tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post8281780697832370839..comments2024-03-29T07:17:55.045-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: WEDNESDAY, Jan. 21, 2009 - F. Piscop (Words from Alphonse or Gaston / Frisbee game involving body contact / "Houston" of 1980s TV / Pundit Colmes)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2271037485190301182009-02-25T22:23:00.000-05:002009-02-25T22:23:00.000-05:00Where is Wade?Where is Wade?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54758082120713751012009-02-25T11:53:00.000-05:002009-02-25T11:53:00.000-05:00Sorry, that's "The Prince's Panties", not "Princes...Sorry, that's "The Prince's Panties", not "Princess Panties". My bad!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35244423446919105042009-02-25T11:46:00.000-05:002009-02-25T11:46:00.000-05:00All, I doubt many of you will see this post as I ...All, I doubt many of you will see this post as I am in Dallas, TX and the local rag publishes the NYT puzzle on a 30-day delay. Why, I don't know. Anyhoo, Rex's mention of Mason Williams really took me back. The album was titled "The Mason Williams Phonograph Record". It contained "Princess Panties" as well as his most famous piece "Classical Gas". I wore out two cassettes back in the 70's and 80's, and drove my pals nuts with "Princess Panties" on many occasions. It's out of production now, but here's a link to some used CD's for sale. Amazon wants over $100.00, But some of these are less than 10 bucks. Enjoy! <BR/><BR/>http://shopping.yahoo.com/search;_ylc=X3oDMTJjaWs2bG9pBF9TAzc4NDcxNjg2MgRrA3RoZSBtYXNvbiB3aWxsaWFtcyBwaG9ub2dyYXBoIHJlY29yZARzZWMDa2IEc2VtA3lzbQRzbGsDdGl0bGU-?sem=ysm&p=the+mason+williams+phonograph+record&no_truncation=1&sp=pallAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35111615839353339732009-01-22T09:14:00.000-05:002009-01-22T09:14:00.000-05:00@Andrea Carla Michaels - Oh, my! to be asked by T...@Andrea Carla Michaels - Oh, my! to be asked by The Namer to come up with a name! I am truly not worthy!<BR/><BR/>Since, as I'm sure you, living in San Francisco, know, the correct definition of "epicenter" is "the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake", my first thought is that you should simply replace it with "center." Of course, that sounds neither clever nor dangerous. (But, for example, are folks who think that "penultimate" is beyond "ultimate", rather than before it, being clever, or only dangerous to the integrity of the language?) I am a poor pedestrian writer at best, limited to such words as core, hotbed [trite!], focal point, focus, heart, hub, nerve center, root. . . . <BR/><BR/>Since our President used song lyrics in his inaugural address, allow me to paraphrase some lyrics: You say permissivist, I say prescriptivist; let's call the whole thing off!Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12226066352053251952009-01-22T07:25:00.000-05:002009-01-22T07:25:00.000-05:00It's another Obama puzzle! since he referred to hi...It's another Obama puzzle! since he referred to himself as a mutt (but not a Cur or a Mongrel as far as I know...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83503561916426854272009-01-22T03:00:00.000-05:002009-01-22T03:00:00.000-05:00@SethgI am so sorry they got Ultimate wrong! That...@Sethg<BR/>I am so sorry they got Ultimate wrong! That's like saying "Game where the X is worth 10 points".<BR/><BR/>I have to say I was much more bugged than the rest of you about the second theme answer. It seems if you have CURCURRICULUM you need MUTTMUTTONCHOPS or something...it imbalanced me :(<BR/><BR/>But who can niggle naggle on Mac's bday?!<BR/><BR/>@Greene<BR/>My Siamese cat who is bigger than most dogs is also named Koko! <BR/>(But he spells it with 2K's, He came with papers that said as much)<BR/>As a namer, I was a bit embarrassed to have a cat named Koko, but I inherited him 14 years ago when he was 6 months old...and I tried to rename him Babaganoush as it's my favorite food, my favorite food word to say and he's that color. But he already knew his name. (Those who think only dogs know their names do not know Siamese!)<BR/>Until I had him, I thought I was a dogperson...but it turns out I'm a pet person.<BR/><BR/>@Bob K<BR/>I love using the word "epicenter"!<BR/>Living in San Francisco, it's fun to say it's the epicenter of naming, or whatever! It feels slightly clever and dangerous.