tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6049439393543731682..comments2024-03-29T07:26:10.918-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Avian epithet fo Napoleon II / SAT 3-24-18 / Rhyming nickname for wrestling Hall of Famer Okerlund / Oper historic concert hall in Frankfurt Germany / Oldl Tv show set on Pacific Princess / Sitcom mother portrayer 1987-97 different show 2002-05 Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70634596478277911152018-05-05T04:43:30.340-04:002018-05-05T04:43:30.340-04:00A bit musty— Not much here that couldn't have ...A bit musty— Not much here that couldn't have been solved in 1979, perhaps while watching THE LOVE BOAT. GOPER?? that's terrible! please, no. <br />19a. Concern of "three strikes" laws [RECIDIVISM] comes off as soft-pedaling draconian sentencing under the guise of "concern" Concerned citizens, are we?<br /><br />The "3 Strikes" proposals differ from most habitual offender laws in that they make life sentences without parole mandatory. Thus, they tie the hands of judges who have traditionally been responsible for weighing both mitigating and aggravating circumstances before imposing sentence. Judicial discretion in sentencing, which is admired all over the world for treating people as individuals, is one of the hallmarks of our justice system. But the rigid formula imposed by "3 Strikes" renders the role of sentencing judges almost superfluous. <br /><br />I really enjoy Walden's puzzles. i'm working through a book of his called Tough and Tougher, they're great and Saturday tough.<br />-Max Roachbopper not gopernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38056402643858690862018-04-28T18:34:55.225-04:002018-04-28T18:34:55.225-04:00@Burma Shave -- Thanks for the very clever end-of-...@Burma Shave -- Thanks for the very clever end-of-day laugh. leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30812676619561596692018-04-28T18:10:05.693-04:002018-04-28T18:10:05.693-04:00Some clever and tough stuff all around, but the So...Some clever and tough stuff all around, but the Southeast was a beast.<br /><br />Had only KONACOAST and SEEDS to start with, but stuck with bee as answer for "Queen" clue. Needed (and cheated) to get MUM. Then the SE opened up, except for KATEYSeGAL instead of SAGAL. <br /><br />Liked the long downs, especially the unknown CLEVERDICK.<br /><br />YESINDEEDY, I certainly wasn't SIRSPEEDY.<br />leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83586645051479345072018-04-28T17:30:33.346-04:002018-04-28T17:30:33.346-04:00I am comforted in the knowledge that other people ...I am comforted in the knowledge that other people came here in search of understanding. GOPER?! EPICISTS?! I just stared, wondering if an Epicist is something like an Epicene. Oh—someone who writes epics! <br /><br />GOPER remains a disgusting, desperate disgrace—although now that it has arrived as a legitimate word, I get to call my Republican friends GO-pers instead of Gee-Oh-Pee-ers. <br /><br />I have other terms as well. <br /><br /><br />As for guns, I grew up in the West, so there’s that. I like shooting as a sport, but in my day, rifles were mostly bolt-action sporting arms holding maybe six rounds, and law enforcement personnel generally carried S&W .38 revolvers. I love me some 1911 Colt automatic, but I would happily comply with a ban on semiautomatics, as long as it applied to the Glock-happy pistoleros with badges who seem to fire off a full clip at one go all too often. El Dingohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04864290772960286801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77098424444422376962018-04-28T15:55:15.865-04:002018-04-28T15:55:15.865-04:00I like solving crossWORDS. CrossTRIVIA, not so mu...I like solving crossWORDS. CrossTRIVIA, not so much.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for some real crossword puzzle to show upDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11086754773955171192018-04-28T13:39:04.419-04:002018-04-28T13:39:04.419-04:00And just when I thought that the word crunchy to d...And just when I thought that the word crunchy to describe crosswords had finally, mercifully died out... "IT WAS CUTE THE FIRST YOU USED IT. NOW CUT IT OUT!"5wksltrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84565377071182931032018-04-28T11:49:39.707-04:002018-04-28T11:49:39.707-04:00Challenging. GOPER crossing EPICISTS? Everything e...Challenging. GOPER crossing EPICISTS? Everything else fit, but...then finally I parsed G.O.P.-ER--and let out a groan that woke my wife. This has to be the worst entry of the year so far. And anyway, "EPICISTS" is not a word. So: boo hiss in the NW.