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Jun 3, 2013

Monday, June 3, 2013 Michael Dewey

Theme: And The Beat Goes On - The theme entries conclude with parts of the circulatory system.

20. Siblings, sons, daughters, etc. : FLESH AND BLOOD

29. "Along related lines ..." : "IN THE SAME VEIN ..."

47. Main thoroughfare : CENTRAL ARTERY

56. Have the song memorized : KNOW IT BY HEART

Argyle here. We also have two incidentals, SKIN and FLESH. Is it a Monday or Tuesday puzzle, YES/NO? In any case, Michael(Boston College,'91) has his usual strong fill AND no 'A' word.

Across:

1. Ran a towel over : WIPED. I held off of putting in DRIED.

6. Free stuff at a party, in slang : SWAG. "I thought it was free," said the swagman.

10. Throws in : ADDS. ...and he stowed that jumbuck in his tucker-bag.

14. Have because of : OWE TO

15. Supergirl's Krypton name : KARA. (Kara Zor-El)

16. Munich Mrs. : FRAU

17. "Great taste. Less filling" beers : LITEs


18. Srs.' nest eggs : IRA's

19. Keister : RUMP

23. 35mm camera type : SLR. (single-lens reflex)

24. Anxious med. condition for TV's Monk : OCD. (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)

25. Actor McKellen : IAN. Has been known to talk to ents.

26. Onetime telecom giant : GTE. (General Telephone and Electronics Corp. 1959-1982)

33. Cosmetician Lauder : ESTÉE

34. Like sorted clean socks, hopefully : PAIRED

35. More than half : MOST

38. Push-up muscle, briefly : PEC. (pectoralis)

40. Greek sandwich : GYRO

41. Desk compartment : DRAWER

44. Simple question type : YES/NO

50. They're two sizes above M's : XL's

51. Out __ limb : ON A

52. "The Raven" monogram : EAP. (Edgar Allan Poe)

53. AQI monitor : EPA. Air Quality Index / Environmental Protection Agency

60. Goose egg : ZERO

62. "Are you __ not?": "Joining us?" : IN OR

63. "Kim" actor Flynn : ERROL. Kim is a 1950 adventure film based on the classic novel by Rudyard Kipling.

 64. Gung-ho : AVID

65. Old Italian coin : LIRA

66. Half a Washington city : WALLA

67. __ de foie gras : PÂTÉ

68. Negotiator's goal : DEAL

69. Eyelid woes : STYEs

Down:

1. Gulps (down) greedily : WOLFs

2. "Count on me" : "I WILL"

3. "Great" Russian czar : PETER I

4. Summers in Paris : ÉTÉS

5. Toss back jiggers of liquor : DO SHOTS. (1.5 US fluid ounces)

6. Superficial, as beauty : SKIN DEEP

7. Fend (off) : WARD

8. Saudi __ : ARABIA

9. Streetlight of old : GAS LAMP. A musical interlude. The Old Lamplighter(2:21)

10. Jackson 5 hairdo : AFRO

11. Grunt work : DRUDGERY

12. Flood control structure : DAM

13. Eat dinner : SUP

21. German's eight : ACHT

22. Most-draftable status : ONE A

27. Wedding cake section : TIER

28. Prefix with plasm : ENDO. A central, less viscous portion of the cytoplasm.

30. Food packaging fig. : NET WT.. The weight of the actual food.

31. "Later, gator" : "SEE YA'"

32. Energy : VIGOR

35. 17th-century year when Henry Hudson entered his bay : MDCX. 1610 (History)

36. Baseball's Hershiser : OREL

37. Literary language of India : SANSKRIT

39. __ cortex: outermost brain tissue : CEREBRAL. Pleasantly taxed today.

42. Suffix with sock or switch : EROO

43. Went on a rampage : RAN WILD. It seems once a week it happens somewhere.

45. "Freeze, Fido!" : "STAY!". Cute alliteration.

