tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post8142633798750786054..comments2024-03-29T00:28:40.417-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Coinage of 2000 / SAT 6-8-19 / Sleepy stil / High-quality coffee variety / Oxymoronic breakRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65415039053647523022019-07-14T02:09:29.649-04:002019-07-14T02:09:29.649-04:00So late that this will not be read, but I'll h...So late that this will not be read, but I'll have satisfaction of writing it anyway.<br /><br />Re: yeah baby. When it first appeared I have to admit that I was somewhat <br />uncertain as to whether I thought it was OK, not OK, or if I cared. I've commented in a like way myself all the time wondering if I should. I have to say, though, that over the years I've grown to "know" @rondo (as much as you can know someone here), and I think he is definitely a non-sexist and generous man. Sure he has his proclivities, don't we all?, but he is open and, I think, honest, and a person whose opinion I like to see every day, just like @Spacey, @Lady Di, @leftcoastTAM and @Burma Shave. We used to be a larger bunch here in Syndiland, and I don't want it to shrink even more. Probably why I'm commenting at this ridiculous time. We don't all have to be of like minds -- my God, that would be boring. I think we all like to do the NYTX daily and comment on our solving. Nothing wrong with that even it it seems sometimes a little like a covert society, free of TAR. <br /><br />Anyway, in my opinion, carry on @rondo, and you, @spacey. The yeah babies and the DODs, male or female, shall survive, and once in a while, I'll join in.<br /><br />BTW, was the above considered MANSPLAINING? Oh yeah, I liked this puzzle.rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13844024053160282892019-07-13T21:16:02.597-04:002019-07-13T21:16:02.597-04:00And what makes you think @anon will get in "h...And what makes you think @anon will get in "his" word. Why not 'her' word?rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71468008400757468262019-07-13T21:01:59.625-04:002019-07-13T21:01:59.625-04:00Not rationalizations. Facts and explanation, hence...Not rationalizations. Facts and explanation, hence it's apparently been MANSPLAINED twice now. And why aren't folks up in arms about MANSPLAINED? Sexist more than dad bod or dad joke. Yeah baby stays.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6291231849204912132019-07-13T18:16:13.585-04:002019-07-13T18:16:13.585-04:00@rondo --
@Anonymous may still get his word in, b...@rondo -- <br />@Anonymous may still get his word in, but I think that regardless of your rationalizations, "yeah baby" still means "yeah baby", and that's not acceptable.leftcoastnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60796225597341201332019-07-13T18:07:29.478-04:002019-07-13T18:07:29.478-04:00Uh-oh...do I hear a DOD-bashing as well? Please fo...Uh-oh...do I hear a DOD-bashing as well? Please forgive us; these titles are conferred as honors. We do not in the least mean to denigrate. I once made Mother TERESA Damsel of the Day. What does that say?spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87606477239103033242019-07-13T18:01:43.215-04:002019-07-13T18:01:43.215-04:00@anon 3:49 - I apparently do have some MANSPLAININ...@anon 3:49 - I apparently do have some MANSPLAINING to do:<br />I've yeah babied the likes of Mother Teresa and Eleanor Roosevelt and Golda Meir and Helen Keller, not what I'd consider leer-worthy, so put that in your gross pipe and smoke it offensively. I've even yeah babied a few guys for that matter. I've been been told that during daily readings of this blog to a less than fully ABLE person, that person couldn't wait for the yeah baby of the day.<br /><br />As for your stilted stats - Every woman that does what I do for a living for the past 36 years has made exactly as much or more than I do. I even trained a handful of those who were already earning more than me. That should be gross and offensive, but I didn't see it that way.<br /><br />The 'average' American woman is 6 inches shorter and 10 pounds heavier than me, so am I the one who's unsafe? Don't tell me about your car safety issues unless they include new measures for all short and/or overweight people (including men), all of whom BTW are a drain on my health insurance (and life insurance) premiums.