20A. Question cads in their cups? : PUMP / HIGH HEELS
28A. Burden beasts of burden? : SADDLE / MULES
47A. Stumble over plumbing gunk? : SLIP ON / CLOGS
58. Proper sort ... or a cry upon solving each of this puzzle's theme answers? : GOODY! TWO SHOES...
(Or, as I would say when I see a certain designer...GOODY, JIMMY CHOO SHOES !!)
Marti here for your Thursday clearance. Let's see what else is in this one...
Across:
1. The grand concert one has 47 strings : HARP
5. Teen hangout : MALL
9. __ poll : STRAW. Ugh, I have had enough polls to last me another 4 years...
14. French possessive : A TOI
15. Chills and fever : AGUE
16. "The Voice" judge Green : CEE LO. Never heard of him...
17. Holdup device? : PROP. Fun clue, had me distracted for a moment.
18. Party person : HOST
19. Communications device : RADIO
23. Response to "Are you serious?" : YES I AM
24. Gardner of old films : AVA. (Are those Jimmy Choo shoes?)
25. Wow : AWE
32. Western landscape feature : MESA
36. Vessel designation : HER. Ship, that is - they are always female.
37. Weigh station visitors : SEMIS
38. New Testament book : ACTS
39. Variable-yield investment option : I-BOND
42. Passed-down tales : LORE
43. CBS newswoman O'Donnell : NORAH. This lady.
45. Summer baby : LEO
46. Termini : ENDS
51. Brahms's A? : EIN. "German article"
52. View from Marseille : MER. "Sea" in French
53. To-do : HOOPLA
62. Canceled a reservation, maybe : ATE IN
64. Waikiki's whereabouts : OAHU
65. Yankee great, familiarly, with "The" : MICK. AKA, Mickey Mantle. Geez, even I knew this one!
66. Window box bloom : PANSY
67. "Exodus" novelist : URIS. Leon.
68. US Open stadium : ASHE. Named after Arthur, the great tennis player.
69. Post with carvings : TOTEM
70. Passé demo item : TAPE. Now on CD?
71. Scholarship factor : NEED
Down:
1. "Satisfied now?" : HAPPY?
2. "__ friend unbosoms freely ...": Penn : A TRUE. Sounds like a friend of Dennis...
3. Innkeeper's offerings : ROOMS
4. Longstocking of kiddie lit : PIPPI
5. Hawaiian for "very strong" : MAHI MAHI. One of my favorites, grilled.
6. All atwitter : AGOG
7. Thick with vegetation : LUSH
8. Super-harmful : LETHAL
9. Serious argument components : SCREAMS
10. Colorful duck : TEAL. Mmmm...duck again!
11. North Pacific sockeye : RED SALMON. This puzzle is making me hungry...
12. Woodcutter Baba : ALI
13. Seek favor with : WOO...hoo!
21. Feasts on : HAS. (for dinner)...more food!
22. Garden outcast : EVE
26. Strange and then some : WEIRD
27. Pluralizers : ESSES
29. Society honoree : DEB
30. Waggish : DROLL
31. Ubangi tributary : UELE. So-named tribe that lived along the Uele river.
32. Minister's quarters : MANSE
33. Culprit in some food recalls : E. COLI. I just lost my appetite...
34. Severe : STRINGENT
35. "Without delay!" : ASAP. "As soon as possible!"
40. "The Matrix" hero : NEO. Do you know him?
41. Spot for one in disfavor : DOG HOUSE
44. Rebus puzzle staple : HOMONYM
48. Outlaw Kelly : NED
49. Shriek : CRY OUT
50. Brillo alternative : SOS
54. "You've got to be kidding" : OH, MAN
55. Grace : POISE
56. Nourishment for un bebé : LECHE. Milk, in Spanish. I knew it from "La Leche League" of women who breast-feed...
57. Put in a request : ASKED
59. Department of northern France : OISE. Map, in green.
60. Lipinski with a gold medal : TARA. At 15 years old, she won the gold for figure skating.
61. Beat : WHIP
62. Well-put : APT
63. Confucian path : TAO
Until next week, see you!
