tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post1347019753757117869..comments2024-03-29T07:17:55.045-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Novelist Ahern / TUE 3-17-20 / Singer with 1994 hit you gotta be / Period during which throne is vacant / Nickname for Angel Stadium with the / Dispute between wikipedia page updatersRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36482005118254757782020-04-28T15:04:03.150-04:002020-04-28T15:04:03.150-04:00Little rough for a Tuesday.
Guessed at the cross f...Little rough for a Tuesday.<br />Guessed at the cross for Aer / Des'ree (I recognize the song but don't think I knew her name before). <br /><br />That whole lower-left corner, though. Never heard of an ecofreak--but it had to be that or ego. Wanted ICE__LT to be ICESALT. Never heard of Cecelia and wasn't sure if D_OS / CECEL_A should be an E or an I. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18597444204893949712020-04-21T18:56:35.956-04:002020-04-21T18:56:35.956-04:00My FEELINGS are no longer MIXED about being stuck ...My FEELINGS are no longer MIXED about being stuck at home. AaaaaaaaaH<br /><br />Repeat as needed.<br /><br />Diana, Lady In Waiting for Crosswords, the only break in a bleak day!Diana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38770667916792107142020-04-21T18:10:36.736-04:002020-04-21T18:10:36.736-04:00@rainy - Yah, I'fe done plenty uff drifevay sh...@rainy - Yah, I'fe done plenty uff drifevay shufflin'. Takes time.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29999922636987624802020-04-21T15:40:20.251-04:002020-04-21T15:40:20.251-04:00@rondo - maybe Sven hadn't finished "shuf...@rondo - maybe Sven hadn't finished "shuffling de driveway".<br /><br />I'm with @Spacey on the general "MIXED FEELINGS" of "anger and ennui" caused by Trump and his daily ridiculous ramblings and defensiveness (weakness), and by this freaking Covid 19. Also, I'm confused about the incoherent statement by your mayor about The Strip in Vegas and its closing.<br />I thought the puzzle was a good one, and maybe the MIXED FEELINGS weren't so "different" within the themers, but they were MIXED enough for me. The fill was just fine. Loved ARNIE, love ERNIE, and liked many of the answers. So, a good one.rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44260166720641547362020-04-21T14:30:28.368-04:002020-04-21T14:30:28.368-04:00I like the theme and execution well enough, though...I like the theme and execution well enough, though each themer itself is not clearly one of ambivalence, PRIDE AND JOY most obviously. Still, overall, there is a definitely a MIX of FEELINGS here. <br /><br />SHOCK AND AWE has the bad and boastful ring of celebratory warfare.<br /><br />Liked ARNIE and ERNIE, OXEYE and EYESORE, and the unknowns (to me) CECELIA and DESREE.<br /><br />Two long downs are bonuses: AHISTORICAL and INTERREGNUM. leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22756372926306147492020-04-21T12:50:49.412-04:002020-04-21T12:50:49.412-04:00I have, wait for it, MIXEDFEELINGS about this one....I have, wait for it, MIXEDFEELINGS about this one. We're in the middle of SHOCK--at how profoundly a tiny microscopic speck has forever changed human life across the entire planet, AND AWE--that there can be a single person with an IQ over 80 who still supports DT.<br /><br />I am too upset at his stupid antics to comment at any length today. JOJO Starbuck is DOD. Stay safe. Par.spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14956927793579633912020-04-21T11:42:16.727-04:002020-04-21T11:42:16.727-04:00It’s no joke! OLE and LENA are both here today.
