tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1070053602845451709..comments2024-03-29T01:22:33.864-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Classic 1980s space warfare video game / TUE 12-1-20 / Heisman winner Torretta / Ollie's partner in old comedy / South American palm cultivated for its fruit / Automotive brand with oval logoRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48081141231633367692021-01-05T21:02:17.517-05:002021-01-05T21:02:17.517-05:00Keep it comin’ BS,
You’ll always be ready
For a GA...Keep it comin’ BS,<br />You’ll always be ready<br />For a GANG-bang TRYST.leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70981014981804618862021-01-05T20:45:52.443-05:002021-01-05T20:45:52.443-05:00oops - got busy with a jigsaw and forgot to post. ...oops - got busy with a jigsaw and forgot to post. Thought it was Tuesday-ish and fine. My personal RECCENTER.<br /><br />Diana, LIWDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71063785093046308392021-01-05T16:31:51.058-05:002021-01-05T16:31:51.058-05:00If I were the first poster above I don't think...If I were the first poster above I don't think I'd admit never having heard of LAGOS.<br /><br />Fine Tues-puz. No train REC.<br /><br />PAMELA and TERI and ERIN can fight it out. There's a pay-per-view.<br /><br />NIFTY.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24694729413372839692021-01-05T14:39:04.901-05:002021-01-05T14:39:04.901-05:00A nifty-shifty puzzle.
The REC CENTERs theme is ...A nifty-shifty puzzle. <br /><br />The REC CENTERs theme is fine, but it’s more like a diversion from the real action found in the SE corner:<br /><br />NINE clued by "81/2", AYE instead of yea, and GALAGA instead of GALAxy.<br /><br />The rest is pretty easy.leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2257315647260827692021-01-05T11:51:15.810-05:002021-01-05T11:51:15.810-05:00The NYTXW is on a good roll. All of the syndicated...The NYTXW is on a good roll. All of the syndicated ones have been pretty good so far for 2021 - including this one. WHATMORECANISAY?thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77483981596578782322021-01-05T11:20:39.219-05:002021-01-05T11:20:39.219-05:00CANISAY I’MIN?
PAMELA is no BOOMer AGEIST,
and he...CANISAY I’MIN?<br /><br />PAMELA is no BOOMer AGEIST,<br />and her CONSORTS YEN for a TRYST,<br />her GANG over fifty<br />make COMPANY NIFTY,<br />but call PAMELA ‘NANA’, she’s PSST.<br /><br />AMOS OSTEEN<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18473373558070999612021-01-05T10:51:29.339-05:002021-01-05T10:51:29.339-05:00Solved it fairly quickly (for me) but never saw th...Solved it fairly quickly (for me) but never saw the theme until pointed out in the comments. Still, a nice puzzle to solve for one my age (85)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05045276080752067821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62807797897696701302020-12-01T22:49:20.372-05:002020-12-01T22:49:20.372-05:00@KITSCHEF. Claude OSTEEN was a fine pitcher (I sta...@KITSCHEF. Claude OSTEEN was a fine pitcher (I started liking him when he pitched for the Senators) who epitomized the term “workmanlike”. He finished one game over .500 for his career (196-195) but had an astonishing 140 complete games. <br /><br />On your point about time of game and pitcher stamina, on June 2, 1963, Warren Spahn and Juan Marichal pitched a 16 inning game that ended 1-0 in 4 hours and 10 minutes, the exact time of this years’s World Series Game 4 that utilized 13 pitchers. <br /><br />Terrific puzzle by the way. Enjoyed it immensely. RAD2626https://www.blogger.com/profile/18196568765752439378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84791032946368201792020-12-01T20:05:42.257-05:002020-12-01T20:05:42.257-05:00@GILL -- Damn! It's all about Malibu real est...@GILL -- Damn! It's all about Malibu real estate. I wanted it to be about Skip's TRYSTS. With lots of details. <br /><br />Damn! All the photos are of Malibu homes and beaches. I wanted them to be sexy photos of Skip at the height of his appeal to Hollywood actresses.<br /><br /><i>Quelle</i> disappointment. But at least I found out that Skip looked like Charles Lindbergh.<br /><br />Actually, though, it's your NANA who sounds even more interesting, @GILL. She sounds like a cross between Annie Oakley and Gloria Steinem.