tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post8590552944789104059..comments2024-03-28T08:07:06.342-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Florentine painter Fra Lippo — MONDAY, Sep. 21 2009 — Oslo's country to natives / Toward the left side of ship / Leave in to a prooferRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21004986175741440702009-10-27T00:03:15.363-04:002009-10-27T00:03:15.363-04:0040 Down gangster aka scarface
I was thinking of t...40 Down gangster aka scarface<br /><br />I was thinking of the Al Pacino movie Scarface and his role as Tony Montana<br /><br /><br />RSDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87576639734969307522009-10-26T23:51:44.634-04:002009-10-26T23:51:44.634-04:00Writing from syndication-land.
I didn't like ...Writing from syndication-land.<br /><br />I didn't like this crossword. There were the awkward down crosses around the theme clues which you've already alluded to, which were unnecessarily difficult even for a Monday. I felt this way even when I knew what they were, like cassiterite. It still sounds like an obscure monastic sect.<br /><br />I didn't know Lippi, having never been an art history or English major, and had no idea what Norway was called by Norwegians. Does anyone who doesn't speak Norwegian know that? What about what Austrians call Austria or Swedes call Sweden or some New Zealanders call New Zealand? I wouldn't expect Oesterreich, Sverige, or Aotearoa to be Monday puzzle material either.<br /><br />I was able to complete it without looking anything up, but when I finally cracked it I felt as if it weren't worth the trouble. The theme answers were just too trivial to justify the effort I put into it.<br /><br />I haven't even heard of <i>Self</i> magazine, I'm only vaguely aware of <i>Money</i> and <i>People</i>, and I disliked having <i>Time</i> thrust in my face, which is an exceptionally trivial piece of garbage even among the newsweeklies.Nullifidianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207390447020990907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19998370434781010722009-10-26T17:22:38.122-04:002009-10-26T17:22:38.122-04:00Fergus,
Yes. I like MONEY MAVEN.
jANNFergus,<br />Yes. I like MONEY MAVEN.<br />jANNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31453444976955808882009-10-26T14:33:55.527-04:002009-10-26T14:33:55.527-04:00From syndication land. Sorry that sanfranman is on...From syndication land. Sorry that sanfranman is on vacation - it would have been interesting to see the statistics. <br /><br />I got a bad start with 'any of' instead of ATALL. I put in 'cleave' for CLEFT and 'Opel' for OLDS. I tried 'Norse' and 'Eva', and had to stare at 39A for a while before MAGAZINE LOVER popped out at me. Don't know what my time was as I was interrupted several times, but I would put the puzzle as medium easy.<br /><br />No quibbles with Money lover. I think that is a perfictly good phrase. I didn't even notice TIN ORE until I came here - forgot to look at the clue, and got it entirely by crosses. Wouldn't have known it if had had read the clue, though.<br /><br />BTW, I knew LIPPI from a college art history course many moons ago.Singernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83096568153652032592009-09-25T12:24:05.274-04:002009-09-25T12:24:05.274-04:00Rex is such a snob
waaaaaahRex is such a snob<br /><br />waaaaaahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24959591683490020052009-09-22T20:30:18.916-04:002009-09-22T20:30:18.916-04:00An emcee, two poets and a visual artist discuss hi...An emcee, two poets and a visual artist discuss hip hop's rites of passage. Three prominent Black men, who were the first of their kind, helped develop African-American theatre in the U.S. A young Nigerian artist takes the national art scene by force. Read these and more at http://alanwking.wordpress.com.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07944679890331516344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89686151000392582602009-09-22T10:34:16.496-04:002009-09-22T10:34:16.496-04:00Did this puzzle on my iPhone app while standing ar...Did this puzzle on my iPhone app while standing around waiting for the (totally amazing) U2 show at Foxboro, MA to start. <br />The puzzle must have been easy because: <br />A. I did in in under 5 minutes and on the iPhone it's never very easy to do puzzles fast, and<br />B. I was on the floor being endlessly jostled and bumped into by rabid U2 fans.Carisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00823853185085224641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2453947985115818412009-09-22T10:30:34.137-04:002009-09-22T10:30:34.137-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Carisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00823853185085224641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13422960830977297362009-09-22T10:22:40.969-04:002009-09-22T10:22:40.969-04:00@Susan, don't you fLIPPI your pancakes when yo...