tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post8210554561316602016..comments2024-03-28T20:15:26.332-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: WEDNESDAY, Nov. 7, 2007 - Richard ChisholmRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81149634366175414622007-12-19T20:23:00.000-05:002007-12-19T20:23:00.000-05:00Good Updike connection to the short story. Seeing...Good Updike connection to the short story. Seeing the Updike photo next to Hub reminds me of his great sports piece, Kid Bids Hub Fans Adieu. I've loved it and used in journalism class for years. The one time I've seen/heard Updike read live he made a passing reference to the piece. Good memories of that simpler time when I read Leigh Montville's Teddy Ballgame bio a summer or two ago. Thanks for posting the Updike pic . . .made my day!Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16659858335748179668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-41688145773259937122007-11-08T09:38:00.000-05:002007-11-08T09:38:00.000-05:00DREAM POLICE would've made this puzzle into someth...DREAM POLICE would've made this puzzle into something transcendently pop-cultural. My best friend in 8th grade moved to another state before high school. During those early-'80s teen years, she once saw Robin Zander in an airport. (My celebrity sightings include Jackie Mason in a restaurant and Carrot Top in a hotel elevator.)Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88898656182876926002007-11-08T02:08:00.000-05:002007-11-08T02:08:00.000-05:00rikki and eric -- SIXAM is early when bedtime is T...rikki and eric -- SIXAM is early when bedtime is TWOAM. The night has just begun!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73589614444457896282007-11-08T00:54:00.000-05:002007-11-08T00:54:00.000-05:00Jaypeg, glad to have reminded you of a fine song. ...Jaypeg, glad to have reminded you of a fine song. (Nanci Griffith doesn't do a half-bad version of it.) Yes, a pity about Michael Stewart.<BR/><BR/>Rikki, thanks for throwing in the lyrics to Hank's "Hey Good Looking."<BR/><BR/>Wednesday's puzzle was OK. The use of types of boat was a rather clever theme, and there were some neat fills. No comic book clues, but you can't have everything. This weekend spoiled me in that regard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25919110926610077922007-11-07T23:53:00.000-05:002007-11-07T23:53:00.000-05:00Whats a steeple jack?-- multiple-degree-holding-in...Whats a steeple jack?<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>-- multiple-degree-holding-intellectualAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16770490284109685642007-11-07T23:52:00.001-05:002007-11-07T23:52:00.001-05:00Whats a steeple jack?-- multiple-degree-holding-in...Whats a steeple jack?<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>-- multiple-degree-holding-intellectualAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50477750464164773982007-11-07T23:52:00.000-05:002007-11-07T23:52:00.000-05:00Whats a steeple jack?-multiple-degree-holding-inte...Whats a steeple jack?<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>-multiple-degree-holding-intellectualAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16695456001982736602007-11-07T23:32:00.000-05:002007-11-07T23:32:00.000-05:00Mac...Hey good lookin'Watcha got cookin'How's abou...Mac...<BR/><BR/>Hey good lookin'<BR/>Watcha got cookin'<BR/>How's about cookin'<BR/>Something up with me.<BR/><BR/>Hey sweet baby<BR/>Doncha think maybe<BR/>We could find us a <BR/>Brand new recipe.<BR/><BR/>That's a great one. Hank Williams wrote it and my dad used to sing it to me when I was little. Now, if it were Newman's Own recipe, I just bet I could find some wild oats in my cupboard!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22408589776639522422007-11-07T23:28:00.000-05:002007-11-07T23:28:00.000-05:00Rex, who is the man behind and next to your wife i...Rex, who is the man behind and next to your wife in her blog?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63463838870544998262007-11-07T23:16:00.000-05:002007-11-07T23:16:00.000-05:00Rikki, I seem to remember a song that goes: "Hey, ...Rikki, I seem to remember a song that goes: "Hey, goodlooking....".