tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post8387477109337859965..comments2024-03-29T05:08:37.783-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: THURSDAY, Jun. 21, 2007 - John SheehanRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46083996016637518192007-08-03T03:29:00.000-04:002007-08-03T03:29:00.000-04:00I hated this puzzle just a little.I had "LANCE" in...I hated this puzzle just a little.<BR/><BR/>I had "LANCE" instead of "VISOR" which resisted New England for a long time. Likewise, the Northwest was bound up by "TWISTEDROPES".<BR/><BR/>I still don't get ASP. The rocket from the 50s & 60s was the Atlas. (Some obscure Atlas Acronym? Atlas Space Projectile?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39760425977456748142007-08-02T15:24:00.000-04:002007-08-02T15:24:00.000-04:006WL :::::::I enjoyed the theme, but found this puz...6WL :::::::<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed the theme, but found this puzzle too easy for a Thursday. I missed the usual bite. I made a stupid mistake untangling TORSO to SORTS, which blew the Delaware area of the puzzle for a while. The EWER cluing was clever. <BR/><BR/>I wonder what ASP stood for...Assured to Strike Politboro? Annihilate Soviet Proletariat?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89244645986294389002007-08-02T14:52:00.000-04:002007-08-02T14:52:00.000-04:00Did anybody try CLOGGEDPORES? This guy I know did...Did anybody try CLOGGEDPORES? This guy I know did.stucknkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02821515792848936098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20902766326075180292007-08-02T14:35:00.000-04:002007-08-02T14:35:00.000-04:00Route 66 was a big hit for Nat "King" Cole back in...Route 66 was a big hit for Nat "King" Cole back in the 40s or 50s somewhere. Many other versions out there as well. It's a classic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74396116582590778762007-08-02T13:06:00.000-04:002007-08-02T13:06:00.000-04:00I'll never think of being in the THROEs of ecstasy...I'll never think of being in the THROEs of ecstasy in the same way again.<BR/><BR/>Not being a Renaissance Fair aficionado, I was sure I was out of luck on "It's lowered before a joust". VISOR came with a sigh of relief.stucknkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02821515792848936098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11201951791849321662007-06-22T10:16:00.000-04:002007-06-22T10:16:00.000-04:00Our brains work so differently, Rex. I thought Tue...Our brains work so differently, Rex. I thought Tuesday and Wednesday were simple puzzles and you thought they were on the difficult side. Thursday's threw me for a loop and I couldn't finish it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20285657033602605972007-06-22T01:09:00.000-04:002007-06-22T01:09:00.000-04:00Orange:Thanks for your good effort. Wrong directio...Orange:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your good effort. Wrong direction though. Think anagram of "spherical ham"; think Rex Parker. Now find a cure. ;>}<BR/><BR/>JoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13639579447260565342007-06-21T22:10:00.000-04:002007-06-21T22:10:00.000-04:00Jo, maybe this will help. And maybe it won't.Or th...Jo, maybe <A HREF="http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Ham_20ball" REL="nofollow">this</A> will help. And maybe it won't.<BR/><BR/>Or <A HREF="http://www.texturaselbulli.com/ENG/recetasferific_i_01.html" REL="nofollow">this</A>, from the world-renowned chef/innovator Ferran Adria.<BR/><BR/>Or maybe <A HREF="http://www.nndb.com/people/146/000023077/" REL="nofollow">this spherical ham</A>.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4112652059454249922007-06-21T19:55:00.000-04:002007-06-21T19:55:00.000-04:00Yes, Jo, I'm pretty certain you are the only one s...Yes, Jo, I'm pretty certain you are the only one so afflicted. <BR/><BR/>rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25077365416463463702007-06-21T19:52:00.000-04:002007-06-21T19:52:00.000-04:00Thanks to a teaser in the Rex Parker blog of a few...Thanks to a teaser in the Rex Parker blog of a few days ago, I seem t be doomed to always think "Spherical Ham" at any mention of anagrams. <BR/><BR/>Am I the only one so afflicted?<BR/><BR/>JoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73232352785512211852007-06-21T18:29:00.000-04:002007-06-21T18:29:00.000-04:00I think it musta been ALLCAPS Thursday and I wasn'...I think it musta been ALLCAPS Thursday and I wasn't notified. 3 of the 4 puzzles I do daily featured something ALLCAPS-related. Velly interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64863252629894052362007-06-21T18:08:00.000-04:002007-06-21T18:08:00.000-04:00Michael--Your comment certainly skews a lot younge...Michael--<BR/><BR/>Your comment certainly skews a lot younger than I am. "Kludge" indeed! Wikipedia defines the word in terms of fixing a computer problem, and goes on to use additional clearly-made-up terms like cruft, bodge and Macgyverism. What ever happened to words with clearly traceable derivations?!franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00621834159626715995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7851831053039186922007-06-21T17:41:00.000-04:002007-06-21T17:41:00.000-04:00Got CORP easily because I am a lawyer. I leave th...Got CORP easily because I am a lawyer. I leave the rocket science clues (ASP) to the rocket scientists. Anonymous did a fine job of explaining it.<BR/><BR/>As to skew, I would bet (certainly based on the posts here) that WS wants to skew in both directions. I mean, I never saw "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" but I got it anyway, yesterday. I always like it when I learn something new from the day's puzzle, and I always hate when the compiler tortures the language with kludges like SUABLE.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06580447943505148784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74665257614467460032007-06-21T15:38:00.000-04:002007-06-21T15:38:00.000-04:00I keep thinking SUABLE should be pronounced "swa-b...I keep thinking SUABLE should be pronounced "swa-blay." <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardo" REL="nofollow">Rico Suave,"</A> anyone?