tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post8644213522853381695..comments2024-03-28T09:35:39.262-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Lobbying org. formed in 1944 / SUN 7-12-15 / Harry's 1948 Dixiecrat opponent / Berkshire racecourse site / Western city named after Shoshone chief / Children's heroine with dog Weenie / Tabloid show beginning in 1991 / Ruler entombed in Great Pyramid / Perambulates western-style / Fictional resort in 1988 #1 hitRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74544564720591230412017-05-06T09:54:49.865-04:002017-05-06T09:54:49.865-04:00Much thanks for this helpful article. I like it. ...Much thanks for this helpful article. I like it. <a href="http://lakelandlawyers.net" rel="nofollow">Attorney Lakeland Fl</a><br />Lauren Gottliebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593983796269846834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-532093885220352972015-09-20T11:40:07.140-04:002015-09-20T11:40:07.140-04:00AYE AYE, DOCTOR (53A: "I'll obey your med...AYE AYE, DOCTOR (53A: "I'll obey your medical advice!"?) CHOO-CHOO TOYS (85A: Lionel trains?) COCOA CONSPIRATORS (93A: Group ... <a href="http://elioneltrains.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">elioneltrains.blogspot.com</a><br />Lionel Trainshttp://elioneltrains.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35487836093611502462015-07-20T10:24:56.607-04:002015-07-20T10:24:56.607-04:00La Vie Boheme said that MIM IAND MY BIG MOUTH was ...La Vie Boheme said that MIM IAND MY BIG MOUTH was nonsensical. Not at all. Didn't you ever hear "Me and my big mouth"? It was my favorite. I know of La Boheme from the modern version--the musical Rent--you knw that, right, Rex? I thought it was a fun puzzle. I love being able to solve the entire thing with googling.junipernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11596311681743822015-07-19T20:22:09.930-04:002015-07-19T20:22:09.930-04:00Haha. TUTU funny. Or zany as someone said. Filled ...Haha. TUTU funny. Or zany as someone said. Filled this one in while flat water kayaking on the St. Croix. Sometimes there's just better things to start the day with. This grid is now just oily from handling with Banana Boat 15 all over. And beer.<br /><br />I'll hafta go with GREER Garson as the yeah baby of the day. The recently deceased Rosie GREER was a different situation.<br /><br />Let's see . . . RIGID, BONE, IMMORAL, FLASH ... reminds me of something.<br /><br />First wife was a CHICHIDEVIL. Anyone who got to know her would agree. <br /><br />S'pose Ed ASNER ever knew how popular his name is in xwords? Top ten for sure.<br /><br />Actually read ADA on recommendation of my now wife. You should read that BOOK too. Unfortunately, most days now ADA stands for Americans with Disabilities Act. Check your curb ramps and truncated domes.<br /><br />OK puz to do on a 85* day on the river with alot of yeah babies to OGLE.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88434071153811147732015-07-19T16:26:36.038-04:002015-07-19T16:26:36.038-04:00Hi syndilanders!
