tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post973959229776653242..comments2024-03-29T08:57:48.742-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Actor Jack of Great Dictator / MON 12-15-14 / Shaw of 1930s-'40s swing / Setting for Meatballs Friday 13th / Trash-talking muppet / Sports car with spider model / Seinfeld's ex / diet early 2000s fadRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3002096585367383322015-01-19T15:54:40.417-05:002015-01-19T15:54:40.417-05:00Yes, dead easy. Acrosses only except for OAKIE, b...Yes, dead easy. Acrosses only except for OAKIE, but though easy, I thought it was okie-dokie, with a few lively entries, minimal offal.<br /><br />Mondayne! Excellent.<br /><br />rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79728167508410810522015-01-19T12:38:57.995-05:002015-01-19T12:38:57.995-05:00EPEE = going 1 online?
Was LUCKY enough to be ABLE...EPEE = going 1 online?<br />Was LUCKY enough to be ABLE to SKINNYDIP with several members of my ex-wife's softball team around TENPM one hot summer night. They kept me BUSY. Still occasinally get reminded of it. <br />Fun factor of this puz was a LIL OFF, bot OK for Moon.<br />@Spacey - like the Mondayne concept. Well put.<br /><br />Captcha:<br />two tries at nonsense<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5815136772848511622015-01-19T12:29:31.889-05:002015-01-19T12:29:31.889-05:00How did spell check turn "tho" in Thomas...How did spell check turn "tho" in Thomas????<br /><br />1933DMGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59721712413654141352015-01-19T12:27:37.552-05:002015-01-19T12:27:37.552-05:00A good Monday start for the week. No write-overs, ...A good Monday start for the week. No write-overs, Thomas did need OAKIE to come from the fills. I'm not THAT old! <br /><br />Guess I'm not trusted enough to not get a <br /><br />Check!DMGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25358218780166133482015-01-19T11:35:14.677-05:002015-01-19T11:35:14.677-05:00Hi there, Stacy! We misseed you the last few days-...Hi there, Stacy! We misseed you the last few days--but we're practicing to improve our aim.<br /><br />To the puzz. I think I'll coin a new word: Mondayne. Soon I fear I may join @I skip M-W and just do the lateweeks. The rest is so much fluff. Today, though, I did note the bonus theme of SEAS to PEEP, adding a badly needed extra layer.<br /><br />Question: why the question mark in the hockey clue? Just because of the two meanings of "goal?" Not enough. The Cup is always the goal, the dream...Nirvana.<br /><br />Theme: simple but with that noted extra bit. Fill: meh. C+.<br /><br />No # today, just a check mark.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81230524031513067032015-01-19T10:02:34.923-05:002015-01-19T10:02:34.923-05:00I found this one very easy. I don't time mysel...I found this one very easy. I don't time myself so I do not know how long it took. All I know it that I was done before I finished breakfast - so super fast for me.<br /><br />I didn't see OAKIE as I got it all from downs. ERL,ALAE and OAKIE are not Monday fare easy but they were gettable.NM Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14920756034993068695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84050516799634721512014-12-29T15:54:35.261-05:002014-12-29T15:54:35.261-05:00How I Got My Lover Back {eboehispellcaster@gmail.c...How I Got My Lover Back {eboehispellcaster@gmail.com}...<br /><br />What a wonderful and a straight forward spell caster that has brought back joy and happiness into my life after i saw a post on how he helped a lady called Nicole Morgan; i decided to contact him for help, when i told this God sent man Dr Eboehi on how my lover left me for 2 years without calling nor texting me, When i shared this my sad experience with Dr Eboehi he said everything would be okay within 3 days i was like am i sure what this man is saying is real, So i decided to give him a try and at first i was thinking he was a scam and i taught he was like other spell casters who come online to add pain to people's life not knowing there feelings but to make money, this great man Dr Eboehi is never like that because he is for good and to make people happy with the one they love, am just so happy, Even before the 3 days i just got a call from a man who has left me for 2 years saying that he his sorry and that he wants me back to his life i was so happy, He invited me for a dinner which i met with him there and we both talked, he said he wants to prove that he would never leave me for any other lady he engaged me and also made me had access to all his account am so happy all thanks goes to this great man Dr Eboehi a man who has brought back joy to my life, friends that need help in getting their lover's back i would advice you contact Dr Eboehi via email: eboehispellcaster@gmail.com because he is the right man to help you get your problem solved.<br /><br />Thanks... Stacy DonaldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27633110423734954422014-12-17T10:08:54.199-05:002014-12-17T10:08:54.199-05:00Ending a sentence with a preposition is something ...Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31273104445749812782014-12-15T20:46:41.028-05:002014-12-15T20:46:41.028-05:00It worked!!!!It worked!!!!chefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34159811059367850532014-12-15T20:46:19.478-05:002014-12-15T20:46:19.478-05:00just checking to see if I can post without using c...just checking to see if I can post without using capchachefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31210069374831063592014-12-15T20:23:37.442-05:002014-12-15T20:23:37.442-05:00Nothing about SLAPping bottoms, though.
