17a. GREEN : CONSERVATIONIST. environmentally beneficial.
27a. GREEN : VILLAGE COMMONS. a common, open area within a settlement.
48a. GREEN : PUTTING SURFACE. on a golf course, where the flagstick and hole are located.
63a. GREEN : THE COLOR OF MONEY. the color of US paper money, and the name of a 1986 movie starring paul newman and tom cruise, a follow-up to the hustler.
melissa here.
two grid-spanning theme entries - the black squares look so pretty the way they cascade diagonally down.
no extra charge (get it?) for these:
5a. Parsley family herb : DILL
9a. Straight from the garden : FRESH
23a. First word of "Greensleeves" : ALAS my love, you do me wrong.
33a. Green prefix : ECO. as in eco-friendly.
34a. Green shade : TEAL. check him out.
57a. "The Green Hornet" airer, 1966-'67 : ABC. superhero, a little before my time.
across
1. Sound finely tuned : PURR. motor.
14. Role for Ronny : OPIE. ronny howard, in the andy griffith show.
15. Neighborhood : AREA
16. Ceiling : LIMIT. i won't say it.
20. Next in line : ON DECK
21. Hobbyist's buy : KIT. model airplane or car, etc.
22. Tennis racket part : GRIP. the handle.
25. In a glass by itself : NEAT. tin!
35. Aimée of "La Dolce Vita" : ANOUK. fellini film, italian for the sweet life.
37. Cozy reading rooms : DENS
39. Personal property : STUFF. unless you have a cat, then not so much.
42. "At Wit's End" humorist Bombeck : ERMA
43. Drilling tool : AUGER
45. Buster? : NARC. new clue.
47. It might say "Wipe your paws" : MAT
52. __ carotene : BETA
53. Draws : TIES
54. Parlor piece : SOFA. quaint.
59. Puget Sound port : TACOMA. washington state.
66. Japan's commercial center, historically : OSAKA
67. Accessory on the handlebars : BELL. does anyone use these anymore?
68. TV part? : TELE
69. __-case scenario : WORST
70. Oscillation : SWAY. a little tricky.
71. Body art, briefly : TATS
down
1. Little, to Leoncavallo : POCO. italian opera composer, poco is italian for little.
2. Aware of, as the latest : UP ON
3. Fruit coat : RIND. peel.
4. Protect again, as a driveway : RESEAL
5. Pre-Renaissance period : DARK AGES. sometimes i think we're going back there.
6. Football commentator Cross : IRV
7. Drip, say : LEAK
8. Emilio Estefan, notably : LATINO
9. Producer Ziegfeld : FLO. short for florenz - creator of ziegfield follies.
10. Cellphone customer's creation, perhaps : RINGTONE
11. Mideast ruler : EMIR
12. "Right away, señor!" : SI SI. c.c!
13. Internet address letters : HTTP
18. Brilliance : ECLAT
19. Gossip tidbit : ITEM
24. Install in Congress : SEAT
26. Dr.'s group : AMA. american medical association.
27. Sanskrit scripture : VEDA. archaic form of sanskrit.
28. Frost over : ICE UP
29. Mute sound? : LONG U. trying to trick us.
30. Stuck (to) : CLUNG
31. Marilyn, before she was Marilyn : NORMA jeane mortenson.
32. Poison __ : SUMAC
36. Latest addition to the British Royal Family : KATE. not for long.
38. Reversals : SETBACKS
40. __ food : FAST
41. Genetic research insect : FRUIT FLY. haven't seen tse-tse in a while.
44. U.S. 1, for one : RTE
46. Lobster Newburg ingredient : CREAM.
49. Emphatic type: Abbr. : ITALics
50. Big wheels : NABOBS. just sounds funny.
51. Author Fitzgerald : F. SCOTT. the great gatsby.
54. Put in the overhead bin : STOW
55. Very : OH SO
56. Cold feet : FEAR. alright.
58. Seagoing help : CREW
60. Military classification : ONE A
61. Go all weak in the knees : MELT. mmmm.
62. Seagoing assents : AYES
64. Bit of muesli : OAT
65. Schnozz extender : OLA. ha.
melissa
Morning, all!