Hugs,
Marti
Part II of JD's Italy trip: Verona. JD said:
"On our way to the Dolomite Mts., we stopped in Verona. Shakespeare never went
there, so the balcony of Romeo and Juliette is just a balcony... so crowded
that I did not take a photo. Verona has white marble sidewalks, many cypress
trees and a smaller colosseum, (similar to Rome's arena), and several arched
bridges. So pretty!
The Dolomites are spectacular. We had 31 hairpin turns while traveling through the passes."
The Dolomites are spectacular. We had 31 hairpin turns while traveling through the passes."
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76 comments:
Morning, all!
Nice, solid puzzle today. I got the theme early on and fortunately knew most of the shoes. The only one that caused a bit of hesitation was SADDLE.
IBOND and NORAH were complete unknowns for me, and my learning moment of the day was discovering what MAHI MAHI means in Hawaiian.
I know that pianos come in different sizes, but they all have the same number of strings. I didn't know that there were different types of HARPs, however. Is the clue suggesting that different types have different numbers of strings? Or is it just an overly specific clue?
Good Morning, Marti and friends. I just loved this puzzle! I have a too large collection of shoes, but, Marti, the Jimmy Choos are just a tad out of my price range!
My favorite clue was Super Harmful = LETHAL.
I also liked the Party Person = HOST.
The PANSY was my grandmother's favorite flower. I have lots of pansies growing in my garden. The do well my climate, so I don't need to have them in flower boxes.
I loved the crossing of AVA and EVE, as well as the crossing of NEO and LEO.
Here is the sanitized version of Cee Lo Green's big hit.
Blue Iris: I just read your post from last night. I do hope all is well with your daughter. My thoughts are with you.
QOD: Whoever is happy will make others happy too. ~ Anne Frank
Great Thursday puzzle. No crap.
Ceelo Green had a part on an "American Dad" episode where he did the voice of the jacuzzi (the jacuzzi was alive). He did a lot of singing. His voice is incredible, ethereal really.
QOD 2: "It's easy to grin when your ship comes in and you've got the stock market beat, but the man worthwhile is the man who can smile when his shorts are too tight in the seat."
That's from "Caddyshack," the best comedy of all time. And that's not an opinion.
An "i-bond" is like a regular bond except it adjusts for inflation every six months.
Good morning, folks. Thank you, Elizabeth Long, for a swell Thursday puzzle. Thank you, Marti, for the swell review.
JD: Enjoy your travelogue photos. Looks like a great trip.
Got HARP easily to start. Jumped over to STRAW. Then AGUE for 15A, easily.
Headed South and did better there. Got it all but MICK for 65A. I had BABE for a while. Fixed that after a while. GOODY TWO SHOES appeared. Thewn i had the theme.
Zig Zagged through the puzzle and got it all. My last area was North Central. I had EAT for 21D. Messed up that whole area. Finally figured out MAHI MAHI, then entered HAS for 21D and everything else fell into place.
ATOI, OISE, and CEELO arrived with perps. Same with UELE for 31D.
Anyhow the whole puzzle worked out. it was a little challenge, but it is Thursday.
See you tomorrow.
Abejo
Good morning folks,
Another finished product today, albeit incorrect. For 39A I was confident that T BOND was right and kept thinking MAHIHAHT looked pretty strange. I BOND a previous unknown. Anon @ 6:36 ... thanks for the learning moment.
Getting as much done as I did was a chore. It did not help when I started with BABE for 65A, EERIE for 26D & SEA for 36A because I misread the clue.
In spite of my goofs, I enjoyed the challenge from Elizabeth. Marti, thank you for your usual quality write up.
