tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post8580480162664821722..comments2024-03-29T03:22:09.826-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Homer with one RBI in baseball lingo / FRI 4-24-20 / Destructive 2017 hurricane / Historic destination in County Kerry Ireland Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30323171030116974502020-10-24T04:09:49.255-04:002020-10-24T04:09:49.255-04:00I just want the whole world to know about this spe...I just want the whole world to know about this spell caster I met<br />two weeks ago, wisdomspiritualtemple@gmail.com I cannot say everything he has done for me my wife<br />left me 3 years ago left with my kids I was going through online<br />when I meant this wonderful man's testimony online I decided to<br />give it a try and my wife is back to me now and we ar1e happily<br />married again cause is too much to put in writing all I can say is<br />thank you very much am very happy .and does alot of spell<br />including Love Spell<br />Death Spell<br />Money Spell<br />Power Spell<br />Success Spell<br />Sickness Spell<br />Pregnancy Spell<br />Marriage Spell<br />Job Spell<br />Protection Spell<br />Lottery Spell<br />Court Case Spell<br />Luck Spell etc. In case you need his help contact him on this email<br />address wisdomspiritualtemple@gmail.com he is a good man<br />thanks.whatsapp number +234813 648 2342micheal panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17125801200227490799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91388967455143176262020-05-29T19:54:14.770-04:002020-05-29T19:54:14.770-04:00Succumbed to the SE corner.
But wait - it wasn...Succumbed to the SE corner.<br /><br />But wait - it wasn't PASTAS? I'm having a terribly confused day. <br /><br />Diana, LIWDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-734806009664432902020-05-29T16:54:24.709-04:002020-05-29T16:54:24.709-04:00Hand up for PaSTaS before PESTOS, so I ended up fi...Hand up for PaSTaS before PESTOS, so I ended up finishing in that area, and TRALEE. Otherwise not terribly difficult. Started with gimme SOLOSHOT, of which I may need numerous if someone OPENSATAB. This is the one day of the week I had planned to work in the office, but the whole MN Capitol Complex and widely surrounding areas are shut down due to the unrest in the Twin Cities. So working from home today is a real challenge. Loot a Target store? No problem if you’re wearing a COVID mask. Most banks also completely shut. May I SUBTLY say ISLA Fisher WON the day?rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38975822035417848972020-05-29T15:49:02.360-04:002020-05-29T15:49:02.360-04:00BUSY with PPPs? Let them BEDAMNed, as he OPENS A T...BUSY with PPPs? Let them BEDAMNed, as he OPENS A TAB.leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69614109725854564932020-05-29T14:36:48.453-04:002020-05-29T14:36:48.453-04:00Well, I guess I'm in the minority here in that...Well, I guess I'm in the minority here in that I liked this puzzle, though it was easier than most Friday puzzles. THAT'S WEIRD, I heard someone say.<br /><br />I liked the three-stack in the centre, as I did BRITISH RAJ, as I did TO THE LAST, SOLO SHOT, and OPENS A TAB. I have two friends named BERTHA and one of them is a lawyer, so that resonated a bit. There *were* a number of plurals, PESTOS being the least fun, but what the hey! It's a puzzle. Plurals help. Constructors need help, and on many occasions, a HAND.<br /><br />Happy to oblige.rainforestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39944614078417474702020-05-29T14:17:36.447-04:002020-05-29T14:17:36.447-04:00TOTHELAST BUSY GRAB HAND:
TOMBOYS can BEDAMN toug...TOTHELAST BUSY GRAB HAND:<br /><br />TOMBOYS can BEDAMN tough,<br />YET THAT’SWEIRD about their hair:<br />BRISTLEs under SKIRTs are rough;<br />so THE SHAGBARK is ALLTHERE.<br /><br />--- IOLA ISLA BAIO<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14169681578916621902020-05-29T14:12:50.363-04:002020-05-29T14:12:50.363-04:00If you want a challenge, Dec 6, 1994, hope you kno...If you want a challenge, Dec 6, 1994, hope you know your foreign films!DaveR8Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01753947008714140222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-92038857625214912402020-05-29T11:05:44.347-04:002020-05-29T11:05:44.347-04:00My biggest surprise was seeing OFC's rating of...My biggest surprise was seeing OFC's rating of med-chal. I found it easy-medium, made even that difficult by a few 75-cent clue words. So not that many triumph points--and not many for anything else, either. GRABABITE[TOEAT] has to be the greenest paint I've ever seen. It was so green...