ReplyDeleteRunning late due to computer problems this morning. Fine Wednesday puzzle, although a little early for St. Patrick's Day... Seriously, nice theme and no issues at all with the fill.
Have a great one!
[rylane]
Good Morning MelissaBee and friends. I loved this "Wearing O' the Green" puzzle.
ReplyDeleteHand up for thinking of Peel before RIND.
I also tried Glued instead of CLUNG for Stuck (to).
OH, SO appeared recently, so I knew that was the answer to the clue for Very.
Nice shout-out to our friend, Tinbini, with NEAT!
QOD: Imagination is as vital to any advance in science as learning and precision are essential for starting points. ~ Percival Lowell (Mar. 13, 1855 ~ Nov. 12, 1916)
[henialla]
Hello, all!
ReplyDeleteHave been holed up with taxes for several days, so have missed out on puzzles and blog! Back killing me, too.
Fun puzzle! Thanks Gerry and mb!
Love PST!
Hope all are well!
Good morning!
ReplyDeletePretty easy for a Wednesday, but had some nice fill. We've been seeing OHSO oh so often.
Melissa, enjoyed your cats monopolizing STUFF. At the moment my nemesis is actually being good, asleep atop my printer.
Off to do taxes... Later.
Good morning everyone,
ReplyDeleteOff to the races so I'll be brief....
Enjoyed the puzzle a lot. Felt it was just right for the Wed challenge.
25A Nice shout out to Tin
45a Buster/NARC clever.
Heading to the Chiro & then the Cardio. Will read comment when I get back.
Good morning, folks. Thank you, Gerry Wildenberg, for a fine Wednesday puzzle. Thank you, Melissa Bee, for the very good review.
ReplyDeleteGlanced around the clues and spotted Fitzgerald, so I wrote in F SCOTT for 51D. That was my start. Spread from there.
Bounced around the grid entering a word here and there. THE COLOR OF MONEY surfaced first.
I also had GLUED for 30D. Fixed that after NARC and PUTTING SURFACE to CLUNG. My only ink blot.
Did not know VEDA. Perped it.
I remembered NORMA for Marilyn for 31D.
LONG U was clever. Fooled me for a while.
That's it for me. Off to my eye doctor later for a check up. Then Chinese food tonight. Chinatown. I am not a big fan of Chinese food, but the group I am with is going there, so be it.
See you tomorrow.
Abejo
(aniandl)
Good Morning Everybody! Great puzzle. I'm certainly looking forward to the GREEN of spring, and seeing lots of geese and ducks like the one Melissa linked.
ReplyDeleteGreat clues and a nice shout out to our very own "Otis" (neighbor of Opie?) I liked:
- 25A: In a glass by itself: NEAT
- 45A: Buster? Narc
That dang LONG U fooled me! "What is LONGU?" I also got stumped on NABOBS.
My favorite clue: THE COLOR OF MONEY. I'll take it!
Have a great day everybody.
Abejo,
ReplyDeleteI haven't been to Chinatown in years. I enjoy Chinese food, and it's probably just the atmosphere but to me the food always tastes a little better in Chinatown.
Have a good time.
Just the right difficulty for a Wednesday. Several unknowns, all covered by perps. For some unknown reason, I put NORMy instead of NORMA (hey its early) but that got fixed easily enough.
ReplyDeleteTemps heading for the 90s this week. WhooHoo!!!
gotellin?
Good morning melissa, C.C. et al.
ReplyDeleteNice write-up. Thanks for linking the cat STUFF. Mine have taken over the electric blanket. I swear, they sneak upstairs and crank up the dial when I'm not looking.
I had a minor nit with the theme. GREEN doesn't equal CONSERVATIONIST, does it? True, a conservationist would use green products, but would you say "Marti is a GREEN, because she recycles?" Also, I think of a VILLAGE GREEN as the town common. So, shouldn't it be Plural GREENS for the clue? The other two are perfectly fine, and I especially liked THE COLOR OF MONEY.
Have a nice Hump Day, everyone!
Good morning all !
ReplyDeleteThank you Gerry Wildenberg. I enjoyed the fresh cluing and solid fill. I must admit that I CLUNG on to preSERVATIONIST way too long. That really slowed me down in the NW until I finally just turned on red letter assist. That was my only error, and the puzzle was completed within a couple of minutes after changing to CON.