Nice win by the Giants last night. On his way to the "bigs", Pablo spent a couple of months in Norwich (SF's Double A team). He quickly became a fan fav. He left us with a lot of memories in that short span.
Hi Y'all, Raining this morning, so a really good morning start. This puzzle could only have been clued by a woman. Nice one, Ms Long. Great write-up, Marti.
Alas, I will never wear Jimmy Choo shoes. I broke a tendon in my left foot many years ago, so have to wear high-tops. But I can walk, so who needs Choo? His shoes look like instruments of torture.
Once was a proud member of LaLeche League so a gimmee. Dennis would have loved the meetings.
Don't want a true friend who "unbosoms" on me. Sounds embarrassing!
Barry, you are probably too young to remember SADDLE shoes. They were usually white or beige with a brown or black SADDLE across the arch/lace section. Very "IN" with 1950's poodle skirts.
OH MAN, I couldn't finish the SE block because HOOPLA wasn't in my vocabulary. I was thinking more about the religious definition for GRACE. OH MAN never dawned on me either.
I once went TEAL hunting with the superintendent of schools for a newspaper story. He carried the gun and I had a note pad (well splashed). His chocolate lab was interesting to watch retrieve. He dressed out a duck and gave me the breast to cook in orange juice. Good to eat, but so small it was hardly worth all the effort. I got more enjoyment out of watching the ducks fly.
What goes around comes around...now saddle shoes are "in" again. Keds even designed a sneaker that looks like a saddle shoe.
PK, I'm with you when it comes to cooking duck. It is way too much bother to do it myself, but when I go to our favorite restaurant, it is one thing I will often order.
Hi Everyone ~~
Just read the later posts from yesterday ~~ Hondo, JD, and CC ~ thank you.
Blue Iris ~~ I'm so sorry for your daughter's health scare - hope all is OK - thoughts are with you.
I moved along smoothly on this puzzle and was often surprised that my first thought for an answer turned out to be the right one. But it wasn't until the unifier that I realized there were two shoes in each theme answer - I was thinking each was just a play on words - so an even more impressive puzzle! Thanks, Elizabeth Long and thank you Marti for your fun-filled write-up. LOL on your comment about Dennis' true friend.
The Tigers had a tough night - sorry for my husband but I must say, the Giants have really been "bringin' it" their last few games! Game two tonight.
Enjoy the day ~~
What a fun workout today, Elizabeth! I had PUMP HIGH HEELS and still had to look it over. I thought the paper had misspelled the clue - consecutive H’s didn’t help at first either;-)! Other clever cluing tested both ends of my #2 Ticonderoga! Always the right touch, Marti.
Musings
-My wife, daughter, grandson and SIL can’t pass a shoe department/store. Me? Not so much. Jimmy Who?
-Some Omaha MALLs have had big trouble with groups of Teens and had to increase security
-Saying “Hello” and then getting a political robo-call is maddening!
-One CEE LO song had a clean and dirty version - Forget You. and F**k You. I guess you have to know your audience and coarsening the culture is not an artist’s problem.
-HMS, then USS, then HER. The BABE then MICK.
-Some SEMIS use country roads around Weigh Stations (chicken coops in CB parlance)
-Do you own a car with a TAPE deck?
-So that’s what MAHI MAHI means
-SCREAMING does not enhance the merit of your argument to me
-Many romantic comedy film stars seem to have a DROLL friend
-I have a big screen TV in my DOG HOUSE!
-Iris, medical issues for your children can hurt worse than those for yourself! I hope all goes well.
-Beautiful pix, JD. Did you meet Two Gentlemen there?
I ran out of time today and suffered a DNF. Cute puzzle though, I liked all of the shoes. I didn't get the theme at first and tried to go with: Stumble over plumbing gunk? SLIP IN SLOP. (But that didn't work.)
If somebody gave me that $1,050 pair of Jimmy Choo shoes I'd sell them and buy shoes for all the poor kids I could find. The very thought of $1,000 shoes is insane.