<br /><br />I assumed CLEVERCHAP, or something like, but DICK? Never heard that one. Hand up for the SLEiGhS thing; that caused a DOOVER.<br /><br />Weirdly, I had the least trouble with the SW, with the golfing gimmes DOOVER and ONEPUTTED crossing. But the SE almost caused a DNF. Never heard of CASSIS--and INNER monologues?? Wha?? I mean, I finished: what else could _NNER be but INNER? I'm having an inner monologue right now, because it contains language that would never get by a LITCRIT.<br /><br />So, finished, but with out-of bounds penalties all over the place. Agree on KATEY as DOD, and by association a special sash to TV daughter Christina Applegate. Have to give this one a bogey; that GOPER only needs an H to ruin the golf course.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80593885203120668052018-04-28T10:19:24.379-04:002018-04-28T10:19:24.379-04:00HIYALL. A bout of RECIDIVISM checked by HEMI got m...HIYALL. A bout of RECIDIVISM checked by HEMI got me started on a half-hour tour with no write-overs. Took a while to understand GOPER (worse than its cousins ALER, NLER, and NFLER, etc.) and the clue for ETS shoulda been “aliens”, other than those I really liked it. DOOVER is a real DOOK.<br /><br />I have ONEPUTTED a hole to EAGLET. Once.<br /><br />I really liked completely spelled out yeah baby KATEYSAGAL as Peg Bundy in Married with Children. Favorite scene:<br />KATEYSAGAL: “Al, what’re you thinking?”<br />Ed O’neill: “Peg, if I wanted you to know what I was thinkin’, I’d be talkin’.”<br /><br />ANYone gonna knock this puz? NOTME.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69238684525998381742018-04-28T09:49:22.209-04:002018-04-28T09:49:22.209-04:00AGERANGE, INPART
EVITA’s ALERT to the LOVEBOAT tr...AGERANGE, INPART<br /><br />EVITA’s ALERT to the LOVEBOAT trick,<br />and she ADHERES to it, YESINDEEDY:<br />She never TRADES ANY CLEVERDICK<br />for a DO_OVER with SIRSPEEDY.<br /><br />--- DELTA DOMINI<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-827992453883127922018-03-26T09:18:32.716-04:002018-03-26T09:18:32.716-04:00This is the most insightful comment I have seen he...This is the most insightful comment I have seen here, especially the last sentence. For me de lesseps was a gimme but text alert did not come quickly. As for sledges, easily determined once lemon lime was in.<br />Rubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16937106538342819008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80985944105079522342018-03-25T15:12:14.550-04:002018-03-25T15:12:14.550-04:00Easy-medium? EASY-MEDIUM??!! Are you KIDDING? Rex,...Easy-medium? EASY-MEDIUM??!! Are you KIDDING? Rex, you are a snob and a show-off. I'm not amused.<br /><br />Have a nice life, oh Lord of Snark. I'm quite done here...joel f.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16624391393945933270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80071350658349574852018-03-25T15:12:12.382-04:002018-03-25T15:12:12.382-04:00Easy-medium? EASY-MEDIUM??!! Are you KIDDING? Rex,...Easy-medium? EASY-MEDIUM??!! Are you KIDDING? Rex, you are a snob and a show-off. I'm not amused.<br /><br />Have a nice life, oh Lord of Snark. I'm quite done here...joel f.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16624391393945933270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-18482951351698173862018-03-25T00:14:05.612-04:002018-03-25T00:14:05.612-04:00@Nancy (belatedly): Love your story. love it. Lo...@Nancy (belatedly): Love your story. love it. Love your sign, too.<br /><br />I didn't go, myself, but I did have an idea for a sign that would have said something like Our Vote Is More Powerful Than Your Gun.TomAznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88733478657393167742018-03-24T23:50:54.863-04:002018-03-24T23:50:54.863-04:00Rex's solving experience was way too similar ...Rex's solving experience was way too similar to mine. I'm never really happy, though somewhat gratified, when that happens. mmorganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18375430572178263265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72084712939332237802018-03-24T23:39:53.475-04:002018-03-24T23:39:53.475-04:00I think I join most others in saying the SE corner...I think I join most others in saying the SE corner was much harder than the SW. This was my worst time ever on a finished puzzle. Difficulty is such a relative concept. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02684952824668134974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65363518844962481512018-03-24T21:18:57.016-04:002018-03-24T21:18:57.016-04:00Goper? Ew. That sums up my feelings on this.Goper? Ew. That sums up my feelings on this.Foldyfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07186176817189368203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10821545902297783702018-03-24T21:17:40.571-04:002018-03-24T21:17:40.571-04:00@michael - That’s the problem with carrying over d...@michael - That’s the problem with carrying over discussions from the day before. Yesterday I pointed out that <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telenovela" rel="nofollow">wikipedia </a> shows two pronunciations, the second with tele and novela both ending in a schwa. Wikipedia being wikipedia, no discussion on where those pronunciations are used. I looked it up specifically because others were making statements “on general principle.” Interestingly, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language" rel="nofollow">there are more Spanish speakers in the US than in any other country than Mexico.</a> One could argue that US pronunciations have more credence than most Latin American countries. <br /><br />I don’t know about anyone else but I think this <i>caballo muerto</i> has been beaten enough. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81134634185057446322018-03-24T21:09:10.208-04:002018-03-24T21:09:10.208-04:00Oh, and Whites = ANGLOS is bad cluing. If those wo...Oh, and Whites = ANGLOS is bad cluing. If those words meant the same, certain group of people would be called ASPs, not WASPs.semioticus (shelbyl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16204028248874222567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12662220996833295002018-03-24T20:59:52.642-04:002018-03-24T20:59:52.642-04:00OK, finally done with it. I barely enjoyed this on...OK, finally done with it. I barely enjoyed this one. Seriously. I was hoping that once I get the answers, I was gonna blame myself for not figuring them out (sorta what happened with LOVEBOAT, for example). But an emphatic no to that one. Rex already listed all the words that bugged him, and we're more or less on the same page. The sacrifices were not rewarded enough. What are the good entries in this one? RECIDIVISM is cool. EMPTYEYES? KONACOAST? ONEPUTTED? SIRSPEEDY? MEANGENE? Yes, they are debut answers but I don't care about them in the slightest.<br /><br />Too much gimmick for my taste. Some clues were fun. The struggle to figure things out was pleasant initially. And after that it was just mental torture. I guess I'm still not fully ready for Saturday puzzles.<br /><br /><b>GRADE:</b> C-, 2.25 stars.semioticus (shelbyl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16204028248874222567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10234462461389575112018-03-24T20:35:52.522-04:002018-03-24T20:35:52.522-04:00thanks, @for future reference. Now that I know w...thanks, @for future reference. Now that I know what BMX stands for, I MIGHT get it right when it occurs again, as it surely will... OISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-64192354964988185972018-03-24T20:07:39.609-04:002018-03-24T20:07:39.609-04:00There will always be mentally ill people. If ther...There will always be mentally ill people. If there are fewer guns (especially war weapons), there will be fewer deaths by mass murder. Duh...Basic Mathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86715366714252619652018-03-24T19:45:28.277-04:002018-03-24T19:45:28.277-04:00Not so much niggardly praise today.Not so much niggardly praise today.Dignified Deacon with Bow Tienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86009941279468805672018-03-24T19:43:36.607-04:002018-03-24T19:43:36.607-04:00The5thHarp, “i think the problem is that the cloc...The5thHarp, “i think the problem is that the clock means more than reflection.”<br /><br />Amen amen bro.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6399214320350803432018-03-24T19:38:04.947-04:002018-03-24T19:38:04.947-04:00@nancy, I agree, but of course they need our help ...@nancy, I agree, but of course they need our help and support. I was in tears once or twice at the march here in Boston as I saw some of the kids looking determined and grim. jberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169065390875378077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62843338143668634472018-03-24T19:37:21.825-04:002018-03-24T19:37:21.825-04:008 Simple Rules was the 2nd sit-com (w/John Ritter ...8 Simple Rules was the 2nd sit-com (w/John Ritter and Kaley Cuoco.) SOA was rarely comedic, but nearly always great.madsymohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04455074088671539704noreply@blogger.com