tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post7412015793261615350..comments2024-03-28T04:22:09.431-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: THURSDAY, Mar. 8, 2007 - Glibert H. LuwigRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71141782858580437282007-04-24T12:03:00.000-04:002007-04-24T12:03:00.000-04:00...not to mention cassoulet, a very epicurean bean......not to mention cassoulet, a very epicurean bean dish.<BR/>Maginot came to me quickly. First thought geometry (after discarding "any sort of quotable line" as much too broad)...but Maginot Line was what quickly came to mind.<BR/>Well, I liked this puzzle and liked the quip, and I like puzzles built around quips. So there! <BR/>A funny thing: I wanted to answer NENE to "Asian nurse." I guess I'm mixing up individual words in the olio of words that sound like they were made up by babies just learning to talk. <BR/>mmpoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89926308474918892312007-04-20T21:15:00.000-04:002007-04-20T21:15:00.000-04:00In the absence of another force, anything at rest ...In the absence of another force, anything at rest will tend to stay at rest; that is "INERTIA" of rest. Anything moving tends to keep moving, that is "INERTIA of motion".<BR/><BR/>That better?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27500195993273865882007-04-20T01:55:00.000-04:002007-04-20T01:55:00.000-04:00Well, I appreciate your attempt to enlighten me, b...Well, I appreciate your attempt to enlighten me, but I'm still confused.<BR/><BR/>Now entropy... THAT I understand. Anyone whose onerous duty it is to keep a clean house can easily intuit that one :(<BR/><BR/>D in CODebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16675331024091722316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57829055698082266422007-04-19T19:18:00.000-04:002007-04-19T19:18:00.000-04:00I'm no physicist, but a body in motion will stay i...I'm no physicist, but a body in motion will stay in motion (in a vacuum, like space) and that principle is inertia. Something about Newton's first law of motion:<BR/><BR/>Newton, cited from Wiki:<BR/><BR/>every body perseveres in its state of being at rest or of moving uniformly straight ahead, except insofar as it is compelled to change its state by forces impressed. [Cohen & Whitman 1999 translation]Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-335820975486684592007-04-19T16:46:00.000-04:002007-04-19T16:46:00.000-04:00Okay, I'm stumped. You found "It keeps things goi...Okay, I'm stumped. You found "It keeps things going" (inertia) to be a fabulous clue/answer pairing. I put off filling in the e-r till the very end because it's just WRONG! Inertia is a state of inactivity... how does that "keep things going?"<BR/><BR/>?!?!?!? What am I missing ?!?!?!<BR/><BR/>D in CODebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16675331024091722316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1033636619914797632007-04-19T14:26:00.000-04:002007-04-19T14:26:00.000-04:00'Twas a cup-and-a-half puzzle today. I would have ...'Twas a cup-and-a-half puzzle today. I would have achieved a perfect solution, except for one little "G". I didn't know a katzenjammer was a HANGOVER, I know little about football, and some California pioneer decided to go against tradition and change the spelling of CASA. Then there were those mischevious KATZENJAMMER KIDS hanging around in my mind. (Was one of them named HANS?) I am afraid I needed Google to get me out of that mental Gordian Knot.<BR/><BR/>I was pretty smug about dredging up Milton CANIFF. It puzzled me that you said that Terry and the Pirates ended in 1946, (But you didn't, really, did you?) because I was born that year, and I remember that strip as vividly as I remember anything from that long ago. The Wiki is a bit vague. I do seem to remember my adolescent mind musing on the similarities of T&P, and Steve Canyon. <BR/><BR/>I found the quip amusing, and read it to Hanne, who found it amusing as well, which, believe me, is saying something. <BR/><BR/>So, I guess my personal theme for today is "Cartoons" one of which helped, and one that hindered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68749781296704041152007-04-19T10:56:00.000-04:002007-04-19T10:56:00.000-04:00Hi Rex, from six-weeks-later land. Your musings ab...Hi Rex, from six-weeks-later land. Your musings about a 60s skirt craze made me laugh out loud. I do the puzzle now mostly for the sake of reading the blog after. <BR/><BR/>BTW, I agree