tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post6794277735824508772..comments2024-03-29T01:22:33.864-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Lebanese city that was once enter of Phoenician civilization / MON 1-16-17 / Penny Dreadful channel for short / Intestinal fortitude informally / Arrested suspect informallyRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45518248832575651912017-02-20T20:05:04.692-05:002017-02-20T20:05:04.692-05:00Knot nauticalKnot nauticalrondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55452921040579369202017-02-20T20:03:18.638-05:002017-02-20T20:03:18.638-05:00Har. Knotty.Har. Knotty.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91903650373819817852017-02-20T15:45:35.865-05:002017-02-20T15:45:35.865-05:00What @leftcoastTAM said - and I guess several othe...What @leftcoastTAM said - and I guess several others. Nice debut with hardly any stink-eye stuff. I've heard both SIX---TO and from SUNDAY. It's in the same category of saying as "He didn't know whether to shit or steal third", which could be a nice entry in some other puzzle.<br /><br />You could call me a nautical guy (2 years in the RCN), but unlike @Rondo, not a naughty guy, and I had no problem with the SAIL clue. It works, and most people don't know the specialized vocabulary of sailing anyway. The answer was clear, QED. <br /><br />Two days in a row I've had my comment rejected. Hoping it comes through today even though it's kinda late.<br /><br />Oh, yeah, for the first time in twenty years, I bought some new golf clubs, and the weather here is starting to come around. Getting excited to TEE up and take DIVOT.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55777055213195332492017-02-20T13:40:00.126-05:002017-02-20T13:40:00.126-05:00From North to South, from easy to medium, good the...From North to South, from easy to medium, good themers, and ONE+TWO+THREE=SIX.<br /><br />'Nuff said. leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-26187395203547791542017-02-20T12:43:38.259-05:002017-02-20T12:43:38.259-05:00I, too, forget the ending of the Spanish words. T...I, too, forget the ending of the Spanish words. Thought "alas" was going to end up being "So dry," and wondered if that was a phrase that had escaped my notice. But then I fixed it, and SADLY happily showed up. <br /><br />A few "tougher than Monday" words, but with the crosses, no problems.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4426223218407935552017-02-20T12:02:46.850-05:002017-02-20T12:02:46.850-05:00Like @Airymom, I was set up for the FOURWAYSTOPSIG...Like @Airymom, I was set up for the FOURWAYSTOPSIGN that never materialized. I thought, as I was (easily) solving, that this grid was coming together rather smoothly--for a name I didn't recognize. The fill did waver a bit near the bottom, but not inordinately. If this is indeed a debut, it's a most promising one IMO.<br /><br />I guess it depends on which neck of the woods one has lived...to me it's always been six ways FROM Sunday. The idea being (I guess) "Any day of the week." Something "guar-ON-teed" to happen. I can beat you six ways from Sunday with one hand tied behind my back. That sort of thing.<br /><br />"Fame" girl IRENE Cara takes DOD honors today. At least she's actually in the grid. A first-hole birdie, not uncommon at last week's tour event at Riviera, whose first is a reachable par-5.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22033925178546083942017-02-20T11:12:13.697-05:002017-02-20T11:12:13.697-05:00Quick Mon-puz with little resistance. Did have one...Quick Mon-puz with little resistance. Did have one write-over with RANge before RANCH. And how could OFL not include the Blondie video featuring yeah baby Debbie Harry?<br /><br />It’s PIPPI Långstrump in Swedish. Any student of the Swedish language has probably read one of Swedish author Astrid Lindgren’s books. Did I mention PIPPI was originally Swedish? So was STIEG Larsson, whose books I read and I was LUCKY enough to see all 3 of the original movies - in Swedish. Noomi Rapace was “The Girl . . .” Yeah baby.<br /><br />The way this MN weather is going it won’t be long before I’m making DIVOTs. It’s supposed to be a holiday and out of the RUT, but SADLY, much work to do, so now I need to GETBUSY.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76038312736670701952017-02-20T09:56:06.432-05:002017-02-20T09:56:06.432-05:00TWIST TYRE (THREEWAYTIE)
SADLY, it’s TRU, I SENT ...TWIST TYRE (THREEWAYTIE)<br /><br />SADLY, it’s TRU, I SENT FLOWERS to IRENE and her mother,<br />I SHO hope to GETBUSY, or LUCKY, ONEWAYORANOTHER.<br /><br />--- STIEG BEECH<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32330585251427107652017-01-16T23:53:42.693-05:002017-01-16T23:53:42.693-05:00Yes, at least the Donald gets it regularly althoug...Yes, at least the Donald gets it regularly although it is apparently many times by force or he has to pay. So sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47234383875978469182017-01-16T23:51:22.712-05:002017-01-16T23:51:22.712-05:00Unlike DT, who is looking fat enough and is appare...Unlike DT, who is looking fat enough and is apparently sleeping 3 or 4 hours a night what with being so busy with Tweeting rants, it would be a terrible tragedy if he did not last long.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61653616071337002642017-01-16T23:47:25.254-05:002017-01-16T23:47:25.254-05:00No, we will be looking at a psychotic/near psychot...No, we will be looking at a psychotic/near psychotic person swearing an oath. That should make everyone feel good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59076476988164043842017-01-16T23:10:33.106-05:002017-01-16T23:10:33.106-05:00Start With A Gift?Start With A Gift?