W...It’s no joke! OLE and LENA are both here today.<br /><br />Wintertime Humor<br />OLE and LENA lived in Minneapolis where it had been snowing for three days in a row.<br />OLE: Ack! LENA, I yust don’t know vat to do!<br />LENA: Vat’s da matter, OLE?<br />OLE: Two dace ago, da snow emeryency folks on da radio said to park da car on da eefen side of da street so da plows could get true.<br />LENA: Yah, OLE. Dat’s right.<br />OLE: Yesterday, day said to park da car on da odd side of da street.<br />LENA: Yah OLE. Dat’s vat day said.<br />OLE: Vell, it’s still snowing today and I yust don’t know vat to do!<br />LENA: OLE, vie don’t you yust park ‘er in da garage?<br /><br />All due respect to JEN, but CECELIA Ahern earns a yeah baby today.<br /><br />Thought the puz pretty decent compared to many Tuesdays.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23420516786336970432020-04-21T11:00:00.305-04:002020-04-21T11:00:00.305-04:00WEE TOLDYA
IT’S AHISTORICAL fact about JEN,
and Y...WEE TOLDYA<br /><br />IT’S AHISTORICAL fact about JEN,<br />and YOU’RERIGHT, there’s no MIXEDFEELINGS when<br />she takes PRIDE A little<br />with her REGAL TITTLE;<br />IT’S no SHOCK she’s ATLEAST A TEN.<br /><br />--- ARNIE “BIG’A’” ALITO<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76794766385664736502020-04-21T10:59:20.275-04:002020-04-21T10:59:20.275-04:00WEE TOLDYA
IT’S AHISTORICAL fact about JEN,
and Y...WEE TOLDYA<br /><br />IT’S AHISTORICAL fact about JEN,<br />and YOU’RERIGHT, there’s no MIXEDFEELINGS when<br />she takes PRIDE A little<br />with her REGAL TITTLE;<br />IT’S no SHOCK she’s ATLEAST A TEN.<br /><br />--- ARNIE “BIG’A’” ALITO<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82442795229126541732020-03-17T22:14:06.546-04:002020-03-17T22:14:06.546-04:00Forgot this one. Last call on St. Paddy's Day....Forgot <a href="https://youtu.be/WZ8lT4aGqh0" rel="nofollow">this one</a>. Last call on St. Paddy's Day.Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51777080381297575182020-03-17T20:35:59.418-04:002020-03-17T20:35:59.418-04:00Thanks @GILL I
Thanks @GILL I<br />JC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34754631439993820522020-03-17T18:54:36.050-04:002020-03-17T18:54:36.050-04:00@Z 4:18: Shortage of testing could clearly be a ma...@Z 4:18: Shortage of testing could clearly be a major confounding factor, and an artifactual spike is likely when this situation is at last rectified. However, I’ve seen nothing to suggest there is significant frequency of misdiagnosis when death occurs: I have the impression that the CDC has been able to handle confirmation in the worst cases, and it should be possible to rule in or out other causes of acute respiratory failure with a fairly high degree of confidence even without specific testing for coronavirus. The US fatality number has been creeping up very gradually. In most states the mortality rate is around 1% of total confirmed infections, no higher than other countries with better testing records, suggesting that either we don’t really have a lot of undiagnosed cases, or severity here (outside of WA) is less than elsewhere. Either way, it’s good news. <br />webwingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06094652109001902873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85990324126840632802020-03-17T17:45:15.992-04:002020-03-17T17:45:15.992-04:00I liked this one a lot. Sort of Monday easy, but ...I liked this one a lot. Sort of Monday easy, but with Desree and Cecelia (your breakin' my heart) to keep me humble.<br /><br />@John X 10:45 - I smoked Tarytons for a while and complained to my surveying boss about people bumming cigarettes. He advised me to smoke the unfiltered Camels (or Humps as we called them). Never had another bumming request. I did enjoy them. I had PX privileges then and could buy a carton for $1.00. I used to say if I live to 80, I'll start smoking them again, but having second thoughts at 75. Some folks ask me why I smoked when I tell that story. It's because smoking wasn't bad for you in the 60's. Four out if five doctors who smoke, smoke Camels. Or so the radio ad advised.Monty Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924320449868956299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64013394959289898072020-03-17T17:30:37.607-04:002020-03-17T17:30:37.607-04:00In Hartford, Hereford, and Hampshire