Just back from vacation to Sacra...Hi syndilanders!<br /><br />Just back from vacation to Sacramento for California state fair and long road trip up the pacific coast. Awesome. <br />Wish I had my newspapers saved to back track on puzzles. Didn't really care for todays. Bye bye products was kind of funny. I guess I'm just tired. <br />Happy to be home:)Cathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16315080434650636432015-07-19T16:12:31.312-04:002015-07-19T16:12:31.312-04:00Today is 7/19/15, we get it a week late…
I though...Today is 7/19/15, we get it a week late…<br /><br />I thought this a bit crunchy, my first pass across and down was not promising. Worked the corners inward and started to get the flow. Finally finished successful. <br /><br />I liked this puzzle. AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816877873700026508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20246101891004960762015-07-19T13:55:07.051-04:002015-07-19T13:55:07.051-04:00What, no rappers? Oh yeah, ICET, the most mainstre...What, no rappers? Oh yeah, ICET, the most mainstream one you can get. No uber-tech? Not unless you count the already greybearded IPOD. So sorry, O Fearless One. I know how disappointed you are. It was almost enough to turn you against PB.<br /><br />Almost.<br /><br />This was a tad easier and less "sloggish" than most Sundays. I had fun with it. My favorite is MIMIANDMYBIGMOUTH, Gotta love it. I agree not his best, but even his not-best is better than most other folks' "Wow, I really hit it outa the park that time, didn't I?" A-.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65148445466465170682015-07-19T12:34:52.532-04:002015-07-19T12:34:52.532-04:00Thought I'd aced it in record time till I che...Thought I'd aced it in record time till I checked here and realized "ELSA" crossed with "SEMOLEON" should have been "ILSA" and "SIMOLEQN"<br />RATS RATS RATS!! Ray - O - Sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04864005198472595370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48432146948865824042015-07-19T12:34:20.540-04:002015-07-19T12:34:20.540-04:00Thought I'd aced it in record time till I che...Thought I'd aced it in record time till I checked here and realized "ELSA" crossed with "SEMOLEON" should have been "ILSA" and "SIMOLEQN"<br />RATS RATS RATS!! Ray - O - Sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04864005198472595370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40715822628573102572015-07-19T11:57:29.984-04:002015-07-19T11:57:29.984-04:00YUGO AHEAD
Ms. Rogers removed her TUTUOFDIAMONDS ...YUGO AHEAD<br /><br />Ms. Rogers removed her TUTUOFDIAMONDS and FLASHed me so I’d HEATUP,<br />HELLO! IGETIT, I’m not STUPID, YORE INLUCK when offered something to EATUP.<br />Some SCREAM in RAGE that her STATUS was EVIL, or somewhat IMMORAL,<br />but MIMIANDMYBIGMOUTH PHIL our own BILL and PLAYON with no quarrel.<br /><br />--- ELOISE SIMOLEON<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46993072970818268662015-07-13T14:43:24.836-04:002015-07-13T14:43:24.836-04:00In addition to the excellent points others have ra...In addition to the excellent points others have raised about La Boheme (as a basis for Rent), it's been performed more than any other opera at the Met. More than crossword favorite AIDA and way more than Un Ballo in Maschera, whence crossword favorite ERI TU.Derrick Schneidernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16908707932441071052015-07-13T13:50:51.862-04:002015-07-13T13:50:51.862-04:00Next day, but I still have to say that I loved thi...Next day, but I still have to say that I loved this puzzle, and loved Alias Z 's comments about it. Mimi is about as far from obscure as any opera reference could be. Alydar ran second to Affirmed three times, by a TOTAL margin of less than a length. I love horse racing - one clue per month about the sport is surely not overdoing it? I laughed out loud several times, Patrick. Just wonderful. Chi-chi devil! Ha! <br />And thanks for the nice comment @ Leapfinger!<br /><br />OISKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808675378318214461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62876446055876289242015-07-13T12:35:56.680-04:002015-07-13T12:35:56.680-04:00@jae: I too take back what I said about the Blog ...@jae: I too take back what I said about the Blog being civilized.<br /><br />"Can't we all just get along?"<br /><br />Hi Tita!<br /><br />JenCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18290169184354765840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72011622158424392942015-07-13T11:28:32.710-04:002015-07-13T11:28:32.710-04:00I thought they were going to close the Tonga Room ...I thought they were going to close the Tonga Room (the one at the Fairmont in San Francisco). As a college freshman in 1962, I competed in a scavenger hunt in The City, and one of the items on the list was an item from the Tonga Room. Truly a Tiki bar extraordinaire.old timernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13771919928213470632015-07-13T09:20:31.954-04:002015-07-13T09:20:31.954-04:00@'mericans - Will raise un verre to Matt and M...@'mericans - Will raise un verre to Matt and Maria from the Tonga Room, TIKI bar extraordinaire. Some Lamb with Dill Sauce (a la R.C.) as a side..Maruchkanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71409180501418906672015-07-13T07:48:35.606-04:002015-07-13T07:48:35.606-04:00Curses. Autocorrected again.
