tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post438001557245798134..comments2024-03-28T07:24:00.582-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Outer layer of eyeball / MON 4-27-20 / Rolls's partner in auotdom / Brand with redundant slogan kills bugs dead / Muppet with falsetto / Talk show host who won season of celebrity apprentice / Spiritual leader often picture sitting cross-leggedRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34166577915986615492020-06-01T16:32:18.574-04:002020-06-01T16:32:18.574-04:00@D,LIW - that first post up top was from last nigh...@D,LIW - that first post up top was from last night in case another 'disappeared'.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47159301999968258202020-06-01T16:06:44.650-04:002020-06-01T16:06:44.650-04:00@anon– equally heated. Har. Good one.
One thing to...@anon– equally heated. Har. Good one.<br />One thing to notice today is that a decent Monday-level puz can be done with a low three count.<br />Jillian, Miller, -Margret, pick one of the ANNS, maybe even B. Davis before Coulter – politically speaking.<br />Looks like things have STARTed to cool down around here, a bit SANER. Might even be able to visit the office by Friday. <br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47830139935487156702020-06-01T16:03:00.880-04:002020-06-01T16:03:00.880-04:00I had to laugh about what is in one's eyeglass...I had to laugh about what is in one's eyeglass frames. If you look at Mr. W's, it probably is part of his most recent meals and snacks. He wears his readers around his neck on a loop, and, well, shift happens. Food falls. And stays. For days. Sometimes he will hand me his pair to look at something I can't read, and it's like looking thru a snowstorm. So the LENSES aren't the first thing I think of. ;-) <br /><br />A fine Monday, as ever. <br /><br />And @Rondo - your post is still there - I responded to you yesterday. Catch up!!!<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for clear visionDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87239850213411428012020-06-01T15:05:56.582-04:002020-06-01T15:05:56.582-04:00Is ANCHO RAGE caused by too much or too little ANC...Is ANCHO RAGE caused by too much or too little ANCHO? Or are they equally heated arguments? ��Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89493764323102632242020-06-01T14:05:55.157-04:002020-06-01T14:05:55.157-04:00Perfect Monday, meets all of the requirements. Nic...Perfect Monday, meets all of the requirements. Nice work, Ed Sessa.leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90869701718833405652020-06-01T13:44:40.484-04:002020-06-01T13:44:40.484-04:00p.s.
If any of U nice syndicated readers/commenter...p.s.<br />If any of U nice syndicated readers/commenters have trouble bringin up a runt puzzle here for a while, it's becuz the server lost em all, in mid May or so. Sorry about that, believe m&e.<br /><br />When U see a **gruntz** link introduced by "server is fixed, yay @r.alph" or somesuch, in a future M&A comment gallery message attached to a late May NYTPuz blog writeup, you'll know they are back in business.<br /><br />As always, no refunds. But thanx, if this news applies to U.<br /><br />M&A Help DeskMasked and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16346263641338670679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76242504623125232132020-06-01T11:23:37.529-04:002020-06-01T11:23:37.529-04:00As I said before, ol' Ed is improving. Cleaned...As I said before, ol' Ed is improving. Cleaned up his fill handsomely. This one does indeed "Monday" well, with an extra AAH for good measure (nice thing about that: you can use AAH or AHH, whatever fits).<br /><br />Do not leave us, @rondo; how else will we keep our use of TAR straight? Plus, competition needed for my DOD (today I love LUCY Liu). Yeah babies unite!<br /><br />Hand up for the yikes! moment: AERIALIST/ACCIDENTSHAPPEN. One recalls the Cirque malfunction during Ka that tragically claimed a life.<br /><br />We must keep WINO around for the shtick by the late great George Carlin: "Wonderful WINO!" Call letters for a very funny radio station.*<br /><br />The AHAMOMENT, as they say, was mild, but still there. Birdie.<br /><br />*"Sunday! Sunday! Amphetamine Speedway!"spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15171137445849206452020-06-01T09:56:31.612-04:002020-06-01T09:56:31.612-04:00I had more of a uh-huh MOMENT than an AHA MOMENT o...I had more of a uh-huh MOMENT than an AHA MOMENT on this one. But Rex is right. It Mondayed nicely.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58326076957114727502020-06-01T09:13:48.394-04:002020-06-01T09:13:48.394-04:00START ALIST
That OMEN was no HOHUM ACCIDENT,