46. Sibling's sons : NEPHEWs


48. Actress Kazan : LAINIE. "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" 2002


49. Once every 12 months : YEARLY

54. Worker, briefly : PROLE. A member of the proletariat.

55. Book of maps : ATLAS

57. Lymph __ : NODE

58. __ Bora: Afghan region : TORA


59. Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT

60. Reheat quickly : ZAP

61. Perón of Argentina : EVA


Argyle


56 comments:

Barry G. said...

Morning, all!

Let's see... "Plasma prefix." Four letters, starts with an E, ends with an O, plus it's a Monday, so it's gotta be ECTO, right?

D'OH!

Ah well, at least there weren't any random roman numerals thrown in. Oh, wait... The year Henry Hudson entered his bay? On a Monday?

The final insult was when I tried putting in KNOW BY HEART at 56D and it just wouldn't fit.

Man, I really, really hate Mondays...

[aNctN]
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Abejo said...

Good morning, folks. Thank you, Michael Dewey, for a swell Monday puzzle. Thank you, Argyle, for the swell review.

Got started easily in the NW. Worked my way over and down.

The four themes were easy and made sense. The cardio-vascular system. Hope I got that right. I am not a medical person.

DO SHOTS was easy. However, that is something I have never done. No Desire.

Had REAR instead of RUMP for a few minutes.

Did not know OCD for 24A. ACHT fixed that.

MDC came easily for the first three letters of the year. Had to wait for the X.

LAINIE reminded me of that movie ( Greek Wedding). Very funny. The father was a riot.

Liked ERAT. Q.E.D. Is a favorite of mine.

Off to plant my garden in Johnsonburg. Hope it does not rain today. See you tomorrow.

Abejo

(smallish)


Hahtoolah said...

Good Morning, Argyle and friends. I thought this puzzle in honor of William Harvey (who died on this date in 1657) was a bit of a challenge for a Monday morning.

Although I quickly got FLESH AND BLOOD, the other theme answers were slow to come. Like Barry G, I wanted Know By Heart instead of KNOW IT BY HEART.

I liked how the EPA immediately followed EAP.

I misread 68-Across as Navigator's Goal, so DEAL did not come easily.

QOD: Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness. ~ Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 ~ April 5, 1997)

[htssrio]

thehondohurricane said...

Good day everyone,

Finished it off with no miscues, but ACHT almost got me. Never can remember if it's ACHT or Auct. Lucky wag! The North was a bit of a struggle bu, the Central & South were no problem.

Wanted Rear before RUMP and Run Amok before RUN WILD. Thank you perps.

Can't recall thinking of GTE as a giant. Only important Giants for me are in SF.

Son works for EPA in Boston. He worries about water, someone else frets over Air.

Well one down in my goal of five correct finishes this week.

HeartRx said...

Good morning Argyle, C.C. et al.

I love Monk, and the trailer says it all, Argyle! I had never heard "The Old Lamplighter" but it is a really pretty song. Thanks for linking it. I solved in under 6 minutes, so it seemed like a typical Monday for me.

Like Abejo, I had to wait for the X in MDCX. I'm not really up on my 17th century Canadian history. (Must put that on the list of to-dos!!)

Great to see you back, Hahtoolah! I understand that they have been keeping you super busy at the office, but you must get your priorities straight : Corner first, everything else second! (^0^)

Vidwan827 said...

Thank you Mr. Dewey for a nice and relatively easy puzzle. Thank you Argyle for a very interesting commentary.

Somehow I had a problem with 'Do Shots' and 'Prole' .... I thought Prole had to do with 'Parolee' .... which, to me, was somewhat confusing.

I must be also losing my eyesight, I read AQI as AOL - which confused me further. Like others, above, I also, initially, read Negotiator as Navigator. That pesky little fine print ....

One of our U.S. Congressmen, referred to the EPA as the Environmental Protection ADMINISTRATION !!! Real smart ....

Back from a long trip - must relax.
Have a nice day, you all.

desper-otto said...

Good morning! I thought this was about right for a Tuesday, but it's only Monday. I WAGged the "P" in PROLE, or would have ended in a DNF. Wonder what's in store for the rest of the week...