<br /><br />[audience] HOW GREEN WAS IT? --Sorry, been watching way too much Match Game lately. During a pandemic, you get used to daytime fare, so it's either game shows or soaps.<br /><br />Now, when was the last hurricane that WASN'T "destructive?" C'mon, man.<br /><br />Mr. G has never been on my a-list of constructors, and he has done nothing today to make it. DOD to ISLA Fisher. A listless list of words. Bogey.spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23034591673144592482020-04-26T03:30:11.546-04:002020-04-26T03:30:11.546-04:00Simply the worst puzzle I’ve done in years. I hate...Simply the worst puzzle I’ve done in years. I hated every minute of it.johannesclimacushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11816951940233834195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45117442757760649502020-04-25T11:30:20.000-04:002020-04-25T11:30:20.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Carolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971759975067250908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73950287503421783602020-04-25T00:58:34.607-04:002020-04-25T00:58:34.607-04:00I like this one a lot. Not much the first pass or...I like this one a lot. Not much the first pass or 5, but a few lucky guesses and I got the SW done and slowly marched through the rest. At least is seemed slowly; my time came well below average.<br /><br />A nit: Big Bertha was a WWI (not WWII) German cannon, a naval gun on a railroad car.<br /><br />Seeing IOLA reminded me of an aunt-in-law (or some such distant relative) named IOLA. I never met her, but my folks would occasionally mention her in some story from long ago. Funny how those things turn up.<br /><br />For our quaranteened dog, we have a closed back yard and bunnies under the deck. He gets a lot of fresh Colorado air (as long as the traffic flow is reduced).Monty Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924320449868956299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3020450297397363792020-04-25T00:29:18.243-04:002020-04-25T00:29:18.243-04:00Please restrict your comments to the crossword. Yo...Please restrict your comments to the crossword. You obviously are clueless about the virus. I remember that not long ago you were saying confidently that deaths in the U.S. would not be more than 20,000. And now unlike just about everyone in public health in medicine, you are failing to understand the importance of testing.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57803951264169030072020-04-24T23:45:03.841-04:002020-04-24T23:45:03.841-04:00@kitscheg real cyclists don't ride on recreati...@kitscheg real cyclists don't ride on recreational trails. I don't know why anyone would ride a bike fast on a trail with walkers. Around here the recreational trails are so packed, everyone is too close. My friend who lives right off a popular trail said the runners are spitting on everyone. She's not walking there any more. Too many people, and she is ready to strangle the runners.<br />These are also generalizations, but I'm not going to say there are rare exceptions. I'm going to say there are a lot of exceptions. Camilitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828952049318428219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28568914520945674862020-04-24T22:49:56.084-04:002020-04-24T22:49:56.084-04:00@Giovanni - observation from the multi-use trail t...@Giovanni - observation from the multi-use trail that runs behind our house. The faster the user, the less they respect social distancing. Walkers are great - they'll cross all the way to the other side or walk in the grass to give enough space. Runners usually do, but if they would need to slow down appreciably to allow a gap to develop, they'll sort of duck heads and move through. Cyclists rarely make any effort at all. These are all generalizations and there are exceptions, but the exceptions are rare.kitshefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014225555838850414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53448352268166065412020-04-24T22:38:36.249-04:002020-04-24T22:38:36.249-04:00Am I the only one bothered by ARMS clued as “Asset...Am I the only one bothered by ARMS clued as “Assets of QBs”? When the clue is abbreviated, so is the answer; those are the rules. ARMS may be the assets of a quarterback, but the assets of a QB are WRs and whatnot. <br /><br />I agree with Rex about the rest. Some tough stuff mixed in with irritating obscurities. Jesse Witthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17303843866820554058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84104490112592138722020-04-24T21:39:17.885-04:002020-04-24T21:39:17.885-04:00This was not your typical Thursday. Enjoyable for...This was not your typical Thursday. Enjoyable for the most part, but went a bit too quickly - for a Thursday.