First, the quintessential explorer:
20A. Reggie Miller, e.g. : INDIANA PACER. News: Ian Mahinmi was just traded to them in exchange for Darren Collision and Dahntay Jones.
and
40A. Last name of the start of 20-Across : JONES. Indiana Jones. I have linked this character several times: "I HATE snakes!!" 0:15
40A. Last name of the start of 20-Across : JONES. Indiana Jones. I have linked this character several times: "I HATE snakes!!" 0:15
Then we have:
26A. Long-eared hopper : JACK RABBIT. (Not the Easter Bunny?)
and
69A. Last name of the start of 26-Across : RYAN. He played Jack Ryan in "Patriot Games" and "Clear and Present Danger". If you have not seen either of these, GO OUT AND RENT THEM!! (Right NOW!!) 2:32
And finally, maybe his most famous role of all:
48A. Reign between the Qin and the Three Kingdoms : HAN DYNASTYand
5A. Last name of the start of 48-Across : SOLO. He played Han Solo in the "Star Wars" film series. Who could forget him in this role??
And finally, the unifier, and "star" of our puzzle:
53. Actor born 7/13/1942 who played characters found in 20-. 26- and 48-Across : HARRISON FORD
Lots of cross-referencing clues, and you need to pay attention. Otherwise, you might get Han Jones mixed up with Indiana Ryan, or Jack Solo!!
Marti here, so it must be Thursday (Already???) So, lets just dive in...
Across:
1. Increasingly rare PC monitors : CRTS. Cathode Ray Tube(s). Boy, I'll say they are increasingly rare. I could hardly find them, even on Wiki!!
9. Supplement : ADD-ON
14. Flood notable : NOAH
15. "Iliad" warrior : AJAX. Also, a well-known cleaning brand.
16. Rank : GRADE. Or, like the skunks in my back yard!!
17. Site of Napoleon's 1804 coronation : NOTRE DAME. This was the name of my H.S. (It's also a lesser-known cathedral in Paris, but I won't hold it against them!)
19. Condor's castle? : AERIE. El Condor Passa.
22. Parting word : ADIEU...so long, farewell, it's time to say goodnight. Oh wait, I still have some clues left to do...
25. "Everybody Hurts" band : REM. Great song.
31. 9-3, 9-4 or 9-5 : SAAB
35. It might be casual: Abbr. : FRI.day
36. Actress Falco et al. : EDIES. Not to be confused with 67A. "Grand" ice cream brand : EDYS. Strange to say, but I really don't like ice cream!
38. Tolkien creatures : ORCS. Now, THAT'S "ugly"!!
42. Not looking well : PALE
43. Hollandaise ingredient : YOLK. My mother was French, and we had a lot of sauces, including Hollandaise, at every meal. Each of us girls had her favorite recipe, and we argued endlessly about whose was "better". One Thanksgiving, one of my brothers-in-law remarked about Hollandaise that was being served: "This is the glue that keeps you sisters together..." Sadly, they are all gone now. I miss them...and all their Hollandaise recipes!
44. Salon offerings : TINTS
46. [Sniff!] : SOB
47. Overly precious, to a Brit : TWEE. Well, I know Brits love their TEA, but TWEE? Never heard of it. The linked image below is a pastel painting (it is NOT a photograph!!) done by my dear friend Barbara Groff. She is a talented artist, and has won many national awards. I am privileged to own some of her original pieces. For more info (bold plug here), go to her web site.
50. Letters from your parents? : RNA. Haha, funny clue. Although, I did want DNA at first...
52. Pernod flavoring : ANISE
60. Often-filtered transmission : EMAIL
61. Degas subject : BALLERINA. More art, but sorry...this is probably not as affordable as a Groff original!
65. Photo finish : MATTE
66. "...___ saw Elba" : ERE I. "Able was I, ere I saw Elba." Famous palindrome. Raise your hand if you did not get this immediately? (Go to the back of the class!)
68. Manuscript marks : STETS
70. Basketful, perhaps : WASH...just did four basketfuls (baskets full??) today, so this was a gimme.
Down:
1. "Piers Morgan Tonight" channel : CNN. Cable News Network.
2. Milne marsupial : ROO. Of "Winnie the Pooh".
3. Bit of artwork seen in NBA games : TAT. Back to Groff and Monet? No, this artwork.
4. Mouse reaction : SHRIEK. Do mice shriek? Really? At what?
5. H.S. safety org. : SADD. Students Against Drunk Driving
6. City WNW of Los Angeles : OJAI. Map.
7. Tibetan for "superior one" : LAMA. A "One L-lama" in an Ogden Nash poem.
8. Farm team : OXEN. (Was anyone thinking "baseball"??)
9. With one's jaw on the floor, so to speak : AGAPE. Ahhh, the A-word.
10. Concocts : DREAMS UP
11. Jeanne ___ : D'ARC. Has anyone read Mark Twain's version? I picked it up because I thought it would be comical. But it was the most interesting and enlightening biography of Jean D'Arc that I have ever read!
