tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post2551392822608877078..comments2024-03-29T05:08:37.783-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: FRIDAY, Nov. 2, 2007 - Barry C. SilkRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90053562890241510442007-11-05T23:15:00.000-05:002007-11-05T23:15:00.000-05:00Rikki, you can say "Alejandro Escovedo" as often a...Rikki, you can say "Alejandro Escovedo" as often as you want. His name is as musical as what he plays, and he's a true gentleman. (I've met him a couple of times.)<BR/><BR/>And Austin is one of those places that I know I have to go, just because of all the music. Many of my favorite musicians are Texans (T-Bone Burnett, Lyle Lovett, Nanci Griffith, James McMurtry, Buddy Holly, Steve Earle....I'll be quiet now.)<BR/><BR/>Congrats on your Pats. Hope you liked the game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13064931823399840252007-11-03T01:26:00.000-04:002007-11-03T01:26:00.000-04:00I just wanted to say Alejandro Escovedo. And thank...I just wanted to say Alejandro Escovedo. And thanks to all for the videos. I just got a chance to watch them. Loved the Copa, but the winner was Benny Lava. You need a bun to bit, Benny Lava!!! Hilarious. I'm still laughing. Did you see the pundit in there, btw?<BR/><BR/>Also, thanks Rex for your loyalty to us in the face of business. That "short" entry was rich and fun as always.<BR/><BR/>Lastly GO PATRIOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully it will be one fabulous football game. My loyalty is with the Pats, but those Colts are such a damn good football team.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4732527340571450232007-11-03T00:58:00.000-04:002007-11-03T00:58:00.000-04:00Rick, OMG that video's hilarious!Rick, OMG that video's hilarious!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81236084249537600972007-11-03T00:09:00.000-04:002007-11-03T00:09:00.000-04:00While we're looking at youtube, there's a video of...While we're looking at youtube, there's a video of Fats Waller at <BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Cv3KnNPMf8<BR/><BR/>Cute eyebrows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34147507736687499652007-11-03T00:06:00.000-04:002007-11-03T00:06:00.000-04:00I love 70s top 40. Thx for Carpenters link.I love 70s top 40. Thx for Carpenters link.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23698145013506593032007-11-02T22:25:00.000-04:002007-11-02T22:25:00.000-04:00billnut,No I haven't but I will look for it. I've ...billnut,<BR/><BR/>No I haven't but I will look for it. I've been to Austin a few times and there's a lot of music happening there.<BR/><BR/>I like just saying the name "Alejandro Escovedo"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44029471599961297462007-11-02T22:05:00.000-04:002007-11-02T22:05:00.000-04:00Rick,Have you ever heard of a musician named Aleja...Rick,<BR/><BR/>Have you ever heard of a musician named Alejandro Escovedo? He's a multitalented musician from Austin. He does a KILLER version of "I Just Want to Be Your Dog."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54118940289214597552007-11-02T21:22:00.000-04:002007-11-02T21:22:00.000-04:00puzzle girl:We live in the same town!puzzle girl:<BR/><BR/>We live in the same town!Michael Chibnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700426644898924644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68843441200858325142007-11-02T21:19:00.000-04:002007-11-02T21:19:00.000-04:00billnutt,Didn't connect Iggy and "Lust for Life", ...billnutt,<BR/><BR/>Didn't connect Iggy and "Lust for Life", glad you did. He's a homegrown (Detroit) boy and I must have seen him a hundred times in the sixties. "I Just Want to be Your Dog" is what springs to mind when I think of Iggy and the Stooges.<BR/><BR/>I origonally had ASON for "Delivery option" because of a bad cross.