Yes, Barry, I looked it up. August 2, 1610 was indeed a Monday. Oh, that's not what you meant?

Enjoyed your Browns link, Argyle. They went viral (though it wasn't called that at the time) in 1959 with The Three Bells. I always thought that the "bung, bung, bung, bung" sounded like the Anita Kerr Singers. I emailed Anita about a year ago and asked her. She responded a few weeks later, confirming that they did, indeed, do the backup.

Vidwan827 said...

Argyle, I read your 'Hudson's Bay' Wiki article. Very interesting. I notice the article can also be read, as an option, amongst other languages, in 'Simple English'. Cuts it down to 2 paragraphs - for us, "Monday' solvers .... K.I.S.S. - Keep it simple, stupid.

Nice to 'see' you, Hah.

TTP said...

Thanks Michael. Thanks Argyle.

Didn't complete it. Never heard of SWAG in the VEIN of free stuff. I had SNAG. Had absolutely no idea on Supergirl's Krypton name. I had KERA. Fend off should have been easy. I had NERD due to SNAG AND KERA.

Also failed to enter a letter at intersection of EPA and PROLE.

Lucina said...

Good morning, Argyle and all.

It's a rare event that I'm up this early and awake enough to solve the puzzle. Luckily it's Monday though it felt like Wednesday with ACHT, MDCX,and PROLE, a complete unknown but FRAU now seems common.

My family loves My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Yes, the father was a riot. In some ways it's a lot like our own family, especially the eating part.

Well, everyone, have a terrific Monday! Back to bed for me.

Mari said...

Good Morning Everybody, welcome to a new week. Today's puzzle could be considered a bit gory, don't you think? But alas, we're all but flesh and blood (and a soul of course).

Otto @ 6:04 am: You have an ambitious goal this week. I hope you accomplish it.

Welcome back Hahtoolah. We've missed your quotes.

Have a great day everybody.

Vidwan827 said...

C.C. - I was just going through your delectable Sunday commentary - when I came across your comment, about a question, you wrote, you had asked me about 'Urdu'. Since I don't know the question, could you please ask me again, today, and I'll try to answer it to the best of my ability.

Urdu, meaning 'camp', as presumably army camp, was the language of the Mughal (Middle east Asia - Turks, Arabs, Afghanis, Persians etc.) mercenaries. The grammar of Urdu, is based on Sanskrit (per O.E.D.), hence ~ 60% common with Hindi ( or old-style 'Hindustani' ) - therefore the street spoken language is comprehensible and understandable to most hindi speaking Indians. The other 40% - mostly higher level vocabulary has arabic, turkish and persian words, with Islamic overtones, which would not be intelligible to most Hindi speaking Indians, especially non-muslims. The language itself, is considered more 'refined' and elegant, ( like the French, is to English - ) compared with Hindi, and hence much preferred as the dialogue in Bollywood movies and especially 'Hindi' songs. The Urdu script is pseudo-arabic, with vowel modifications, and is about as intelligible, to most Indians, as Greek or Hebrew. Sindhi, is another common Indian language, though the province itself, including the city of Karachi, is in Pakistan, also uses the Urdu script. Most Sindhis, in India, are non-muslim, so the language itself does not use arabic vocabulary.

PK said...

Hi Y'all! Enjoyed this puzzle even if it was a bit hard for a Monday. Lot's of anatomy here with CEREBRAL, RUMP, PEC besides the circulatory system & what Argyle said. Good one Michael!

Thanks, Argyle! Haven't heard "The Old LAMP lighter" for years. Used to sing it.

I wanted "peons" not PROLE but perped it. Pro'ly stands for proletarian?

Liked how FRAU & DRUDGERY intersected. "A woman's work is never done", you know?

Also liked the proximity of PETER ! & the WOLF another all time favorite musical composition.

BillG: You asked about peonies yesterday. Most serious gardeners have peony bushes here in the heartland. My grandfather had a large peony garden which we transplanted to my mother's and mine as well as to my brothers'. My daughters then took some of that legacy when they had yards. Many of these blooms have been used to decorate family graves on Memorial Day during our lifetimes.

kazie said...