<br /><br />What a colorful family! It must have been a lot of fun growing up among them. My family is looking pretty tame right now.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32772549964959006842020-12-01T19:58:05.604-05:002020-12-01T19:58:05.604-05:00I had change up in there before I changed it to CH...I had change up in there before I changed it to CHANGETONatalie Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581896513151777434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8384234132036497002020-12-01T19:43:58.509-05:002020-12-01T19:43:58.509-05:00@GILL: That’s a great story, and I’m absolutely ce...@GILL: That’s a great story, and I’m absolutely certain I would have loved your NANA. She sounds like my kinda woman. <br />Whatsernamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15450876821189472213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11313121997869273072020-12-01T19:18:14.841-05:002020-12-01T19:18:14.841-05:00Oh...wow @Gloria 6:02. Talk about a mind explosio...Oh...wow @Gloria 6:02. Talk about a mind explosion. Yeah...that was Skip all right. He was a character and I loved him dearly. I guess the ladies did too. <br />Thank you for getting me to re-live some of the Malibu memories. I was pretty young when I first went but we went back to Malibu years later. I have a picture some where of the original Malibu Inn where I used to go and buy candy.GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28976214205529000332020-12-01T18:04:58.281-05:002020-12-01T18:04:58.281-05:00@Z - I meant to hit preview and hit publish inste...@Z - I meant to hit preview and hit publish instead. <br /><br /> <a href="https://web.ics.purdue.edu/~drkelly/DFWKenyonAddress2005.pdf" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is the text.jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-807942011593781922020-12-01T18:02:21.821-05:002020-12-01T18:02:21.821-05:00GIL. And your grandfather even had James M Cain wr...GIL. And your grandfather even had James M Cain write him up. Quite man of Malibu. Sweet. <br />https://www.vanityfair.com/news/1933/08/malibu-beach-colony-193308Glorianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20653576958649381312020-12-01T17:23:09.227-05:002020-12-01T17:23:09.227-05:00****SB ALERT****
@Honey
0 means Queen Bee has be...****SB ALERT****<br /><br />@Honey<br /><br />0 means Queen Bee has been achieved in the Spelling Bee (SB) game.<br /><br />-1 means one word to go, etc.JC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84019114933542841282020-12-01T17:16:55.090-05:002020-12-01T17:16:55.090-05:00What is a "0" in the Bee?What is a "0" in the Bee?Honeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3014205492671717452020-12-01T16:51:02.530-05:002020-12-01T16:51:02.530-05:00@Unknown 220pm That's what I was thinking of! ...@Unknown 220pm <i>That's</i> what I was thinking of! Thank you. I suppose I could have looked it up, but then I wouldn't recognize myself. Also, I think I even <i>knew</i> that once upon a lifetime ago…sad.<br /><br />@Z 259pm Thanks for the link, but I seriously doubt it could help me. Too subtle. 😂<br /><br />@GILL 358pm LOL! Thank you – and well worth the wait! I might want to enlist your NANA as one of my spirit animals…may I?<br />Frantic Slothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614296873700797321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72030355468500252752020-12-01T15:58:49.781-05:002020-12-01T15:58:49.781-05:00Ok...if you insists...I will tell you about NANAS ...Ok...if you insists...I will tell you about NANAS TRYST:<br />My grandfather's name was Art Jones - although we all called him Skip. He was a real estate developer during the Malibu Colony era; he owned the (then called) Malibu Inn and sold and developed property in Malibu. He was quite the ladies man; very handsome and the Hollywood ladies found him quite dashing. Nana (his wife and my grandmother) was a no-nonsense, women's lib type... before her time. She rode horses, could shoot a rattlesnake dead, drive cross country by herself and, well, do just about anything. she caught Skip (who was a bit drunk) smacking wet lips with the wife of his best friend. Nana hit her