tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post2813696726415231516..comments2024-03-28T05:49:03.945-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Idiosyncratic sorts / TUES 5-28-18 / Knight's steed / Piquancy / Lopsided gameRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-27341704374995946302018-07-03T23:34:13.150-04:002018-07-03T23:34:13.150-04:00@leftcoastTAM Love that you mentioned Cousy, Stoc...@leftcoastTAM Love that you mentioned Cousy, Stockton, Lebron, and Magic along with Nash. Now, there was/is basketball. rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10664950849466281002018-07-03T19:43:47.050-04:002018-07-03T19:43:47.050-04:00...but only one LeBron or Magic (or Nash, Stockton......but only one LeBron or Magic (or Nash, Stockton, Cousy, et.al.) comes along in an era.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45532410520925193292018-07-03T19:36:49.833-04:002018-07-03T19:36:49.833-04:00@rainforest -- Agree with your two points on 3-poi...@rainforest -- Agree with your two points on 3-pointers and dunks. Players are getting too limited in their specialties. They need to specialists to a point, but not by eliminating real ball handlers.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3616110411672921012018-07-03T18:05:32.288-04:002018-07-03T18:05:32.288-04:00Late, as I frequently am, but I just wanted to say...Late, as I frequently am, but I just wanted to say a few things:<br /><br />I no longer watch NBA basketball, and am losing interest in college ball. Dunks and 3-pointers ruin it. Put the hoop a foot higher. Eliminate the 3-point shot. Bring back Steve Nash.<br /><br />ODD DUCK may be a Britishism, but I see it as uniquely "different" person, while an ODD BALL is more a term for something out of the norm. My elementary school principal was an ODD DUCK while Grade 9 was on odd-ball year for me.<br /><br />LATTE ART is truly a skill which I have tried, but can't master.<br /><br />Good, if easy, puzzle and a very nice write-up by Clare. TRIDENTS was the perfect revealer. I concur with all who love Betty White. Many years ago she could have been the DOD/yeah baby.rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90532986257974345702018-07-03T16:37:16.955-04:002018-07-03T16:37:16.955-04:00Great puzzle Mr Lieb. Great write-up Ms Clare.
...Great puzzle Mr Lieb. Great write-up Ms Clare. <br /><br />And I love the 3 point shot. It often drives the big men bonkers, and gives the little men a better chance to make it in a big man's game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3237644503984935522018-07-03T16:34:25.704-04:002018-07-03T16:34:25.704-04:00I'm sorry, but intersecting Nivens with Elsa/I...I'm sorry, but intersecting Nivens with Elsa/Ilsa was poor! Natick as far as I'm concerned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34966199137360332902018-07-03T16:16:36.059-04:002018-07-03T16:16:36.059-04:00One of Betty White's finest moments...One of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18ya0-OZ58s" rel="nofollow">Betty White's finest moments</a>...thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20979573719560333742018-07-03T14:35:10.048-04:002018-07-03T14:35:10.048-04:00IAM delighted with this triple letter DDD EEE NNN ...IAM delighted with this triple letter DDD EEE NNN TTT SSS theme that also gives us TRI-DENTS, with an "aha!" ending.<br /><br />Wanted PiAS ("i" as in interest) instead of PSAS to make anagrams of LEIA and ELiA. Liked it so much that I left it that way for a rather uncalled for dnf. <br /><br />But IAM not devastated.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43685978153623787952018-07-03T13:31:41.761-04:002018-07-03T13:31:41.761-04:00Interesting. Even tho I had the same Natick trap ...Interesting. Even tho I had the same Natick trap to fall into as @Foggy, the NeVINS/BOHEMeA (yes, duh) area. I blame my worsening eyes for not catching it on final check.<br /><br />But truly seemed more Tuesday-like than yesterday's "non-Monday" offering. And I do agree that the newbies might bow to the ELDERS regarding getting the trick. <br /><br />I loved SUEANN. Love Betty White, in general. She's a good egg. Could she be your DOD?<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46906664287067001402018-07-03T12:53:50.429-04:002018-07-03T12:53:50.429-04:00Not sure if this one was designed to PITTTHEELDERs...Not sure if this one was designed to PITTTHEELDERs against the newcomers but even I could not remember Betty White's character on MTM - and I am almost a ghost. DNF'd because of that. I had NeVINS instead of NIVINS (and of course mispelled BOHEMIA). Doh! Cool concept and fun to solve. Nicely done John Lieb.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40459601644801312062018-07-03T10:59:53.392-04:002018-07-03T10:59:53.392-04:00Almost left the NW with what would've been a D...Almost left the NW with what would've been a DNF. "Obviously," 1-across was ODDballs. That's what you say. You do NOT, EVER, say "ODDDUCKS." The downs all looked fine: bANA, aNA, lOL, without checking the clues. But then, who was LID_____? At length I went back there and checked the down clues: oops! So then I had this unknown person (I do NOT, nor does any intelligent person I know, watch Fox News) and ODD_UCKS. No, I'm not going there. I left the Natick blank until encountering more triple letters; then it was truly obvious.<br /><br />These themers were all extremely tortured entries, surely not worth their triple-ness. When the revealer added the extra layer of spelling out D-E-N-T-S, it was a bit of a saving grace, but still. Not only themers but fill suffer. Is LATTEART really a thing? I wouldn't know; Starbucks would laugh me out of the shop when I ask for a plain black coffee:<br /><br />"What flavor?"<br />"Just regular."<br />"Well, we have Colombian..."<br />"Look, you have coffee, right?"<br />"Yeah."<br />"Put some in a cup, don't add anything to it, and give it to me."<br />"Man, you are one strange dude."<br /><br />And I guess there are SONATINAS, short sonatas? Whatever. The whole thing was pretty much a mess. Jenna Elfman takes the DOD sash as DHARMA. The DENTS thing moved this one from double-bogey to bogey.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42699962264996454462018-07-03T10:57:55.421-04:002018-07-03T10:57:55.421-04:00BOHEMIA DUO