<BR/><BR/>I thought BAD DEAL was clunky, and then I Googled it. Over a million uses! But it feels less like a stand-alone phrase than just a description of a deal that isn't so good.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79497102433755931122007-06-21T15:00:00.000-04:002007-06-21T15:00:00.000-04:00Do you not even know the Depeche Mode cover of tha...Do you not even know the Depeche Mode cover of that song!? <BR/><BR/>Here are <A HREF="http://www.azreporter.com/route66/song/" REL="nofollow">lyrics</A>.<BR/><BR/>I realized just now that the reason I didn't know GALLUP was that I mondegreened the hell out of that part of the song (that is, I misheard it). In my mind it has always been something like "Goin' up tooooo Mexico" (absurd, since Route 66 doesn't go there, but that's what I heard). <BR/><BR/>As for BAD DEAL - I had RAW DEAL at first, which, along with BIG DEAL, is a far more legitimate phrase than BAD DEAL.Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76371280685034041542007-06-21T14:34:00.000-04:002007-06-21T14:34:00.000-04:00I'm skewed "older" (47) but I never heard the song...I'm skewed "older" (47) but I never heard the song "Route 66"! From which generation/genre does it come? Also, I got the theme with ADDLED BRAINS because, as I often do, I started in the Florida area of the puzzle. Enjoyed FAUX PAS but didn't like BAD DEAL (Doesn't quite fit in my estimation)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40903520527059867512007-06-21T13:54:00.000-04:002007-06-21T13:54:00.000-04:00What? SUABLE is completely duable... On second tho...What? SUABLE is completely duable... On second thought, maybe nuat.Howard Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766792795622192271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14380463981322443552007-06-21T13:36:00.000-04:002007-06-21T13:36:00.000-04:00I believe Asp as a rocket type is beyond most anyb...I believe Asp as a rocket type is beyond most anybody's ken -- even old folks. It make no difference if you're 20 or 70 one is not likely to know this bit of esoterica.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27906357853518003172007-06-21T13:34:00.000-04:002007-06-21T13:34:00.000-04:00Like Alex, I found this a bit meta (nice turn of p...Like Alex, I found this a bit meta (nice turn of phrase), although I was able to do it. I agree with Rex on SUABLE; terrible word even if it exists (I haven't checked). Coupla other nits: what's with 60A "Eat well" as a clue for SUP? "Sup" means just "to eat"; no connotation of eating well, as far as I know. Pointless curveball. And I think the only English phrase with "Ours [is] not to..." (52A) is from Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Brigade," and it reads (as I remember) "Ours not to reason why; ours but to do and [or maybe "or"] die...." Or maybe it was "theirs not to reason why." Oh well. This tidbit for all you fans of the Crimean War out there. <BR/><BR/>I'm plenty old enough to remember all the old American rockets, and I don't remember ASP (32A). On this point, while Rex thinks the puzzles are skewing older, I, particularly in light of the AEON FLUX/INXS fiasco of a couple of days ago, think they're skewing younger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74768303043474276262007-06-21T12:34:00.001-04:002007-06-21T12:34:00.001-04:00I liked this puzzle. The fill was pretty interesti...I liked this puzzle. The fill was pretty interesting and there were no eddies where the crosses were beyond reach, so I gues it flowed well for me.<BR/>EWER is in the Pantheon, of course, but has ESSO been nominated? ASP is in the Pantheon too, but Barry's right, this time it's at least clued differently.Campesitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01852123189179333049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16641099466641754962007-06-21T12:34:00.000-04:002007-06-21T12:34:00.000-04:00I thoroughly hate this theme.I quite simply didn't...I thoroughly hate this theme.<BR/><BR/>I quite simply didn't get it. Couldn't finish the puzzle and even after seeing the theme phrases on another blog I didn't get it. I understood that the last word of the phrase was an anagram of the clue but it just appeared that the half was a random word to make a phrase.<BR/><BR/>Pointed out it seems obvious but the whole thing is too meta for me.Alex S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07543077687426776863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16728258053925547212007-06-21T12:24:00.000-04:002007-06-21T12:24:00.000-04:00For the '-drome' I had VELO (instead of AERO), so ...For the '-drome' I had VELO (instead of AERO), so for the 'you' follower I went for ALL, until the theme became obvious. Betraying my southern roots.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43334969731355666802007-06-21T12:23:00.000-04:002007-06-21T12:23:00.000-04:00It's actually one court in Delaware, the Chancery ...It's actually one court in Delaware, the Chancery Court, that is responsible for all the favorable, i.e., to the corporation, rulings. California courts are known for the opposite tilt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39689581298354963822007-06-21T12:21:00.000-04:002007-06-21T12:21:00.000-04:00ASPs are just old rockets they are really obscure ...ASPs are just old rockets they are really obscure rockets. I applaud the attempt at something better than "Nile biter" though.barrywephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04025848655112601237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65801562234654182592007-06-21T11:43:00.000-04:002007-06-21T11:43:00.000-04:00Delaware is the choice of incorporation for most l...Delaware is the choice of incorporation for most large publicly held companies. For mom and pop corporations, it would frankly be silly to incorporate in Delaware because it would increase costs and not provide any meaningful benefits.<BR/><BR/>Nevada is sometimes cited as a state with even more favorable corporate governance rules than Delaware, but because Delaware has such a long history of pro-management rulings, Nevada has barely put a dent in Delaware's virtual monopoly.<BR/><BR/>When you think of corporate governance rules, you should think in terms of rules that are favorable to shareholders, but in fact what is generally meant is favorable to existing management. <BR/><BR/>Steve MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com