@Tita - I...<a href="http://canal.ugr.es/index.php/health-science-and-technology/item/75142" rel="nofollow">Nothing about SLAPping bottoms, though.</a><br /><br />@Tita - If Google believes you're a human and you're using you're account you can just hit "Publish your Comment"Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20024550996697913352014-12-15T19:03:05.545-05:002014-12-15T19:03:05.545-05:00Saturday morning
When many will be longing
For ta...Saturday morning<br />When many will be longing <br />For tasty eel pie<br /><br />I have two chairs in my living room that were purchased with either S&H green stamps or Raleigh cigarette coupons, don't remember which Mom used. Or the rival, Gold Bond stamps.<br /><br />Swim cap<br />Sailing ship<br />Split lip<br />Slump, sleep, scoop, stump, snoop,scrap, swamp, can't get a narrative going here...<br />On to Tuesday. Thanks ZB and DR.Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46902178697838689392014-12-15T18:32:51.267-05:002014-12-15T18:32:51.267-05:00@Carola, @Ludyjynn. @jberg, @roo...We still have t...@Carola, @Ludyjynn. @jberg, @roo...We still have things that my mom acquired, with my pasting help, from both S&H and Blue stamps.<br /><br />@jisvan - My ALFA was actually a Fiat 850 Spider - loooked a lot like the ALFA, except for all the rust. Oh - ant the horsepower. Sure was fun for driving to the beach, back in the S&H Green Stamps days!<br /><br />On the topic of Previews...<br />If I notice a mistake or two, and care enough to fix it, I just copy my whole comment, paste it into a new one and correct it, then delete the original one.<br />I don't do this often, because I know that y'all forgive me my trespasses.<br /><br />@Z, from a few days ago - thanks for the fabulous trick of using Preview as a way to avoid having to enter the captcha. Like I've said ad nauseum, I was happy to be part of the crowd who was crowdsourcing to improve the Gutenberg project, intended to get out-of-copyright books scanned and e=published for free.<br />But I really resent the current practice, which is giving google free crowd labor for address data they resell.<br /><br />Abd lastly - @Steve J - there are lots of great Monday themes!! ACME, Tom Pepper, Liz Gorski, and others make Mondays fun.Titahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368251255494687496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52129644344690192972014-12-15T18:07:08.953-05:002014-12-15T18:07:08.953-05:00Ahhh, the good old days. I have fond memories, @j...Ahhh, the good old days. I have fond memories, @jberg, @carola and @roomonster, of licking the backs of S&H green stamps Mom and I accumulated grocery shopping, carefully placing them in the paperback booklets to exchange them for cooool gifts from a giant catalog after we had a big stack ready to redeem.<br /><br />Factoid: Co. was founded in 1896 by Thomas Sperry of Cranford, NJ, my hometown, and SB Hutchinson of Ypsilanti, MI. When I was growing up in the '60s, the Sperry family still lived in one of the most beautiful homes in town, right along the river.Ludyjynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45049019502970842922014-12-15T17:08:54.684-05:002014-12-15T17:08:54.684-05:00@Anoa Bob - My feelings are fine. Siri, on the oth...@Anoa Bob - My feelings are fine. Siri, on the other hand, is <b>P!$$ed.</b> Seriously, if it doesn't change my meaning much I ignore my errors. I used to correct my errors, but decided that was a bit much for a comments section. I do proof read, but often still don't catch my errors until I see my comment in my email. This is the reason God created copy editors for important stuff.