<BR/><BR/>Paul Newman lives in my neighborhood and is still with his steak, who is a charming, beautiful woman. He's very much involved with a summer stock theater, even built a restaurant with locally grown and raised food right next to it. <BR/><BR/>P.S. I seem to be night owl in this crowdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79289128238583491462007-11-07T23:12:00.000-05:002007-11-07T23:12:00.000-05:00The Dream Police, they live inside of my head (ins...The Dream Police, they live inside of my head (inside my head!)<BR/>The Dream Police, they come to me in my bed (me in my bed!)<BR/>The Dream Police, they're coming to arrest me, oh noooooooo.<BR/><BR/>Saw Cheap Trick many moons ago at a small club in Baltimore that no longer exists (Hammerjack's). I was a little bit older and more, shall we say, mainstream than many of the other young women in attendance. While standing in line for the bathroom while the band took a break, a girl in front of me exclaimed to her friend, "Robin Zander is, like, OLD."PuzzleGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09017772879976436923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-8808795939303436752007-11-07T22:27:00.000-05:002007-11-07T22:27:00.000-05:00rikki,I do remember very early on, when I had a co...rikki,<BR/><BR/>I do remember very early on, when I had a couple wild oats left, Paul Newman saying "why go out for hamburger when you have steak at home?" Sounds sexist today but the opposite then.<BR/><BR/>And OK, the TCAffair is an exception...great scene in the museum with the clones in bowlers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89344805588454489492007-11-07T21:52:00.000-05:002007-11-07T21:52:00.000-05:00DREAM POLICE should have been an answer in this pu...DREAM POLICE should have been an answer in this puzzle!<BR/><BR/>[it's a Cheap Trick album/song, in case you're wondering... with "The"]<BR/><BR/>rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54381186140897969522007-11-07T21:34:00.000-05:002007-11-07T21:34:00.000-05:00Jay Peg... Hard to even think of Tom Cruise and Pa...Jay Peg... Hard to even think of Tom Cruise and Paul Newman in the same breathe considering the way TC seems to have given up acting and sold his soul. Too much ego is very unhealthy. I much prefer the way Paul Newman stayed quietly married to the same woman for years and put the energy and creativity of his mind and talent into being one of the first to put organic food into the mass market. Don't anyone tell me that he puts gerbils up his patootie or has 4-year-old Asian children making his products. I'll cry... I swear I will.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Wendy... I feel the same way about remade movies, though I did enjoy the remake of the Thomas Crown Affair, probably for the pure sensuality of those two beautiful people dancing the tango. I'm a sucker for a tango. <BR/><BR/>Speaking of good-looking and good-looker, besides the obvious that one is an adjective and one is a noun, they seem to have the same meaning. Good-looker is the noun form of a good-looking person. Though unlikely to be used in speech, I think it is interchangeable with lots of other terms for a good-looking person (cutie, hunk, hottie, babe). These all seem comparable to me and any one of them would have fit the bill for the answer to the clue. Can a man be good-looking and not be a hunk or a hottie (or a dream boat if you were a teen in the fifties)? Wait... that's another kind of boat. It all comes together in the end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44718646723903387982007-11-07T21:09:00.000-05:002007-11-07T21:09:00.000-05:00I thought this was really easy, but see that not e...I thought this was really easy, but see that not everyone thinks this way. The other day, the suggestion was made by two noted constructors -DQ and MN -- that people rate puzzles for difficulty on a scale of ten. I thought this was a good idea. I find my ratings of difficulty don't correlate well with Rex's, even adjusting for day-of-the week. (I did not like the other idea at all-- of a veteran's section.)Michael Chibnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700426644898924644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16347288119330993922007-11-07T19:25:00.000-05:002007-11-07T19:25:00.000-05:00liaise definitely maid me shirk. and isnt there a ...liaise definitely maid me shirk. and isnt there a crucial difference between good-looking and good-looker? i think so.emilyjo.c @ gmail dot comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00655500162258513774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53501980365116947372007-11-07T19:08:00.000-05:002007-11-07T19:08:00.000-05:00Stick an "a" in there when neededStick an "a" in there when neededBarney Googlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551872377869122058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32886293732825946662007-11-07T19:07:00.000-05:002007-11-07T19:07:00.000-05:00I said it the top and I'll say it again at the bot...I said it the top and I'll say it again at the bottom: For a Wednesday this was puzzle with a great theme and construction.