tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5013787268904208237..comments2024-03-28T15:13:08.509-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Sluglike secretary in Monsters Inc / WED 1-12-22 / Two-patty burgers introduced in 1997 / Venue for meals with microbrews / Sister brand of crest / Eschew scuba gear say / Pre-weekend outburst / Impromptu signal to slow downRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65609660945825831312022-02-16T16:27:49.474-05:002022-02-16T16:27:49.474-05:00Filled in the grid correctly without lookups or er...Filled in the grid correctly without lookups or errors. But the numbers in the clues, presumably RHYMING in the theme, made no sense to me. <br /><br />SW was more of a struggle, but I liked the long downs there and in the NE. ROADFLARE and GASTROPUB (?) were favorites. Liked VILLE and ETUDE, TOO. <br /><br />URKEL gets the nerd-of-the-day award.<br /><br /><br /><br />leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74897529620400778032022-02-16T14:35:25.296-05:002022-02-16T14:35:25.296-05:00I ScARFed before I SNARFed. One of my very few ch...I ScARFed before I SNARFed. One of my very few changes. <br /><br />Why so little love for a lovely little puzzle that never hurt anyone?<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for Crosswords<br />PS - I've eaten at a GASTROPUB, but never had a MCDOUBLE, or much of a McAnything since high schoolDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32990685032815308992022-02-16T12:40:00.374-05:002022-02-16T12:40:00.374-05:00BINGE-VILLE
So BARB thinks THE IDEA ISTOO FOUL -
...BINGE-VILLE<br /><br />So BARB thinks THE IDEA ISTOO FOUL -<br />that a MAN INTHEZONE has GREATFUN -<br />THE THROB from THE WOOD makes BARB howl,<br />but she's not LAID until THE DEED'S DONE.<br /><br />--- ZACH BENZBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25481604178904562572022-02-16T10:53:28.947-05:002022-02-16T10:53:28.947-05:00I had exactly the same reaction as OFF: "So w...I had exactly the same reaction as OFF: "So what?" Only I saw the trick right away with KEVINKLINE. No other reason for those numbers to be there, and I said to myself, "Please tell me that's not IT!"<br /><br />It was.<br /><br />And yes, it was an easy solve...sorta. I naturally plugged in exitS for the ends [of mazes??]. Yeah, GOALS are ends. So the "of mazes" was nothing more than an anemic attempt to take this puzzle out of Monday. Well. it worked. I also "oversaw" when I rushed to enter COals for "Hot_____." By that time I was feeling as though I was being raked over them.<br /><br />Also: what's a "GASTROPUB?"<br />Also: what're MCDOUBLES? Never saw that one.<br /><br />You get the IDEA. This baby was better left on the drawing table. MCDOUBLE-bogey.spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52290392561623422502022-02-16T09:23:35.534-05:002022-02-16T09:23:35.534-05:00This is just bad.This is just bad.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32187988488096173502022-01-13T00:05:35.163-05:002022-01-13T00:05:35.163-05:00@Wordsleuth - I had no problem on my iPad. @Wordsleuth - I had no problem on my iPad. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4570287974868413342022-01-12T22:53:19.770-05:002022-01-12T22:53:19.770-05:00Anonymizes 9:53. Because I put some bodacious Bel...Anonymizes 9:53. Because I put some bodacious Belgian chocolate in it and then I have the audacity to add some chocolate shavings in the drink. You're welcome. <br />@JC 10:16. You can bring anything you like but I do have gin and vermouth. I'll also save you some Talisker if you so have the itch for it.<br />GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80658203345560777322022-01-12T22:30:51.101-05:002022-01-12T22:30:51.101-05:00Anybody having trouble connecting to the Thurs. pu...Anybody having trouble connecting to the Thurs. puzzle through the app? Seems to be offline -- unless the problem is my usually reliable tablet.WordSleuthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25086320611380902782022-01-12T22:16:50.887-05:002022-01-12T22:16:50.887-05:00@GILL
Count me in (I'll b ring the gin and ve...@GILL<br /><br />Count me in (I'll b ring the gin and vermouth).JC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90936433172966266552022-01-12T21:53:10.336-05:002022-01-12T21:53:10.336-05:00Gill,