Melissa, thank you for your write up. Great picture with teal. And i liked the Herb Albert video. His music always seemed to be upbeat. I also enjoyed your cats stuff slide show.
Hi All ~~
ReplyDeleteThanks for an enjoyable puzzle, Gerry Wildenberg. A fairly smooth run with just a couple of pauses.
I, too, wasn't sure about IST at the end of 17A - I started with CONSERVATISM, but had to change it for HTTP. I also started with 'College' COMMONS before ECLAT changed that. VEDA was unknown.
~ 39A - STUFF - reminded me of a George Carlin skit.
~ Whenever I fill in OH SO I think of a puzzle from Marti ~ it may have been the first time I had seen it used in a puzzle.
~ I was lucky to know the eight names needed today.
~ Anyone NOT think of Tinbeni with 25A - NEAT? :-)
~ Thanks for a wonderful write-up, Melissa. Loved the pics and links - especially the cats. You're always so informative and you add a nice artistic touch!
We had “Top of the mornin’” recently (I’m a morning person and hate DST) and now GREEN. What is Rich saving for St. Patty’s Day?
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-On “links” golf courses like this one at St. Andrews, it can be hard to tell where the PUTTING SURFACE begins
-My car PURRs so quietly, I had to have my SIL tell me it was still running when we were walking away. It couldn’t have been my bad hearing or forgetfulness or impatience!
-A movie with OPIE on one side of the camera and Tom Hanks on the other has never disappointed me
-Hondo reminded me that Willie Mays was ON DECK during the “shot heard ‘round the world”
-KITS like like this one were a big part of my childhood
-The NHL was tired of “kissing your sister” games and now settles TIES this way
-The bikes my kids and grandkids ride now have strobe lights instead of a BELL
-I asked a young man at the Y about his TATS and if it they might interfere with his future employment. He showed me that they ended precisely two inches above his wrists so he could cover them with shirt sleeves
-I know Tin likes his drinks NEAT but I wonder if he ever adds zest from RIND shavings
-FLO loved FANNY
-Norma was truly a “candle in the wind”
-We had Lobster last night in Omaha. It wasn’t as FRESH as what you NE’s get but man it was great!
-On some recent flights, it looked as if peeps are trying to STOW a steamer trunk
-Easy one - What movie had a VILLAGE GREEN with a clock tower on one side that gets hit by lightning?
Thank you, Gerry Wildenberg for a nice`challenging puzzle. I had some trouble with the first few clues, but they resolved themselves. Thank you, melissa b. for your interesting commentary. I had a little trouble with 'Conservationist', but had fun with 'Stuff', when it was finally revealed.
ReplyDeleteVeda. archaic form of Sanskrit. (?).
The Vedas are the oldest texts of Sanskrit literature and scriptures of Hinduism. Still very much used in religious ceremonies, even today. The individual verses are called mantras. As a common noun, veda would mean knowledge or wisdom. The precursor or Proto-language of Sanskrit, would be Indo-Aryan ( or Indo-Iranian - ); Prakrit/ Pracrit, Pali is the later, common vernacular and written language of Sanskrit.
Now, I'm off to searching for a deli, for my once a year partaking of a hot corned beef sandwich.
Have a good day, all.
@HeartRx
ReplyDeleteI thought the same thing about CONSERVATIONIST. Found this definition:
13. ( sometimes capital ) concerned with or relating to conservation of the world's natural resources and improvement of the environment: green policies ; the green consumer
and this one:
7. ( sometimes capital ) a person, esp a politician, who supports environmentalist issues (see sense 13)
So, the latter would appear to support CONSERVATIONIST.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/green
Good morning all.
ReplyDeleteI felt the puzzle was unremarkable; as the meaning is used in AMA pathology wording. 'Unremarkable' simply means nothing special to comment on.
Melissa covered it pretty well. Interesting green theme; only minor misdirections; as in LONG U for mute sound. No lookups, no nits, one small erasure - had 'glued' before CLUNG..
Marti - If one were a member of,say, the Green political party in Germany, who view themselves as conservationists, one might be called a Green. JMHO.
