tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3564375614644846079..comments2024-03-29T00:28:40.417-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Dana Scully's sci-fi partner — MONDAY, Oct. 26 2009 — John of Colonial Jamestown / Coat named for Irish provinceRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-43414930328334153342009-12-01T08:33:50.970-05:002009-12-01T08:33:50.970-05:00I can't believe Rex missed the opportunity to ...I can't believe Rex missed the opportunity to post a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzNOdall1To" rel="nofollow">Vixen</a> video!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80168233672089204692009-11-30T15:37:24.187-05:002009-11-30T15:37:24.187-05:00An Osage is not an Indian. Say it out loud. An Osa...An Osage is not an Indian. Say it out loud. An Osage is not an Indian. The word you are looking for is Native American or just native.<br /><br />If you never thought in a million years that this could be offensive maybe you don't have any native friends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78572119135988402062009-11-30T10:50:55.896-05:002009-11-30T10:50:55.896-05:00In from syndication-land:
I didn't know John ...In from syndication-land:<br /><br />I didn't know John ROLFE either. He married Pocahontas, so presumably he's in that Disney film, but I've never seen it.<br /><br />The SW corner gave me fits because I originally had ONE PAIR for ONE EYED. Having this clued as a description of a cyclops would have been easier for me, since Greek mythology is more my domain than playing cards. Speaking of which, NEMEA was one of this puzzle's gimmes.<br /><br />After I figured out ONE EYED, thanks to Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young ("Said, I'm going down to YASGUR's Farm...."), the rest of the puzzle fell into place.Nullifidianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207390447020990907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31948639764222354292009-10-28T06:05:32.089-04:002009-10-28T06:05:32.089-04:00There should have been a theme answer "Rex Pa...There should have been a theme answer "Rex Parker", clue what's more crossword than that?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08622168446415462926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68544876685206817562009-10-27T04:45:52.289-04:002009-10-27T04:45:52.289-04:00I just did Tuesday's puzzle, then came here......I just did Tuesday's puzzle, then came here.....<br />@Stan<br />You know, I had never realized "Gyp joint" had that origin. Words do get divorced from their roots to a surprising degree.<br /><br />And thanks for your note. Anony 9:39 plainly has not raised children, taught a class, or learned how to fight fairly. If YOU were in my class, I would do my best to help you with the rutabaga addiction (wink.)Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195458656221202202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17328369269052082222009-10-27T01:03:12.166-04:002009-10-27T01:03:12.166-04:00@Blackhawk, that was provocative? Clearly you'...@Blackhawk, that was provocative? Clearly you're not having as much fun as you should be with that word.<br /><br />It's totally OK to say what you mean. I'll say it: I thought this was a pretty good Monday puzzle. Thanks, MN.HudsonHawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16119485923243014649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44922320355599063512009-10-27T00:28:37.750-04:002009-10-27T00:28:37.750-04:00@Stan - Sorry. My husband once defended some Gypsi...@Stan - Sorry. My husband once defended some Gypsies - Roma - Travelers - named Tieni Tieni and Bula Bula. He got them off because the cops (Police?) had them sign a statement, and they couldn't read.Sfinginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46245476064512074342009-10-26T23:56:47.445-04:002009-10-26T23:56:47.445-04:00Ooops I'm over but...