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78891071482980322672007-11-02T21:12:00.000-04:002007-11-02T21:12:00.000-04:00michael: Can't speak for everyone, of course, but ...michael: Can't speak for everyone, of course, but EQUIFAX was one of the first answers I got.PuzzleGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09017772879976436923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68342107946445766982007-11-02T20:43:00.000-04:002007-11-02T20:43:00.000-04:00The very last letter I got was the x in the cross ...The very last letter I got was the x in the cross of silexes and equifax. This was a guess because both of these words were unfamiliar to me. It seems to me that such an obscure cross isn't really fair. Or do others know more than me about silexes and equifax?Michael Chibnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700426644898924644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68872692605464973062007-11-02T19:30:00.000-04:002007-11-02T19:30:00.000-04:00OK -- a miscue on which, a grounder or liner, is m...OK -- a miscue on which, a grounder or liner, is more likely to be called an error? What does the answer to this question prove? Probably not much (FAR?).fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74918253380689780702007-11-02T19:16:00.000-04:002007-11-02T19:16:00.000-04:00O come on, catching a liner is not at all like pla...O come on, catching a liner is not at all like playing catch, unless the liner's hit reasonably softly and right at you, or near you. Players have to dive and leap for liners all the time, and many of those liners are hit considerably harder anyone would ever throw in a game of catch. <BR/><BR/>And at any rate, a LINER can certainly be a challenge.<BR/><BR/>rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75584471205362517492007-11-02T19:07:00.000-04:002007-11-02T19:07:00.000-04:00Well, when I got FATS WALLER and I GET AROUND with...Well, when I got FATS WALLER and I GET AROUND within seconds of opening the paper, I knew I'd feel better about this puzzle than I did about last Friday.<BR/><BR/>There were a couple of a stealth music clues in this puzzle. The Desert Rose Band was formed in the 1980s by former Byrd Chris Hillman. And all the Iggy Pop fans out there must have smiled along with me at LUST for life. ("Lust for Life" shows up in commercials, surprisingly.)<BR/><BR/>I wanted BYE BYE for BYE NOW, which meant I had problems with the lawn clue. THen I mad a bad situation worse by having SEEDED instead of WEEDED.<BR/><BR/>I _love_ GIRL for "Delivery option." (I initially had RAIL.) The SW was the toughest part of the puzzle. IES for "y" is a hoot, too.<BR/><BR/>I knew 23a couldn't be LIVE, on a Friday anyway. Took me a while to recall ABIDE, though.<BR/><BR/>All in all, this was a fun one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35709265279866066592007-11-02T18:32:00.000-04:002007-11-02T18:32:00.000-04:00i suppose i always considered liners easy plays, a...i suppose i always considered liners easy plays, assuming they were hit right at me. it is true that a liner hit somewhere other than right at the defensive player would be more challenging. i would argue that a grounder, even without the bad hop, is more challenging than a liner (again assuming it's right at the defender) because you have to both field the ball and make the throw. perhaps i was being overly critical of the clue, though. <BR/><BR/>i also agree that challenge, as it is used in this clue, does not necessarily mean something is challenging.<BR/><BR/>this has always been a sore spot for me when watching webgems on ESPN. i always think the plays where a player both makes a diving stop and throws are much harder than 95% of the catches they rank higher. <BR/><BR/>this has probably gone on longer than most people care to read so i apologize.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04876983158225590317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29255358251556816722007-11-02T18:27:00.000-04:002007-11-02T18:27:00.000-04:00Well, maybe one of those 'knuckling' LINERs hit ri...Well, maybe one of those 'knuckling' LINERs hit right at you -- that's a challenge. Otherwise it's just like playing catch. And most grounders on most of the infields I've played on represent a considerably greater challenge than anything in the air. And Puzzlegirl, your challenge would probably have to be called a "chance." Perhaps Jeter or Lugo will chime in with a final judgment? Mussina'a the X-word guy, though, isn't he?fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83104494771981249942007-11-02T17:32:00.000-04:002007-11-02T17:32:00.000-04:00I don't think "challenge" necessarily means it has...I don't think "challenge" necessarily means it has to be something difficult. It's just something someome might be expected to handle.PuzzleGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09017772879976436923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40377294588463681982007-11-02T17:21:00.000-04:002007-11-02T17:21:00.000-04:00Not sure why anyone would balk at LINER. A hard-hi...Not sure why anyone would balk at LINER. A hard-hit and / or high liner is indeed a challenge. A routine ground ball is way easier - assuming it doesn't take a bad hop. The "easiest play a shortstop ever has to make" is probably catching a pop-up (depending on the sun / competence of the other infielders).