tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post9151147119837009151..comments2024-03-28T04:40:27.172-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Edutainment cartoon featuring teacher named Ms Frizzle / THU 12-1-16 / Football Hall-of-Famer Newsome / Seussian environmentalist / Suffix with klepto- / Low-pitched part of song / Yosemite runner / Subject of 2011 book These Guys Have All FunRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23318993683859428062023-01-17T06:16:13.019-05:002023-01-17T06:16:13.019-05:00Surely I’m not the only one who questioned the use...Surely I’m not the only one who questioned the use of “there goes the neighborhood.” Is there any context in which this phrase does not bring up bigoted housing attitudes?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14320800243827875997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52774120362648974642022-11-21T02:31:02.108-05:002022-11-21T02:31:02.108-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.petmantraahttps://www.petmantraa.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73334308797528063542022-10-03T05:40:19.131-04:002022-10-03T05:40:19.131-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Kajalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10698264885390188146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33720747770449333702022-08-04T06:24:32.913-04:002022-08-04T06:24:32.913-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Joyelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903310704547200070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22311693965942297282022-05-20T00:49:35.095-04:002022-05-20T00:49:35.095-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.priyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06813544037555101885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20946501036665193552021-09-28T08:00:23.427-04:002021-09-28T08:00:23.427-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Tutorialshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04521309158100652997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82333838165690227972021-09-28T07:59:44.298-04:002021-09-28T07:59:44.298-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Tutorialshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04521309158100652997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65567005564241454542021-09-24T08:49:31.627-04:002021-09-24T08:49:31.627-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Tutorialshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04521309158100652997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39489056620770916272021-09-11T01:37:02.537-04:002021-09-11T01:37:02.537-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Aishwariyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811656148699205956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30764789807116708082021-03-02T15:26:15.132-05:002021-03-02T15:26:15.132-05:00Late to the dance because I just now saw the puzzl...Late to the dance because I just now saw the puzzle on the iOS app’s blasts fro the past section. Surely I’m not the only one who questioned the use of “there goes the neighborhood.” Is there any context in which this phrase does not bring up bigoted housing attitudes?Northwest Runnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16393323369312291931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48239544557149990792018-07-26T11:21:42.645-04:002018-07-26T11:21:42.645-04:00Contents of this website are good and appreciative...Contents of this website are good and appreciative. Congratulation<br /><br /><a href="https://amsnetworks.com/" rel="nofollow">Tech Support VA</a><br />AMS Networkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645869550198083918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-73473893358831094542017-10-17T21:32:59.019-04:002017-10-17T21:32:59.019-04:00There's SHOCKING news in the sports betting in...There's SHOCKING news in the sports betting industry.<br /><br />It has been said that every bettor needs to see this,<br /><br />Watch this now or quit placing bets on sports...<br /><br /><b><a href="http://sports.syntaxlinks.com/r/SportsCashSystem" rel="nofollow">Sports Cash System</a></b> - SPORTS BETTING ROBOTBloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20272046796071770692017-01-05T20:18:00.036-05:002017-01-05T20:18:00.036-05:00@lefty - my dictionary at work has been handed dow...@lefty - my dictionary at work has been handed down several times (or more) to whomever moves into the work space. It's a 70s era Collegiate Edition, M-W I think. Government issue. Not exactly up to date, but I WAS in college during the 70s, so I get the wavelength. Only shows GLORY as a noun. Has kept a rose pressed for me for 17 years, though.rondonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56222237685378065102017-01-05T18:33:20.482-05:002017-01-05T18:33:20.482-05:00@rondo:
My trusty online M-W says both glory and ...@rondo:<br /><br />My trusty online M-W says both glory and bask can be used as verbs with "in".leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13415595211208139142017-01-05T17:07:04.721-05:002017-01-05T17:07:04.721-05:00@Z, I agree that common usage plays an important r...@Z, I agree that common usage plays an important role in judging what is "correct." If the day comes when most active skeet shooters refer to the target as a "skeet" I will gladly concede the point. That is decidedly not the case here, however, and I think your argument fails on its own terms. <br /><br />I have been involved in shooting sports for six decades, and have never heard an experienced shooter refer to the target this way. It is only neophytes who make the mistaken (and embarrassing) assumption that because the sport is called "skeet shooting" we must be shooting at skeet. They are quickly corrected. Sailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185068601066087185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-89238938381950743562017-01-05T16:43:55.318-05:002017-01-05T16:43:55.318-05:00Way late today. My car was vandalized and an outs...Way late today. My car was vandalized and an outside mirror which also flashes a turn was smashed. I tried to find a replacement from a wrecker, but I'll probably have buy a new one. Sheesh!<br /><br />Hey, neat puzzle, but not easy for me. I was trying to imagine a rebus in the black square separating the two parts of the themers. -REE- worked for the second one, but I couldn't make it work for the first (filigreed potato?). So I left those and continued on down South where things were coming together, except for PELAGIC (new word for me). And then I hit the revealer which gave a true and loud AHA moment. Brilliant, sez I. Never heard of THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS, but the crosses came to the fore. <br /><br />@Diana -- "Safe for @Rainy" --LOL (and indeed it was)<br />@Spacey - thanks for shrieking. By the time I got to this blog, the linking was fixed.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-72072155656242426902017-01-05T16:07:55.601-05:002017-01-05T16:07:55.601-05:00
90%+ workable, but not particularly enjoyable - f...<br />90%+ workable, but not particularly enjoyable - four pisser clues/answers, and an incomprehensible theme took the fun away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58346198532923037272017-01-05T15:53:10.058-05:002017-01-05T15:53:10.058-05:00@spacecraft - That probably would have been OFL.