IAM one who HATEs to PITTTHEELDER
of ...BOHEMIA DUO<br /><br />IAM one who HATEs to PITTTHEELDER<br />of ODDDUCKS against a KIDFLASH, of course.<br />But SUEANNNIVENS? ALAI to tell HER:<br />With ZEST she'll LEIA like an old WARHORSE.<br /><br />--- MIMI AILEY ALOUBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77631298920867705802018-07-03T09:46:05.851-04:002018-07-03T09:46:05.851-04:00Just what I was going to say. This country turns ...Just what I was going to say. This country turns out 40,000 lawyers a year and most are worthless parasites. Years ago, one of my younger brothers called me after he graduated from college and said he was thinking of going to law school. No you’re not, I replied. You’re coming down to Louisiana and going to medical school like I did. He did as instructed and is now a cardiologist living happily ever after.<br />I also have two other brothers and a sister who went to law school and are miserable/no longer practicing, living on social security. I think there’s a moral to that story.Markwrukavinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09343621528531162896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43814668037585794182018-05-30T21:14:58.032-04:002018-05-30T21:14:58.032-04:00I mean, with the PITTTHEELDER / PALMEDOR cross, ho...I mean, with the PITTTHEELDER / PALMEDOR cross, how could I not?Mark Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168073066284017647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84450539647283065152018-05-30T03:59:56.034-04:002018-05-30T03:59:56.034-04:00Doh! - somehow missed that on the solve! That make...Doh! - somehow missed that on the solve! That makes me feel better. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69920792822236358422018-05-29T23:18:04.604-04:002018-05-29T23:18:04.604-04:00@Z- Great stuff, thank you. You know you'll e...@Z- Great stuff, thank you. You know you'll eventually lose DCFC to the billionaires buying into MLS, and it is a shame for all the reasons in the article. A system of relegation and promotion would make the sport much more interesting to US fans, and always leave hope for the fans of the DCFC's out there - but it will never happen.Mohair Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502840715719161565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40852025837013434562018-05-29T22:31:11.091-04:002018-05-29T22:31:11.091-04:00Do. Not. Go. To. Law. School.
Unless you can go f...Do. Not. Go. To. Law. School.<br /><br />Unless you can go for free or go to a top 7 school or have a job waiting for you before the first day of classes of your first year.<br /><br />Do. Not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18387000982049598482018-05-29T22:30:49.640-04:002018-05-29T22:30:49.640-04:00Is someone paying for email somewhere?
Is someone paying for email somewhere?<br /><br /><br />Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10437525578219095312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20797227701121159112018-05-29T18:45:30.746-04:002018-05-29T18:45:30.746-04:00@sanfranman59 - FiveThirtyEight calculated that mi...@sanfranman59 - FiveThirtyEight calculated that missing 27 in a row was a 1 in 72,000 occurrence if it was just chance. <br /><br />@mohair sam - <a href="https://www.tifofootball.com/features/detroit-city-a-hidden-gem-of-american-soccer/" rel="nofollow">I thought you might like this article on Le Rouge.</a>Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40734163579506851802018-05-29T18:15:57.195-04:002018-05-29T18:15:57.195-04:00@mathgent: And at one point, they missed 27 3-poin...@mathgent: And at one point, they missed 27 3-pointers IN A ROW! Unbelievable. I know that's their game, but don't you have to try shooting from inside the arc at some point.sanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68806691959452879782018-05-29T17:46:21.622-04:002018-05-29T17:46:21.622-04:00I liked this one but found it really easy for a Tu...I liked this one but found it really easy for a Tuesday. Then again, I found Monday's fare to be brutal, so maybe it's just me. <br /><br />Congrats, Clare and GO WARRIORS!Jesse Witthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17303843866820554058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-24186630761809634442018-05-29T17:36:07.043-04:002018-05-29T17:36:07.043-04:00@Teedmn, I’m jealous. No one ever offered me Guin...@Teedmn, I’m jealous. No one ever offered me Guinness foam ART! I’d take that any day over LATTE ART (and grid ART for that matter).Aketihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059835429995060000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32745179825575082392018-05-29T17:07:49.427-04:002018-05-29T17:07:49.427-04:00@‘merican in Paris 2:47 AM - “Do ODD DUCKS have PA...@‘merican in Paris 2:47 AM - “Do ODD DUCKS have PARANOIA?” Not in this grid. In this grid, PARANOIA is beneath them. Or ODD DUCKS are above that sort of thing. Whichever!Randall Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25191900035728778332018-05-29T16:51:38.543-04:002018-05-29T16:51:38.543-04:00Nice imagination!Nice imagination!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87523352159385169702018-05-29T16:38:24.626-04:002018-05-29T16:38:24.626-04:00Thank you. I only read down this far to make sure...Thank you. I only read down this far to make sure somebody retorted “Looord PALMerston!!lscampsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782853626963762651noreply@blogger.com