tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post7155082245879330625..comments2024-03-29T10:41:24.353-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: TUESDAY, Jan. 20, 2009 - T. Wescott (Silents actress Normand / Rock band fronted by Michael Stipe / Hobbit's enemy)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3338557171283252432017-10-20T07:22:18.737-04:002017-10-20T07:22:18.737-04:00Turn the time of online betting into reality.
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Sorry - this is getting off topic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80463544127895004732009-01-21T07:42:00.000-05:002009-01-21T07:42:00.000-05:0050 across seemed like a theme answer for a puzzle ...50 across seemed like a theme answer for a puzzle I did just after the inauguration: "Now what"?j-vthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258423529661268186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16900709321388970772009-01-21T07:33:00.000-05:002009-01-21T07:33:00.000-05:00@Allan - If you are following Rex and Retired Chem...@Allan - If you are following Rex and Retired Chemist's exchange only through Comments, as I was, they don't make sense. You must go back to Tuesday's original blog - I'm sure there is a picture there which was only posted after the comment exchange began.<BR/><BR/><BR/>(I'm all in favor of Obama, but "Pick yourself up, dust yourself off", start all over again????)Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84163845038597913272009-01-21T07:16:00.000-05:002009-01-21T07:16:00.000-05:00@ Ulrich:from http://www.yourdictionary.com/chinec...@ Ulrich:<BR/><BR/>from <BR/>http://www.yourdictionary.com/chine<BR/><BR/>chine¹ Definition<BR/><BR/>chine (c̸hīn)<BR/><BR/>noun<BR/><BR/> 1. the backbone; spine<BR/> 2. a cut of meat containing part of the backbone<BR/><BR/>So it could be English. Or a misspelling like sourcroot.<BR/><BR/>Don't know if anybody else is still on the Tue blog. If not, hello to Syn City (in 5 weeks) from a recent escapee. (Shouldn't it be "escaper?" But it isn't......)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26801155540877810302009-01-21T00:54:00.000-05:002009-01-21T00:54:00.000-05:00I just want to say that I spent many a teenage yea...I just want to say that I spent many a teenage year madly in love with Natalie Merchant (in the R.E.M. video, so my confession is semi-relevant). Thanks. I worked for the Obama campaign, and I would say I am even a little tired of the Obama puzzles. Though, I liked the comments on Sunday (Manitoba Mama, Loved it!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84945327738090790672009-01-21T00:19:00.000-05:002009-01-21T00:19:00.000-05:00Oops, the ad that anonymous mentions![It doesn't m...Oops, the ad that anonymous mentions!<BR/><BR/>[It doesn't matter, we have all moved on to Wednesday's puzzle by now!]<BR/><BR/>AshishAVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07795340199306866533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62275177391676774022009-01-21T00:17:00.000-05:002009-01-21T00:17:00.000-05:00@Retired Chemist: Thanks! Across the blogosphere, ...@Retired Chemist: Thanks! Across the blogosphere, you are seeing many of the tongue-in-cheek puzzles that must have been submitted to the mainstream media. <BR/><BR/>Now I need to go look up the ad you mention!<BR/><BR/>AshishAVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07795340199306866533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30272812584635712452009-01-20T23:40:00.000-05:002009-01-20T23:40:00.000-05:00Has anyone else noticed that Rex and Retired_Chemi...Has anyone else noticed that Rex and Retired_Chemist are speaking their own language, possibly speaking in tounges? Either that or they are bandying sub rosa antidiluvian messages.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13781898738812454336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1427044199359246612009-01-20T22:48:00.000-05:002009-01-20T22:48:00.000-05:00@mac, I agree. Only good thoughts today.@mac, I agree. Only good thoughts today.foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052189131129098616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65938265898795408872009-01-20T21:57:00.000-05:002009-01-20T21:57:00.000-05:00And I finally remembered that PDA, but this one ne...And I finally remembered that PDA, but this one needed a PDF.... Ela was just fine with me, just like Eloi. Also thought I aced Kyra. For 56D I kept wanting to squeeze in 44! It was a fun puzzle, easy Tuesday, appropriate subject of course, and nobody and nothing can kill today.<BR/><BR/>@Orange: don't say that! I have a journalist son looking for a job.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63274839875622217912009-01-20T21:47:00.000-05:002009-01-20T21:47:00.000-05:00i am with you, retired maker of concoctions - we n...i am with you, retired maker of concoctions - we needed this comic relief of Ashish to alleviate the overdose of politics. Suggest to readers the advertised reading of Webster Tarpley on Ashish's puzzle site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55257391795960596822009-01-20T21:14:00.000-05:002009-01-20T21:14:00.000-05:00If the puzzle today had not been about Obama, I wo...If the puzzle today had not been about Obama, I would have been disappointed. And it was a good puzzle...<BR/><BR/> I could have done without Michael Vick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5482665069363283012009-01-20T21:10:00.000-05:002009-01-20T21:10:00.000-05:00@rex: Count me in when it comes to the pronoun/ref...@rex: Count me in when it comes to the pronoun/referent posse--but could you ask your friend in Berlin what language the sign was (supposed to be) written in? Especially, what the hell is "chine"? I have no clue.Ulrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02086202853174403008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34270112972315240872009-01-20T20:28:00.000-05:002009-01-20T20:28:00.000-05:00@ Rex: hang tough on the pronouns. I am your man o...