Starting out I thought this might be much harder, but getting a foothold first in the NE helped. In the end, only a few WAGs and I was done. Didn't really give thought to the theme--n ow I see it's body parts with FLESH AND BLOOD as the possible unifier if we include the non-circulatory SKIN to the mix.

Our son and d-i-l informed us of the bad floods in Central Europe. They are high enough to be clear, but the downtown of their city (Chemnitz) is "swimming", as he put it.

Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikel said...

Vidwan,
Thanks for the answer. Here are the questions I asked while you were traveling:

1) Was Urdu created during Mughal empire?

2) Can Hindi speakers understand Arabic easily?

3) Is Sanskrit to Hindi/Urdu the same as what Latin to Italian/Spanish?

Now I need to add:

4) Why are dialogues in Bollywood movies in Urdu?

Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikel said...

Vidwan,
Ignore my #4 question. Somehow the line "The language itself, is considered more 'refined' and elegant" escaped me earlier.

Sfingi said...

Easy, never noticed theme.

Didn't know AQI. Didn't matter.

@TTP - SWAG is for the movie stars, who disdain it, not for us PROLEs.

We old-timers know LAINIE Kazan as a singer.

Speaking of olden days, in my youth kids were encouraged to study German because it was the "language of science." Hah.

@C.C. Burnikel - check out Indo-European language trees, z.b.
andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/language.html
I recommend checking out the effect the Grimm Bros. fairy tale studies had on understanding language connections.

PROLES were the proletariat, esp. in the novel, 1984.

BTW - My license plate is OCDOCD. Around here, people try to guess, "Oneida County Dept. of - Wha?"

Irish Miss said...

Good Morning:

I thought this to be more of a Tuesday level but got the TADA without help; it just took a little longer. The theme was evident early on, so that helped. Thanks, Michael and Argyle for a job well done.

The T-storms we had yesterday cooled the temps into the high 70's which is much better than the mid 90's.

Have a good Monday.

Montana said...

First time I remember a DNF on a Monday. I missed the P in EPA and PROLE. Didn't recognize AQI.
So, I'm feeling like Thumper today.

Rain all day today and flooding creeks. We need the moisture and farmers/ranchers prepare for creeks that flood so all is good in the weather department.

Montana

Misty said...

Well, if this was a speed run, it sure was a SLOW speed run. But I got it done and had fun, so many thanks, Michael. And you too, Argyle, for an always great expo.

No special comments today (what is wrong with me?).

Have a great Monday, and a great beginning to the week, everybody!

Dennis said...

Good afternoon, gang - back in rainy Florida after a great week in rainy New Jersey. Always good seeing old friends, and I was really happy to see both stores doing well under the new ownership.

Not the usual speed run Monday for me, mainly because I started out with DRIED for 1A and figured 1D would be DOWNS until I reread the clue. Then I was sure 43D would be RAN AMOK, and it took the perps to fix that. Other than those, pretty much a straightforward Monday solve.

I'm a bachelor for the next two weeks; my wife just left for Denver on business. Good timing, as we've got our 25th anniversary coming up later this month and I'm not getting any inspiration on what to buy her and I can use the time to shop around. I think it's silver, so that's a start.

I was just sent this article, which I think the women here will find informative. I do think more study is needed and stand ready to help anyone who may need assistance with the proper technique.

I got an 80 on that Mensa test that was posted yesterday; I doubt I'd still be able to get in if I ever wanted to re-join. Such is old age.

Vidwan827 said...

C.C. in answer to your questions:

1. Was Urdu a Mughal product ? Probably not - there were other Muslim kings - Mohd. Ghori ~1170, Iltutmish ~1220, and others upto ~1520 - prior to the Mughals. The Mughals were only the latest, the most dominant, and cohesive, and eventually the last dynasty in India - and around 1820-1857 were replaced by the British.