Looking forward to Halloween. We usually clock in around 150 trick-or-treaters. Last time Halloween fell on a weekend we had 190 of them!
Have a nice day everybody.
Good morning Marti and all.
More nice pictures, JD
Interesting theme. The SHOES made it fun. Toyed with HMS before settling on HER. Had the Babe before the MICK. Sigh. Also tried Orne before the perps pointed to OISE. (We've had both before.) Otherwise, nothing to add to WEES.
Off to play some bridge.
Enjoy the day.
Good morning, crew!
This was a nice workout, but not without its stumbles. Hands up for BABE/MICK and AMOI/ATOI. I was thinking philosophical for serious argument, so SCREAMS took quite some time to appear. It didn't help that I'd never heard of CEELO (reminds me of a sponge name).
Marti, I think demo CD's are also passé. I'm not sure what they use now -- maybe just a link.
Michele (from last night), yes we get the Chronicle. We're about as far north as you are south.
LaLaLinda, nice to have you back with us.
JD, are you sure those aren't postcards? Great shots!
That long drive to Dallas was worth it. The arboretum is beautiful in its own right, and provided a lush backdrop to the stunning Chihuly glass-works. I think this one was my favorite, but there wasn't a clunker in the bunch. DW kept looking for the black and white reeds that were listed on the exhibit map. She finally had to ask someone. She was standing right next to them at the time, but they looked so natural that she'd missed 'em.
Say, our town clerk had old Halloween decoations on display. Remember when it used to be, "Hallow E'en"? Card.
Liked the N.W. grouping.
HARP? HAPPY? YES I AM!
Hi gang -
Firefox just blew up and took my comment with it.
Oh, well. Brilliant theme, and I'll forgo my nits.
Cool regards!
JzB
Good morning Marti, C.C., et al,
Favorite fill...goody two shoes. Made me laugh..brought back memories of being taunted by my 3 older sisters.
Had no idea about mahi-mahi, a favorite, although I love red?salmon too.
Husker, not sure what you are asking.
Desper-otto, thanks; it wasn't hard to take postcard pictures when there weren't crowds. That was an amazing piece of art.
Blue Iris, I can't imagine the turmoil you must be in since you are so far away. Hope all is well. today.
Marti, I always know that I will be amused and educated when I read your write-ups. Thanks!
JD,
More great pix! I can see how fascinating the mountains were--hard to resist, aren't they?
I took my time today and got almost everything, but had STREAMS/SCREAMS (streams of thought?), and couldn't come up with the MICK/OH MAN crossing. Otherwise no real hold ups, except that with my half assed knowledge of Spanish, I didn't know they use bebé for baby, and thought that LECHE was wrong for the French bébé. I finally gave up the argument and put it in though.
Good morning:
I guess I was tuned in to Ms. Long right from the get-go as I, as Lucina would say, sashayed right through with nary a stumble. I thought it was easier than yesterday's puzzle. So, thanks Elizabeth for a clever effort and thanks Marti for a great expo.
Has anyone watched the new show, Chicago Fire? Last night was the 3 rd episode. It is very good but quite intense and sometimes difficult to watch. Rahm Emmanuel made an appearance in the first show. It brings back some scary memories as one of my brothers was a firefighter and was the tillerman on the hook and ladder. Worrisome times for my mother.
JD, beautiful pictures. You must have had a wonderful time. (With my acrophobia, I would not have survived one hair-pin turn, let alone 31!)
Blue Iris, hope all is well with your daughter.
Mari, you are an angel to actually look forward to having a small army of trick-or-treaters descend upon you. Good luck!
Happy Thursday.
JD, Just a silly Shakespeare Reference following your mention of Romeo and Juliet and Verona. Hey, it’s 35°F here with a wind chill down in the 20’s and I’m stir crazy.
Jimmy Choo shoes remind me of that old Roy Rogers joke punchline....Pardon me, Roy. Is that the cat that chewed your new boots?