...@spacecraft - That probably would have been OFL.<br /><br />@Sailor - I would (and have more often than some would like) argue that "correct" is based on usage and understanding. If people in Oklahoma go around on their website talking about shooting skeets and people know what that activity is then the term is correct. I'll grant that "clay pigeon" is <i>preferred</i> amongst the shooting inanimate flying objects cognoscenti, but that doesn't make "shooting skeets" "wrong."Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58260857922898920442017-01-05T15:18:49.091-05:002017-01-05T15:18:49.091-05:00A comment not meant for today but in general. Man...A comment not meant for today but in general. Many times I have seen "ola" as the answer for "hello in Rio". "Ola" is not Portuguese which, as you all know, is spoken in Brazil. "Ola" is Spanish. I lived in Rio for eight years and "oi" was what the Cariocas would say for "hello". I think it is about time for this error to get corrected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60388179646208030192017-01-05T14:50:26.291-05:002017-01-05T14:50:26.291-05:00Very clever, maybe a bit too clever, and solvable,...Very clever, maybe a bit too clever, and solvable, but not easy, for my BEAN anyway.<br /><br />Not catching on to MAGIC beans or knowing about the MAGIC SCHOOL BUS didn't help, and had to come here to see how the theme actually worked. <br /><br />Some odd cluing and some obscure answers weren't helpful either, and had to rely on crosses, inferences, and a couple of good guesses.<br /><br />So, clever and all that, but not a really satisfying solve.leftcoastTAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28802018563448967032017-01-05T14:27:05.675-05:002017-01-05T14:27:05.675-05:00From Syndication Land:
If the link is not updated...From Syndication Land:<br /><br />If the link is not updated, it's easy to find the link by googling Rex Parker, and the puzzle number. The puzzle number is the date it originally ran.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10228274134611265482017-01-05T14:16:22.998-05:002017-01-05T14:16:22.998-05:00One more vote here for "easy for a Thursday.&...One more vote here for "easy for a Thursday." Fun, but uneven, for the reasons already noted. Liked "white out" (tricky!); frowned at AXIAL. My paper grid was inconsistent in the way the theme answers were numbered.<br /><br />SKEETS, as already noted by several, is simply wrong. Skeet, or skeet shooting, is not called that because you shoot at an object called a "skeet." The target is a clay pigeon, or, informally, a "bird."<br /><br />@Z: the fact that you can find numerous examples of incorrect usage does not make it correct.Sailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185068601066087185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9820845001700995872017-01-05T14:11:59.061-05:002017-01-05T14:11:59.061-05:00Hmm...I shrieked, and they fixed it. Thanks, whoev...Hmm...I shrieked, and they fixed it. Thanks, whoever.spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30026360040877231012017-01-05T12:31:44.015-05:002017-01-05T12:31:44.015-05:00HIREE EARNS GLORY
ANNEOFGREENGABLES gets off THE...HIREE EARNS GLORY <br /><br />ANNEOFGREENGABLES gets off THEMAGICSCHOOLBUS,<br />KNOX at the stable, is ASKEDIN A.S.A.P. without fuss.<br />“You’re OVERDO THERE, miss”, OZZIE says of her ARRIVAL,<br />“GOD, give me a WETKISS, then get THEM THERE MEWLs RIDEABLE.”<br /><br />--- WADE LAMAZE<br />today’s stream of unconsciousness brought to you by IDAHO-ARIZONA GLUE<br />Burma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68103607591436933502017-01-05T12:09:34.319-05:002017-01-05T12:09:34.319-05:00@spacecraft - Wow, two days off from Rex. He's...@spacecraft - Wow, two days off from Rex. He's usually pretty good about updating the link, isn't he? Easier way of getting to the right day is just go to the bottom of the post and click on "Newer Post." Today you have to click twice since the link takes you to Tuesday's syndicated puzzle. The only day where this isn't better is Sunday since Saturday is five weeks earlier and Sunday is only one week earlier. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.com