@Sfingi: Get a little, ...Ooops I'm over but...<br /><br />@Sfingi: Get a little, tiny bit PC, will you? "Gyp joint" is completely offensive.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681342234536407419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22902370791638596752009-10-26T23:40:02.848-04:002009-10-26T23:40:02.848-04:00I told one of my teenage students that her sculptu...I told one of my teenage students that her sculpture looks like the boy selling newspapers, shouting "Extra, Extra, Read all about it!" do you know what I'm talking about? Instead of being bewildered, she rolled her eyes and said "D'uh." Then I had to ask whether she'd actually ever witnessed the event live? Same answer -- opposite obvious conclusion.fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77009774157050188332009-10-26T23:36:54.752-04:002009-10-26T23:36:54.752-04:00Personal Naticks - LEXLUTHOR crosses UBOLT and MAX...Personal Naticks - LEXLUTHOR crosses UBOLT and MAXYASGUR crosses ONEEYED.<br /><br />Did like the full names and 2-word phrases, and the theme - and learned a lot.<br /><br />My only bit-o-beef- Assoc. is the abbreviation for Association. How do you decide what the 4 letter abbrev. is - Asoc. or Assc. Weak.<br /><br />Venti means 20 in Italian (and they rhyme, too). I never go to that gyp-joint.<br /><br />Tex Ritter, father of the unfortunate John Ritter of 3's Company. I prefer Frankie Laine's (Sicilian Frank LoVecchio) version of The Ballad of High Noon.<br /><br />I'm older than a boomer, hving been born a little after the Battle of the Bulge, though I know a couple "kids" who went. <br /><br />Where I taught we could send people to the box, er SHU - Special Housing Unit simply by giving them a slug - er - ticket - er - Misbehavior Report. Lot of a-holes there. Convicts, too.<br /><br />@Karen In another tax case, in France, the Mansard roof was designed to create a third floor w/o being taxed for same. Rochester, NY has a fascinating example of a building with 3 Mansards, one atop the last. The first 2 were cast iron.<br /><br />@Imsdave - thanx for the photo of a saltbox.<br /><br />@Elaine - my mother used to say, "Let's go see Tom Mix in "Cement." <br /><br />@Foodie - I'll say a prayer for your dad.<br /><br />@Rex - can someone really be a visiting assistant for 10 years? Binghamton's a great University - my baby sister and my son went there. Both Philo majors.Sfinginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7592170082793149002009-10-26T23:32:18.947-04:002009-10-26T23:32:18.947-04:00@raul-
Funny you bring up wild cards - One of my ...@raul-<br /><br />Funny you bring up wild cards - One of my Dad's Poker guys used to declare "Five card draw with One-eyed Jacks and the King with the Axe wild." The other guys moaned when that game was called.edith bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048817959846956992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80569267663237455362009-10-26T23:27:16.437-04:002009-10-26T23:27:16.437-04:00@Elaine: Please pay no attention to Anon 9:39. I&#...@Elaine: Please pay no attention to Anon 9:39. I'll be in your class any day (though we might disagree!)Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02681342234536407419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15094368562951322352009-10-26T22:21:05.649-04:002009-10-26T22:21:05.649-04:00NYTimes just posted an article and review of stout...NYTimes just posted an article and review of stout beers that will appear in the paper this Wednesday. The favorite of the panel: Black Hawk Stout, from Mendocino Brewing. They found it "[b]eautifully balanced, dry and light with roasted flavors of barley, coffee and nuts." (Note: the panel did not try Surly Darkness.)<br /><br />Surly!SethGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71852508521992234662009-10-26T22:00:55.525-04:002009-10-26T22:00:55.525-04:00Don't say "no offense" when you clea...Don't say "no offense" when you clearly mean to offend. <br /><br />People dissent here every day, all the time. They just usually aren't assholes about it. Were you here yesterday? Yeesh. Dissent central.<br /><br />Once someone establishes himself as a troll, I stop reading him. Haven't read a single word today's troll has written in months, and today has been no different. I only know he's trolling it up (again) because of the angry replies from decent people. Delete! Ignore! Solves so many problems. I have an ever-growing DNR list. Makes blog life livable. <br /><br />rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88509568032072301792009-10-26T21:59:18.343-04:002009-10-26T21:59:18.343-04:00Hard for a Monday, which is why I enjoyed it more ...Hard for a Monday, which is why I enjoyed it more than most Mondays. Wednesday- level for me.<br /><br /> I always like Nothnagel puzzles.michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90347699270161101242009-10-26T21:39:42.137-04:002009-10-26T21:39:42.137-04:00No offense Elaine, but I'm glad you're not...No offense Elaine, but I'm glad you're not my teacher and I'm not in your class where dissent is considered evil and those who do are held up to public ridicule and<br />condemnation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67824304440762636162009-10-26T21:17:30.675-04:002009-10-26T21:17:30.675-04:00Well, this is ugly, and should not be part of our ...Well, this is ugly, and should not be part of our little community of Solvers who Just Want to Get Along.