Marti, now that I think about it, I'll bet that today's demo music is distributed on thumb-drives. Of course that, too, may be passé.
Hello, Marti. Hello, all. Thanks, Marti, for today's entertainment!
Wow! I sashayed through this like Imelda Marcos in a shoe store! Loved the theme! Though I can no longer wear HIGH HEELS, I love them and wore them every day until I couldn't sadly.
Some unknowns, UELE, CEELO,MICK and NORAH just emerged and I was having so much fun I didn't notice.
I, also, learned the meaning of MAHI MAHI.
Blue Iris:
I'm sending positive thoughts that all goes well for you.
Thank you, Elizabeth Long for a really good puzzle that I can relate to.
Have a fabulous Thursday, everyone!
JD
Wonderful photos! You have a knack with the camera!
I was impressed with this puzzle from the first theme answer. After getting PUMP and HIGH, I knew it would be shoes. And GOODY TWO SHIOES was the icing on the cake. Marti, thanks for the fun, informative blog. How does anyone walk in those thick soled shoes? I can think of better things to do with $!000.
JD I am enjoying your Italian vacation pictures, especially the Dolomites. It brings back memories of my tour of the Alps in Germany, Austria, Italy, and Switzerland. We saw the Lake District, Como, Lugano, Maggiore, too. Just lovely.
Blue Iris, my thoughts are with you and your daughter in her health crisis. It is difficult to be so far away.
NEO seemed odd for a name. CEELO looked so wrong, but I kept it.
It seems we may have a huge Halloween storm on the East Coast again this year. Hurricane Sandy may combine with a nor’easter on Monday and Tuesday. Last year the trick or treat night was postponed until the weekend. Wiki has an interesting article on the origin of Halloween and its name.
Link Halloween
Wonderful puzzle, Elizabeth, many thanks. All the cluing was fun and provocative, the theme was cute, and I loved the doubles (two Hawaiian reference, MAHI MAHI and SALMON, etc.) A wonderful way to start the day. And I always enjoy your write-up, Marti.
The tree guys come today to cut down a big tree too close to the house, and trim and shape others. Nerve-wracking but necessary. Hope the doxies don't have nervous break-downs.
Have a great Thursday, everybody!
I was half-way finished before I got the theme, then it was smooth sailing.
Good afternoon everyone.
DNF, as usual for a Thursday. Did not catch on to the theme.
But I hate all the shoes shown, even if I could afford them. Don't like the platforms with ultra high heels, and I dislike the pointy toed shoes. As all I wear here in Naples is leather flip flops, you can imagine how my shoe collection is ignored. My feet are much healthier for it.
Beautiful pictures, JD. Been through some of it years ago. Good memories.
Blue Iris,sending good thoughts your way in such a difficult time.
Hope everyone's Thursday is good.
Cheers
Blue Iris, any news about your daughter?
JD, I forgot to say how much I loved your second batch of pictures. In the ones on C.C.'s page, I think I recognized the fourth one down. It looks exactly like the spot where I went climbing with my friends from Munich a couple years ago. Fun stuff!
Thanks Ms. Long, and marti you always deliver a fine start to Thursday, though what is it with you and TEAL DUCK? Three weeks in a row?
LaLa Linda, really good to see you back, part of the New England contingent.
Blue iris, our thoughts are with you and your daughter.
Can someone explain "PUMP HIGH HEELS" to me? I get how it fits the theme (PUMP and HIGH HEELS are two types of shoes). I get that to PUMP someone is to question them. I get that HEELS are cads. I don't get the part of the clue that was "in their cups." The full clue was "Question cads in their cups." What does "in their cups" mean?
45D Summer Baby = Leo?
I have heard Leo clued as Summer Sign, Sky Lion, & many other things, but never as "baby." I don't get it?
$1000.00 shoes!!! You better make sure those babies do not get wet!
Also, this takes "slip ons" to a whole new meaning...