12. Jon Arbuckle's pooch : ODIE. Funny one today (yesterday?)
13. "When pigs flyeth!" : NE'ER. I loveth thith clue!
18. Toughen : ENURE
21. Knack : ART. (see 47- and 61-Across)
22. Four-time Indy 500 winner : A.J. FOYT
23. Scopes's defender : DARROW. The famous "Monkey Trial".
24. December hanger : ICICLE. Not if you live in Tampa, though!
27. Tall, dark or handsome: Abbr. : ADJ.ective.
28. Flora and fauna : BIOTA. "Total collection of organisms", per wiki.
29. Togo neighbor : BENIN. Map.
30. "___ a Message": INXS song : I SEND. Love the body language.
32. Court star with the autobiography "Open" : AGASSI. Andre, eight-time Grand-Slam champion.
33. Doles out : ALLOTS
34. Parting words : BYE-BYE. Not yet! 16 more to go...
39. "Picket Fences" Emmy winner Tom : SKERRITT. You don't know him? Of course you know Sheriff Jimmy Brock!!
41. Pen name? : STY. Cute clue.
45. Marcher's drum : SNARE
48. Is ill with : HAS. As in, "Has the flu."
49. Jackson or Johnson : ANDREW. 7th and 17th presidents of the US of A.
51. TV's younger Dr. Crane : NILES. I just loved him on "Frasier"! 0:31
53. Garment edges : HEMS. They go up...they go down...they go up...they go down...
54. Latin lesson word : AMAT. amo-amas-amat-amamus-amatis-amant. I love, you love, he loves, we love, you love, they love...we all love to do crosswords!
55. Deserve : RATE
56. Upper, in Upper Westphalia : OBER. Not to be confused with "über", meaning "over".
57. Quaint negative : NARY
58. ___ market : FLEA. Anyone here in the market for fleas?
59. "Chocolat" actress : OLIN. Lena, for her role as Josephine Muscat. Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp stole the show, even though OLIN is more crossword-friendly...
62. Nev. neighbor : IDA.ho. (Alaska?)
63. Where Cuomo is gov. : NYS. New York State.
64. Cheroot residue : ASH. If you know that a cheroot is a cheap cigar, this was a gimme. Otherwise, you may have been looking for some kind of Indian war paint!
Answer grid.
That's all for now..see you next week!
Hugs,
Marti
Note from C.C.:
Happy 82nd Birthday to dear Sallie!
79 comments:
Good morning, Marti, C.C. and gang - got off to a rocky start today by putting MADD for 5D; I ended up with MOLO for 5A, and of course didn't get it corrected unitl I got to its partner at 48A. Everything else went remarkably well for a Thursday, although I needed perps for "Overly precious, to a Brit", and I never saw Picket Fences and only know Tom Skerrit as 'Viper' in Top Gun. This was an enjoyable solve; my favorite clue was "9-3, 9-4 or 9-5" -- took a minute to register.
Marti, as always, great write-up with several learning moments for me.
My new avatar shows the result of what I've been involved with quite a bit since we got here. No, not mating with turtles, but rather rescuing babies that couldn't find their way out of the sand that is their hatching place.
The stretch of beach we live on is prime turtle-nesting ground for loggerhead, leatherback and green turtles. These are on the endangered list due mostly, from what I understand, to careless commercial fishing. It's just been the coolest thing to walk the beach very late at night and see these big mothers lumbering up to lay their eggs. Once they do that, they don't come back, and about 45 days later, again very late at night, the little guys come popping out of the sand after breaking their shells, and head for the water.
What we do, is the day after there's been a hatching (and it's obvious from all the little flipper marks leading from the nest), we'll dig down and make sure everybody got out ok. Invariably, for whatever reason, there's a few guys who couldn't dig their way out, so we bucketize them as you can see, and after dark, we turn them loose at water's edge, and off they go. I want to put my initials on their shells and look for them years later, but that hasn't been looked upon too favorably...
Anyway, there's a lot more to it, but I've probably used up my line allocation for July.
Happy Birthday, Sallie - many, many more.
Hope it's a great, fun day for everyone.
Morning, all (and Happy Birthday, Sallie)!