<br /><br />If you were in my class, I would make each of you write a note stating your beef and expressing your feelings...no Bad Words allowed. <br /><br />Consider it a challenge. Meanwhile, let's just do puzzles.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195458656221202202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86348654228430588152009-10-26T20:58:08.594-04:002009-10-26T20:58:08.594-04:00There goes the visiting assistant English professo...There goes the visiting assistant English professor again complaining about trolls. Just because someone disagrees with his point of view. Like most amateurs given a voice by the Internet through blogs, he has a thin skin and barely tolerates dissent. <br /><br />Listen Comrade Rex: Sparking discussion by using forceful language isn't trollish. It's just provocative. This is not a seminar on Victorian colloquy. It's OK to say what we mean.<br /><br />Mr. Farmer: Have enjoyed your work. And yes, if I were a constructor whose work was called lame, I would consider that motivating. But that's just me.Blackhawknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14907451631375314602009-10-26T20:21:40.868-04:002009-10-26T20:21:40.868-04:00There once was a troll, and people kept feeding it...There once was a troll, and people kept feeding it, and no one knew why ... The End.Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90267650060067961872009-10-26T20:17:52.970-04:002009-10-26T20:17:52.970-04:00@Blackhawk,
I realize this isn't my beef, but...@Blackhawk,<br /><br />I realize this isn't my beef, but let me ask a question or two. I am curious. I read comments and sometimes I'm not sure if they're made tongue-in-cheek or seriously.<br /><br />1. "the purpose of a critic is not to create. it's to prompt creators to see themselves more clearly and to spur them to do their best work." Is that sincerely the purpose you have in mind with the comments you've made?<br /><br />2. "Super-lame theme, badly executed." Since you mention motivating constructors: generally speaking, do you think comments like that are more likely or less likely to motivate constructors?john farmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65439819406090211062009-10-26T20:12:30.091-04:002009-10-26T20:12:30.091-04:00@Blackhawk
um, 15 x15
...and MN is a genius!!!!!!...@Blackhawk<br />um, 15 x15 <br />...and MN is a genius!!!!!!!<br />I'd have to agree this was really a Tuesday...<br />But because we don't get ANY residuals, when you "hit for the cycle" as Mike Nothnagel has done, the NY Times makes it up to us by awarding the constructor his/her choice of Nissan car.<br />(That's why you have to be at least 16 to make the puzzle these days)<br />Alas, as someone who will never be able to make a Fri/Sat, it's the cable car for me!andrex carler michaelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63604762252130857692009-10-26T18:37:37.440-04:002009-10-26T18:37:37.440-04:00@imsdave -- the purpose of a critic is not to crea...@imsdave -- the purpose of a critic is not to create. it's to prompt creators to see themselves more clearly and to spur them to do their best work. <br /><br />i am constantly amazed at the genius that can be created in a 16x16 grid by motivated constructors. so today's effort just throws the really great work into contrast, and helps define the lower boundary of the art.Blackhawknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89345296737315496852009-10-26T17:59:17.211-04:002009-10-26T17:59:17.211-04:00@foodie, I join the chorus. Wish your Dad well fro...@foodie, I join the chorus. Wish your Dad well from all of us and take care of yourself.dkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317008233459295376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2271181699718353412009-10-26T17:44:16.397-04:002009-10-26T17:44:16.397-04:00@Blackhawk - please give me a perfect theme - it&#...@Blackhawk - please give me a perfect theme - it's not easy to come up with one. I agree with you that this one was hard to decipher, but it made sense after MN's explanation. Try and create one and you'll see that most have been done to death. This was a Monday, for goodness sake - and had great fill. I am one of those outsiders trying to get in - the game is not easy. <br /><br />If you have a better idea, please give it to me (with symmetrically designed anwers).<br /><br />@foodie<br /><br />All my hopes amd prayersimsdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12966770844825169981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65386035339586557342009-10-26T17:36:28.001-04:002009-10-26T17:36:28.001-04:00I misspelled KARAN. With an I. Doh.
I'd tho...I misspelled KARAN. With an I. Doh.<br /><br />I'd thought SALTBOX houses were built to shed snow better than others. But wikipedia tells me it was designed to evade taxes on tall houses. Okay.<br /><br />I thought it was YASSER's farm. I know it from the song 'Shoot the Moon' by Hugh Blumenfeld--"If I'd been ten years older, I might have been tripping on Yasgur's farm".<br /><br /><br />I thought it was a bit more tough than usual today also.Karen from the Capehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11476512301997985060noreply@blogger.com