@ Rex: hang tough on the pronouns. I am your man on that point! My wife, sadly, is addicted to pronouns but has apparently taken overdoses of an Antabuse-equivalent for referents.<BR/><BR/>@ Ashish Vengsarkar if you are on this blog: LOVED your almost pangram puzzle. FAR neater than the NYT puzzle today IMO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77705440684734283372009-01-20T20:22:00.000-05:002009-01-20T20:22:00.000-05:00add another z to previous post, wherever you like....add another z to previous post, wherever you like.<BR/><BR/>.../GlitchGlitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940000404613329056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82116011875677898332009-01-20T20:21:00.000-05:002009-01-20T20:21:00.000-05:00Just so my previous comment wasn't misconstruedI L...Just so my previous comment wasn't misconstrued<BR/><BR/>I LIKE puzzles relating to a particular day /current events.<BR/><BR/>This one no exception.<BR/><BR/>Valentines Day, April Fools, 4th July, Thanksgiving, Xmas --- almost disappointed when they don't "connect".<BR/><BR/>My general philosphy:<BR/><BR/>Sometime a puzzle is just a puzle (apologies to Freud).<BR/><BR/>.../GlitchGlitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940000404613329056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5539554855257113282009-01-20T20:03:00.000-05:002009-01-20T20:03:00.000-05:00@PlantieBea ... so funny, I just read the comments...@PlantieBea ... so funny, I just read the comments about your comment. The first thing I thought when I read it was why are you talking about making babies and how come all your kids are misbehaved.johohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708487230515532492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65514203141510062152009-01-20T19:54:00.000-05:002009-01-20T19:54:00.000-05:00@ PlantieBea: What did you think I meant? Making ...@ PlantieBea: What did you think I meant? Making bratwurst and blogging at the same time is one heck of a multitask! LOLallanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13781898738812454336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67264795440325036382009-01-20T19:53:00.000-05:002009-01-20T19:53:00.000-05:00Please allow me to have the audacity to hope that ...Please allow me to have the audacity to hope that this is the last fawning-over-Obama puzzle I have to see for a while. Some of us, believe it or not, don't particularly care for the guy. Historic day, yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever, but one puzzle should've been enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45851753122340687332009-01-20T19:39:00.000-05:002009-01-20T19:39:00.000-05:00You know what I liked about this puzzle? The fact...You know what I liked about this puzzle? The fact that it was an old fashisioned, typical puzzle with a lot of fill that complemented the theme.<BR/><BR/>The long downs were clunky, to be sure, but I liked that, too. So shoot me.<BR/><BR/>I think it served as an antidote to the complicated puzzles on Mr Obama that we have been served up and, just perhaps, will serve as a bookend that ends this cycle.<BR/><BR/>And besides, I eat Smoked Chine with Sourcroot all the time, doesn't everybody? I think it is a perfect oompanion to Haliboot in Choive Sauce.edith bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048817959846956992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81680017548824070172009-01-20T19:29:00.000-05:002009-01-20T19:29:00.000-05:00@allan and Soul Solver,I suppose that's what I get...@allan and Soul Solver,<BR/><BR/>I suppose that's what I get for posting a sentence using the abbreviated bratwurst to a group accustomed to puzzling out every possible word definition. <BR/><BR/>As for said brats--they have just been transfered out of their beer simmer to the second cooking stage on the grill; soon they will be ready for consumption by my teenagers. DH, fellow bratmaker, is probably just stepping on a plane to come home from Asia. Enough said!PlantieBeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01960277851368508036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79637047561091709612009-01-20T19:28:00.000-05:002009-01-20T19:28:00.000-05:00This was the most enjoyable puzzle I have ever don...This was the most enjoyable puzzle I have ever done! I laughed, I cried and squealed with glee. This was a great tribute to our new President, Barack Obama and to the hope many of us now have. Thank you Tim and Will.nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01364393837270870166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12765108089926918652009-01-20T19:27:00.000-05:002009-01-20T19:27:00.000-05:00Hi Orange,I usual do the dead tree edition as I ac...Hi Orange,<BR/><BR/>I usual do the dead tree edition as I actually read the rest of the paper (me: believe it or not).<BR/><BR/>Today,no matter how hard anon 10:24 looks, the puzzle may not have been found. <BR/><BR/>In the copy edition delivered to me, the index said C7, movie ads there, D7 no ads, no puzzle, a quick run thru ALL pages, no puzzle.<BR/><BR/>Those anti the dead tree community shall not be sarcastic to those that (for whatever reason) are pro.<BR/><BR/>As for trying to bring down the newspaper industry, do you think the puzzle is not a part of it???<BR/><BR/>Enough of this site today, I appreciate sharing all the politics / events of today (really), but I'm off to some of the news sites, in search of commentary on todays's puzzle.<BR/><BR/>.../Glitch<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>As aGlitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940000404613329056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55728111433089687002009-01-20T19:24:00.000-05:002009-01-20T19:24:00.000-05:00EVERY pronoun is an important event - I will not s...EVERY pronoun is an important event - I will not stop until every pronoun has the referent it so richly deserves! I'm mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take it any more. No more wire hangers! Etc.<BR/><BR/>rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.com