 4.5 million! Still, I bow my head to my friend's coworker, also in our pool, who's about to end up #4 on the ladies' side when UConn wins!!Badirnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2548382240057670802009-04-07T21:11:00.000-04:002009-04-07T21:11:00.000-04:00@Glitch - I don't actually think I've ever had a n...@Glitch - <BR/><BR/>I don't actually think I've ever had a need to abbreviate "schedule" at all; perhaps I'm just not popular enough to have that busy a schedule? I'd probably just use "sched" if I were going to abbreviate... (though I see that "sked" is definitely valid)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42860260494497736072009-04-07T21:00:00.000-04:002009-04-07T21:00:00.000-04:00@ndeGotcha --- not a bad convention.Thanx@SethGJus...@nde<BR/>Gotcha --- not a bad convention.<BR/>Thanx<BR/><BR/>@SethG<BR/>Just trying to keep us honest --- I'm on your side --- if there is a side that is ;-)<BR/><BR/>.../GlitchGlitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940000404613329056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13013063089610162132009-04-07T20:38:00.000-04:002009-04-07T20:38:00.000-04:00Glitch, when I neglected the footnote, it was beca...Glitch, when I neglected the footnote, it was because I did not notice the footnote. Sorry, no deceit intended. Anyway, change my statement to something about the 3,400 non-premium $325, and my point still holds. Which is: Go Steelers!<BR/><BR/>(My sister actually got to sit in one of the mega-expensive seats for a pre-season game or practice or something last week, but she's an art director at a major sports magazine...)SethGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81877117659219974422009-04-07T20:19:00.000-04:002009-04-07T20:19:00.000-04:00@Crosscan: My dream is for world peace.@Crosscan: My dream is for world peace.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13781898738812454336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16917582543578795862009-04-07T19:40:00.000-04:002009-04-07T19:40:00.000-04:00@Glitch, re r*p/p*p music, b*seball etc.: Sorry, ...@Glitch, re r*p/p*p music, b*seball etc.: Sorry, I thought it was clear what I was trying to suggest. These are modeled after a familiar convention for writing taboo words (as in "cr*p"), and should convey a similar attitude towards the word or topic at issue. ;-)<BR/><BR/>NDENoam D. Elkiesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85575642085134705732009-04-07T19:08:00.000-04:002009-04-07T19:08:00.000-04:00My dream is that one day baseball will expand beyo...My dream is that one day baseball will expand beyond Boston and New York.Jeffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01699404861773455504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40177391425127269892009-04-07T19:01:00.001-04:002009-04-07T19:01:00.001-04:00OK. Seriously I am laughing at how this turned int...OK. Seriously I am laughing at how this turned into a baseball day. I'm not offended if my team loses. I am not 7 years old listening to Bobby Thompson hit a 3 run home run to beat the Dodgers in a 1 game playoff (1951), and hearing Russ Hodges scream with elation, "The Giants win the pennant, the Giants win the pennant." I've long gotten over that feeling of the world coming to an end because my team lost.<BR/><BR/>@George NYC: Traitor! :0)<BR/><BR/>I'm just having some fun. And if no one got the point I made earlier, I fully agree with Rex that all that matters come late September and October is that the Yankees and Red Sox are battling it out for the pennant. The drama is just fantastic. Sorry for anyone who doesn't get that; you are missing out on a great time.flaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18044119123327065565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31538543597665570272009-04-07T19:01:00.000-04:002009-04-07T19:01:00.000-04:00@Coixt RecordsActually I have used "sked" as an ab...@Coixt Records<BR/><BR/>Actually I have used "sked" as an abbreviation for most of my life, (e.g. sked tba)and probably have seen it for as long. What do you use???<BR/><BR/>@SethG / flagger<BR/><BR/>Rex may be (mostly) right with his 72.97 / 50.24 --- but not his $100 statement.<BR/><BR/>May be a prob 'tween avg, weighted avg, and median tix prices (notorious xword blog issues).<BR/><BR/>[Those who couldn't care less, feel free to move on to the next post.]<BR/><BR/>When @SethG wrote:<BR/><BR/>"Those prices are from the Team Marketing Report, which tracks average prices. But the Yankees average ticket price increase is largely due to a few $2500 premium seats"<BR/><BR/>he neglected the footnote:<BR/><BR/>"Average ticket price represents a weighted average of season ticket prices for general seating categories, determined by factoring the tickets in each price range as a percentage of<BR/>the total number of seats in each venue. <BR/><BR/>Premium seating (tickets that come with at least one added amenity or is classified by team as premium) are not included in the survey to calculate average ticket price. Luxury suites are also excluded from the survey..."