Thanks for the kind words about my dad. We're still in a holding pattern and hoping for yet another miraculous recovery.
Today's puzzle was fun and, for the most part, very smooth. I'm not familiar with the songs of INXS and incorrectly guessed that 30D was I SENT instead of ISEND. That made HAN DYNASTY hard to see until I got some more perps. Other than that, though, there really wasn't much resistance.
Hmmmm... I just noticed that HAN DYNASTY looks like HANDY NASTY in the grid...
Good Morning Marti and friends. I hit the right wavelength for today's puzzle. I must admit, however, that the perps gave me the answer to 48-Across and I was confused by the fill, which I read as HANDY NASTY.
We watched Picket Fences years ago, so I did know Tom SKERRITT.
Favorite clue was Basketful, Perhaps = WASH.
Marti, I am not keen in ice cream, either. Unfortunately, I have to have some wisdom teeth extracted within the next couple of weeks. Everyone tells me "at least you will be able to eat lots of ice cream!" that really does not make me feel any better.
How nice of Sallie to share her birthday with Harrison Ford! Hope you have a great day, Sallie!
Greetings!
Nice puzzle, David; fantastic expo, Marti!
No cheats, but misspelled OJAI the first time through. Good grief!
Dennis: loved your submission! As a turtle afficianado, I was quite impressed! Good for you!
Have to have ultra-expensive dental treatment later today. Thought I'd get to sleep early. Didn't work, as you can see. Too much heat. Had a big snack. (Bad thing to do according to Drs. Oz and Mercola.) Will try again anon.
Anybody see the new show Perception? What did you think?
Cheers!
Happy bday, Sallie! Have a great one!
Hello Puzzlers -
Speed run today, only a slight hiccup at TWEE, for which I tried DEAR first. I've seen TWEE in some book or other but probably never worked out its meaning.
Hand up for remembering Tom SKERRITT as Viper, the instructor who simulates aggressor tactics in Top Gun. I'm told that Top Gun was filmed with unprecedented cooperation with the U.S. Navy; for one thing, the Navy doesn't trust just anybody to fly in formation with their active jets for filmmaking purposes. They gave permission to Clay Lacy Jets to do that, using Lear 35's with special movie cameras and ports.
Speaking of jets and Harrison Ford: the actor is well known for being a pilot and aviation advocate. Among other aircraft, he owns a CitationJet, or CJ, one of a limited number of private jets that can be legally flown by a single pilot. Must be nice...
Morning Marti! Thanks for today's dose of wit. HBTY Sallie. Cheers!
HBDTY Sallie and many more.
I had a red betta named AJAX, so I enjoyed seeing that reference. TWEE was out of my ken and like others HANDY NASTY looked weird for a moment.
CLARENCE DARROW was a very interesting and influential man, beyond hos work on the Scopes trial.
marti you had a great write up, thanks.
Good morning, folks. Thank you, David Poole, for a very good Thursday puzzle. Thank you, Marti, for a lively review.
Happy Birthday, Sallie! Many more to you!
CRTS was easy for 1A. I am sitting here right next to one. My older computer.
Got the entire North, except for NOTRE DAME and ADD ON. I had ADD TO for a while. They all came a little later.
Never heard of the REM band.
Did not know SKERRITT. Perps to the rescue.
BIOTA was clever for Flora and Fauna.
TWEE is new to me.
Our favorite palindrome showed up for 66A.
Liked the theme. HARRISON FORD is one of my favorite actors. Really liked "The Fugitive." Many years ago I regularly drove by the hospital in Bay Village, OH, where Dr. Sam Sheppard worked. The original "Fugitive."
Always like AERIE in a puzzle. We see it now and then.
Have to pack now. Heading to Johnsonburg, PA, in a couple hours.
See you tomorrow.
Abejo
Nice tribute to Harrison Ford. First time I saw him act was in American graffiti. Over all an interesting puzzle made me think this thursday morning. Great write-up as usual by Marti.
Marti, fun write up.
Happy birthday, Sallie. Enjoy your day.
Dennis, your turtle rescues sound interesting.
I came across TWEE some time ago. I remember it because it seems so fitting. The word TWEE itself seems overly precious.
This was easy except for a Natick which I guessed wrong. I wavered between DNA and RNA and chose DNA. I looked up SKERRITT so a technical DNF. Off by one letter.
I never shrieked when seeing a mouse and a mouse never shrieked at me.
Morning, all. It's a rainy morning in my little corner of the world. We got 2 inches yesterday, and we may get as much again today. Let 'er come.
Today's puzzle seemed easy for a Thursday. No problems today. I enjoyed your write-up, Marti -- always witty.