<BR/><BR/>I do not like a lot of ABBRVS or ABRVS or ABVS either but I think this was well done.Barney Googlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551872377869122058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16974806885667966472007-11-07T18:52:00.000-05:002007-11-07T18:52:00.000-05:00Puzzlegirl, puhleeze. You think I would object to ...Puzzlegirl, puhleeze. You think I would object to deleting and starting over in the service of perfection? Nay! More power to you.<BR/><BR/>The house parties Karen mentioned—one of the greatest advantages to living in the city is that nobody here ever invites me to those parties. Well, nobody but my relatives in the suburbs, that is.<BR/><BR/>Pete M, re: your second picture: Aw, furry bears! There's actually a gift shop in my neighborhood for the bear community.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76602512443709388692007-11-07T18:25:00.000-05:002007-11-07T18:25:00.000-05:00I'm very surprised that Rex teaches Updike in a Ho...I'm very surprised that Rex teaches Updike in a Honors seminar and yet is not acquainted with William Butler Yeats. Indeed some puzzles back he had some unkind words for the great Irish poet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58651758677472412042007-11-07T17:23:00.000-05:002007-11-07T17:23:00.000-05:00Rikki, I would put YSER in your list.Pete M, I thi...Rikki, I would put YSER in your list.<BR/><BR/>Pete M, I think of your (first) picture as somewhat like a PARTY boat, but I thought the awning had to be blue by law.<BR/><BR/>I've been invited to HOUSE parties that sell jewelry, candles, bags, and clothes. It's an evolving language thing, I guess.<BR/><BR/>Fast time for me, and I liked the theme.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80692111599886211102007-11-07T16:46:00.000-05:002007-11-07T16:46:00.000-05:00Not a bad puzzle for a Wednesday. Didn't need to ...Not a bad puzzle for a Wednesday. Didn't need to Googe anything and years of crosswords certainly helped. Started in the middle with Kansas and worked out from there. Ended up in SW corner, which took a little more time than I would have liked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-86951775557624618822007-11-07T16:25:00.000-05:002007-11-07T16:25:00.000-05:00Oh bite your tongue, jay peg! ;) Don't give the su...Oh bite your tongue, jay peg! ;) Don't give the suits any ideas ... not that they're known for having actual ideas.wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06899889818724088564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-70185426622209601322007-11-07T16:18:00.000-05:002007-11-07T16:18:00.000-05:00wendy --re movie do-overs: you are so right. Your...wendy --<BR/>re movie do-overs: you are so right. Your last paragraph says it perfectly. Michael Caine is Alfie. You can have the Oceans series with the pretty boys as well. Entry requirement for a rat-pack should be rattiness, not Hollywood glamhype.<BR/><BR/>rikki --<BR/>Yeah, I know, "Hud". I was having a little fun with the Hub name. Can you imagaine a do-over with, say, TCruise in the Newman role? Yikes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90367165423927652862007-11-07T16:00:00.000-05:002007-11-07T16:00:00.000-05:00Yeah, Rikki, even different locations in town seem...Yeah, Rikki, even different locations in town seem to have more influence on flowers' blooming than does the nominal season. So much depends on proximity to the ocean I find. Trees tend to stick to their seasonal expectations, though. Because of the equable climate so many borderline species show quite drastically different behaviors, such as the Jacaranda tree indicating whether the spring has been relatively warm or cool. The UCSC Botanical Garden is a fascinatingly different zone for plants despite being less than two miles away. You're down by SLO, are you not? I reckon the variance might be even more stark there? That old crossword chestnut, the ASTER, never shows up in Autumn here either.fergushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056002311944010536noreply@blogger.com