<BR/><BR/>Kinda like the average US income is around $240,000 but median is about $34,000 --- give or take a few politician's estimates.<BR/><BR/>../GlitchGlitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940000404613329056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39860458100338744222009-04-07T19:00:00.000-04:002009-04-07T19:00:00.000-04:00Rex, the stats may be correct, but Seth better cap...Rex, the stats may be correct, but Seth better captured the comparability of going to a Yankee or Sox home game (BTW, I'm not a fan of either team, but have been to lots of their home games).<BR/><BR/>For the average fan, the $300+ seats are out of the equation in both parks. And there are a heck of a lot more $14 bleacher seats at Yankee Stadium than there are $12 seats at Fenway. In fact, the comparable bleacher seats at Fenway are $26. And if you want a reserved seat in the upper deck, it's $30 at Fenway and $22-29 at Yankee Stadium.HudsonHawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16119485923243014649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2784371212810626902009-04-07T18:59:00.000-04:002009-04-07T18:59:00.000-04:00Circumventing, I'll give the Rex reply to Anon 6:4...Circumventing, I'll give the Rex reply to Anon 6:49 with no ELAN. This is Crossword 101, you ... strange embodiment of Cluelessness.fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17023628609771274372009-04-07T18:49:00.000-04:002009-04-07T18:49:00.000-04:00ECLAT is a blast or profligation of something, it ...ECLAT is a blast or profligation of something, it doesn't matter what on-line dictionaries say; pure translations of idiomata are bollocks. Brilliant display for ECLAT is rubbish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42714786341675563352009-04-07T18:21:00.000-04:002009-04-07T18:21:00.000-04:00Every so often allegiance to a sporting team yield...Every so often allegiance to a sporting team yields complete satisfaction. (I'm talking Niners at the end of the 1984 or 1988 seasons with Montana at the helm, or someone else's baseball squad in 2004.) Yet even in triumph, it's a wan or empty situation to find yourself in soon after, since there's nothing left to hope for.fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43487140247900756662009-04-07T17:31:00.000-04:002009-04-07T17:31:00.000-04:00All sports fans are the same. They are crushed whe...All sports fans are the same. They are crushed when their beloved falls short. And they envy and fear a rival that is a threat. Since envy and fear would show weakness, they use "hate." It's silly. PS: go Sox!George NYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11844466463123158982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60765276505688469652009-04-07T17:27:00.000-04:002009-04-07T17:27:00.000-04:00All sports fans are the same. They are crushed whe...All sports fans are the same. They are crushed when their beloved falls short. And they envy and fear a rival that is a threat. Since envy and fear would show weakness, they use "hate." It's silly. PS: go Sox!George NYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11844466463123158982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30496250578739712612009-04-07T17:19:00.001-04:002009-04-07T17:19:00.001-04:001992 & 1993 Blue Jays. I'm just saying.1992 & 1993 Blue Jays. I'm just saying.Jeffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01699404861773455504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47717310389446083852009-04-07T17:19:00.000-04:002009-04-07T17:19:00.000-04:00I didn't read through all the comments to see if s...I didn't read through all the comments to see if someone already said this, but the only real criticism of the puzzle for me was two "T-(blank)" answers. Which was probably unavoidable with the theme. As a 30-something, I grew up with "Saved by the Bell", but drew a blank on Zack until I put Zulu in. The only name I came up with was "Screech", and that wouldn't fit.spyguynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27446917820037076842009-04-07T17:03:00.000-04:002009-04-07T17:03:00.000-04:00guinevere, those answers are Rich. You've gotta st...guinevere, those answers are Rich. You've gotta steal that guys xword more often and report back.<BR/><BR/>rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22570498508192076922009-04-07T17:01:00.000-04:002009-04-07T17:01:00.000-04:00@flagger,The stat is accurate. Don't get mad at th...@flagger,<BR/><BR/>The stat is accurate. Don't get mad at the stat. Even the way you slice the prices, you're still higher by double-digit percentages. <BR/><BR/>You're an angry Yankee fan. I get it. But you have got to stop getting your trash-talk material off of street-vendor t-shirts. The only thing that's "priceless" is the anger / tears of smug Yankee fans. That, and the 2004 ALCS. And Game 7 of the 2001 Series. Good Times.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, though, good luck. I'm happy for the Rays, in a way, but the only teams I want to see playing in the fall are Yankees/Red Sox.Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.com