tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post7183216351145037162..comments2024-03-29T08:00:02.522-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Pomerrigio follower / SAT 1-20-18 / Hop hop icon born Lisa Williamson / Blondie's maiden name / Nocturnal predators of fiction / Tony official character voice of Donald Duck / Setup for Netflix film sayRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54241945419221429742018-02-24T22:22:24.359-05:002018-02-24T22:22:24.359-05:00Thanks, @rainy. Of course, the ol' General LEE...Thanks, @rainy. Of course, the ol' General LEE! Dukes of Hazzard, where are you? *Headslap #2*<br /><br />While we're Duke-ing, Daisy (Catherine Bach) I still love you! DOD!!spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29307371477439195572018-02-24T19:02:41.329-05:002018-02-24T19:02:41.329-05:00I don't teach a course on comics but I read a ...I don't teach a course on comics but I read a book on them once, so I knew Boopadoop. She was originally a gold digger & Dagwood was heir to a fortune.Uke Xensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14925310033193507314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62362151534715312602018-02-24T16:54:22.156-05:002018-02-24T16:54:22.156-05:00At least should spell stuff right -- "descrip...At least should spell stuff right -- "descriptor" not descripter.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10167320600258758792018-02-24T16:37:59.980-05:002018-02-24T16:37:59.980-05:00Rex says a Saturday puzzle should be hard, occasio...Rex says a Saturday puzzle should be hard, occasionally humiliating, and ultimately satisfying. Two out of three of these descripters apply in my owncase. Guess which ones. (Hint: eliminate #3.)leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48646742290001983372018-02-24T15:52:26.531-05:002018-02-24T15:52:26.531-05:00@Spacey - Robt.E Lee was the leader of the rebs (g...@Spacey - Robt.E Lee was the leader of the rebs (grays), I think.<br /><br />DNF because I don't know the people in The Big Bang Theory, and of course not the hip-hopper, so I reasoned that SISTER SOULeAH at least had a "name" at the end, and RAE is a name. Argh.<br /><br />Of course I didn't know PELLA or AMATO either, but the "A" seemed most probable.<br /><br />Started with ONTV, OTTER, POORS, PYREX, SITU, VET, MARIONETTES, and just built on those gradually moving up the grid. BOOPADOOP just appeared as I got the crosses. PLAIN was a tricky one for me. Quite proud of YOS (sly clue there) and BOSTON CREAM off the BO-.<br /><br />A little easier than yesterday but I died on two names I just didn't know.rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74551233975591638592018-02-24T13:27:14.099-05:002018-02-24T13:27:14.099-05:00"Hi, my name's Blondie BOOPADOOP."
&..."Hi, my name's Blondie BOOPADOOP."<br />"Really?" Then you should get married right away! How does Blondie Bumstead sound?"<br /><br />That bit of revelation came later. I leveraged in with POORS/PYREX and was looking for MAX-something for gigantic. But then the LUTZ "turned" me onto a -SIZE ending, and the first aha! was TEXASSIZE.<br /><br />I agree about the extreme green-paint-ness of RELEASEWAIVER: a release release? Or a waiver waiver?? That is Bee-a-dee BAD. But the string-operated (that's the difference) MARIONETTES PANNEDOUT the east. Then, getting BIGTICKETITEM was indeed just that in the north. That's the marquee entry, to be sure. Then all those O's started showing up in 1-across...<br /><br />But the west was a flippin' BEAR. I tried five different ways to spell QUEEN LATIFAH with an extra letter; I know no other icon of that genre. For way too long my old favorite BOSTONCREAM pie eluded me; that produced a "doh!" when it finally hit. So, it's SIST[ER??] SOULJAH?" I'm in the -AH camp. More BAD. But despite numerous writeovers there, I finished the west and the whole enchilada. Medium-challenging is about right. Triumph factor high, though nowhere near yesterday's. DOD? I don't know this BONITA; I picked Blondie BOOPADOOP, as drawn. I'd come home to that, for sure! Despite a couple of really rotten answers, I give this one a birdie. YESMASTER, the MAJORITYRULES. But someone tell me why LEE should be "Gray head?" and not the letter GEE. That one cost several minutes.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33258607408447884502018-02-24T12:09:47.798-05:002018-02-24T12:09:47.798-05:00ESTD. ONTV