I still use a CRT with my 10-year-old PC. Haven't found a good enough reason to retire it. It takes up a lot of real estate on my desk, though.
TWEE? Elmer Fuddism?
Nice tribute to Harrison Ford. I think the Indiana Jones series, however, should have stopped at three.
What TV Show had a leading character who hailed from OJAI?
Good morning everyone, and Happy Happy Birthday, Sallie! May you smile on many, many more.
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Dennis, that is "way cool" what you are doing with the turtles. I was at a sales meeting in Jupiter, FL one time, and we went out late at night to watch the hatchlings make their trek. It was an awesome sight.
A speed run Dudley? Ha! A DNF for me! This was a toughy - but there were some great clues! I loved 1A. I didn't know if PC refered to personal computers or being publicaly correct.
The clue for 50A was cute: Letters from your parents? RNA. 31A SAAB was tricky (thank you PERPS). 60A was good - Often-filtered transmission: EMAIL. I was thinking of car transmissions - like in an oil change. And of course, 41D was great: Pen name: STY.
Dennis: That's great what you're doing for the turtles. I'm a animal lover and donate to various humane societies. It would be amazing to see an adult turtle with your initials, but I understand why you shouldn't do this.
Sallie - Happy Birthday! I noticed one of your photos contained half the bloggers who post here! I hope they all take you out for a great time!
Just wanted to say that I loved this puzzle! That was a very clever way of doing a tribute puzzle. By breaking up the first and last names of the characters, the theme was more than just a backdrop to the puzzle and felt more like you were opening a present. Well done.
This one’s going into my hall of fame, David. The clever cross references and fresh cluing (Photo finish, Condor castle, Letters from parents, Filtered transmission, Farm team, etc.) made for a delightful exercise. Add a dash of Marti and it “don’t git no better!”
Musings
-Thanks for El Condor Passa, Marti. It played in the background as I mused.
-Remember when TV’s were CRT’s and couldn’t sit next to the wall?
-NOTRE DAME legend Paul Hornung made controversial comments about why the Irish can’t field good football teams
-Where I sub, everyday looks like casual FRI.
-BTW, we love to go hear live rock and roll and wonder if there are any groups left that don’t look they just bought their clothing at a bad garage sale.
-EREI, OJAI, STET, TWEE were very familiar cwd words. I gotta get out more!
-There might be more peeps reading this blog than watching CNN. They ain’t making the GRADE
-We saw a 20 something girl the other night with a huge TAT on her neck. I saw alcohol in her past and unemployment in her future.
-Nebraskan William Jennings Bryan took the loss in that Scopes game.
-We saw some ICICLES on a couple of January trips to Orlando. Yikes!
-The Frasier ensemble was great. Like so many sitcoms, it deteriorated at the end trying to keep the string going. Roseanne was the worst at that.
-HBD Sallie!
Fermetaprime: I have not seen Perception yet. Is it good?
Interesting, a puzzle themed to an actor, who turns 70, born on July 13th (tomorrow!), is given to us on July 12th.
Thanks perps for TWEE, SAAB (don't get the clue: '9-3,9-4 or 9-5'), BIOTA & BENIN.
Sallie: Tonights first SUNSET TOAST is to you. Happy 82nd.
Cheers!
Hello, Everyone!
I am sorry that I don't have any comments for the current puzzle by David Poole. I haven't even solved Doug's puzzle yesterday. Only this morning I was trying to catch up on older blogs. I was flabbergasted that C.C. mentioned my birthday two days ago and that many of you gave your wishes. I am sorry that I was not aware of this. Thank you very much, I had a pleasant day. I also enjoyed C.C.'s and Marti's puzzles very much. They both have a unique way of cluing. C.C. is a perfect person to teach and work with, but I have learned much from her as well. As you can see, she can do these puzzles on her own now. I never stop marveling about how she started out in China and is now doing this. And I do learn much from the comments that you all make. You are the ones we have to please, so we will endeavor to make puzzles that you can enjoy. Thanks again!
Tinman, those are Saab model designations.
HBD, Sallie!
No takers on the OJAI trivia?
Reese Witherspoon.
Addendum (since I posted late yesterday) to my post on my favorite aria Nessun Dorma sans LIBRETTO.
The Paul Potts performance is magnificent in and of itself and even left Simon Cowell AWED and AGAPE. However the reaction of the audience is what amazed me. 98% of them would never go to an opera but they stood and cheered wildly in immediate recognition of the talent of this short, heavy, plain looking car phone salesman as his voiced soared on the wings of this glorious music. I have watched this many times and never tire of the wonderful affirmation of “never judge a book by its cover”.