<br /><br />Bristlecone Pine was the best of the lot. Those trees are simply amazing, and vastly misunderstood.<br /><br />@Loren - Regarding whenever this came up, "whom" cannot die quickly enough for those of us who realize Latin isn't all that. English neither needs nor uses case since, what, 1400 Anno Domini? <br /><br />As an aside, no language needs more than one way to say "the."Runs with Scissorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16280938333784679275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30731434264357888262020-04-24T19:36:12.148-04:002020-04-24T19:36:12.148-04:00@Z....si, mi compadre. I don't care if CHE is ...@Z....si, mi compadre. I don't care if CHE is in a clue. I don't care if MAO is included as well. They are part of our history. I think I might've blown a gasket when Erik Agard clued him as "Hero buried in Santa Clara, Cuba." I know I went on a tirade.....and had he, or Will, has said "hero to many" I would've swallowed my spittle and moved on. Yes...Hollywood and people who are ignorant (there, I've said it) want to glamorize him... so be it. He was a monstrous murderer. Even Castro thought so, at the end.<br />Cheers...and wear a mask....I can show you how to make one made from old smelly socks!GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9628662308656977762020-04-24T19:12:02.236-04:002020-04-24T19:12:02.236-04:00@oldtimer 12:58 -Thank you.
@meepmoop - I don’t ...@oldtimer 12:58 -Thank you. <br /><br />@meepmoop - I don’t think the Uttar Pradesh comment yesterday was being flippant. I think it was someone just observing why they were confused. As a non-Simpson watcher (we do exist) I understood the potential to confuse a place you’re not really familiar with and a t.v. show that is used a lot to clue names. <br />And nowhere did I say masks were unimportant. I get why you thought that, but no.<br /><br />@Reno retired - @Gill I especially, but not solely, has discussed CHE at length. Let me refer you to @Gill I at 8:18a.m. on this past Wednesday and the responses to it throughout the day. I suspect that she didn’t mention it today because the clue was relatively neutral and she had just written on it at length two days ago. <br /><br />@Adam S - Oops, I said Harpers but it was the New Yorker article I read. It’s a good article. Thanks.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34293222112071723972020-04-24T19:04:23.056-04:002020-04-24T19:04:23.056-04:00@Giovanni: An excellent thoughtful personal assess...@Giovanni: An excellent thoughtful personal assessment of risk. If I were you I would behave exactly as you plan to. <br /><br />Our (Democratic) governor in Colorado has been a terrific leader during this crisis. He has announced that beginning next week the state’s policy will change from “stay at home” to “safer at home”. With explicit guidance not yet spelled out (and highly detailed rules would most likely be very confusing, controversial, subject to constant revision, and difficult to enforce), that is generally interpreted to mean that businesses can reopen and people without symptoms can gather in small groups provided masks are worn and 6-foot separation is maintained. (When I go out walking now I see almost 100% compliance with these rules.)<br /><br />Our state has documented cumulative infection in 0.2% of the population (11.3K cases). The number is now increasing by a pretty steady 3% per day (doubling time about 4 weeks if sustained at that level). At no time has anything close to exponential growth in cases been seen statewide, and many of the new cases are associated with localized outbreaks. Total COVID deaths to date number 557, about 0.01% of the population, close to the usual number of deaths from other causes in 3-4 days.