woul...START ALIST<br /><br />That OMEN was no HOHUM ACCIDENT,<br />would it HAPPEN with time to SPARE?<br />LUCY’s TRESSes were an AHAMOMENT:<br />the AROMA and SHINE of ANGELHAIR.<br /><br />--- ISIAH “RADAR” LAHR<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84889652591255491962020-05-31T21:00:01.913-04:002020-05-31T21:00:01.913-04:00I had a post pulled off this site Saturday night f...I had a post pulled off this site Saturday night for saying bad people were doing bad things in STPAUL and Mpls. If it happens again, I'm done here. Bad people were doing bad things - documented. If this site can't handle the truth, I'm done.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-904228574407575192020-04-28T08:10:33.600-04:002020-04-28T08:10:33.600-04:00@tea73 - some time in the 1980s @tea73 - some time in the 1980s kitshefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014225555838850414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34163794299979016692020-04-27T23:21:26.732-04:002020-04-27T23:21:26.732-04:00Pretty sure no one will ever see this comment, but...Pretty sure no one will ever see this comment, but I flew through this thing. The only Monday I did quicker, I had already done it on paper and was curious how fast I could type in answers. (Answer not as fast as Rex.) <br /><br />But what caused me to post, was wondering just when did Landrovers become luxury vehicles. When I was young growing up in East Africa, Landrovers were built like tanks and had seats with barely any cushioning. And you could get them started in a pinch by pushing them downhill. They were built for dirt roads, not luxury.tea73https://www.blogger.com/profile/04949792626860120963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69025732313282231562020-04-27T20:55:43.974-04:002020-04-27T20:55:43.974-04:00Fun Monday, even if it was over in less than 5 min...Fun Monday, even if it was over in less than 5 minutes. Not memorable, not dull, not barf-making. I'd say that's a win all around.<br /><br />Ask the calf how it feels about the noose. Not that I care, but if you really need something to worry about....<br /><br />@RooMonster 10:02 AM<br /><br />"Cloaca" was a gimme, as a result of a misspent earlier timespan of my life reading Robert Heinlein....<br /><br />Callaloo qualifies as a WTF. Runs with Scissorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16280938333784679275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23775803453383157142020-04-27T19:46:24.991-04:002020-04-27T19:46:24.991-04:00@manitou 423pm
You are completely correct.
I'm...@manitou 423pm<br />You are completely correct.<br />I'm going to delete my comment with the incorrect info on that right now. Thanks.albatross shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076278220407657633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78698609155483993032020-04-27T19:27:45.076-04:002020-04-27T19:27:45.076-04:00Rex, you literally forgot about DRERex, you literally forgot about DRETimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01368945972567656935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69775812356034183302020-04-27T18:18:48.170-04:002020-04-27T18:18:48.170-04:00@pabloinnh 12:47 pm, @Gill 3:14: Good stories! Hat...@pabloinnh 12:47 pm, @Gill 3:14: Good stories! Hate to steer back to the pandemic (though hard not to with it being the obsession of every day), but tradespeople who can quickly recognize a problem from hearing a somewhat disjointed description are not so different from doctors and others who need to make a diagnosis of disease. Medicine has become generally hyper-reliant on testing (in significant part because of legal and financial considerations), but a savvy clinician can still very often make a correct diagnosis just from listening to and looking at the patient. That’s a big part of the reason it makes sense to count COVID cases based on hospital admissions: Especially given extensive recent experience with the disease under difficult conditions, and considering that it now leads all other differential diagnostic possibilities, a skilled medical professional gatekeeper is highly likely to make the correct diagnosis even without testing. <br />webwingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06094652109001902873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80691812651898278952020-04-27T16:59:48.209-04:002020-04-27T16:59:48.209-04:00Funny, my thought at 'noose' was roping a ...Funny, my thought at 'noose' was roping a calf. Out of touch maybe?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32703643926206684502020-04-27T16:34:04.375-04:002020-04-27T16:34:04.375-04:00Any puzzle featuring Bill LEAR, Henry ROYCE, a GTO...Any puzzle featuring Bill LEAR, Henry ROYCE, a GTO, and my favorite pasta, ANGELHAIR is a winner, and who doesn't love HASH browns? Plus ANCHORAGE, my former home away from home before we got locked down in my home at home. And ACEHARDWARE, which I love much more than that orange store. Oh, a Bert LAHR movie was on TV a few day's ago but I didn't watch it. And speaking of RADAR, just this weekend I found my dad's Fuzzbuster RADAR detector in its original box with the purchase receipt for $89.95 + tax from August 1976. Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-588572787880926942020-04-27T16:23:35.643-04:002020-04-27T16:23:35.643-04:00Isaiah Thomas the current player was named for the...Isaiah Thomas the current player was named for the former, hall-of-famer Isiah Thomas but he is not the older player's son.<br /><br />"Born to James Thomas and Tina Baldtrip, Isaiah Thomas was named after former Detroit Pistons Hall of Fame guard Isiah Thomas. A lifelong Lakers fan, James made a bet with a friend that his beloved team would defeat the Pistons in the 1989 Finals or he would name his son after decorated Lakers nemesis Isiah Thomas. The Pistons won in a four-game sweep, but James had already warmed to the name well before then. His mother consented to it on condition that it took the Biblical spelling." (Wikipedia)manitounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86127221126937220862020-04-27T15:59:54.144-04:002020-04-27T15:59:54.144-04:00@webwinger (3:13) Brad Pitt was always good but he...@webwinger (3:13) Brad Pitt was always good but he has really come into his own as he has aged. I thought he really nailed Dr. Fauci and especially loved what he had to say at the end when he took off his wig and got serious.Whatsernamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15450876821189472213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55448038145516593572020-04-27T15:36:23.586-04:002020-04-27T15:36:23.586-04:00@GILL I 313pm Hilarious! FYI if it ever comes to t...@GILL I 313pm Hilarious! FYI if it ever comes to that, I know a guy.Frantic Slothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614296873700797321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16378779724267342202020-04-27T15:29:55.639-04:002020-04-27T15:29:55.639-04:00ARGH. I keep having to delete and redo my comments...ARGH. I keep having to delete and redo my comments. It's time I got back to my village.<br /><br /><b><i>Correct</i></b> follow-up:<br /><br />I realize that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBdrIE41sB8&feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow">Jawzrsize</a> probably works, but <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysf5o5xOGYE" rel="nofollow">this is still my reaction.</a>Frantic Slothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614296873700797321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15534545466581390142020-04-27T15:13:27.800-04:002020-04-27T15:13:27.800-04:00@Pablito 12:47....HAH! Your maintenance person st...@Pablito 12:47....HAH! Your maintenance person story reminds me of my own with my mechanic.....I've been going to him for over 10 years and I've threatened him with loss of limb if he ever decides to retire.<br />Me: Fred, there's something wrong with my car...it keeps jerking and sputtering. When I'm at stop sign it kinda goes rrrrraw, rrraw, sputter, cough, hiccup, blargh.<br />Fred: You need new spark plugs.<br />Me: How the heck do you know that without using that whatchamacallit thing you put my car on?<br />Fred: I can tell just by looking at you flailing your arms all over the place,...you need new spark plugs.<br />YEP. He ever leaves me, I'm breaking his arms.....GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78126267992805573912020-04-27T15:08:21.983-04:002020-04-27T15:08:21.983-04:00Isiah Thomas was featured prominently in last nigh...Isiah Thomas was featured prominently in last night's episodes of the Michael Jordan/Bulls documentary "Last Dance." Interestingly, a younger player, ISAIAH Thomas, was the recipient of angry tweets regarding Isiah and the Pistons' actions towards the Bulls following the episode. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962099496544320176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54721489338105198342020-04-27T15:03:15.206-04:002020-04-27T15:03:15.206-04:00As an inveterate fuss-budget over spelling as well...As an inveterate fuss-budget over spelling as well as grammar, I long ago was struck by the unusual way ISIAH Thomas spells his name. Did not know his son used the conventional biblical version. <br /><br />Recommended TV viewing today: NBC’s Meet the Press from yesterday, featuring terrific comments about COVID testing by Dr. Deborah Birx (concerning <b>antigen</b> vs. <b>RNA</b> tests for active virus) and Dr. Michael Osterholm of U Minn (concerning <b>antibody</b> tests for past infection and immunity). No spoilers from me here, but I came away feeling for the first time like I really understand why this has been so problematic. Also, SNL at home version from Saturday, with Brad Pitt brilliantly impersonating Dr. Anthony Fauci in the cold opening. I heard this was done partly in response to a light-hearted suggestion from Dr. F. himself—way cool!<br />webwingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06094652109001902873noreply@blogger.com