I second the pump high heels confusion
Anon - "In their cups" is a phase meaning drunk which has many euphemisms, among them being "high".
Dave, heck, I’m a Virgin Baby (September 11th)
-My shoes. Long on comfort and durability but maybe not style to some. Jimmy Crack Corn…
I'd like a pair of these shoes
Husker, I've been trying to think what the brand name was for that shoe factory in San Antonio I toured several years ago. It was SAS. Really impressive Mexican women sewing those shoes.
I must be the only blog person who has watched "The Voice", because I knew Ceelo Green. I haven't watched it lately because I think it is on at the same times as "Dancing With the Stars". I like it, but DWTS is better.
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Choo, Jimmy Choo.
People of Note: A score of symphony faces
( Laurence McKinney )
HARP
If there's one lady in the bunch
To find her takes no special hunch
Nor sight particularly sharp
She is the girl who hugs the HARP.
The very longest tuner-upper
She has to have an early supper
And seated on a lonesome chair
Proceeds to wind up the affair.
Then she will sit and sit and wait,
Dispassionate and desolate,
Till the conductor's nod, or frown,
Sets her to stroking up and down.
And after these chromatic bits -
She simply sits and sits and sits.
A harpist must have lots of pluck -
A black silk costume - and a truck.
Hello everybody. Nice puzzles yesterday and today. Missed POTOK yesterday.
To paraphrase a 25 year old joke that used to be told in Vienna, "If it must be O'Donnell, let it be Norah, but if it's going to be Norah, let it be Jones."
PK: I've never watched The Voice, but I know Cee Lo Green. I'm not a big hip-hop fan but his voice got my attention way back when he was in the bands Goodie Mob and OutKast. Imho, his best stuff is with DJ Danger Mouse in the band Gnarls Barkley.
I have linked a lot of their music before(much to the blog's chagrin, lol). I don't think I've ever linked this song though.
JD, awesome photographs! What kind of camera did/do you use?
pas de chat, thanks for the verse about the harpist. So true!
Irish Miss @ 1028 Here is a link to the Seinfeld episode where Kramer gloms on to the tillerman seat at time 2:00 on the hook and ladder.
Speaking of The Voice and all other "reality" t.v. shows. Last night when Fox announced that the National Anthem would be sung by their American Idol winner Phillip Phillips(is that his given name?), I cringed. I thought, "here we go, another over the top rendition where the singer makes it all about himself".
I was pleasantly surprised. (scroll down to play video)
Spitz @ 2:42 - That clip is hilarious!
I had posted a clean version of Cee Lo's song in my first post. It had a lot of air time a couple of years ago.
Mari ~ Love those shoes! =^.^=
PK ~ You're not alone. I usually watch both "The Voice" and DWTS - one on DVR. I really enjoy CEELO, Adam and especially Blake.
This was a really good shoe! (ala Ed Sullivan)
Did somebody mention Pluck?
Lemony, I sure hope that next week, TEAL will be clued as, "Color akin to turquoise" or something like that. I do like duck, but not a steady diet of it!!
CED, LOL at those umbrella and banana shoes. Mari, I think yours are just my style!
Loved the music links, Seen. Thanks for introducing me to Cee Lo Green (sounds a lot like soul, to me) and Phillip Phillips.
PK, I don't especially care for Ceelo or The Voice. The not-clean version of his hit song (unexpurgated) was signed by a girl for her American Sign Language final exam. In spite of the bad language, I think it is a classic. The girl is so expressive and really into it. I'm a little embarrassed to admit how much I enjoy it. Please don't watch it if you are offended by constant use of 'F' bombs. The 'I don't know what to call it' link.
I don't think Cee lo was with Outkast, just did an album with them
Un bebe (sorry can't do accents on my nook), French; leche, Spanish. Slight disconnect.
