tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1231155831519687917..comments2024-03-29T10:10:24.419-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: SATURDAY, Nov. 25, 2006 - Sherry O. BlackardRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78893739090508803712006-11-26T23:14:00.000-05:002006-11-26T23:14:00.000-05:00First of all, great blog. I stumbled onto it today...First of all, great blog. I stumbled onto it today because I'm still trying to figure out what a clue meant. I'm stupid that way.<br /><br />I did the Saturday puzzle in the car today while driving back to San Francisco from Las Vegas (actually, my wife and I together, she read the clues out loud).<br /><br />Anyway, the reason I comment is that for a certain generation there is a third source of knowing what a "trireme" is. The classic computer game Civilization. When your simulated civilization is still young, the first naval unit you get is a trireme.Alex S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07543077687426776863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51440841535961540172006-11-25T19:10:00.000-05:002006-11-25T19:10:00.000-05:00You know I didn't read the grid.You know I didn't read the grid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7243293164662725782006-11-25T18:33:00.000-05:002006-11-25T18:33:00.000-05:00I told you Andrew would chime in. He's reliable li...I told you Andrew would chime in. He's reliable like that.<br /><br />My actual birthday is tomorrow, the 26th, despite the fact that I've been acting as if every second leading up to it is supposed to be celebrated. <br /><br />TERNATE - yes, never heard of it. The last letter to fall was in that word ("T"). I had -ERNATE, but the TYCO cross hadn't come into view, primarily because I had TREM-E-LO and ... ISOT-O-PE in the Downs, thus rendering the TYCO answer [blank]-O-C-E (yikes). The last minute of solving time was spent contemplating this dilemma, until "Hey, TYCO's a toy company, try that" came into my head. End story. <br /><br />Andrew, did you use MONIKER (37D) in your comment because you saw it in the grid, or just because it's the word you wanted? I'm enjoying the coincidence, for some reason.Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43127252097395253002006-11-25T14:07:00.000-05:002006-11-25T14:07:00.000-05:00Traci Lords's "1000 Fires" is a wonderful techno a...Traci Lords's "1000 Fires" is a wonderful techno album from 1995. Its song "Good-n-Evil" is in the never before heard of meter of 3.5 beats to a bar. The album was written and produced with Juno Reactor and Babble, the latter being the 1990s moniker for Thompson Twins. The song "Father's Field" contains a creepy yet beautiful spoken first-person description of a sexual assault.<br /><br />I'll always remember her for her work on Melrose Place, leading Sydney into that cult.<br /><br />You called Sherry O. Blackard "Sherry O'Blackheart!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91137812367001392052006-11-25T12:20:00.000-05:002006-11-25T12:20:00.000-05:00Well happy birthday to you.
or as we say in my fa...Well happy birthday to you.<br /><br />or as we say in my famiglia:<br /><br />"Buon compleanno. Per cent'anni!"<br /><br />I worked this puzzle as happily as you did, but got hung up on ternate. Never heard that term and even after I worked it in with all the other answers, I didn't believe it.<br /><br />Now I'll never forget it. Like I didn't forget trieme. That's been in NYTimes puzzles before.<br /><br />Have a memorable b-day!Isabella di Pestohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05465529528347735926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71924074755996281202006-11-25T12:11:00.000-05:002006-11-25T12:11:00.000-05:00Is your birthday coming up or something? I must ha...Is your birthday coming up or something? I must have missed it.<br /><br />Maybe you'll get the same gift I got from my mom on the occasion of our 11th anniversary -- tickets to the Ian Anderson Orchestra (aka a night with flautist pictured in today's blog).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com