totally with your wife about 'bee'. Even in pioneer times it wasn't just an activity on the frontier. People back east were doing just as much quilting and barn raising and whatever.Hallaighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03632112047573017339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59312352757299900082007-03-08T23:21:00.000-05:002007-03-08T23:21:00.000-05:00Rex, lucky you! Roberto Diaz used to live in my ve...Rex, lucky you! Roberto Diaz used to live in my very own city, Boston, where he was a member of the Boston Symphony. He left to take a job as principal violist in the National Symphony, then went on to be principal of the Philly Orchestra, and then to head up the Curtis School. He is awesome! Plus, he comes from a very famous, talented Chilean family of string players (along with siblings cellist Andras and violinist Gabriella). In other words, you can't go wrong! Enjoy!<BR/><BR/>Tell him hello from me (except he won't recognize MY pseudonym...).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56311897368006432632007-03-08T19:21:00.000-05:002007-03-08T19:21:00.000-05:00For the record, FAY Spain is a little before my ti...For the record, FAY Spain is a little before <I>my</I> time as well.Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61405329989568725802007-03-08T19:18:00.000-05:002007-03-08T19:18:00.000-05:00My only thought about beanery is that Epicureans w...My only thought about beanery is that Epicureans were confused with Pythagoreans (who were prohibited from eating beans as they were believed to possess souls, a magical fruit indeed).<BR/><BR/>Luckily I made this same mistake and was able to finish a rather thorny New Changland, Fay Spain being a little before my time.Andy Dressel & Youming Jihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09178406787602289746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38971666545432205062007-03-08T19:11:00.000-05:002007-03-08T19:11:00.000-05:00I have a "gang" now? Sweet.ELIA is in the Pantheon...I have a "gang" now? Sweet.<BR/><BR/>ELIA is in the Pantheon - a must-know word (Charles Lamb's alias). It's very old skool, and seen less often in the Shortz era than before (or so it seems to me), but still an important word to know.<BR/><BR/>Ultra Vi - please tell me all you know about:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.robertodiazviola.com/" REL="nofollow">http://www.robertodiazviola.com/</A><BR/><BR/>as I am seeing him perform on Saturday.<BR/><BR/>RPRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55515042086708946892007-03-08T18:53:00.000-05:002007-03-08T18:53:00.000-05:00I hated the croc clue because gators are more like...I hated the croc clue because gators are more likely to live in swamps than crocs. Crocs are more likely to live in marshes.<BR/><BR/>The Katzenjammer Kids were named the German word for hangover on purpose because the kids in the comic strip were such brats.Geographreakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13492286487128853732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15611679519570371082007-03-08T18:48:00.000-05:002007-03-08T18:48:00.000-05:00Hate quote puzzles too, but Rex and the Rex gang ...Hate quote puzzles too, but Rex and the Rex gang comments make it all worthwhile!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-180883768784394882007-03-08T18:18:00.000-05:002007-03-08T18:18:00.000-05:00Aargh. Found this one way too hard for the amount ...Aargh. Found this one way too hard for the amount of fun at the end (was hoping for a quip that would make me laugh).<BR/><BR/>Plus, I completey lost confidence after running into so many unfamiliar names (WOZNIAK, CANIFF, FAY, ELIA, RAE, LIAM). <BR/><BR/>And aren't CRETANS horrible monsters? Oh, wait, I think that's cretin, and looking it up tells me that my impulse wasn't so PC. Looks as if cretinism is an actual medical condition. <BR/><BR/>Sorry!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88463624687124663652007-03-08T17:38:00.000-05:002007-03-08T17:38:00.000-05:00By the way, IMOO, this--55D: Loos (WCs) - Anita!? ...By the way, IMOO, this--<BR/><BR/><I>55D: Loos (WCs) - Anita!? No, just toilets.</I><BR/><BR/>--is good. What is the opposite of "meh"? What is the sound of one hand clapping?Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37115208465370335312007-03-08T15:55:00.000-05:002007-03-08T15:55:00.000-05:00Jetflyer,Thanks for the link to that very interest...Jetflyer,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the link to that very interesting article about "meh." I particularly loved the extensive discussion of "The Simpsons." The author says "meh" is probably years away from OED enshrinement, but ... well, it didn't take "D'oh!" that long to get in there, so "meh" may get there sooner than he thinks.<BR/><BR/>RPRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-299636216610106332007-03-08T15:27:00.000-05:002007-03-08T15:27:00.000-05:00Speaking of meh...http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/sto...Speaking of meh...<BR/><BR/>http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2026533,00.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51780591943316368662007-03-08T15:26:00.000-05:002007-03-08T15:26:00.000-05:00Totally agree with bluestater & orange. Nasti Ast...Totally agree with bluestater & orange. Nasti Asti for sure, but I live in the wine country (Sonoma County) so I guess I'm a wine snob. Also, Nene is the state bird of Hawaii. Didn't know it could walk on hot lava. Love this puzzle blog. Thought last Sunday's NYT's twins thing was weird & too contrived to be fun. Keep on rollin'. Great reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5808815354211531052007-03-08T14:15:00.000-05:002007-03-08T14:15:00.000-05:00Hi there, I also hate the quips, as I never seem t...Hi there, I also hate the quips, as I never seem to get them up front, only by filling in the crossings, and then have to wonder if they make sense. Fun puzzle!Backbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06057047405872704471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22068635083130429082007-03-08T13:35:00.000-05:002007-03-08T13:35:00.000-05:00My 'gripe' about this puzzle was the not so clever...My 'gripe' about this puzzle was the not so clever quip and, though it was a gimme, the Asti for Riesling was very bothersome.<BR/>Might have to go see Beat Generation at the Egyptian.Campesitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01852123189179333049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65522047086609098592007-03-08T13:20:00.000-05:002007-03-08T13:20:00.000-05:00Omigod! I agree with bluestater on something! I am...Omigod! I agree with bluestater on something! I am a Riesling fan. Acceptable alternatives for me include Gewürtztraminer, Grüner Veltliner, and pinot grigio—the fruitier, sweeter whites. Bubbly wines are an entire different category. ASTI could be a Champagne or prosecco alternative. (Also, SEA from the NYT forum lives in Italy and says prosecco is popular—it didn't give me a headache like most other sparkling wines do, so hooray—but that Asti Spumante earns the moniker "nasty Asti.")Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45556108693051032882007-03-08T13:03:00.000-05:002007-03-08T13:03:00.000-05:00Nasty puzzle. Since when is ASTI (which I believe ...Nasty puzzle. Since when is ASTI (which I believe is a sparkling Italian [white?] wine, Asti Spumante) an alternative for a Riesling (27D), which is a still German white? Asti is a wine center in Italy -- does it make any still whites? And is an Italian white ever an alternative for a German white (I don't think so)? I agree about "Jr.'s place", SCH -- terrible clue. Likewise 49A, which was the proximate cause of my running aground in the SE -- the combination of the end of an oddball quip and many surrounding obscurities and lame clues did me in. Not a happy day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52544002393452301132007-03-08T12:47:00.000-05:002007-03-08T12:47:00.000-05:00Sorry, forgot to idedntify myself with the above.Sorry, forgot to idedntify myself with the above.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82584165235165237322007-03-08T12:44:00.000-05:002007-03-08T12:44:00.000-05:00My problem with the NW: Had chi & grocers. Took ...My problem with the NW: Had chi & grocers. Took a while to see prithee, which I don't use much, anymore.<BR/><BR/>General Maginot used the (old) WWI strategy of laying a string of trenches to stop the Germans, who used their (new) tanks to quickly overrun (literally) the French defenses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46096159520681612702007-03-08T12:38:00.000-05:002007-03-08T12:38:00.000-05:00Alex: Try this site to see the lyrics to Rodgers ...Alex: Try this site to see the lyrics to Rodgers & Hart's "Mountain Greenery." The song has a particularly clever rhyme for "beanery" in it.<BR/><BR/>http://www.lorenzhart.org/greenarysng.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com