<BR/>What will you give me (in its stead) to remove it from my vocabulary? ;)<BR/><BR/>@Mac<BR/>since I know only you read this blog so late at night, I'll send a big hug to you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29705187692883000922009-01-21T23:15:00.000-05:002009-01-21T23:15:00.000-05:00@jon: we can just stay with tropical fruit and con...@jon: we can just stay with tropical fruit and consider the coconut and the pineapple!jeff in chicagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10492964479021891094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29242182368024579962009-01-21T22:59:00.000-05:002009-01-21T22:59:00.000-05:00@joho: thanks alot! Mangia we did this evening, hu...@joho: thanks alot! Mangia we did this evening, husband's birthday dinner, at Shun Lee Palace! Highlight was the Beijing/Peking Duck. Talking about food, and aren't I always, today's Dining Inn section is a keeper, with several fantastic recipes. Check out the ..... oh, no. But do cut out lamb shank one. <BR/><BR/>I'm not just keeping the food section, I will keep the whole paper. Husband claimed I spoiled it by doing the puzzle, but I did it in pencil (you know, Pentel .9 with the looooong eraser). I also saved the last issue of the Sun. <BR/>When I got the paper this morning, on 23rd St. and 7th, people around me were buying 2 and 3 copies. They didn't charge more than $ 1.50, though.<BR/><BR/>@Shamik: thanks, I'm exulted....<BR/><BR/>@SethG: I had so looked forward to see those pink patent leather shoes in Brooklyn. Guess you had to take them off for the Ultimate game.<BR/><BR/>@Karen: the buggy dame had me LOL!<BR/><BR/>@DEvil: yes, yes, let's give a hand to Sabin; I think I learned about both of them around the same time, in some newspaper article, and I've been surprised that Salk gets mentioned so much more.<BR/><BR/>Mutt: when our son was about 4, he asked us to explain what a mutt was, and we talked about the different breeds, and the mother and father being different and creating this interesting mixture, and after all that he said: "I am a mutt!".machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88696346679085442852009-01-21T21:22:00.000-05:002009-01-21T21:22:00.000-05:00Thanks @jeff in chicago. That video is incredible...Thanks @jeff in chicago. That video is incredible. I want Kirk and his buddy to explain poisonous mushrooms to me. Or kohlrabi, for that matter. I've gotten really into kohlrabi this winter, but, man, you gotta work for it.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18146172633099883392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30738118589483361642009-01-21T20:57:00.000-05:002009-01-21T20:57:00.000-05:00This one was easy for Wednesday. We always had do...This one was easy for Wednesday. We always had dogs for my daughter that were Pound Pups - my husband insisted on that. We owned them one at a time so we only owned three but they lived a good life with us.<BR/><BR/>Any quibble I might have had were addressed by others.edith bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048817959846956992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12647212113957460912009-01-21T19:53:00.000-05:002009-01-21T19:53:00.000-05:00Bonnie (see avatar) insists I comment on this puzz...Bonnie (see avatar) insists I comment on this puzzle if only to say it (and dogs!) rules and was just about right for a Wednesday.<BR/><BR/>Happy birthday, Mac!JannieBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18282015159638078416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40160471708299109742009-01-21T19:36:00.000-05:002009-01-21T19:36:00.000-05:00I wish you a very happy birthday, Mac! Mangia!!!I wish you a very happy birthday, Mac! Mangia!!!johohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708487230515532492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75323235690023819582009-01-21T19:07:00.000-05:002009-01-21T19:07:00.000-05:00@elitza-I worked my way through college at a racet...@elitza-<BR/><BR/>I worked my way through college at a racetrack in Phoenix AZ and the song they played to call the Greyhound to post was "Elephant Walk", starting at 6 minutes until post time til 1 minute to post to warn the bettors that post time was at hand.<BR/><BR/>Since there were 11 races per night, the ticket sellers and cashiers had to endure that song over and over, all night long, 5 minutes at a time, for 3 hours.<BR/><BR/>I haven't heard it in years, but when I do, I get anxious.