Hurricanes ha...In Hartford, Hereford, and Hampshire<br />Hurricanes hardly happen<br />Alan Jay Lernernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32429957751181782512020-03-17T17:27:03.762-04:002020-03-17T17:27:03.762-04:00To Z at 4:18 p.m. I always appreciate your commen...To Z at 4:18 p.m. I always appreciate your comments. The problem is that a monarchy interrupted by a decade or so of republicanism is more complicated that a "brief doomed period." The problem is that entire revolutions can take place while the veneer of institutions does not seem to change much. I've found very interesting Christopher Hill's *Reformation to Industrial Revolution: The Making of Modern English Society, 1530-1780* [1967]. (This has to be a different Christopher Hill than the person of that name who occasionally appears as a talking head on TV.) I don't keep up with this literature (it's not my area of expertise) and perhaps Hill has been viciously attacked. He does show, I think convincingly, that England in the 17th century went from a society ruled by privilege to one ruled by property. This was a revolution, and the Cromwellian revolution was its manifestation. This may not appeal to many today, since this revolution (1) was led by Anglo-Saxons, and (2) led by people of property. But it did go a long way in getting rid of the old order. I celebrate this, just as I celebrate the French revolution, even as I realize another revolution needs to take place. <br /><br />I viscerally reacted to OFL's complaints about the "brief doomed period" of the English revolution in the 17th century, just as I imagined a French aristocrat, ca. 1825, lamenting the "brief doomed period" of the French Revolution.<br /><br />Anon. i.e. PoggiusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87997047104067533342020-03-17T17:13:34.864-04:002020-03-17T17:13:34.864-04:00@Z 4:18 - You're right about never saying neve...@Z 4:18 - You're right about never saying never. Saying "an" before "historic" is just a pet peeve of mine. I can understand people saying "an istoric" (that is, with the "h" not pronounced), but some people do both - they say "an" and they pronounce the "h" and that just sounds awful to me, like someone is trying to be hypercorrect and is actually wrong. M-W says you can say "a" or "an" depending on how you pronounce "historic" - but doesn't it also seem to say you can simply use either "a" or "an" before "historic"? If I'm reading that right in M-W, I wonder what M-W is really saying.Linda Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00416918556231957283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-473509378288081042020-03-17T17:12:01.620-04:002020-03-17T17:12:01.620-04:00I knew my friend @jae would come up with something...I knew my friend @jae would come up with something good to watch. I'm not yet couch potatoing since I've been doing grocery runs for my elderly neighbors, but I did start watching Treme on HBO when I came home. Folks....watch it if you can.<br />I knew our friend @Joe Dip would do the honors of whiskey and rye and @JC66....you made me laugh - and that's good.<br />By the way, I have a bottle of some Punjabi Club someone gave me...It's a Rye Whisky 86 proof. Any ideas on what cocktail I should make? Maybe it will ward of any diseases? GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75975841323126565392020-03-17T16:49:28.607-04:002020-03-17T16:49:28.607-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Linda Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00416918556231957283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8208037712760880522020-03-17T16:24:46.131-04:002020-03-17T16:24:46.131-04:00@Wiseman856am
Yep it's a product not a brand. ...@Wiseman856am<br />Yep it's a product not a brand. Packaging made a fool of me.albatross shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076278220407657633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41504394676713140842020-03-17T16:21:31.932-04:002020-03-17T16:21:31.932-04:00Still on Captiva Island, arguing about whether to ...Still on Captiva Island, arguing about whether to try to stay here longer or to get back to Boston while we still can. Anyway, we took a boat to Cabbage Key for lunch (claimed by some to be the inspiration for the Buffett song "Cheeseburger in Paradise,") and just got back -- so probably it's too late for anyone to see this. <br /><br />Still, I have to dissent from the enthusiasm for JUDY THROWS. That's like saying a quarterback completes "football passes," or a left fielder catches "baseball flies." They're just throws.jberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169065390875378077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69464778450461478952020-03-17T16:18:59.370-04:002020-03-17T16:18:59.370-04:00@CDilly52 - You might want to verify what you “lea...@CDilly52 - You might want to verify what you “learned” before you repeat it. And always take assertions without citations with a healthy grain of salt. I linked to an explicit definition, but others say the same, just not as explicitly. <br /><br />@anon-Poggius - About a decade of a form of republicanism followed by the return of a monarchy - Seems like “brief doomed period” fits pretty well to both. It took France 150 years and over $2 billion dollars of US aid before the promise of the revolution was fulfilled for good (hopefully).