<br /><br />Those other things you mention should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Even those that are more prevalent and generally found in other countries/cultures. Good luck on your soon-to-be-launched overseas crusade. I wish you the best. What's that? Not going? Then don't whine to me.<br /><br />So . . . my recognition of women (and men) of note (for whatever reason) that appear in a xword puz will continue in this blog as it has for years, probably years before you knew it existed. You don't have to read my posts. <br /><br />Perfect example of why interesting posters like @evil doug have left.<br />rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7155232293562532302019-07-13T17:36:02.646-04:002019-07-13T17:36:02.646-04:00@ rondo --
I have to agree with @Anonymous 3:49....@ rondo -- <br />I have to agree with @Anonymous 3:49. The "yeah baby" era is over, or should be.leftcoastnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60793628967943750522019-07-13T16:22:17.880-04:002019-07-13T16:22:17.880-04:00Too many non-AHA moments for me today. Oh well. ...Too many non-AHA moments for me today. Oh well. Must need a non-WORKINGVACATION. <br /><br />Anon - My SR on line has the puzzle, but it's by subscription. (The whole paper, that it.)<br /><br />Uh oh - I hear Mr. W bellowing from the other room.<br /><br />Diana, LIWDiana,LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3972078307635065282019-07-13T15:49:40.574-04:002019-07-13T15:49:40.574-04:00@rondo, please stop the YEAH BABY nonsense.
It...@rondo, please stop the YEAH BABY nonsense.<br /><br />It's the verbal equivalent of a leer. It's gross and offensive, and the unconscionable misogyny in this world harms women in real ways, from lower wages to car-safety measures that don't take their body size into account (so more women die in crashes than men even though women are safer drivers and cause fewer crashes), to domestic violence, rape, female genital mutilation, and "honor" killings.<br /><br />Just ... stop, please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67385000079472022832019-07-13T15:40:23.397-04:002019-07-13T15:40:23.397-04:00Easy? No. AHA moment? Hardly.
DNF fodder: NERF
...Easy? No. AHA moment? Hardly.<br /><br />DNF fodder: NERF<br /> NFC<br /> CEL<br /> SULU<br /> HELL <br /><br />Plea: NO CONTEST<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />leftcoastnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4550250670844976492019-07-13T15:04:10.737-04:002019-07-13T15:04:10.737-04:00@Diana -- Thanks for your reply yesterday. The onl...@Diana -- Thanks for your reply yesterday. The online Spokesman Review doesn't offer the NYT puzzle, so I'll have to stick with my current source (the Seattle Times online, which I'm very happy to have access to) and my six-week lag.<br /><br />Thanks again.<br /><br />Syndie Solver, 7-13-19Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42901685289150925862019-07-13T13:29:41.264-04:002019-07-13T13:29:41.264-04:00No trouble with Sacagawea, as once upon a time NJ ...No trouble with Sacagawea, as once upon a time NJ Girl Scouts in the summer would go to Camp Sacagawea while Boy Scouts would go to Camp Sakawawin.5wksltrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29216274674962618582019-07-13T13:21:42.739-04:002019-07-13T13:21:42.739-04:00A coupla small issues with love lines as iDo befor...A coupla small issues with love lines as iDo before ODE and a bAt in the dugout before an OAR. No big INKfest.<br /><br />I used to be a UNIONREP. A THANKless job.<br /><br />MANSPLAINED needs to be expelled from the language, and if you don't know why, let me tell ya . . .<br /><br />Willing and ABLE to accept a SEXT from you gals.<br /><br />That DYNAMO MITZI Gaynor famously had the COSTUMESHOP make up that gown that almost wasn't. Yeah baby and THANK you for the DANCELESSON.<br /><br />Not the FINEST puz ever, but if I FESSUP, pretty good.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31773753632751187282019-07-13T12:57:57.663-04:002019-07-13T12:57:57.663-04:00SEXT CEL ORATE