Despite your disparaging anonymize, I’m in. ...Gill,<br />Despite your disparaging anonymize, I’m in. <br />But why the Hepburn of drinks— the grotesque mudslide— instead of a Talisker? I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40692791903378797472022-01-12T21:12:52.162-05:002022-01-12T21:12:52.162-05:00Anonymizes 8:05. I will end my Siskel and Ebert ...Anonymizes 8:05. I will end my Siskel and Ebert interpretation by saying we should all gather in a movie theater with a huge bag of buttered popcorn and watch back to back movies with the worst and best Oscar nominees. I will then invite all to my abode for a classic "Mudslide" made with the Kahlua my neighbor made and gave me for Christmas....It is delicious! We can have a bodacious fight/discussion/ happy hour and @Nancy can provide horse duvers. Any takers?GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25116053080197309072022-01-12T21:01:50.605-05:002022-01-12T21:01:50.605-05:00D’oh! Donat was the undeserving( and surprise) win...D’oh! Donat was the undeserving( and surprise) winner in 39. Ugh. Tired. Sorry. Anyway, the larger point stands: Stewart deserved it not Donat.or Gable.<br />FAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10901816604137156152022-01-12T20:26:37.115-05:002022-01-12T20:26:37.115-05:00@Nancy – that's pretty bad. I never saw "...@Nancy – that's pretty bad. I never saw "Morning Glory" but I just read the synopsis on Wikipedia: she's playing a wanna-be actress and she's acting all actressy, so in a way I could believe it. I've met people like that IRL.<br />Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40829105382982248762022-01-12T20:05:57.315-05:002022-01-12T20:05:57.315-05:00Joe D
ROE: Phoenix was great; Christine Lahti was ...Joe D<br />ROE: Phoenix was great; Christine Lahti was better. <br /> MTTM: Stockwell was fantastic. Probably deserved the hardware. But he was upstaged by Mercedes Ruhel. If Diane Wiest has two Oscars, Ruehl should have twenty-two.<br /><br />Gill,<br />Grant’s was the standout performance inThe Philadelphia Story. The Academy gave Stewart the Oscar because they had so badly erred the year before giving it to Gable instead of the boy from Indiana, Pa.<br />Hepburn’s performance? As always, overwrought and nauseating. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7402866747176961932022-01-12T20:04:43.570-05:002022-01-12T20:04:43.570-05:00Wow, felt much more like a Monday than a Wednesday...Wow, felt much more like a Monday than a Wednesday and correspondingly similar solve time, new Wednesday record, woo hoo!TAB2TABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16939627181009835283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4559908516788013132022-01-12T19:55:54.025-05:002022-01-12T19:55:54.025-05:00Back to regular under average time. Done on train ...Back to regular under average time. Done on train this morning. Solved as totally themeless. Did not, not, not get the theme so kinda dnf here if grokking the theme is part of solving.<br /><br />Saw Company with Katrina Lenk and Patti Lupone, wow! More to life than xwords.<br /><br />Wordle today took until line 5. Not as smart as yd, line 3.<br /><br />Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242868539621158336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9020259267994015142022-01-12T19:38:47.716-05:002022-01-12T19:38:47.716-05:00Nancy 6:13....I actually thought about adding Kat...Nancy 6:13....I actually thought about adding Katherine Hepburn in "Morning Glory" but I thought someone might throw a too ripe tomato my way. She was Soooooo good in "The Philadelphia Story" with yummylicious Cary Grant....She played a socialite like nobody could. I also loved her in "The Lion In Winter" alongside another yummylicious, Peter O'toole.