<BR/><BR/>rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80463440068203701832007-11-02T17:08:00.000-04:002007-11-02T17:08:00.000-04:00i'm sorry, but 49D Challenge for a shortstop reall...i'm sorry, but 49D Challenge for a shortstop really bothered me. a "liner" is probably the easiest play a shortstop ever has to make. if i had to be randomly inserted at shortstop and i had to make a play with the future of mankind at stake, i would be praying for a liner. a challenge would be a bad hop. though friday it be, i would have preferred seeing "ocean _____" as a clue for liner.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04876983158225590317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66801804712421909022007-11-02T16:32:00.000-04:002007-11-02T16:32:00.000-04:00I was relieved when this was over, throwing my pen...I was relieved when this was over, throwing my pen down, sinking slightly in my chair, and letting out a "whew." I got a few hard-fought footholds with some of the pop stuff, but had grave doubts throughout whether I could close this sucker at all. Happy when I did and, on honest reflection, masochistically enjoyed most of the frustration. ONE STEP AT A TIME, in other words, was poetic and prophetic. Never did know if WIN was right until reading about it here, but couldn't see anything else working. NE went down last for me for because 1) couldn't think of LILI Taylor, 2) thought Wilde things was SONNETS, 3) could only remember Experian and TransUnion as credit bureaus, 4) thought WALL couldn't be right as it was too obvious, 5) had no idea about ocean, since I thought it could almost be anything, 6) only got FAR at very end, and didn't appreciate it. Still, happy to complete a Friday in 35 minutes, which for a duffer like me is really good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12289278410964150202007-11-02T16:27:00.000-04:002007-11-02T16:27:00.000-04:00I had two problems1: Silexes are used as pigments,...I had two problems<BR/>1: Silexes are used as pigments, not fillers, in paints. I still wouldn't have gotten it, but still, be accurate, and <BR/>2: Technically, developers don't do enlargements, printers do. Since I had no chance of getting the 'N' in enls from the cross (Lualda, which doesn't exist, is as well know to me as Luanda is, which apparently exists), this inaccuracy hurt the puzzle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36389080017742685982007-11-02T15:17:00.000-04:002007-11-02T15:17:00.000-04:00Yes, of course. Far for much. I must be far less e...Yes, of course. Far for much. I must be far less eloquent or was far less alert when thinking about this one. That earns a duh. <BR/><BR/>I got erects for establishes from seeing the word and a date e.g. Est. 1895 on buildings in London.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17701924741045168862007-11-02T15:14:00.000-04:002007-11-02T15:14:00.000-04:00Thrilled and delighted that "Mrs. Waller's 285 pou...Thrilled and delighted that "Mrs. Waller's 285 pounds of jam, jive, and everything," was 1 Across.<BR/><BR/>The roof is rockin',<BR/>The neighbors knockin',<BR/>We're all bums when the wagon comes,<BR/>I mean, this joint is jumpin'!ScottKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11490129451879399528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1966428619749009282007-11-02T14:52:00.000-04:002007-11-02T14:52:00.000-04:00Speaking of inappropriate erections, I had "tented...Speaking of inappropriate erections, I had "tented" for tilted, giving me selexes (why not) and nos instead of los, which was okay in my mind because nos is a Spanish pronoun too, I think. Really, tented doesn't work for "pitching," but once the association was made, my brain just pitched a tent and called it a night. Isn't a fin a slang term for some denomination, Fergus? A twenty? Fifty?<BR/><BR/>And for my contribution to the video sharefest, please turn up your volume and have the best five seconds of you day here (sorry I'm link-challenged):<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxwAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89481557684135571082007-11-02T14:34:00.000-04:002007-11-02T14:34:00.000-04:00Cabbage -> MoolaFins -> fivesCabbage -> Moola<BR/>Fins -> fivesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com