over the head with a broom and burned all of Skip's underwear. Now mind you, this was told to me by my Mother. Some things might've been omitted but I doubt it. I spent many summers with them in the Malibu Hills and I know Skip had the roving eye. Nana went on to divorce him and have a secret TRYST with the person that took care of the horses. This is a true story that belongs in Hollywood's sordid story file. And the rest is history! GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5900042456669883222020-12-01T15:45:58.842-05:002020-12-01T15:45:58.842-05:00This was clever and fun. We’re on a string of good...This was clever and fun. We’re on a string of good puzzles. ow a paper cuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274485476691680075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78013560709198795792020-12-01T15:42:43.294-05:002020-12-01T15:42:43.294-05:00@TTrimble 2:58 PM 👍 / @RooMonster 3:23 PM 👍
Pea...@TTrimble 2:58 PM 👍 / @RooMonster 3:23 PM 👍<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_DxNpW1kHQ" rel="nofollow">Peace</a> 平和 Paz Kedamaian 🕊bocamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524629632075020985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7306603961070391132020-12-01T15:31:14.509-05:002020-12-01T15:31:14.509-05:00JC66 @2:44, I think M&A already did a POC trib...JC66 @2:44, I think M&A already did a POC tribute of sorts several months (years?) ago.<br /><br />I've never seen an xword grid without a POC or three or more in it, certainly none that I have ever made. For me, how much of a negative impact the POCs have on the puzzle's overall quality depends on how many and what kind. A few here and there in the service of an otherwise good puzzle is above reproach but, as I described @1:03, I think today the quantity and quality of POCs combined to have a significant negative effect on the puzzle's overall rating.Anoa Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16185183023273883700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19551549546576068942020-12-01T15:23:01.843-05:002020-12-01T15:23:01.843-05:00@bocamp - and others
Officially went a whole month...@bocamp - and others<br />Officially went a whole month without a 0. Last one was 10/30. ☹️😭<br /><br />Closest was (4) -2's and (1) -1. But since I live vicariously through you, I don't feel too bad! 😀<br /><br />RooMonster 0 0's GuyRooMonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103892151115549684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39634367698412918882020-12-01T14:59:41.725-05:002020-12-01T14:59:41.725-05:00@Gill I - What @Frantic Sloth 1:50 said. Preferabl...@Gill I - What @Frantic Sloth 1:50 said. Preferably with some Young and The Restless theme music in the background. <br /><br />@Frantic Sloth - <a href="https://youtu.be/XPp1hbSYvEs" rel="nofollow">Maybe this will help you remember that Kathmandu is in Nepal and Timbuktu is in MALI.</a><br /><br />@AnoaBob - I had that exact same thought about PRESSURE COOKERS. As a feat of constructioneering this is pretty impressive, but that still leapt out at me. <br /><br />@jae - I got an “url not found” message. <a href="https://youtu.be/8CrOL-ydFMI" rel="nofollow">Here’s the audio.</a>Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3513898902200263862020-12-01T14:58:04.238-05:002020-12-01T14:58:04.238-05:00@bocamp
I feel as though I received your benedict...@bocamp <br />I feel as though I received your benediction all the way from Vancouver! Practically immediately after I read your comment, when I was still at "Amazing" and pangramless, the whole thing unraveled effortlessly and I got to 0 for today. (Two answers from yesterday would be appropriate to say here. One has four letters, the other has six.) <br /><br />Now for another crack at yesterday's (I'm at -1)... <br />TTrimblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63303431617055491692020-12-01T14:57:04.056-05:002020-12-01T14:57:04.056-05:00@GILL: I’m with @Frantic (1:50) waiting to hear ab...@GILL: I’m with @Frantic (1:50) waiting to hear about NANA’s TRYST. No fair throwing out that tantalizing little tidbit and then withholding the details. Spill.Whatsernamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15450876821189472213noreply@blogger.com