<br /><br />@Billy C - The canard I was referring to was the idea of not splitting one's infinitives. It appears we are on the same page, except this may be one of the many Churchill sayings <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercorrection#Preposition_at_the_end_of_a_clause" rel="nofollow">Churchill didn't say</a>.<br /><br />We just tried out Detroit's new <a href="http://hopcat.com/detroit" rel="nofollow">Hopcat</a>. The "crack fries" are over-rated, but the beer menu is extensive, the burgers above average, and the music is all Motown (<i>ABC</i> by the Jackson Five is a great song with an outstanding Bass Guitar). If I ever host a Crossword Competition this will be the location. We'll have to go from hard to easy, though, because nobody will be doing a Saturday level by the end of the day.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42413482162493959642014-12-15T17:00:19.737-05:002014-12-15T17:00:19.737-05:00I miss Annabel!I miss Annabel!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73643523492363735162014-12-15T16:59:50.369-05:002014-12-15T16:59:50.369-05:00I expect an easy Monday and this did not disappoin...I expect an easy Monday and this did not disappoint although the "theme" wasn't apparent until I read the blog.. Some nice words and fair clues made for a pleasant morning.LaneBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40997730502973727072014-12-15T16:35:58.735-05:002014-12-15T16:35:58.735-05:00A very fast for a solve but not unusual for Monday...A very fast for a solve but not unusual for Monday. I needed this after getting caught by the gnarly knurl on Saturday.pfbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33817304196516836262014-12-15T15:54:24.005-05:002014-12-15T15:54:24.005-05:00Nice Haiku Heartly
Also Saturday puzzles
Are prett...Nice Haiku Heartly<br />Also Saturday puzzles<br />Are pretty darn hard <br /><br />Roo<br />RooMonsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2646748332348743102014-12-15T15:25:51.220-05:002014-12-15T15:25:51.220-05:00Average Monday
Easy is expected here
Thursday is c...Average Monday<br />Easy is expected here<br />Thursday is coming.Hartley70noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49961860620888168482014-12-15T14:41:26.232-05:002014-12-15T14:41:26.232-05:00@NCA President: I heard once that "son of a ...@NCA President: I heard once that "son of a gun" referred to babies born on British gunships, when women were still allowed on board. I looked it up and apparently it is possibly true, but also may not be.Benkonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24495658071874184902014-12-15T14:35:18.818-05:002014-12-15T14:35:18.818-05:00On that factoid, I should have said one in eleven ...On that factoid, I should have said one in eleven <b>adult</b> North Americans...Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09709142959535977331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46034576101965017662014-12-15T14:33:31.930-05:002014-12-15T14:33:31.930-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09709142959535977331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40701020383833274782014-12-15T14:15:49.457-05:002014-12-15T14:15:49.457-05:00p.p.s.s.
@Anoa Bob: Hardly worth mentionin, but, o...p.p.s.s.<br />@Anoa Bob: Hardly worth mentionin, but, of course, "onfusion" was my Uncle Zeke's ruralish, e-lided way of sayin "Ongoin carnfusion". <br />Really enjoyed yer useful household tip on mashin that "Preview" button, btw. <br />yep.<br /><br />unrelated Peewee Herman Quotoid (after crash-landin his bike): " I meant to do that!"<br /><br />M&A<br /><br />Last Silver AlaePitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11085563767128948012014-12-15T14:06:07.685-05:002014-12-15T14:06:07.685-05:00Hey there, Masked one, I see you made the puz, 30D...Hey there, Masked one, I see you made the puz, 30D, EMM&A. Or is that the PuzSpouse?<br /><br />RooRooMonsternoreply@blogger.com