2. Can Hindi speakers understand Arabic ? Definitely not. Hindi (and 24 others - ), Sanskrit, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish are the Indo-European languages - Arabic and Hebrew are semitic languages. Totally different roots. Though there are some borrowed words.

3. Sanskrit : Hindi/Urdu :: Latin : Italian/ Spanish/ German/ French /English ? Yes, in grammar and common base words.

Again, Urdu has a lot of - Arabic/Persian/Turkish vocabulary.

4. Bollywood movies have some urdu words, but the Hindi movies have to be essentially in Hindi, so that they can be understood by the masses.

A plug: the movie -'English, Vinglish' is the best Bollywood movie produced in the last 15 years. It is 50% English. If interested, read the synopsis in Wiki. Its about a housewife learning English as ESL.

61Rampy said...

Glad to see you back, Hahtoolah!
Like some others, I thought this was a bit crunchy for a Monday. Like BarryG, had EctO instead of ENDO. Needed perps for many of the across words. Only write over was the ENDO thing, but I still had to go both across and down to get everything.

JD said...

Good morning Argyle, C.C., et al,

Welcome back, Hatoolah.

A nice Monday offering. The 4 theme fills were pretty much gimmes,although I didn't see the theme until I read Argyle's write-up. All WAGs worked today, like swag and Kera,but H.H.'s year to enter the bay and prole (hand up for peons) had to be filled with perps.

Dennis, now that you've discovered the REAL benefits of your new business, I'm sure you can come up with an impressive medical title.

Vidwan, very interesting info.

C.C., I didn't have time to tell you that your recent Dynamic Duo puzzle was AMAZING!! I don't know how you both do it.

Lemonade714 said...

Michael Dewey, thanks, you are slowly working your way through the days of the week; I look forward to your Friday effort.

Hahtoolah, good to see you.

Dennis, always good to see you; who did you pay to get that "Study" published. I have been passing out the article to all the females I know.

Vidman, thanks for the language lesson.

Our long time friend of the Corner, John Lampkin did the NYT today.

Lucina said...

Wow! So now groping is scientifically sound? Dennis, you will fulfill the meaning of "handsful" and be in great demand. I predict national acclaim for you and your technique.

Jayce said...

Blood'n'guts! Skin'n'bone! Throbbing veins and pulsating hearts! Fun theme!

Yup, sure 'nuff I started off on the wrong foot, with DRIED. Then I misspelled SANSCRIT. Fortunately it didn't take much blood letting, cerebral hemorrhaging, or soul (Hi, Mari) searching to fix those errors to arrive at an engagingly engorged solve.

Thank you for the interesting discussion of Urdu.

When we were kids, we all had to drive to Walla Walla, Washington, for some now un-remembered reason, but I do remember we drove our parents crazy by chanting "Walla Walla" and giggling at least a million times during the long drive.

Hahtoolah with no moolah, so glad you are back. Best wishes to you all.

Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikel said...

Sfingi,
Great link. I just got it printed out.

Vidwan,
Thanks for the very informative post. You're a true vidwan!

Bill G. said...

Thanks Michael and Argyle, I enjoyed the puzzle and writeup.

Lucina, I loved My Big Fat Greek Wedding and I'll bet I would enjoy your family. My family was pretty normal and not too colorful. Even so, I enjoyed their visits but in small doses.

I just got back from the car wash. Those guys really work hard, do a good job and earn their salary and tips. My car appreciates them.

I going to accompany Barbara on a check-out cruise in her car. I have to be able to help her up and down the steps to the driveway.

Husker Gary said...

Hey, even I got the theme! Only incorrect DRIED/DOWNS/IVAN_/SLR made for a tough start.