@Susan, don't you fLIPPI your pancakes when you are Browning them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17076059574181420292009-09-21T22:37:50.753-04:002009-09-21T22:37:50.753-04:00@Glitch, @Sfingi, @Clark, @John, @andrea: Thanks f...@Glitch, @Sfingi, @Clark, @John, @andrea: Thanks for the cat comments! I could really relate to all.<br /><br />Hey Rex has finally posted on the Caleb Madison / Kevin Der puzzle -- get over there...Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681342234536407419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76852929668713643462009-09-21T22:19:21.949-04:002009-09-21T22:19:21.949-04:00Scrooge McDuck (Zio Paperone) has a strange fascin...Scrooge McDuck (Zio Paperone) has a strange fascination to the Italians. He's more important than the rest of the clan. Mickey Mouse is Topolino. Recently, Donald Duck is Paperinink the duck avenger.<br /><br />Anyone remember Hetty Green? A truly miserable miser.Sfinginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10462908080323503312009-09-21T20:41:31.053-04:002009-09-21T20:41:31.053-04:00@Greg,
[per wiki] Scrooge McDuck may have been na...@Greg,<br /><br />[per wiki] Scrooge McDuck may have been named after Dickens' Scrooge, and was probably modeled after Carnegie.<br /><br />Thanks for the ref. to others<br /><br />.../Glitch -- sneaking an extra in on a slow night in an effort to keeping the literature thread going :)Glitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940000404613329056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57895922615756530532009-09-21T20:01:39.714-04:002009-09-21T20:01:39.714-04:00Andrew Carnegie was considerably miserly for the m...Andrew Carnegie was considerably miserly for the majority of his life, prior to making huge endowments and other charitable arrangements upon his death.<br />If you look at Wikipedia, there is a small section of Famous Misers in history - Carnegie is one such.<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miser#Famous_misers_in_history<br /><br />I was particularly intrigued by the tale of Charles Huffman, of whom I had not heard.<br />Wikipedia didn't have an entry on him.<br />GregThe Big Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00383322329027962325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61588682596156515262009-09-21T19:53:17.133-04:002009-09-21T19:53:17.133-04:00@michael,
Your suspicions are correct:
MISER:
A ...@michael,<br /><br />Your suspicions are correct:<br /><br />MISER:<br />A miser is a person who is reluctant to spend money, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts. The term derives from the Latin miser, meaning "poor" or "wretched," comparable to the modern word "miserable". [wiki]<br /><br />Benny was the only "real life" miser I could come up with, others all come from literature, like Scrooge McDuck.<br /><br />@Anon 6:57p<br />Can you name names? I'm stuck.<br /><br />.../Glitch (3 and g'night)<br /><br />.../GlitchGlitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940000404613329056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76114966065493648642009-09-21T19:49:27.534-04:002009-09-21T19:49:27.534-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Glitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940000404613329056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30586226810071123032009-09-21T18:57:30.768-04:002009-09-21T18:57:30.768-04:00Every miser I know is indeed miserable. Too much i...Every miser I know is indeed miserable. Too much is never enough for some.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51549033108659559882009-09-21T18:40:38.674-04:002009-09-21T18:40:38.674-04:00Anyhow, aren't misers by definition miserable?...Anyhow, aren't misers by definition miserable? Never noticed the cognate before...<br /><br />Third and last comment of the day..michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56958257621550937422009-09-21T18:27:11.415-04:002009-09-21T18:27:11.415-04:00@glitch -- ok, I'll agree with you about Jack ...@glitch -- ok, I'll agree with you about Jack Benny. But how about a real person (as opposed to Jack Benny's stage personality, which may or may not have some resemblance to his off stage personality)?michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68054205893706966072009-09-21T17:38:33.350-04:002009-09-21T17:38:33.350-04:00@michael