Bill G: By your conjecture,n= ab - a - b is the last possible unsolvable number n = ax + by. Take (a, b) = (5, 11) so that 55-16 = 39. But n = 40 does not work. (40-11=29, 29 -11= 18, 18 - 11=7.)
As you see, still a problem going to sleep! So hope arithmetic is correct. Going to have to buy my own copy of Mathematica! I really miss it, but is sooo pricey.
Good morning:
This was a nice Thursday offering with a clever theme and cute cluing. Thanks, David Poole, and thanks, Marti, for your dazzling expo.
Happy Birthday, Sallie, have a great day.
Desper-Otto - I believe the tv show with the Ojai character was Brothers and Sisters with, coincidentally, Tom Skerritt. It was one of my favorites until they got too soap opera-ery.
Happy Thursday to all.
At risk of sounding incredibly ignorant, just how does 41D 'pen name?' relate to its answer of 'STY'?
Pig pen = sty
Irish Miss, you may be correct. I'm not familiar with Brothers and Sisters. I was thinking of a different show, this one from the 70's.
Anon@10:16 A pen for pigs is called a sty, ergo: pen name.
Good morning to all and happy Thur. Great puzzle David P.clever theme and cluing. So good to hear from you Dennis and so glad you are enjoying the wildlife here in Fla. Happy birthday to you Sallie and hopefully many more to come. We have been having crazy thunderstorms every afternoon,but that is July here in central Fla. Have a great day to all. RJW.
6 million dollar man???
Weird weather here today, coolish and humid. There's a chance of thundershowers but I'd bet against them.
Happy birthday Sallie!
I used to really enjoy Picket Fences. It had the humor and cleverness that was the hallmark of all David E. Kelley shows (Boston Legal for example).
Fermatprime, yes, for (5,11), my rule would give the biggest impossible number to be 39. Forty is gettable just by eight 5s.
No, not the 6 Million Dollar Man -- interesting guess though. The series I'm thinking of starred LW as character JS.
Good afternoon, everyone.
Thanks for the birthday wishes. But Hahtoolah, I am not sharing my birthday with Harrison Ford. His is the 13th and mine is the 12th. It is a pleasure for me to wear orange on St. Pat's day and today because it is Orangemans Day. I'm not even Irish, but I like celebrating the protestant side of the Irish.
Dennis, your work with the turtles is great. It is a problem in Naples that tall buildings have lights on, and that confuses the hatchlings who go to the light thinking it's to the sea.
The puzzle was fun, but DNF because I was stuck in the center with names I don't know. My favorite was, of course, HARRISON FORD; much of that I got from hints from the perps.
Cheers
desper-otto: Thanks!
I figured as much when the 'perps' got me the answer.
(Obviouly I'm not a SAAB fan).
Husker: Thanks for the Paul Potts.
Cheers!
Anon@11:21 -- I'm going to have to give you credit for that answer. Steve Austin's parents lived in Ojai, so I guess we could assume that Steve lived there as well at some point. Good catch.
But the character I thought of was Jaime Sommers (played by Lindsay Wagner) as The Bionic Woman -- a spinoff of the 6 Million Dollar Man. Her "cover" was working as an Ojai school teacher.
Sallie: I wasn't looking at the calendar this morning when I did the puzzle and wrote my comments. I was just in autopilot mode so assumed the reference to Harrison Ford's July 13th birthday, meant today was that day. Tinbini pointed out that it was interesting to have a birthday a day ahead of time.
I hope you have a wonderful day and don't have to share it with anyone.
Hello, all. Witty blogging, Marti, thank you.
A very happy birthday, Sallie! I hope you do something special.
Clever puzzle by David Poole and if I were a HARRISON FORD fan I imagine I would really love it. The two roles I liked are as HAN SOLO and the President in Air Force One. Otherwise, sorry, no.
However, it was great fun to sashay like one of Degas' BALLERINAS and find gems like pen name, STY, photo finish, MATTE, condor's castle, AERIE, and letters from your parents, RNA (yes, I had DNA first).
I recalled Tom SKERRIT but had to work out the name because of aforesaid DNA.
For some reason I know pernod has ANISE flavoring though I've never had it. Major DNF because I thought 22D was AJ HOYT not FOYT and didn't bother to read 34A which would have corrected it.
Fermatprime: I did see Perception and haven't decided if I like it. It reminded me of the movie, "A Beautiful Life" and I wonder if that was the inspiration for it.
Dennis: great to see you and congratulations on your volunteering to save the turtlets.
It rained in buckets last night accompanied by thunder and lightning, a real light show.