ReplyDeleteAddendum
ReplyDelete-The four Ronnie Howard/Tom Hanks collaborations were Splash, Apollo 13, The Da Vinci Code, and Angels and Demons. Didn’t a lot of you think of the last one vis-à-vis what is going on in Rome today?
-BTW, after looking at my avatar, any guesses on my favorite? ;-)
DNF today. For the life of me I couldn't see how FACE would link up with PUTTING, so SUR never surfaced, along with stuFF, nARC, FAST, FRUItfly or TIEs, the caps indicating what was missing. Not sure why FRUITFLY didn't occur to me, probably just a brain fart.
ReplyDeleteI almost never eat fast food, and FISH food occurred to me but seemed too farfetched, so I abandoned it. Also am totally unfamiliar with all dishes involving crustaceans, as I hate eating anything with my fingers or requiring that much work to actually get at.
Many others were complete WAGS too, including the LONG U, which made absolutely no sense as I couldn't see how any long vowel would be mute. Only after staring at it here a second time did the penny drop for me.
As an indication of my torpor today, I even managed to screw up the sudoku.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteA very nice mid-week offering with just enough bite and fresh fill. Thanks, Gerry, and thanks, Melissa B for your great expo.
Thought of Tin at neat and ice up, although he would say ice down!
Another gloomy March day but the sun is trying hard to break through the clouds. Then, again, rain has been predicted. Oh well, can Spring be far behind?
Have a nice Wednesday.
Thanks for the explanations of "Green" as a person. I did know about the green party in Germany, but HG also sent me info on the one in the US. So I'm OK with that one. (Still don't like singular "green" clue for pl. ans. "commons" ....grumble, mumble, grrrr....)
ReplyDeleteHG @ 9:29, I loved that movie!
Good puzzle today. Conservationist came first and that filled out the top for me. Didn't know eclat or veda and wanted College Commons, but putting surface brought ice up which gave me village and solved the rest. All in all, a fun romp.
ReplyDeleteMorning, all!
ReplyDeleteI was ready to give up before starting as I didn't know any answers in the NW block. But as someone here told us, just plug along word by word and see how far you can get. So, I decided to see how many clues I could actually deduce.
I bounced around all over the puzzle after a horizontal pass then a vertical one and ever so slowly, I solved the whole thing!
When I WAGed OPIE for Ronny role, the whole bugaboo area opened up with perps.
Cloudy day here, but it might get to 50°!!!! That should melt some piles of snow!
Have a nice day,
Montana
Felt like a Monday puzzle, I must be getting better at this!
ReplyDeleteHG, is that movie a trick question? Because the the clock tower & village green appear in part I, II, & III???
Manac, I saw yr post last nite, no fair! It is physically impossible for a dog to flip the bird. I know, because I spent hours looking for a photo to send you back:) I did find some interesting stuff during my search though... I also found this cat & dog contest, I guess the dog won, but I am still impressed with the cat!
Argyle! I do not see you on my friends list at the golf game anymore! did you quit golf? Anyway, they sent me something that might be of interest to all golfers. check this out!
Good morning. Evidently it's almost St Pat's Day. I think we're being led to that conclusion :-) Enjoyed the write up, and especially the cats, MB.
ReplyDeleteLike Spitz said, nothing unremarkable. But a solid puzzle with a bit of bite that was fun to solve. I normally despise cross referential clues, but common theme clues take on a different dimension that works for me. This was one of those days.
I've also noticed Tin's absence and certainly thought of him with NEAT. It's possible he's romping in Jamaica.
Today is Neil Sadaka's birthday. He put out a lot of unremarkable songs, but did make a noteworthy statement with The Immigrant
-When I was a wee lass we had beauty PARLORs, funeral PARLORs, and ice cream PARLORs in our town. Only the old fashioned people had PARLORs in their homes. These were stiff and gloomy rooms reserved for visiting company and holidays. Otherwise they were unused.
ReplyDelete-I've heard and seen COMMON and COMMONS used interchangeably.. Wiki says, "The commons were traditionally defined as the elements of the environment - forests, atmosphere, rivers, fisheries or grazing land - that are shared, used and enjoyed by all." The thesaurus gives green as a synonym for commons, but not vice versa.