I would consider Jack Benny a "lova...@michael<br /><br />I would consider Jack Benny a "lovable miser" :D<br /><br />.../GlitchGlitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940000404613329056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67762553035544565292009-09-21T17:14:01.242-04:002009-09-21T17:14:01.242-04:00Speaking of Freud, he might have liked this puzzle...Speaking of Freud, he might have liked this puzzle with it's caress, ass, dream, and depending how you parse it (someone else caught it too) 25A might be a tit.<br />SqueekAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71310976584658200022009-09-21T17:03:35.549-04:002009-09-21T17:03:35.549-04:00@Ulrich...agree with much of what you said especia...@Ulrich...agree with much of what you said especially "very readable, except when he explicates his own grand system." Disagree with the idea that since he a misogynist (and yes, he said nasty things about many other groups...your memory is correct) that he is no longer worth reading.Even the sentence you quote is very interesting: he's saying a lot of our actions are based on the sex drive even though we usually don't realize it and pretend they are not...and of course he is writing this years before Freud made it conventional wisdom...Much of his writing anticipates people such as Freud and even Darwin and much of it is just fun to read...Sardonic but insightful...very underappreciated writer.PIXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83590569340532602192009-09-21T16:44:57.903-04:002009-09-21T16:44:57.903-04:00@PIX: I've read quite a bit of Schopenhauer. H...@PIX: I've read quite a bit of Schopenhauer. He was one of the greatest German prose writers of the 19th c. and remains very readable, except when he explicates his own grand system. A life-long lack of recognition in comparison to those windbags you mention turned him into a curmudgeon, not a bad starting point if you want to cast a critical eye on everything happening around you, and he makes often a lot of sense, especially when he is at his sardonic best.<br /><br />But he was also an outspoken misogynist. His essay "On women" (<i>Über die Weiber</i>) is a misogynistic "classic"--quote: "Only the male intellect fogged over by the sex drive could call the low-grown, narrow-shouldered, broad-hipped, and short-legged sex the fair one..." I've also been trying to find some choice quotes against, if not Jews, then Judaism, but couldn't--perhaps my memory is wrong there. Anyway, my enthusiasm for him has diminished over time, even if I myself have grown crankier with age:-)Ulrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02086202853174403008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39488785391191426152009-09-21T16:43:12.797-04:002009-09-21T16:43:12.797-04:00Per Al Sanders' comment on Orange's blog, ...Per Al Sanders' comment on Orange's blog, "Heads up, ACPT dates have been changed to February 19-21, 2010." It's still at the Brooklyn Bridge (hotel). Get your calendars out. Registration opens in January.Karen from the Capehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11476512301997985060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15913798743736571012009-09-21T16:25:58.144-04:002009-09-21T16:25:58.144-04:00@ R_C -- On your quip, re LIPPI suction: LOL
@ Mi...@ R_C -- On your quip, re LIPPI suction: LOL<br /><br />@ MikeM -- I'm reading McCullough's "John Adams" right now! "Mornings on Horseback" on Teddy Roosevelt was fab a month ago. I still have to catch up with some others, including "Truman". I not only love his writing, I'm thrilled when I hear his voice narrating Ken Burns' documentaries!<br /><br />Pres. Obama was a hit here today, at the Hudson Valley Community College (invitation only, darn it). Well covered on local TV, though.<br /><br />∑;)ArtLvrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869528391374878601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77953986469729629712009-09-21T16:23:00.597-04:002009-09-21T16:23:00.597-04:00If the clue is a very weird looking word ending in...If the clue is a very weird looking word ending in -ite, then it's almost certainly an ore. As it was, I had the first three letters TIN--- from the crosses by the time I looked at the clue, so it was easy to guess which ORE.<br /><br />I think I've seen ENA twice before in crossword puzzles this last week.<br /><br />I only read the <i>Harper's</i> review of McCullough <i>John Adams</i>, and it was quite negative. It seems the book whitewashed all mention of Adams' fascist (closet royalist) leanings.william e embanoreply@blogger.com