tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post8675148267601918724..comments2024-03-29T11:24:03.304-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Old bandleader with Egyptian inspired name / SUN 1-8-17 / Entourage of 1990s white rapper / Headwear NBA banned in 2005 / Literary device used to address plot inconsistenciesRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger150125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17540195213404670052017-04-13T06:32:01.308-04:002017-04-13T06:32:01.308-04:00I was diagnosed with poor ovarian reserve and very...I was diagnosed with poor ovarian reserve and very bad prognosis of having a baby with my own eggs. I was even given the option to consider donor eggs. That was around july 2014. I was absolutely devastated with the news and I arranged an IVF for November 2016 and it failed also, given that I had nothing to lose, I contacted ( agbazara@gmail.com ) i meet online and he send me his herbal product,. Believe it or not... I am already pregnant within few week after his help. contact him today with any kind of problem and be happy like me on:<br /><br />agbazara@gmail.com OR call or WHATSAPP +2348104102662Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36123147744718600352017-01-20T11:24:44.334-05:002017-01-20T11:24:44.334-05:00ERM? NO!ERM? NO!Rug Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12283894657220231200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21465031847553715772017-01-18T12:31:45.718-05:002017-01-18T12:31:45.718-05:00Also, how does Thanks in Advance not fit? Tom Hank...Also, how does Thanks in Advance not fit? Tom Hanks=Thanks, Mohammed Ali=Mali, etc. It's a common phrase or term and it goes perfectly with the clue. Tom Hanks is a best actor winner and if he's early he's here in advance. C'mon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34041638183155263022017-01-18T12:25:57.576-05:002017-01-18T12:25:57.576-05:00It's Prose Poetry not Empire. So I think the q...It's Prose Poetry not Empire. So I think the question may be moot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32604343760600937942017-01-18T01:55:12.067-05:002017-01-18T01:55:12.067-05:00Never watched it. Culturally deprived, but I don&#...Never watched it. Culturally deprived, but I don't have hundreds of half hours of my life wasted. Phillip Blackerbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246294316176476429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74364161299208718852017-01-18T01:51:08.836-05:002017-01-18T01:51:08.836-05:00DeleDelePhillip Blackerbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246294316176476429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-98825618094358352017-01-18T01:49:41.003-05:002017-01-18T01:49:41.003-05:00Me too. Me too. Phillip Blackerbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246294316176476429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59463386609755288312017-01-16T03:03:34.885-05:002017-01-16T03:03:34.885-05:00Late, late, late. Other priorities. Many WOES thro...Late, late, late. Other priorities. Many WOES through this SLOG. Got the theme but Nathaniel Ames is a complete stranger. So were several of the theme names. Quit when I got to the SE. ERM?leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7588098008675755102017-01-15T18:46:13.815-05:002017-01-15T18:46:13.815-05:00With the help of a man called Dr.Addo I was able t...With the help of a man called Dr.Addo I was able to get pregnant though his root and herbs. I'm 47years of age, it was really difficult for me to pregnant though my husband loves me but it was really hurting me not having my own child but after many years I came across Dr.Addo. I'm 7months pregnant now through the help of the wounderful man and I will advice everyone looking for help to get pregnant to contact this gretae man via his email at: ( addosolution@gmail.com ) and be happy like me.<br /><br />from CANADAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46015891479890950702017-01-15T16:45:08.078-05:002017-01-15T16:45:08.078-05:00@Rondo - don't forget Mel OTT.