Musings
-The CENTRAL ARTERY of Oklahoma City was jammed for miles and at a standstill at the height of the tornado. Where did they think they were going?
-Daughter’s boyfriend says he does not have OCD; he has CDO so the letters are in alphabetical order ;-)
-Our March tour guide was named Lenore and of course she had been reminded of The Raven since childhood
-I saw that ERROL Flynn Robin Hood on TCM yesterday too. It was so nice of all the palace guards to attack him just one at a time.
-The DAMS around here usually do a good job of controlling the Muddy Mo but every few years…
-OREL/ORAL, OPAL/OPEL – our old cwd buds
-The old switchEROO can be part of gaslighting someone
-You think you KNOW that lyric BY HEART and then… Mess-ups on the Star Spangled Banner are legion. BTW, our national anthem should be America The Beautiful
-I would never DO SHOTS and be able to walk after one
-Bill G, peonies proliferate here. They’re just late for Memorial Day.
-What soft rock classic contains the lyric, “I WILL, I WILL, I WILL…”

Jayce said...

Bill G, your wife has a new car? Cool. What kind is it?

Bill G. said...

What is this a formula for? (It's a little bit of mathematical humor.)

V = π(z*z)a where z is the radius and a is the thickness or height.

Yes, I like America the Beautiful better too. It has a prettier melody and easier-to-understand lyrics.

Jayce, it's not a brand new car. We bought a Toyota Yaris for her a couple of years ago. It's very small and easy to drive with great hatchback space for her sewing machine and other stuff. She just wasn't feeling so confident about driving after her knee replacement surgery. Luckily, it was her left knee so operating the pedals isn't an issue. She was able to get in and out of the car just fine. Then we drove around the block. Now she's off to a doctor's appointment.

PK said...

Dennis, alas, you are so far away! Guess I'll just continue to rely on spandex garments for help.

61Rampy said...

My first thought, Bill, was for volume, but a closer look reveals PIZZA!!

CrossEyedDave said...

Sorry, I did not do yesterdays puzzle, (I was in the Brig for malingering, I showed up at the wrong set of bells...)

The puzzle today was a breeze!

Does anyone remember Schoolhouse Rock?

Jayce said...

Bill G, it looks like V = the volume of the cylinder.

Lucina said...

Bill, if you like loud, garrulous, always together and great food, yes you would like our family. And you know how most of the names in MBFGW are Nick, Nicholas, Nicky, etc. In our family it's Michael. We must have about eight of them. Then there are the Lindas, too.

Hahtoolah:
I forgot to say how much I miss you and your QOD when you're gone. Welcome back!

Chickie said...

Hola Everyone, I shot myself in the foot, because I didn't hold off on putting in dried! But I did hold off on putting in the X for Henry Hudson's Bay year. It could have been V or L and then where would I have been? At the eraser again.,

This was a little scrabbly for a Monday. I didn't know the AQI Initials. I should have as we've had them enough times in CW's. So I just guessed at the P which put in Prole. Prole? What is that? Thanks Argyle for the explanation.
Even as an abbreviation it didn't make sense to me. OCD was just a guess as I've never watched Monk. I also didn't know Kara as Supergirl's Krypton name. I haven't read a Superman/girl comic book for over 50 years!!!

But, I did get the theme today after putting in Flesh and Blood, then In the same vein.

Good to see your post today, Hatoolah.

Have a great day everyone.

thehondohurricane said...

Dennis,

If you need an extra pair of hands, I'm always available.

Qli said...

Great way to start the week. WEES about DRIED instead of WIPED and RAN AMOK instead of RAN WILD. After those were fixed, I just needed a WAG for PROLE and I was done!

Thanks for the life-saving information Dennis!

Nice to see the Monk clip again. Hope Shalhoob's new show will be as good as Monk was.


Husker, was that "Love Will Keep Us Together"? and was it by The Captain and Tenille?

HeartRx said...

Husker G., I laughed so hard about your potential SIL's comment about CDO, that I almost ETW my pants!!

Chickie said...

Kazie, I'm so sorry to hear that Chemnitz is "swimming" We visited there and researched our family at the church. The pastor and his wife had a son who came here and visited with us while he was at Stanford U. for the summer. I hope that things won't be too long in drying out.

We loved "My Big Fat Greek Wedding." My DIL married into an Egyptian Family. That movie could have been made about them, no question. They have so much fun when they get together. We spent Friday week with them celebrating our Grandson's graduation. I can't imagine what the other people at the restaurant thought with only curtains sectioning off our part of the room!

kazie said...