-St. Pat's has been celebrated here ever since the first of March. There have been several parades already. With the parades stretched out like that people can watch or participate in several.
-We are having a nice sunny day with temps in the high 40’s. I much prefer the 40s and 50s to the 90’s. Anything over 80, our possibly 85, is not my cup of tea.
Son of Addendum
ReplyDelete-I know the VILLAGE GREEN was there for all the movies, Dave, but the first installment was the best.
-What haunting, wistful song contains VILLAGE GREEN in the lyric? Beautifully orchestrated answer (4:48 with VILLAGE GREEN @ 1:00)
-Off to see the Village People! You know where they say it is “fun to stay” ;-)
This Gerry Wildenberg, today's composer, chiming in.
ReplyDeleteThanks to Melissa and the many complimentary commentators.
Many of the clues are due to Rick. For example Rick put in: "Accessory on the handlebar" where I had suggested "Who'll ___ the cat?", a reference to a famous folktale.
BTW, I did not intend this as a St. Patrick's Day puzzle. Though I was aware of that possibility, I didn't want to wait that long for publication (this was accepted last August!)
Perfect Wednesday puzzle--not too easy, not too hard. So, many thanks, Gerry! And you too, Melissa, for your always delightful expo.
ReplyDeleteLiked getting a different clue for OPIE, for a change. Doesn't it seem as though the little dude shows up in almost every puzzle?
Got ANOUK Aimee (unusual first name) but had forgotten that she was in "La Dolce Vita."
I recently encountered NARCS for BUSTERS in another puzzle, so will have to remember this one.
Finally, do any of you remember Spiro Agnew calling the critics of conservatism NATTERING NABOBS OF NEGATIVISM? That fellow sure had a way with alliteration! What ever happened to him?
Great start to what should be a great Wednesday! Have a good one, everybody!
marti, i think it makes more sense if you think adjective instead of noun - as in "environmentally beneficial."
ReplyDeletea member of the GREEN/CONSERVATIONIST party
she is concerned with GREEN/CONSERVATIONIST issues.
A song just for Gerry. Link
ReplyDeleteLast August, what a hoot. Well, it was worth the wait.
I enjoyed the puzzle and writeup. Thanks Gerry and Melissa. It was nice to see Gerry stop in for a quick visit.
ReplyDelete"Emphatic type" for ITAL, great clue! (Gerry or Rich?) Hands up for being tricked by "Mute sound?" I shoulda known better. Yes, nabobs sounds funny; nattering nabobs even funnier. (I see Misty remembered it too.)
Yes, I have a bell on my bike; partly to warn people or say hello and mostly for fun.
Gary, speaking of a car purring, over a year ago we went to downtown Manhattan Beach for lunch. I parked my old Camry on the street at a meter. When I got up from lunch, I patted my pocket. No keys! I didn't see them on the floor. I walked back to the car. There they were, still in the ignition with the windows down and the engine running. (I often leave the windows down and the sunroof cracked open in warm weather.) I had a Mainer friend who used to leave her keys in the ignition. Not me usually but the CRS got me again.
melissa @11:16 - AHA! That makes sense. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThe top few lines beat me up right from the start, so I was pretty slow today. I liked it, however.
ReplyDeleteHi Y'all, Finally a theme I got before coming to the blog. Couldn't miss this one! Thanks, Gerry! Enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Melissa! Especially enjoyed Tijuana Brass.
NEAT! with Tinbeni not visible, one wonders about there being one too many elbow benders. Hope he's okay.
When CONSERVATIONIST appeared I wondered too, but then thought "GO GREEN" and went on.
If you want to see a guy "turn green", My son sent me this last night:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5mHPo2yDG8&sns=em
I think the guy's future also included a change of underwear.
Misty @ 11:08 - Spiro's Nattering Nabobs Of Negativism were written by the Wizard of Wordsmithing, the wonderful, wise, and witty William Safire, who was a White House speechwriter. I assume Sprio is dead.
ReplyDeleteThere is a new Pope.
ReplyDeleteI don't care about the pope!
ReplyDeleteShe wasn't talking to you.