Enjoy your day, everyone!
Hi gang --
Sallie - HBD and many more!
Tough go today. Fell into the MADD/MOLO trap and never went back to fix it until I saw Dennis' comment.
Has ADIOS for ADIEU. Wanted PETER RABBIT, but he doesn't fit in that hole.
Couldn't dredge DARROW up from the memory banks without perp help.
Didn't know Jack Ryan.
Great puzzle, though.
Our BALLERINA, AMANDA, is at Hope College for the Cecchetti Council of America International Summer School for two weeks. They mis-assigned her on entry, but moved her up to the top grade on the first day.
Watched Road House last night. Almost everyone in that movie is a HANDY NASTY SOB.
Dennis - great work with the turtles. The BIOTA thank you!
Cheers!
JzB
Fermat, I'm sorry, I meant A Beautiful Mind, the movie about the brilliant mathematician John Nash.
Hello all,
Thanks for the kind words about my puzzle. Glad you enjoyed it.
For those of you who commented on the cross-references in the puzzle, you can thank Rich Norris for that - it was his idea to clue the surnames in that fashion. The clues, for the most part, are mine - Rich left most of them alone.
The reason the puzzle ran today instead of July 13, which is Harrison Ford's birthday, is that the puzzle really isn't a Friday puzzle. (FWIW, I'm not sure it's even a Thursday puzzle but I never, ever argue with editors about scheduling!)
Marti: Thanks for a great write-up!
Cheers, everyone!
Can one still RENT videos? My local Blockbuster went out of business over a year ago!
David P., thanks for stopping by. I figured that Rich would not consider this a Friday puzzle (not enough names, obscurities, foreign words???), and that's why it was scheduled for today. But it is still a great tribute puzzle, and I had fun with it since I have seen just about every Harrison Ford movie there is.
My latest "must see" actor is Johnny Depp. Think you can schedule a tribute to him next June 9th?
Not-quite-quotidian Dad, I'm not sure where you are, but around here (northeastern US), we have "Red Box" stands at most grocery stores, where you can still rent videos.
Greetings from Kaiser in Santa Clara. Have been here for a few days on the Cardio floor. A few to go. Turns out that the scalp lac that I took down to the bone wasn't the biggie. Suffered conjestive heart failure from loss of blood. At least the fluid is out of my lungs now and am able to breath on my own.
Getting out of here even if I have to tie sheets together and go out of the third floor window.
After all the discussion we had yesterday about our favorite cats, here's a young orphaned raccoon. Pet raccoon.
eddyB, good luck with the hospital and healing. I hope all goes well.
eddyB, I'm so sorry and good luck to you. Prayers will be going your way and please listen to your doctor!
HBD Sallie! (Sorry, i could not resist!)
I hope to help out with the turtles when my new house in Naples is finished August 2013...
Bill G, is that "your" racoon?
Tx Desper-otto, i had no idea 9-5 was a Saab.
Twee
Bill G. Cute baby raccoon. I also love Sunshine on My Shoulders. I got to thinking what I have read about raccoon pets as they grow older. FYI
Link Pet raccoon
Take care, Eddy, I am so sorry you are in the hopsital. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Hi again. I didn't mean to give the impression that was my raccoon. It's just a video my son forwarded to me and I enjoyed. We were staying at a rustic hotel/motel near Big Sur along the California coast years ago. We heard a scratching at the back patio door. I pulled back the curtain and there was a mother raccoon with several youngsters wanting to come in for a handout. So they warily came through the door into the room and we gave them all some crackers.
For anyone who understands physics and the Higgs boson. From a 2008 book.
Part I
You could think of it as the biggest most powerful microscope in the history of science. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), now being completed underneath a circle of countryside and villages a short drive from Geneva, will peer into the physics of the shortest distances (down to a nano-nanometer) and the highest energies ever probed. For a decade or more, particle physicists have been eagerly awaiting a chance to explore that domain, sometimes called the terascale because of the energy range involved: a trillion electron volts or 1 TeV. ...
"To break into the new territory that is the terascale, the LHC's basic parameters outdo those of previous colliders in almost every respect. It starts by producing proton beams of far higher energies than ever before. Its nearly 7,000 magnets, chilled by liquid helium to less than two kelvins to make them superconducting, will steer and focus two beams of protons traveling within a millionth of a percent of the speed of light. ... The protons will ... produce more than 600 million particle collisions every second. ... The nearly 100 million channels of data streaming from each of the two largest detectors would fill 100,000 CDs every second, enough to produce a stack to the moon in six months.