Anon@4:06p You are correct. Both OutKast and Cee Lo's Goodie Mob were part of the Atlanta rap collective called the Dungeon Family. Cee Lo appeared on OutKast's album Sothernplayalisticadillacmuzik. I just figured all this was TMI for my earlier post. Does that make me crazy?
p.s. "Crazy" was covered by many artists from various genres. Check them out if you have the time or curiousity. Really good stuff.
Thanks for keeping my daughter in your thoughts and prayers. She was admitted to the hospital at 3:00AM. CT Scan found 7mm kidney stone. I was relieved to find out she was admitted. ER doctor understood severity of her bleeding disorder. Also since she is allergic to codiene, they can manage pain better at hospital. She was suppose to have surgery this afternoon. Cell phone goes to voice-mail now. This 12 hr driving distance is a real bummer.
Her doctorate "PI" made sure she will have another student stay with her at home when dismissed.
Pas de Chat, I liked your harp poem. Thanks. It is well worth the wait to hear the lovely harp part.
I think UN is the indefinite article,"a",in French and in Spanish. "Un bebe" is a baby in Spanish and "LECHE" is milk in Spanish. I don't understand the HOOPLA.
I get the clue and think it is okay, but, to me SCREAMS is not part of a serious argument. To me sreaming is an irrational response, rather than a serious one. If you scream at me I tend to discount your argument
DNF today-Interesting shoe theme. My DH saves a ton a money due to my inability to buy shoes for my pygmy feet. I buy two pair of Nikes yearly at Kids Footlocker.
Liked the KEDS saddle shoes. Looked more comfortable then the 50s saddle shoes.
Apropos of nothing, but since a lot of tuneagement is being bandied about today, I was downloading the album with this song to my iPod and thought it worth posting. It's one of my favorite songs that no one has ever heard.
The Snow Leopard and the Tanqueray Cowboy
Hahtoolah, I must have still been asleep earlier this morning when I read your post or forgot it this afternoon. Thanks for drawing it to my attention. I went back and played it as well as SEEN's links. He sings better on these links than on "The Voice", I think. Maybe there are too many costumes and flashing lights on "The Voice" for me to concentrate on his voice. Can't decide whether he appeals to me or not.
pk, how's the cold?
Argyle, thanks for asking. The cold goes on. Good news: I now have been able to lay in bed to sleep three nights after almost two weeks in the chair.
Bad news: Both my sense of taste and smell seem to be lost--blown out in a kleenex no doubt. My ears can't stand loud noises and everyone on TV seems to be mumbling.
Good news: I'm retired. I can baby myself until the bug gets tired of hanging around.
Hola Everyone, I had put the puzzle aside because I couldn't get a grasp on some of the clues. When I picked it up at lunch time, things began to fall into place, despite some unknowns. I've never seen Norah O'Donnell, or knew that Mahi, Mahi, meant strong! I've only eaten it!!
I did get the theme today, which helped fill in the second shoe in some cases. A fun theme, and I'm with you, Marti, SHOES--WooHoo! But not Jimmy Choos--I'm into flats these days.
Blue Iris, Thanks for keeping us posted about your daughter. Being so far away when someone you love is in crisis is very difficult.
Thanks, Marti for another fun filled posting about our daily puzzle.
I had a hard time trying to figure out what kind of insect was a garden outcast!!Duh! I even had the V in place. Where was my mind this morning? Still asleep I think.
JD, I'm looking forward to seeing more of your pictures. They are beautiful, as usual. You have a true photographer's eye.
Have a great evening, everyone.
Go Giants!
Seen @ 4:23
Possibleeeeee
Theme,,, Goody Two Shoes!
Hmmm,,,
You know, there is a darker side to this...
Ultimate Chick Flick!
Oooh! Saddle shoes with rolled down bobby sox, and rolled up levis. Those were the days.
We had to have saddle shoes one year, the next year it was white bucks. The saddles and bucks we liked were expensive and we saved up all summer to buy ours. Cutting cots and working in the local cannery had its perks!!