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54066977474311432652017-01-16T22:29:39.599-05:002017-01-16T22:29:39.599-05:00I'm another of those like @jberg who thought t...I'm another of those like @jberg who thought the phrase was SIX WAYS FROM SUNDAY. Held me up a slight bit when I couldn't fit that in.<br /><br />SWAG is also something you collect after a running/cycling/whatever race, typically as the post says, a bunch of promo stuff. Perhaps referenced as, "Did you see what was in the SWAG Bag?"<br /><br />Anyway, not bad for a Monday,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2324674927960908812017-01-16T20:04:07.215-05:002017-01-16T20:04:07.215-05:00Oh man you guys, I'm like physically aching in...Oh man you guys, I'm like physically aching in dread of what's going to take place this Friday. What should I do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76859525850684348882017-01-16T19:06:55.293-05:002017-01-16T19:06:55.293-05:00@Joe Bleaux - I'm guessing that you are using ...@Joe Bleaux - I'm guessing that you are using an iPhone or somesuch to comment, making your comment a total non sequitur to anyone not using a smartphone. That's why we mostly include things like "@LMS" if we want to ask them a question. Also, some of us check off "email follow-up" so we see your posts.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10917616772801375572017-01-16T18:36:25.014-05:002017-01-16T18:36:25.014-05:00Dems just don't get it (thank goodness). Plea...Dems just don't get it (thank goodness). Please keep making the same mistakes at least until 2018.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66589680263593481272017-01-16T18:27:43.400-05:002017-01-16T18:27:43.400-05:00Personal aside: You probably don't recognize m...Personal aside: You probably don't recognize my name, because -- as a retiree -- I rarely work the puzzle before noon; consequently, anything I might want to say has already been addressed by the commentariat. That (finally!) said, I noticed that in your Sunday comments, you mentioned your folks in Lilburn. Is that as in Gwinnett? If so, please let me know in your Tuesday comments. If not, do as the rest of the world is wont to do, and ignore me. Regardless, I daily look forward to anything you have to say; I'm especially anticipating tomorrow's comments. Thank you!Joe Bleauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161776968606180476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54450526745744512802017-01-16T17:52:22.510-05:002017-01-16T17:52:22.510-05:00Three-way tie in Jeopardy: https://www.youtube.co...Three-way tie in Jeopardy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72zn2KODSsY<br />But it actually can't happen anymore, since they changed the rules to provide for a sudden death round. <br /><br />I still can't wrap my head around Rex's objections to the revealer, since I fail to see how "to Sunday" is any more removed from "six ways" than "or another" is from "one way," but I've given up expecting him to make sense when he finds something to dislike. Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032302346488486116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-729573100769055432017-01-16T17:37:24.533-05:002017-01-16T17:37:24.533-05:00I have this tendency to treat the blog as a smorga...I have this tendency to treat the blog as a smorgasbord and glom onto the subjects that interest me, while skimming -- or skipping entirely -- those that don't. And right now, I'm very, very angry with myself for doing so. Had I been paying strict attention today to a whole host of exquisitely detailed, occasionally baffling comments, I would, by now, know more than enough about sailing to enough to confidently enter the race for the America's Cup. Maybe, who knows, even <i>win</i> it!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22748476694808178392017-01-16T17:35:49.516-05:002017-01-16T17:35:49.516-05:00Anyone care to guess Reverend King's political...Anyone care to guess Reverend King's political affiliation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51117850650170461992017-01-16T16:57:29.187-05:002017-01-16T16:57:29.187-05:00At least Zoe Saldana gets it.At least Zoe Saldana gets it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29183208075438059712017-01-16T16:57:19.007-05:002017-01-16T16:57:19.007-05:0051 "Sheet on a mast" threw me. As any s...51 "Sheet on a mast" threw me. As any sailor knows a sheet on a sailboat is a line, a jib sheet, main sheet, etc. There are dozens of obscure names for these lines. I never expected a sheet to be a sail.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10073026251889073680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62310588810171415312017-01-16T16:33:05.729-05:002017-01-16T16:33:05.729-05:00I hope if I ever achieve a NYT debut of my own, it...I hope if I ever achieve a NYT debut of my own, it's as neat, clean, and complaint-free as this one.Crane Poolenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48811735279508340472017-01-16T15:36:42.206-05:002017-01-16T15:36:42.206-05:00@Z and Mal - I did a few ANOVAS by hand back in th...@Z and Mal - I did a few ANOVAS by hand back in the late '60s/early 70's, so I have a deep appreciation for SPSS. jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19856077540732312422017-01-16T15:24:43.697-05:002017-01-16T15:24:43.697-05:00@Z. 'Bout forever . . . But using SPSS or som...@Z. 'Bout forever . . . But using SPSS or some such? Once data entry was done, a nano second, and then you get to PLAY WITH THE DATA!! Also known as unprofessional, unjustifiable, unethical, but so much fun! Malsdemarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05375476737540476148noreply@blogger.com