<BR/><BR/>And to one of my favorite cyber-friends - Happy Birthday, mac.Bill from NJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103923612595508277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59090315008398510352009-01-21T19:04:00.000-05:002009-01-21T19:04:00.000-05:00Re: The "Lion's Share" comment, "lion's share" has...Re: The "Lion's Share" comment, "lion's share" has meant "the greater part of" since the 18th century, and there's no clear evidence that the source of this phrase was Aesop's fables. The OED's definition is in line with actual usage, as are most dictionaries and usage guides.Kurisuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00132568197501054206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77869605148661768712009-01-21T18:08:00.000-05:002009-01-21T18:08:00.000-05:00@AllanI guess you have also explained for me why t...@Allan<BR/>I guess you have also explained for me why this puzzle was so easy for a Thursday . . .<BR/><BR/>@jae I remembered that remark from Obama while working today. Maybe the next four years (dare I hope for 8?) will bring us hundreds of progressively more obscure Obama references.<BR/><BR/>Glad people enjoyed the piƱata. For the record, though, it was all my friend ironburl's doing. I just went to watch and took my camera. Feel free to set up a youtube account so you can thank him in the comments there.treedwellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12634227778469664442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39920372982479530042009-01-21T18:06:00.000-05:002009-01-21T18:06:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Bill from NJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103923612595508277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26759170994233697842009-01-21T17:57:00.000-05:002009-01-21T17:57:00.000-05:00Another Obama themed puzzle!"A mutt like me..." Pr...Another Obama themed puzzle!<BR/><BR/>"A mutt like me..." President elect Obama.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06237769422347289261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18163564776888992782009-01-21T17:43:00.000-05:002009-01-21T17:43:00.000-05:00In our house doggies and doggys rule, we have two,...In our house doggies and doggys rule, we have two, Toby and Skippy. We were in London a few years ago and while waiting in line for something a little boy in front of us was menacing a spider. His father noticed and said (insert strong British accent) "Toby don't step on that spider." Husband looked at me and said "why would anyone name their kid after a dog?" He can always crack me up.<BR/>Loved the puzzle, had just enough crunch for a Wednesday.<BR/>Miguel, I will check out that recipe.chefwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999206352243329280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42040033411829245692009-01-21T17:37:00.000-05:002009-01-21T17:37:00.000-05:00@ Allan re yesterday: no problem. Thanks for writi...@ Allan re yesterday: no problem. Thanks for writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71982880799555285682009-01-21T17:25:00.000-05:002009-01-21T17:25:00.000-05:00My sister and I LOVED "The Prince's Panties" and s...My sister and I LOVED "The Prince's Panties" and sang it ALL the time, to the annoyance of all. We are considerably older than Rex however--might have been cuter on him. I think it was on the same LP as "Classical Gas" which I would try to play, also to the annoyance of all. But great lines! "Once there was a prince who acted strangely in that he thought life was stupid--and it was for him" (I could go on, all from memory. I can do essentially all of "Alice's Restaurant" too. Loved the late 60's)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90789338375391730612009-01-21T16:26:00.000-05:002009-01-21T16:26:00.000-05:00This guy's a true hero---in Cincinnati, and to par...This guy's a true hero---in Cincinnati, and to parents all over the world.<BR/><BR/>Evil<BR/>*****<BR/><BR/>Albert Sabin received a medical degree from New York University in 1931. He trained in internal medicine, pathology and surgery at Bellevue Hospital in New York City from 1931-1933. In 1934 he conducted research at The Lister Institute for Preventive Medicine in England, then joined the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University). During this time he developed an intense interest in research, especially in the area of infectious diseases. In 1939 he moved to Cincinnati Children's Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. During World War II he was a lieutenant colonel in the US Army Medical Corps and helped develop vaccines against dengue fever and Japanese encephalitis. Maintaining his association with Children's Hospital, by 1946 he had also become the head of Pediatric Research at the University of Cincinnati.