Chickie, in the 50s in our area saddle shoes and white bucks were popular concurrently. My sister wore the saddle shoes and I wore the white bucks. They were the first "in" shoes I had ever had. My mother tried ONE time to buy me shoes other than oxfords, but they didn't come in my narrow width. Ever after she insisted that I could buy only oxfords. Thank goodness for white bucks! When I went on to college I was allowed more choice and have always loved fancy shoes. Eventually my feet rebelled. Like many of you, my current choices are limited by the state of my feet and/or legs. I have a closetful of beautiful, no longer worn shoes. But, at least, I am still walking and dancing.
Thanks for the write up today, read it early this morning after I did the puzzle. I found today's xword easier than Wed. Did others feel that way? I have yet to read the commments.
Blue Iris,
I will be sending love, light and prayers for your daughter to get through this experience safely. It is very hard to be at a distance when a loved one is ill.
CED: the ultimate chick flick link @5:55 gave me a good belly laugh.
BLUE IRIS: what type of surgery did your daughter have? Laporascopic? Hopefully, by now you have had some good news. Those stones are so painful. Prayers for you & your daughter.
Blue Iris, so glad to hear that your daughter is in good hands...
Jayce, I have a Nikon D40, and then a little Nikon CoolPix. Obviously the D40 takes better pictures, but I hate changing lenses, so I use both.
Gary, had never heard of that play. You have quite a memory.BTW, I had 3 gentlemen with me.
Mari, cute shoes.I HAD to wear white bucks in H.S. with my uniform so I was not impressed; Pat Boone looked so much better.
PK, as for the sound on TV seeming muffled, I think it actually is, sometimes. It is as if they turn down the "treble" knob, which makes the sound lose all aspects of the "sibilant" sounds like S and soft C and so on. I dislike it and wonder why they do it in this age of digital as opposed to analog, which doesn't deteriorate when copies are made. With reproduced "reruns" and so on, the color and sharpness of image also seem to deteriorate a lot, too, and I don't understand why since I thought pretty much most everything is recorded in digital format rather than analog which can deteriorate when copied.
Jayce, I agree with you. In the past year or so, I've found a couple of TV shows where I turned on the captions or subtitles because the sound was muddy. A recent example was "The Firm", a drama based on the book. Other than the crappy sound, I liked the show but I guess others didn't 'cause it was cancelled. I thought it might be my hearing but most other shows sound fine.
Bill, it was cancelled before they ended the book?Yikes, I thought they were taking a breather. I agree, the sound was muddled.Sometimes the background noise overwhelms the dialogue.
JD, the TV show called 'The Firm' was loosely adapted from the book but took off with new story lines.
Ooh! The last time I logged on, the Comments page looked new, clean and fresh. Now it's back to its old familiar self.
I got a pair of white buck shoes when I was in high school. One of my 'friends' stepped on them on purpose in the cafeteria. I was preparing to kill him with a headlock when I got carted off to the principal's office.
I am the minority!! Nothing came easy. Weird was my third try. I've never heard of Mantle being called the Mick. I had ---dytwoshoes and could remember what it was. Rebi always have an eyeball, don't they?
I own 4 pairs of athletic shoes and 2 pairs of boots. The boots are for formal wear. Obviously, Jimmy Choo is off the radar,but I do like all the posts.
Marti - Did Ava have shoes on?
Ave Joe - no one's ever heard of Lyle? But thank you, I don't have that album, so it's been a while.
Cee Lo does nothing for me, but then, I still think the only person that recorded "Crazy" was Patsy Cline.
Blue Iris - Kidney stones hurt like H***, but fortunately, they only make you wish you would die. She'll be as good as new soon. It sure is too bad she's allergic to opiates, though.
I'm disappearing for a week, soon. My friends all like to vacation where there is no reception at all. Next week I'm on the North California coast diving for abalone. $75 a pound, and if the weather holds, I'll eat a pound a night.
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