"into the melee...Curses. Autocorrected again.<br /><br />"into the melee rode the (whoever they are)"<br /><br />LFAnonyMissesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6860828038501444052015-07-13T07:37:59.218-04:002015-07-13T07:37:59.218-04:00Anyone else notice that all the fallacy arguments ...Anyone else notice that all the fallacy arguments (so far) have come from those of the XY persuasion?<br /><br />Fallacy, fallacy, fallacy onward,<br />Into the melds rode the reblundered Leapfingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243620614139990887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66973631042015528202015-07-13T00:35:06.189-04:002015-07-13T00:35:06.189-04:00@Nancy: you are so right on Judy Garland and that ...@Nancy: you are so right on Judy Garland and that interminable song; that movie made me appreciate the Frederic March original so much more. Nazi: sometimes I think you don't see the forest for the trees. Sorry, I enormously respect you, usually.Fred Romagnolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11994837736408182418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82145772184973425802015-07-13T00:17:25.431-04:002015-07-13T00:17:25.431-04:00I may have been premature/ overly optimistic in mu...I may have been premature/ overly optimistic in musing about blog peacefulness. Alas.jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67454349586180657042015-07-12T22:31:37.533-04:002015-07-12T22:31:37.533-04:00Sayre's law: "In any dispute the intensit...<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre%27s_law" rel="nofollow">Sayre's law</a>: "In any dispute the intensity of feeling is inversely proportional to the value of the issues at stake." Corollary: "That is why academic politics are so bitter."MDMAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-14155763175416806942015-07-12T22:28:21.329-04:002015-07-12T22:28:21.329-04:00Hi, grammar nazi -- Thanks for the support, always...Hi, grammar nazi -- Thanks for the support, always appreciated, but it was NCA Pres, not I, who offered his views on "begging the question" in his 10:04 p.m. post. He was responding, in part, to my 6:35 comment about Judy Garland singing I WAS BORN IN A TRUNK. I haven't mentioned "begging the question" once all day. In fact, I haven't really thought about it at all, if truth be told. But it's always nice to get a positive shout-out -- even when it's completely unearned. :)Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737377749030219974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16860121556794197442015-07-12T22:25:55.831-04:002015-07-12T22:25:55.831-04:00The problem with today's puzzle is that all th...The problem with today's puzzle is that all the fun was in the theme, meaning a lot of it was just dull. <br /><br />StUd before SPUR, which led to dAng and dArn before RATS; ODEon before ODEUM.<br /><br />SKIED is one of those words that just looks wrong.<br /><br />kitshefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19282974788663273242015-07-12T22:15:14.860-04:002015-07-12T22:15:14.860-04:00@Z: Your argument would have significantly more m...@Z: Your argument would have significantly more merit if you, or @F.O.G., would provide a single example of an ad hominem argument made by an anonymouse. So far, the only one I observed was @F.O.G.'s above, and it is abundantly clear to me from his comments that F.O.G. has no idea what ad hominem means. Please find some examples of "all" of the ad hominem arguments to which you refer which have been made today (or other days) by anonymice. <br /><br />@Nancy, I agree that "begging the question" is challenging and often misused. grammar nazinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42498998089192894232015-07-12T22:04:03.736-04:002015-07-12T22:04:03.736-04:00@Nancy: As for "Born in a Trunk," no, it...@Nancy: As for "Born in a Trunk," no, it's not too slow. It's classic Garland...it's like Garland concentrate. In fact, I hadn't noticed it before, but this is the very scene that is spoofed in "The Producers" when Roger De Bris, in his role as Hitler, sits on the edge of the stage and sings about his life before becoming the Führer. The entire Garland scene is very dramatic and shows why there will never be another Judy. She was remarkable in so many ways...and I'm not saying that just because I'm gay. She had a style all her own...often copied, never duplicated.<br /><br />@Grammar Nazi: Another fallacy that people get wrong all the time (namely, me) is "begging the question." I know it is a circular argument, but I always misuse it to mean something that needs further explanation and the result is a nagging question that follows from the lack of information. For instance, if someone where arrested for suspicion of breaking and entering a warehouse, but they were innocent, their presence near the warehouse would "beg the question" what they were doing in vicinity in the first place.<br /><br />Another thing I get wrong all the time: Irony. I'm terrible at it.Dorothy Biggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06148036083217174024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88231573898456148092015-07-12T21:54:27.570-04:002015-07-12T21:54:27.570-04:00Can't we all just get along?Can't we all just get along?Rodney Kingnoreply@blogger.com