<BR/><BR/>With the menace of polio growing, Sabin and other researchers, most notably Jonas Salk in Pittsburgh and Hilary Koprowski in New York and Philadelphia, sought a vaccine to prevent or mitigate the illness. In 1955, Salk's "killed" vaccine was tested and released for use. It was effective in preventing most of the complications of polio, but did not prevent the initial, intestinal infection. Sabin's "live"-virus vaccine, developed from attenuated polio virus that he had received from Hilary Koprowski, began international testing through the World Health Organization in 1957, when large groups of children in Russia, Holland, Mexico, Chile, Sweden and Japan received it. In 1961 the United States Public Health Service endorsed his "live"-polio-virus vaccine. Prepared with cultures of attenuated polio viruses, it could be taken orally and prevented the actual contraction of the disease. It was this vaccine that effectively eliminated polio from the United States.<BR/><BR/>Honors:<BR/><BR/> * Election to the Polio Hall of Fame, which was dedicated in Warm Springs, Georgia, on January 2, 1958<BR/> * National Medal of Science (1970)<BR/> * Presidential Medal of Freedom (1986)<BR/> * In 1999, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center named its new education and conference center for Sabin.<BR/> * In March 2006, the US Postal Service issued a commemorative 87-cent postage stamp carrying his image, in its Distinguished Americans series. <BR/><BR/>[wikipedia]evil doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593231055589228837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72080033938364266672009-01-21T16:19:00.000-05:002009-01-21T16:19:00.000-05:00I find it unlikely that today's NYT will ever be v...I find it unlikely that today's NYT will ever be valuable. Everyone is going to keep it. People who never bought one, bought one. And I'm sure many extra copies were printed. With a million copies being kept, they will never be rare enough to gain value. The NYT is charging more purely for financial gain. <I>There's</I> some change you can believe in!<BR/><BR/>I used to have many Life magazines from the '60s. I had the JFK, RFK and MLK assassination issues. The march on Selma. Early Apollo space missions and the moon landing. I've researched this a lot, and guess what...they aren't worth squat. Why? Everyone kept Life magazine. The market is flooded with issues. But I did make some money off them, by cutting them up and selling the old Coke ads and other classic ads.<BR/><BR/>My 1939 Life magazine with Harpo on the cover (I collect Marx Brothers stuff) is much rarer and is only worth about $20jeff in chicagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10492964479021891094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91926571783463616552009-01-21T15:59:00.000-05:002009-01-21T15:59:00.000-05:00@allan, I get the dead-tree version of the Times d...@allan, I get the dead-tree version of the Times delivered, but I went down to the newstand to pick up an extra copy of today's paper for a friend that's out of the country. They wanted $3 for it. I pointed to the corner of the page where it said it was $1.50, and the guy said that they were charged extra by their distributor. If I hadn't promised my friend I'd get her a copy, I would have walked away. Oh well. Hang on to your copies...HudsonHawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16119485923243014649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22042638234051684662009-01-21T15:41:00.000-05:002009-01-21T15:41:00.000-05:00@miguel I am sure Mac will try the unmentionable ...@miguel I am sure Mac will try the unmentionable recipe also. I have met Melissa Clark the writer of the aforementioned article. She is a very good friend of my "foodie" daughter.chefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62119352133558372822009-01-21T15:37:00.000-05:002009-01-21T15:37:00.000-05:00Now having read the comments, CrossCan and JeffinC...Now having read the comments, <BR/><BR/>CrossCan and JeffinChicago - very funny! <BR/><BR/>And JAE - good catch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com