ReplyDeleteI know how most of you enjoy animals and you know how much I enjoy this MSNBC slideshow. Animal Tracks
ReplyDeleteHere's an article and a great photo of the crescent moon and the comet courtesy of MSNBC. Moon and comet.
It isn't easy....................
ReplyDeleteBEIN" GREEN
New Pope is Bergoglio of Argentina, a Jesuit.
ReplyDeleteIrish Miss, thanks for the information that it was Safire who coined Agnew's phrase. I looked it up, and Agnew did indeed die in 1996 at age 77.
ReplyDeleteThe new pope will take the name of Pope Francis--after Saint Francis of Assisi, I hope, a great animal lover and protector. He sounds like a nice guy, and a smart one (Jesuit, background in chemistry, etc.).
No members of Herb Alpert's "Tijuana Brass" were Hispanic. Not even Herb. His parents are Jewish and from the Ukraine and Romania.
ReplyDeleteAny mo' green links?
ReplyDeleteUmmm...sure!
Late to the dance because I have been riveted to the TV and completely shocked over the choice of an Argentinian! I also watched the Spanish news channel and they are over the moon about it.
ReplyDeleteWonderful time with this puzzle even with all the distraction. I couldn't accept STUFF for personal property so that section took longer than necessary.
Of course I thought of Tinbeni at NEAT.
I hope you are all having a very good Wednesday!
This just in from CNNnews. 3/13/2013.15.12 Roger Allison, the Vatican correspondent interviewed an Argentinian Catholic sightseer, Delores De la Magnifica, at St. Peter's Square. Said Delores," We are very, very delighted and very, very happy to see an Argentinian Cardinal become the Holy Pope. We hope he will soon and immediately, issue visas for (to allow us) to come to the U.S.A.".
ReplyDeleteThis cat literally wants your "stuff"
ReplyDeleteKLEPTO KITTY
Hola Everyone, I really have a big lump on my forehead from that ever present v-8 can. I had the whole puzzle completed, but knew I had a wrong answer in Longu--Duh!! A Long-U for Mute sound. How could I have been fooled by that clue once again?
ReplyDeleteOther than that I enjoyed the puzzle and it was about right for a Wednesday. All the greens were fun. Conservationist was one of the last to fall as I had to get more of the perps in to get the entire word. You usually don't see a long one word fill with a theme like this. Truly great.
Hands up, also, for Peel before Rind and Glued before Clung. My eraser did have a bit of a workout before everything was filled in.
The fruit fly was easy as my husband used that wee fly in his science classes to teach genetics. We had an infestation of fruit flies in our kitchen last summer and I had to lure them into a jar with a bit of ripe banana. If you ever need to make a trap I have a great one.
Thanks Melissa B. for the great writeup. I was sure there would be a picture of a Shark's uniform for the word teal. Imagine my surprise when it was only a duck.
Tinbeni, have something Neat in a glass for all of us this evening.
Pas de chat, The Klepto Cat is not too far from our home. He was top news on our local channel a while back. It was amazing to see him drag all that stuff home.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyable , Wednesday puzzle ! Never too early to think green ! Anxiously awaiting corned beef & cabbage ! It was good to hear from Gerry & interesting to hear he never intended it to be a St Pat's day puzzle ! Jeopardy final was about a "Times" newspaper with the largest circulation , how many are there?
ReplyDeleteAvg.Joe - best Neil Sedaka song??? How could you not mention "Bad Blood" with Elton John? (...could have been me, bomp,bomp,de bomp...should have been you...)
ReplyDeleteFun puzzle. I did it so long ago I forgot what held me up.
Chickie - no Silicon Valley Puzzle Tournament this year. I got the email in Dec. that they had to cancel it. Sitting in the Morgan Hill Library with 50=/- other puzzlers was stressful enough. I can't imagine competing in the ACPT! ACK!!!
Finally finished collecting all the tax crap and I can now drop it off to our Tax Crap Expert. What a relief. Good luck Fermatprime and Chickie with the tax prep. I wish you two God-speed. Or how about Pope-speed in honor of the vote today.
Enough already!
Over and out.
OK, I'm the only one that filled in preSERVATIONIST. John Muir was a ?