Part II
"When physicists are forced to give a single-word answer to the question of why we are building the LHC we usually reply 'Higgs.' The Higgs particle -- the [until recently] last remaining undiscovered piece of our current theory of matter -- is the marquee attraction. ... The new collider provides the greatest leap in capability of any instrument in the history of particle physics. ... The search for the Higgs particle is a pivotal step, but only the first step. Beyond it lie phenomena that may clarify why gravity is so much weaker than the other forces of nature, and that could reveal what the unknown dark matter that fills the universe is. Even deeper lies the prospect of insights into the different forms of matter, the unity of outwardly distinct particle categories, and the nature of spacetime.' "
Mr. Poole thank you for stopping by and saying hello; we like our opuzzles and the people who create them.
Eddy B. Feel better, been through that trip myself.
CED, your birthday card was perfect, do not know why you would try to resist.
Whew, what a puzzle! I had the same problems - MADD/MOLO, BIOME/HEN dynasty. No wonder I couldn't figure the connection to Hen Molo! ACK! You constructors are so diabolical.
Hahtoolah, forgo the ice cream. How about Margaritas? Fruit Daiquiri's? Icee's?
EddyB, so glad you reported in. Hey, just let the local Coven know if you need us to bust in with our mechanical pencils drawn, scare the staff and rescue you! We ARE NOT afraid to use them.
Happy Thursday all.
I was marveling at the Higgs Boson discovery in Geneva several days ago. I was surprised that none of you picked up on it, because we discussed the premature announcement of this months ago. This is now the real thing, apparently. I was especially interested because my nephew had a hand in working with the Large Hadron Collider as an employee of UPENN.
its gorgous here on the left coast in Santa Cruz CA. 65 degrees and clear. We probably wont see rain till October. I thought today funnest, easiest of the week. No probs, cept for twee, wtf I ne'er heard of that expression. And I was born in England. Tea is my passion, english tea. Welp gotta do my wash.
Hi Gang, Hi to Dennis too, it's been too long.
I think that my wife and I only managed to finish ~25% of today's puzzle before she left for work. I finished it online and also wanted MADD vs. SADD...
It is sad about Saab's downfall. I owned 3 Saab's in the day, a '85, 91' & '95 all were 900S models. I got laid off and stopped buying new ones before Saab went under.
Top Gear UK did a Tribute to fondly say goodbye to Saab and they also explained why the brand failed.
Whoops! the link to the Top Gear page said it was stolen and blocked.
This link works.
Hola Everyone, I had one glaring error today. I put in perms for tints for a solon offering. I didn't go back and check the perps and, of course, when I read Marti's excellent writeup I found my very ugly error.
I loved the puzzle theme, and did get the theme answers, though, I thought at first that this was going to be the hardest part of the puzzle.
I did learn that twee is overly precious to a Brit, and that Napoleon was crowned in Notre Dame. I learn something new almost every time a do a crossword. Though I'm afraid the new words don't often stick to the grey matter for very long. Sigh!
Happy Birthday, Sallie, and many, many more.
Dennis, what a great volunteer activity. I read just yesterday where heavy equipment was brought in somewhere (not in your area)and bulldozed dozens of turtle nest in preparation to do some building. What a shame that not everyone is of the same mind when it comes to preserving our animal life.
Have a great day everyone.
Desper-otto, Bionic Woman and Six Million Dollar Man were said to have been childhood sweethearts in Ojai. Several episodes from both series had taken place in Ojai. So I guess that the Bionic Woman's cover as a teacher in Ojai would fit.
Eddy B. Garlic Gal said it all. I hope you are getting better every day. However, the sheets out the window way to escape from the hospital could lead to another diastrous fall. Take a different way out--the elevator!!!
Good evening Marti, CC, et al., Great write up, Marti. You do have the knack. Your 17A comment made me LOL. Thanks.
AJAX is/was the largest mtn in Aspen w/a GRADE that was too much for me. I hit ice and broke my ankle. Had a toboggan ride down w/the 2 far from UGLY ski patrolmen, my INDIANA JONES & JACK RYAN to the rescue. I NE'ER went back to ski, just to shop and party. That's my SOB story. It's all good tho'. My REM sleep is full of DREAMS UP in them thar hills! Warren on the other hand has a different kind of SAAB story. That's sad.
Dennis: what a cool thing to do with those itty bitties. Maybe you could put a notch on a shell or something. I wish you could TAT 'em or tag 'em somehow too. it's just cool to know that you have saved ALLOTS o' little lives. Proud of you...when do you have to hang up your cape? When's it over?
BYE BYE Enjoy your night. Get well Eddy.