<br /><br />The problem has certainly not disappeared, and many people have suffered terribly as a direct result of the virus, but it now looks far less worrisome from an overall public health perspective than it did when stay-home was imposed about a month ago, despite the continued modest upward trend in numbers. The hardship caused by economic and social consequences of stay-home, however, continues to snowball, and implicit in that is growing risk from secondary health issues. <br /><br />Even if COVID rates are underreported by a factor of 10, it seems hardly foolish for healthy people to take advantage, with precautions, of relaxed restrictions. If there is convincing evidence of growing danger after a short period of careful observation, policy will need to change; if not, we can all sigh with relief as we scurry to prepare for likely greater pandemic problems beginning a few months from now. (Also, I can’t see how testing is essential for this: Numbers of hospital admissions and ICU admissions should tell what is going on quite reliably.)<br />webwingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06094652109001902873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22347629102016052002020-04-24T18:59:58.745-04:002020-04-24T18:59:58.745-04:00@gill I thought I was blue. I definitely was at so...@gill I thought I was blue. I definitely was at some point and I had my poodle avatar and it's vanished. I'll fix it! Show your daughter that article. I think the person on Facebook that was arguing with me didn't actually read it! Around here, we have cancelled all group rides. Everyone is riding solo. It's not bad because there is no traffic and the air is cleaner.Camilitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828952049318428219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55912020335795343252020-04-24T18:31:17.768-04:002020-04-24T18:31:17.768-04:00@Giovanni...Can I nag you like I have @Suzie Q, @B...@Giovanni...Can I nag you like I have @Suzie Q, @Barbara S, @Pamela, @Kathy and several other newcomers, to become blue? Well...@Suzie isn't exactly new, but she knows what I mean. It really is easy and free. A picture is worth a thousand words.....<br />I've come back, not to really nag but to nod and clap at your bike story. Our daughter is an avid bike rider. She has stopped going out with her friends precisely because of what you said. The air stream that you inhale with "things" that come out of the front biker's mouth while you're huffing and puffing uphill is not pretty. Sacramento is a big bike riding society and I've yet to see any of them wear any kind of protective gear. Alas....should we all be drinking some Lysol with vodka soon?GILL I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05605766053820226324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20097420835968776662020-04-24T18:08:43.593-04:002020-04-24T18:08:43.593-04:00Laugh-out-loud chuckles today from @manitou's ...Laugh-out-loud chuckles today from @manitou's plaint about bristle cone pine trees skewing old, and @kitshef's Milky Way remark which had me picturing the Olympics fans in the stands wearing their bandannas and maraschinoed straws.Teedmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832353448839187816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90054762480258143832020-04-24T17:56:19.526-04:002020-04-24T17:56:19.526-04:00Easy-medium except for SE which took some sussing....Easy-medium except for SE which took some sussing. I knew STELE from crosswords but I don’t remember ever seeing the AE plural, so erasing was required. <br /><br />Solid but not particularly scintillating, liked it. <br /><br />@Barbara S - After all of yesterday’s comments, too tried SB for the first time last night and got to somewhere in the early 20s on my first few passes. Then I too had a pangram epiphany late in the evenings and quit when I got the genius designation. It’s an addictive game.jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65825479353418706052020-04-24T17:53:36.934-04:002020-04-24T17:53:36.934-04:00Sara 10:01 AM - I found Deb Amlen's blog but f...Sara 10:01 AM - I found Deb Amlen's blog but finding the Bee thread in it was harder - but I just found it. At the top of the Comments section, instead of a "Recommended" tab, I found "Reader Picks." And when I clicked on that, Doug's post about today's Spelling Bee came right up. I hope this is the way to find Doug's Spelling Bee post every day, but I guess I'll have to wait till tomorrow's blog to see if clicking on "Reader Picks" brings it up again.Linda Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00416918556231957283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66764113545295657602020-04-24T17:44:36.436-04:002020-04-24T17:44:36.436-04:00@bauskern – Frank Hardy's girlfriend was Calli...@bauskern – Frank Hardy's girlfriend was Callie Shaw (waves to @pablo). Iola Morton was the sister of their friend Chet Morton. <br /><br />Iola was also the name of Dave Brubeck's wife. She wrote lyrics to some of his songs.Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.com