MITZI MANSPLAINED, "It's ...SEXT CEL ORATE<br /><br />MITZI MANSPLAINED, "It's NOCONTEST, SUN,<br />let's STEER this 'DANCE'LESSON to the COSTUMESHOP,<br />THANK your UNIONREP URAL ODE some fun,<br />when conFRONTED with your FINEST MASC, IHOP."<br /><br />--- DAMON REILLY, RET.Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-580307333880524632019-07-13T10:41:59.244-04:002019-07-13T10:41:59.244-04:00Ah, old school! DOD MITZI Gaynor was my way in: &q...Ah, old school! DOD MITZI Gaynor was my way in: "Anything goes!" There was some trickiness hereabouts, but nothing that doesn't belong in a Saturday. I make it medium for the day. Stickiest point was the etiquette list: I had dONtS for way too long. Trickiest clue: that body of water thing for SULU. C'mon, man, you'll have Trekkies calling for your head. There will only ever be one SULU, so there. I thought it was a cool puzzle, with MANSPLAINED as a nodding NONO (for me, anyway). I better never. Birdie.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20841013293122133152019-06-10T12:56:37.288-04:002019-06-10T12:56:37.288-04:00I still don’t know who sacagawea is. I gather sh...I still don’t know who sacagawea is. I gather she helped Lewis and Clark from the above post but what else do we know about her? Wikipedia not helpful Salliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01868132807494992969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90480604525915238422019-06-09T10:30:19.527-04:002019-06-09T10:30:19.527-04:00Maybe the fill was the unavoidable price of the am...Maybe the fill was the unavoidable price of the amazing symmetry?The Grammar Nazinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-475248889389210332019-06-09T06:33:40.546-04:002019-06-09T06:33:40.546-04:00I had exactly the same issues you did!I had exactly the same issues you did!Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06678891660311001926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22262798746380821162019-06-08T22:23:22.578-04:002019-06-08T22:23:22.578-04:00Just so y’all know, one absolutely can get hurt wi...Just so y’all know, one absolutely can get hurt with supposedly “safe” NERF toys and a NERF war is a real thing. Could be an actual pretend war or a game that devolves into sibling bickering and havoc. Young sibs of my teenage girlfriend who saw the commercials on Saturday cartoons in the day believed the hype and thought NERF baseball would be just fine in the house, right? Until the ball hits the long stemmed flowers in the crystal vase and it tips over, crashing to the floor scaring the daylights out of the dog sleeping under the coffee table. Dog jumps up, coffee table goes over spilling beverages and popcorn all over the living room carpet. Regardless of said commercials, parental unit walking in to the chaos yells, “I told you kids not to throw ANYTHING in the house!” Said children’s nether regions were indeed hurt. Thus endeth the NERF war circa 1969.<br />CDilly52https://www.blogger.com/profile/07727001753847073030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19096206172850063582019-06-08T21:15:30.433-04:002019-06-08T21:15:30.433-04:00@Crimson Devil
Nolo Contendere? @Crimson Devil<br /><br />Nolo Contendere? JC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29865285879818477042019-06-08T20:59:56.191-04:002019-06-08T20:59:56.191-04:00Agree re “no contest”, not heard in 40 yrs of “Whi...Agree re “no contest”, not heard in 40 yrs of “White Collar” defense.Crimson Devilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665174292516725433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83520772650555940342019-06-08T19:34:02.551-04:002019-06-08T19:34:02.551-04:00BTW, can't wait to see @Rex's rant about t...BTW, can't wait to see @Rex's rant about tomorrow's 94D.JC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12931333267148851242019-06-08T19:29:28.003-04:002019-06-08T19:29:28.003-04:00@Z
My point was that "esoteric" didn...@Z<br /><br />My point was that "esoteric" didn't effect the solve.JC66https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324615675333287919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56172339815122332062019-06-08T19:10:03.047-04:002019-06-08T19:10:03.047-04:00Dugout=canoe? This was an incredibly painful puzzl...Dugout=canoe? This was an incredibly painful puzzle. Some real stretches here. joebloggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07732998343339867059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35517927225883206562019-06-08T19:06:50.891-04:002019-06-08T19:06:50.891-04:00No clue what LMGTFY means but it was like a Susan ...No clue what LMGTFY means but it was like a Susan B. Anthony dollar more recently. I’ll try to be helpful unlike kfja joebloggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07732998343339867059noreply@blogger.com