Forgot:
Sallie: Happy Birthday to you!!!! You and Betty White are my idols. You make 82 seem like the new 40's. I hope you have a wonderfully happy birthday and many many more.
I found this on MSNBC. It's a video of the sun setting in NYC when it lines up exactly with the east/west streets. Very cool. Manhattanhenge.
Anyone watching the video from Top Gear about Saab, please disregard the garbage about having to brake and gas the throtle at the same time when going down a grade.
Saabs with two-stroke engines also had a freewheel transmission which means the engine was at an idle and closed throtle when coasting so there was no chance of oil starvation in the motor.
Even if he didn't know that, he could have put it in neutral or at least, pushed in the clutch. The brakes were more than adequate for the weight of the car.
Lois, the hatchings will run through September. I wish you all could see the size of the female turtles - in person, they're just huge. I'm told that even at 225, I could sit on one and she'd have no trouble walking around with me on her. I'd like to get closer to them, but I can't seem to get them to come out of their shell.
Thanks for the welcome backs - I've been reading the blog almost every day, but haven't had much to offer, and haven't had much time either.
eddyB, let them get you healthy before you do the sheet bit.
Eddie B., just beware of Nurse Ratched!!!
I enjoyed the SAAB video.
Eek, a mouse!
Add an EE sound at the end of the first word to get the second word. For example, for “A person with a bank account” and ‘tasty’ – the answer would be “saver” and “savory.”
Desire for food; where Budapest is. The hot season; recap. More icky; supermarket. Stock market partner of Lynch; in a carefree way. Fellow; genre for Agatha Christie. A talking bird; equivalence in value. City in Montana; Miss America for example. A place to sit; topper on an ice cream sundae. Loose; messy. Used a swizzle stick; rugged. A stand; with hardly any effort.
Bill G.
Dang! Dang! Dang!
Didn't see your puzzler til yesterday
and and came up with 39 late last night.
Thought "can't be, too easy" and waited to post.
Congrats to Fermaprime for getting it.
Still always look forward to another challenge.
Enjoyed the theme of the puzzle, but alas had to finish with red letter help. Enjoyed Marti and everyone's links.The raccoon video particularly made me smile.
HBD Sallie! Hope you had a great day!
EddyB, just pretend you're on vacation in adjustable hotel bed with a mounted TV. Nurses don't come around too much anymore,do they? Just kidding...take care!
It's late and need to go water flowers and garden. A cool 87 degrees this evening.
Manac, 39 is not the right answer. You can get 39 with five 5s (25) and two 7s (14) for 25 + 14 = 39.
Bill G - here are most of them
hunger - Hungary
summer - summary
Merrill - merrily
mister - mystery
parrot - parity
Butte - beauty
chair - cherry
stirred - sturdily
easel - easily
Dennis - interesting account of the turtles.
Belated HBD to Sallie.
Eddy B - Hope you can get home soon. No picnic having to be hospitalized.
Bill G.
Sorry, I must have misread your response to fermaprime's answer.
Back to square one then.
Still love a challenge.
Oh, and
gross - grocery
slop - sloppy
Argyle: I just love it when you talk dirty. LOL
Dennis: "I'd like to get closer to them, but I can't seem to get them to come out of their shell."
LOL...I am sure those are the ONLY females you have EVER had THAT problem with. Maybe they're shy and playing hard to get..their version of a shell game. Now ya see 'em, now ya don't. With your charisma and charm, I'm surprised they're not coming out on their knees. Keep us posted on your progress.
???Bill G. Spitzboov got most - but # 3 would be "grocery"?
Spitz: Good job on the EEK! challenge. I think there is a better answer for the loose/messy one though.
Dang it! Spitzboov beat me to them all...again!
Bill G.
Looking back to see if I missed anything, Denny Crane!! That show was
the best. IMHO
CrossEyedDave: Thanks for the special birthday card. It is perfect.
How about the way that pet raccoon tore up its owners' house? (See@ 2:17)He did thousands of dollars worth of damage. I know I could not have continued to keep him indoors. Would you? Raccoons do not make good house pets.
Back from dentist. $700 and she could not save the tooth! Am in dire pain and had only 1.5 hours of sleep. This has been going on for 3 days.
Bill G: I hope this explains my faulty arithmetic. Still only have proof that linear equation is solvable for n ≥ ab, GCD{a, b}=1. So, where did you find the statement for the weaker case? (By the way, such solvable equations are called representations.)
"They" said it there going to be rain, thunder and lightning. No such luck. Temperature up to 95º.
Bill G: Taking (a, b)= (4, 6) we have 24 -10 = 14 = 6 +8, no?
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