Chickie,
That's interesting that you had a Chemnitz connection too. It seems that it's about the same as when we got all those pix of the Elbe in flood a few years ago. Only this time there's a lot of flooding in Bavaria and the Czech Republic as well as Saxony. At least none of the family are affected this time, and our son's route to work did not involve any detours so far, though he said some of his colleagues had problems.

OCD Curious said...

Chickie - maybe I don't understand the semantics.

In your post you say,'My DIL (Daughter-in-law ? ) married into an Egyptian family'...

Wouldn't that make you the 'Egyptian family' ? Because that would be how she became your DIL in the first place ? Are there different types of DILs ?

Forgive me, for these inane details.

GarlicGal said...

HuskerGary - Is it The Beatles "I Will"?

JD said...

CEDave, all teachers in the 70's/80's used those Schoolhouse Rock "videos", except, at that time we had projectors. Sometimes the film would break and we had to splice it together.The kids could sing along to many of them since they were on TV too.Fun stuff!

I still laugh when I recall the Windex scene in My Big Fat Greek Wedding!

Husker Gary said...

Yup, Qli, it was Toni and Darrell.

Marti, that OCD remark got me too!

Grandson just threw a scoreless inning!

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Manac said...

HG
Great news on your grandson!
What age group and league is he in?
Nicole's team is playing in the semi-finals tomorrow.

And Now For Some Gratuitous Supergirl
Pics.
#1
#2

Dennis said...

Well damn, sounds like I need a mobile version of Boob'n Lube. Public service, and all that.

Hondo, absolutely -- it's great that you're so service-minded. I'll pick you up in the breastmobile.

Yellowrocks said...

Swag, loot, and booty can all refer to ill gotten goods. They also can all refer informally to freebies, such as those picked up at trade shows and conventions. I have heard all of them used to refer to the contents of birthday party goodie bags.
Sfingi,I also associated PROLE with 1984.
LOL,those with OCD prefer to call it CDO in aphabetical order. Cute.
My new computer should arrive at the end of next week.I am dying to use Word, Google quickly and write longer emails.
I tried the Mensa test.I paused to get a pencil. Then my touch screen was very slow and took multiple taps. I ran out of time.What I did finish was pretty good, but not Mensa material.To save face I will blame it on getting old.

Bill G. said...

Here's a great video of an Unwelcome fox.

V = π(z*z)a where z is the radius and a is the thickness or height.
All correct answers. Yes, it's the volume of a short cylinder, namely a pizza. V = pi(zz)a.

Now at this point, when I was teaching my students the volume of a cone or pyramid, V = (Bh)/3. The brighter students wanted to know why the volume was one-third of that of a prism or cylinder. The best I could do was to tell them it came from calculus. Anybody have a better answer?

Barbara got back from her first driving excursion to the doctor for a post-surgery checkup. I needed to help her up the stairs again. By about this time next week, we should have new rails installed on the sides of the stairs.

As you probably know from reading some of my off-topic posts, I'm a fan of good older movies as contrasted to mediocre newer movies. I just came across and recorded "The American President" with Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, et al. I've probably watched it three or four times before. I highly recommend your finding it on cable or adding it to your Netflix queue.

Manac, Supergirl always seemed to take a backseat to Superman or Superbody but I think your photo may have made me reconsider...

Qli said...

I saw a shirt that said:
"I have CDO. That's OCD with the letters in order, like they should be"

Paul M. said...

This kid might not KNOW IT BY HEART, but he is almost there. Besides, he is cute as hell.

Irish Miss said...

That OCD joke reminds me of a silly joke about the last words of a dying, dyslexic atheist: "Is there really a Dog?"

Lucina said...

Dennis and Hondo:
I am in awe, absolute awe with your spirit of public service and generosity, You guys really deserve a medal for your sacrifices.

JD:
That Windex scene always sets us into gales of laughter especially since we saw such a thing in Hawaii one year way before the movie. A father was actually treating his daughter with Windex after she was stung by a swarm of small octopi.