<br /><br />@Linda R - It’s English, so I would advise to <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/is-it-a-or-an" rel="nofollow">never say never.</a> Personally, I think the need to avoid confusion is reason enough to use “an” instead of “a,” but M-W argues to base which we use on how each of us pronounces that “h.” <br /><br />@webwinger - Uh... we aren’t testing enough so our confirmed cases are artificially low and confirmed cases is always a trailing indicator, so we’re probably not over the hump. Between the huge lines over the weekend at customs and people out partying over this past weekend don’t be surprised by a sudden bump next weekend. And as I was typing this my iPad alerted me that 4 more NBA players are confirmed. That makes 7 players out of 450. If the general population is infected at the same rate that would mean there are over 5 million infected people wondering around the US right now. The NBA isn’t a random sample, so grain of salt, but we aren’t past the danger zone, yet. What is galling is that ramped up testing manufacturer and distribution in January would have given us a better grip on what is actually going on at the moment.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25253083222049112292020-03-17T15:31:05.686-04:002020-03-17T15:31:05.686-04:00Hi again, y’all! More than ever this virtual group...Hi again, y’all! More than ever this virtual group feels like a comforting refuge from the cruel world, despite the occasional sniping and snapping.<br /><br />Yay to Bob and Ray (saw their B’way show The Two and Only in college; a digital rip from the cassette tape of that performance still resides on my phone) and Pete Seeger (one of the greatest performers of the 1960s, and of course many decades before and after)—How welcome it was to be reminded of both!<br /><br />@Anonymous 11:15: Part of my point @8:34 was that we do not appear to be seeing exponential growth at this time in this country. I’ve been frequently checking updated versions of <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html?referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow">this NYT summary of COVID19 stats in the US</a> and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html?referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow">this for the rest of the world</a>. They seem to show a considerably less aggressive time course here than elsewhere, and suggest that a hump has been passed in other countries, including Iran and Italy, less than a month after the start of major outbreaks. Whether owing to successful containment efforts or seasonal change, real reason to be hopeful.<br /><br />And thanks to all for the continung stream of recommendations for streaming...<br />webwingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06094652109001902873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36524356836362481352020-03-17T15:19:15.057-04:002020-03-17T15:19:15.057-04:00♪ Them good ole boys
We're drinkin' whiske...♪ <i>Them good ole boys<br />We're drinkin' whiskey and rye</i> ♪<br /><br />or<br /><br />♪ <i>Them good ole boys<br />We're drinkin' whiskey in Rye</i> ♪<br /><br />Which do <b>you</b> think he is singing?<br />(Rye is a town near New Rochelle, NY, where Don McLean grew up.)<br /><br />Also, <a href="https://youtu.be/WE1d9dnA-EM" rel="nofollow">this.</a><br /><br />And <a href="https://youtu.be/lhBm4QzEQtI" rel="nofollow">this</a>.Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14915478073230714192020-03-17T14:36:47.273-04:002020-03-17T14:36:47.273-04:00Never "an" before "historical"...Never "an" before "historical" - the "h" is aspirate, just meaning you pronounce it, same as when you say "hat" or "Herbert." Linda Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00416918556231957283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55379803434084045302020-03-17T14:30:03.718-04:002020-03-17T14:30:03.718-04:00Nothing to ADd NAUSEUM about an easy Tuesday, but ...Nothing to ADd NAUSEUM about an easy Tuesday, but I do want to thank @JAE for the TV recommendations. “Catastrophe” is funny in a “Fleabag” kind of way. Have yet to check out “Good Omens” but I’m sure we will get to it. <br /><br />“Treme” is near and dear to my heart as a serious New Orleanophile. I knew some of the people and many of the places. My fave was the scene where my old friend Coco Robicheaux (RIP) sacrificed a chicken live on-air on WWOZ. Lots and lots of great music. I’m a blues DJ and was familiar with most of it, but I was blown away by a song that Wendell Pierce played on a jukebox: Tommy Tate’s “I’m Just a Little Overcome.”CaryInBouldernoreply@blogger.com