PLAIN MARIONETTES SOME BOSTONCREAM pie...ESTD. ONTV<br /><br />PLAIN MARIONETTES SOME BOSTONCREAM pies,<br />POOR'S the REASON she'll get TILER TEXASSIZE,<br />but her BIGTICKETITEMS are HELLENE Curtis HAIRDYES,<br />to DEEPEN color in MORLOCKS with those ALKALIS.<br />TRUE'S dat.<br /><br />--- BONITA "ODIST OTIS" BOOPADOOP<br /><br />(HAIRDYES are indeed ALKALIS, you OTTER Google it)Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11181263733604910872018-02-24T11:17:56.001-05:002018-02-24T11:17:56.001-05:00Took a long time to finish, don't know the REA...Took a long time to finish, don't know the REASON, but got there. Not helping was turNEDOUT and like OFL I had SISTahSOULJAH at first. Otherwise clean. It felt almost Olympic with LUTZ and SLALOMS.<br /><br />Hop into the way-back machine for yeah baby BONITA Granville as Nancy Drew.<br /><br />A 45 minute struggle, but it PANNEDOUT.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34798972052895113582018-02-24T10:25:57.338-05:002018-02-24T10:25:57.338-05:00After a bit of help with the *** names, I got it. ...After a bit of help with the *** names, I got it. With a lot of work. But after the last few days - I'll take it.<br /><br />What a week. What a couple of weeks. Maybe it's me. Think I'll go for a brain-cell check. <br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for brainsDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89736304026160592392018-01-21T13:39:20.306-05:002018-01-21T13:39:20.306-05:00All of them?All of them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58682068688696845822018-01-21T11:37:57.224-05:002018-01-21T11:37:57.224-05:00All of the "Anonymous" posts are actuall...All of the "Anonymous" posts are actually the same annoying person who doesn't ever do a puzzle. Just a gnat who likes to pull on people's chains. SAD!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02157062187130604062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37974412384009493802018-01-21T04:57:55.725-05:002018-01-21T04:57:55.725-05:00@Calman Snoffelevich
Sly = Sylvester Stallone in ...<b>@Calman Snoffelevich</b><br /><br />Sly = Sylvester Stallone in Rocky. I think.<br /><br />"Files away?" = Think computers, but yeah, it's not necessarily the best wordplay.<br /><br />"Gray head" = Uniform color of the South in Civil War. semioticus (shelbyl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16204028248874222567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60093256579862926212018-01-21T04:54:15.825-05:002018-01-21T04:54:15.825-05:00Just had time to finish it: weird deadlines lead t...Just had time to finish it: weird deadlines lead to weird blog comment times. This one was ... OK. Seriously, after yesterday's vomit soup, anything would have been fine though let's be honest.<br /><br />When I first saw the grid my immediate thought was "Oh frak me here comes another half-assed theme with the letter X doing something" but no! It is just a beautiful grid. No strings attached. Huge sigh.<br /><br />Some parts of this worked better than others, but there were subtle to medium problems all around. North had good answers but weird clues. But, it is a Saturday themeless, so pass. West had some unpleasant glue but the long answers were perfect. East didn't do it for me. South could have been great, but SYNODAL-SARAI-LUTZ combo was not the best. <br /><br />Overall, a decent attempt. Which is fine. God I'm still pissed at Mr. Kahn for Friday's diarrhetic feces fest.<br /><br /><b>GRADE:</b> B, 3.45 stars.semioticus (shelbyl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16204028248874222567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52175820957943026432018-01-20T23:33:12.875-05:002018-01-20T23:33:12.875-05:00I was also in the Peanut Gallery when I was a boy....I was also in the Peanut Gallery when I was a boy. I was picked to play a game where we sat on balloons to pop them, and I won. After the show, Buffalo Bob himself invited me back to his dressing room to "meet Howdy." He shut the door, pulled down my pants, and shoved that puppet up my ass head first. Lemme tell ya that is still the best day of my life ever.Nice Petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63960473479096176832018-01-20T23:03:52.916-05:002018-01-20T23:03:52.916-05:00I don't understand the three ? clues at 14A, 1...I don't understand the three ? clues at 14A, 19D, and 46D. Help?