<br />Well...I guess we DO have the same taste. Now, if only @kitchef would join our table and share some foie gras with two ladies who know their stuff.GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60111549519319088102022-01-12T19:05:04.932-05:002022-01-12T19:05:04.932-05:00I liked this theme a lot, mostly because I haven&#...I liked this theme a lot, mostly because I haven't seen it before and because each number was used only once. Didn't even notice the 40 Across answer rhymes with 4-0. McDoubles was a challenge for a second since I also never eat at McDonald's and since I thought, "wait, isn't there already a double burger at McDonald's called a ...... Big Mac?" But that was the only real Huh answer for me.<br />As a Stephen King fan, I was happy to see Rex's mention of The Shining. I wonder if Rex knows the outside scenes were filmed at Timberline Lodge in Oregon (on Mt Hood, where there's skiing all year 'round thanks to the glacier) and the inside scenes were filmed in Colorado.Photomattehttps://mattemrichphoto.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58307071792200502922022-01-12T18:53:09.530-05:002022-01-12T18:53:09.530-05:00@Z – Probably River Phoenix or Dean Stockwell, the...@Z – Probably River Phoenix or Dean Stockwell, they were both better than KK. I only saw clips from "Tucker" but Martin Landau also looked pretty good. Alec Guinness I have no idea about. It doesn't really matter: KK wasn't playing a character, he was just doing shtick, and he wasn't good at it.Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30608358183512265692022-01-12T18:13:45.790-05:002022-01-12T18:13:45.790-05:00@Joe D, @GILL et al -- My nomination for the worst...@Joe D, @GILL et al -- My nomination for the worst performance ever to garner a Best Actor or Best Actress Academy Award is Katherine Hepburn in "Morning Glory." If you're in need of convincing, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yVuXm3ZF6s" rel="nofollow">WATCH THIS.</a><br /><br />Yes, I know acting styles have evolved over the years, but I mean <i>really!</i>Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17235357787320345042022-01-12T17:57:48.132-05:002022-01-12T17:57:48.132-05:00I disagree with all the KEVIN KLINE bashing. His a...I disagree with all the KEVIN KLINE bashing. His acting is appropriate to his roles. And he's pretty relatable.<br /><br />I found this puzzle very easy at the top half and more difficult on the lower part. Result: pretty normal time to solve.Jeff B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12816420049080180079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-78479118488067791522022-01-12T17:54:21.081-05:002022-01-12T17:54:21.081-05:00@Anony 12:46. I kinda agree with your list except...@Anony 12:46. I kinda agree with your list except for maybe Sandra Bullock. She's probably a sh*t head in real life but she always plays a sweet, funny and cute girl in her movies. Always bringing a little smile for me.<br />Might I add my thumbs down on Oscar winning actors?<br />Nicolas Cage in "Leaving Las Vegas."<br />Renee Zellwelger in "Chicago."<br />Kim Basinger in "La Confidential."<br />Pretty faces but acting was stinky.<br />@kitshef.....I'll add an Aye Aye to my dios mio. Of course Kevin doesn't make an effort to act like a human being......he's an actor who is great at pretending and he does it beautifully. Come on over and I'll fix you some some tortilla soup and we'll talk.GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61170576264565302682022-01-12T17:08:41.023-05:002022-01-12T17:08:41.023-05:00@kitshef. Sounds like you are confusing the person...@kitshef. Sounds like you are confusing the person with his roles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77825957989358005442022-01-12T16:35:58.325-05:002022-01-12T16:35:58.325-05:00FWIW, I've seen all the recommended movies: Da...FWIW, I've seen all the recommended movies: Dave, In & Out, A Fish Called Wanda, The Big Chill, plus Silverado and French Kiss. Hated 'em all. He never seems to make any effort to act like a real human being. kitshefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014225555838850414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70389009410300897752022-01-12T16:28:35.801-05:002022-01-12T16:28:35.801-05:00I knew the character from Monsters Inc., just didn...I knew the character from Monsters Inc., just didn’t know if it was spelled “RAZ” or “ROZ”. Figured it out pretty quickly. Mr. Alarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07872240736558100541noreply@blogger.com