ReplyDeletepas de chat, I enjoyed your video. Thought you might like this: KGO TV Followup on Dusty
GarlicGal, I must send this to my CPA buddy. It's too funny to not pass on... "Finally finished collecting all the tax crap and I can now drop it off to our Tax Crap Expert."
Husker Gary said...
ReplyDeleteWe had “Top of the mornin’” recently (I’m a morning person and hate DST) and now GREEN. What is Rich saving for St. Patty’s Day?
Exactly what I was thinking when I saw all the green clues. Interesting response from Gerry.
I thought PURR was for all the cat lovers.
Didn't understand LONGU until I came here although I had it filled in. Otherwise straight forward even after a full day of work.
Canadians get until Apr 30 to collect up the "Tax Crap". Just prolonging the agony?!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the klepto-cat video and follow-up. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteAlert! If you want to avoid my dull lunch news, skip down.
On my bike, I headed south to Hermosa Beach, planning to stop for something Greek at Uncle Stavros' Cafe. Alas, they were closed already. So I headed across the street to The Spot, a vegetarian café. I had lentil soup and their 'blue plate special' which was carrots, broccoli, mashed potatoes and a veggie burger smothered with grilled onions and mushrooms. The potatoes were more smashed than mashed. The patty wasn't as juicy as if it had been made with ground beef, but once I got the idea in my head that it wasn't beef, it tasted good on its own merits.
interesting choice of a name for the new Pope. Have to read more about this.
ReplyDeleteFYI...Last year it was 80 degrees in Chicago on this day. Today it was 30.
Good Evening All - Busy and tragic day today. Not sure if any of you happened to see on the national news today. There was a shooting near my hometown of Ilion, NY. An old high school classmate and friend of mine owns a barber shop in Mohawk, NY. A gunman came into his stop today and started firing - killing 2 and wounding my friend and another customer. Then went to the nearby town of Herkimer and killed 2 more people at a car wash. He proceeded to a building on Main St. which is where he is currently (supposedly) holed up. The police have not heard from him since 2 p.m. when there were shots fired. I don't know why they don't go in to find out if he is alive or dead. Schools were locked down for miles around these two communities and buildings evacuated. Who would have ever thought such a tragic event could happen so close to home. Asking for prayers for the families who have been devastated today. I have just found out my friend is out of surgery and will recover, however, the other victim is in critical condition.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
Good Evening all,
ReplyDeleteHaven't read the comments yet, but hopefully someone has linked Greensleeves. Like a dummy, the song that went thru my head was Greenfields, so I confidently put in ONCE.
Melissa, what a surprise... a duck? I was ready for my favorite Shark!
I always enjoy Wed. and this was no exception, although it took a lot of perps to fill all those wide green spaces.I get kind of dizzy as the week goes on since I have to take so many trips around the block.
Annie, yes I read about the tragic shooting on my homepage, not too far from where I went to college (Ithaca). Best wishes for your friend and all concerned.
ReplyDeleteAll you guys who love cars would enjoy the link I listed at 12:19. If that address works. I still have no idea how to do the blue links. If the link doesn't work try googling Jeff Gordan Pepsimax test drive.
ReplyDeleteAnnieB: I am so sorry to hear your news. I hope your friend is okay. I can't imagine having to endure this kind of horror. Take care.
ReplyDeletePK, your post was hilarious! It deserves a blue LINK
ReplyDeletePK- if I can figure out how to link, so can you! On the write-up page, scroll down to "OLIO" on the right of the screen. Click on "Create Comment Link" and do exactly what it says to do, and you should be in business. LOVED your clip!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is the 2nd day my posts have been lost. I wonder why.
ReplyDeleteAnnie, another senseless horrific event; my prayers go out to all whose lives have been instantly changed forever.I'm glad that your friend survived.Hugs to you.
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ReplyDeleteManac and PK, loved that link.What a ride!
Annie,
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry to hear the sad news.
Sallie,
You posted total 2 comments on Tuesday and Wednesday. Both went through. We found no trapped comments in the Spam filter.
Yellowrocks,
ReplyDeleteExcept 3, Chinese and Japanese differ greatly in those numeral pronunciation. But I don't speak Japanese, so I can't be sure.