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918708275911854653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30584321760550234522018-01-20T22:53:01.025-05:002018-01-20T22:53:01.025-05:00@Hungry Mother, The Time Machine is a relatively s...@Hungry Mother, The Time Machine is a relatively short, easy read. Its about elites devolved into Eloi, and workers who actually made things function evolved into Morlocks that fed on Eloi. Written in the late 1800s in reaction to moving things like railroads underground (out of sight) along with other infrastructure so the NIMBYs of the time could have unfettered views. I thoroughly enjoyed the story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6871085923269659952018-01-20T20:43:12.999-05:002018-01-20T20:43:12.999-05:00Tough but fun. I missed the lady rapper altogether...Tough but fun. I missed the lady rapper altogether during her moment of fame. Never heard of PACHINKO. Blonde had a maiden name? Who knew?Hartley70https://www.blogger.com/profile/00557118655188472450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27410009079721691952018-01-20T20:02:46.190-05:002018-01-20T20:02:46.190-05:00Same dialogue, two nights in a row:
Voice fr...Same dialogue, two nights in a row:<br /><br /> Voice from the other room: How's the puzzle?<br /><br /> Me: Hard.<br /><br />One time around the horn resulted in very little success. The second pass was more fruitful. Like painting a battleship with a 1' brush. PACHINKO/TILER provided a foothold, followed by periods of staring. I also knew Howdy Doody was no dummy. Lots of erasures were used in the completion of the South where LEE was hanging out. I doubt he ever made it to TEXAS, but it's in the vicinity.<br /><br />I never think of Wordsworth as an odist, Keats or Neruda, of course, and I studied the Romantics and even visited Dove Cottage in Grasmere. Doh! I especially read and studied Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood. Always think of odes as short studies on one particular object. Live and learn. <br /><br />Wasn't BOOPADOOP one of Ali's ring strategies?<br /><br />Larry Gilstraphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15493069947477383208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42569881699567815572018-01-20T19:27:17.553-05:002018-01-20T19:27:17.553-05:00Having both blue and black names able to post is o...Having both blue and black names able to post is one reason this is a great place exchange ideas and thoughts. Rhettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8981087304320698982018-01-20T19:11:19.177-05:002018-01-20T19:11:19.177-05:00Blue has a link to a profile elsewhere; black is j...Blue has a link to a profile elsewhere; black is just entered here.Mr. Grumpypantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698268441069391841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30845810380475649912018-01-20T18:54:16.089-05:002018-01-20T18:54:16.089-05:00Why ARE some names blue and others black?Why ARE some names blue and others black?Hmmmmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010894037509005985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71672904416816183512018-01-20T18:26:25.664-05:002018-01-20T18:26:25.664-05:00 Agree, especially because the political comments ... Agree, especially because the political comments are so childish.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16628319622457029652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9060308872018131082018-01-20T18:20:52.861-05:002018-01-20T18:20:52.861-05:00@MidgeMidge. Bella - pronounced bay yah - is Span...@MidgeMidge. Bella - pronounced bay yah - is Spanish. Hermosa works as well. But BONITA still remains "pretty." ;-)<br />De Nada.GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58140962434359443312018-01-20T18:18:26.178-05:002018-01-20T18:18:26.178-05:00It's great hearing from you, i missed your sma...It's great hearing from you, i missed your smart and measured comments. Enjoyed the info on Sister Souljah - fascinating indeed.Missyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104300728619237652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1617010897872192032018-01-20T18:16:24.306-05:002018-01-20T18:16:24.306-05:00It's great hearing from you, i missed your sma...It's great hearing from you, i missed your smart and measured comments. Enjoyed the info on Sister Souljah - fascinating indeed.Missyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104300728619237652noreply@blogger.com