D,LIW@Rondo - don't forget Mel OTT.<br /><br />D,LIWDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64481197094574982132017-01-15T15:20:18.458-05:002017-01-15T15:20:18.458-05:00Loved the title. Had no idea what it meant, but t...Loved the title. Had no idea what it meant, but the word "downsizing" clued me in that that who he was was not going to be important. I assumed some sort of N/A rebus and started in on the solve. <br /><br />Had SAVE in place when I got to the Courtney clue and wondered what that V was doing in the 5th square instead of the 4th. Still working NW corner, I got C.ROCK right away and had the theme right then.<br /><br />About halfway through my solve I remembered that title and glanced up at it again to see what was all about. Ah, N.AMES. <br /><br />Favorite theme answer was V.ICE SQUAD. Which of course wasn't the actual answer and that's my biggest gripe with this puzzle: too many things that people just don't say, made up phrases, words that aren't words, and, ERM...that. <br /><br />I just knew Rex was going to destroy this one. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43705911967363863562017-01-15T15:13:28.182-05:002017-01-15T15:13:28.182-05:00Almost forgot, besides the ARES ARIES AWK AUKS the...Almost forgot, besides the ARES ARIES AWK AUKS there is also OER OARS. Missing is Buenos AIRES, airy eagles' AERIES, Bobby ORR, or gold ORE.<br /><br />The DAP Kings play on Sturgill Simpson's latest album. It will win a Grammy. Guaranteed. IDBET the HOUSE on it.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6979689585177982542017-01-15T14:59:45.231-05:002017-01-15T14:59:45.231-05:00There it was. Just about in the middle. SLOG I ...There it was. Just about in the middle. SLOG I was so certain Rex would vomit out a review today but, like Mikey, he liked it! He liked it!<br /><br />I got the trick pretty quickly, and did enjoy the themers for that. But ERM? Why not come up with a clue for BLEECHEEGHF?!I mean, I've "heard" it. <br /><br />Now, full disclosure, my mood is not the best. I have no kitchen, the floors in the LR and DR are covered in plastic, everything that should be in a kitchen is in a bag...somewhere. The cats are going nuts, my laptop is on the dresser instead of the kitchen counter (where I can sit!), one cat refuses to even try to walk on the plastic, but cries if I'm trying to sit in the LR. Husband keeps moving my glasses (eye and drinking) on me. Rant over.<br /><br />But upon reviewing it, the puzzle was better than I remembered. And I love me some JEEVES<br /><br />Did anyone mention the plethora of double letters? I don't read all the comments, standing up in front of the dresser puts a crick in my neck. Hey, someone put "crick" in a puzzle, quick. <br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for a new subfloor on Monday.Diana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57809303927795828152017-01-15T14:37:40.418-05:002017-01-15T14:37:40.418-05:00RETCON WHIZ
A HOTSHOT of SAKE and CLOVECIGARETTES...RETCON WHIZ<br /><br />A HOTSHOT of SAKE and CLOVECIGARETTES,<br />SANJOSE hockey and ANTBEARS as pets,<br />a VICEUNIT CROCKPOT and NUJAZZ, you say?<br />Let's REVERB some MOZART then SCURRYAWAY<br />to DUEL at BEERDARTS with old CHANDLERBING<br />and a CHARTTOPPER TART - ENYA, the RARE USUAL thing.<br /><br />--- IKE HEEP-HOUSEBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4873329392026918252017-01-15T14:11:15.479-05:002017-01-15T14:11:15.479-05:00Only after finishing the puzzle did I figure out t...Only after finishing the puzzle did I figure out the title. If anyone saw that before starting, then you are a better man than I, or else you have ESP.<br /><br />I knew all the names except for Chelsea HANDLER, and never heard of CHANDLER BING - is that a person?<br /><br />Some wincey stuff in here, but a pretty nifty effort, in my opinion, if not actually brilliant. I did enjoy the solve though I've never said "ERM", and never hope to.<br /><br />Gotta go. Things to do.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84254489398481292722017-01-15T13:12:40.168-05:002017-01-15T13:12:40.168-05:00@spacecraft, BCCS means Blind Carbon CopieS in ema...@spacecraft, BCCS means Blind Carbon CopieS in email lingo. So you are looping someone into the email thread by including them in a BCC. (Carbon Copy so used being another one of those anachronisms like dialing someone on the phone.)Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14839705449215451462017-01-15T12:56:51.918-05:002017-01-15T12:56:51.918-05:00Well, there's 45 minutes I'll never get ba...Well, there's 45 minutes I'll never get back. Did a narrow strip down the east side then some in the west before finding the theme at SCURRYAWAY. CHANDLERBING should be disqualified for many reasons, but mostly because all the rest are actually real, live people, while CHANDLERBING is not. Foul. Hanky. Red card. Black flag. KO. DQ. Missed a gate. Toss him. Only redeeming quality of that answer is yeah baby Chelsea HANDLER. But give due props for volume of theme fill.<br />ARES ARIES AUK AUKS to this puz otherwise. ERM? Kind of a SLOG.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38850107023347433952017-01-15T11:34:56.838-05:002017-01-15T11:34:56.838-05:00Okay, I know I decry what I call "the Age of ...Okay, I know I decry what I call "the Age of Taking Offense," but doggone it, I DO take offense. Though of course scientifically correct, I object to being called "some kind of animal." I solve on paper, and I hereby and for the public record demand an apology from Michael Sharp. Such utter snobbery is beyond the pale. Now we'll find out if he reads any of the syndicated blogs--because I really do expect a response.<br /><br />As to the puzzle, I knew it was going to be a DNF right from square one--literally. What in the WORLD is "BCCS?" What does that have to do with loops? The _CCS part was tightly locked in, but no letter made sense. I might have gone with ARCS...but then I'd have ROLAWARS. And there were more WOEs.<br /><br />I've never heard of "CLOVE" CIGARETTES. The very idea of "BEERDARTS" is stupidly dangerous; yes, folks do consume suds while playing 6-11-cork etc., but to call it that? As if drinking were an actual REQUIREMENT? I'll pass.<br /><br />More confusing is PROSEPOETRY. How's that again? At that point, having already gotten the theme (the puzzle title makes that nearly a "duh"), I just put it down. I may be dense for not knowing 1-across--most likely a tech thing--but as the Elephant Man said:<br /><br />"I am not an animal. I am a human being."spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23566190863034824922017-01-15T11:34:22.713-05:002017-01-15T11:34:22.713-05:00One of Sun Ra's more famous (infamous?) quotes...One of Sun Ra's more famous (infamous?) quotes: "History is his story, but my story is a mystery." He was absurd and, at times, difficult to take seriously, but there was no question as to his musicianship.Anthonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11778336750741874812017-01-14T21:11:38.314-05:002017-01-14T21:11:38.314-05:00Easy but dull. Did not like the inane theme. I don...Easy but dull. Did not like the inane theme. I don't understand the praise for this one.Uke Xensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14925310033193507314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23386207743802666162017-01-11T09:47:18.213-05:002017-01-11T09:47:18.213-05:00Rex, these anonymous dingbats should be banned. H...Rex, these anonymous dingbats should be banned. How about no anonymous posts?David Storrshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11514331343893992655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1781499952921581512017-01-11T09:38:12.232-05:002017-01-11T09:38:12.232-05:00When you bcc someone on a memo, you are "loop...When you bcc someone on a memo, you are "looping them in" on the discussion.David Storrshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11514331343893992655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8911103871193927192017-01-11T09:34:58.740-05:002017-01-11T09:34:58.740-05:00Why is this post permitted? We don't need pol...Why is this post permitted? We don't need political rants on a crossword blog.David Storrshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11514331343893992655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88845872119526739662017-01-10T11:45:24.942-05:002017-01-10T11:45:24.942-05:00Rex's enthusiasm here is a mystery, except the...Rex's enthusiasm here is a mystery, except the puzzle was fun. Googled "MIC drop", afterwards, only to discover it's exactly what I imagined it might be. Though I sussed the theme immediately, I didn't suss the title 'til afterwards. AWK/AUKS, ARES/ARIES; happy little accidents. Unless the IRS1040-ES (quarterly estimated tax) form is also an invoice, SSNS would never be an "invoice fig".Rinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759599258625095907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85153399435901230102017-01-09T13:39:25.153-05:002017-01-09T13:39:25.153-05:00Two questions:
1) What kind of invoice has SSNS o...Two questions:<br /><br />1) What kind of invoice has SSNS on it?<br /><br />2) Isn't the plural of ex "exes," not EXS?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com