Theme: Do You Do Windows? - Go to the back of the theme entries with your Windex.
18A. Need after a bank job : GETAWAY CAR
23A. Business that cuts locks : BARBER SHOP
38A. "Know what I mean?" : "GET THE PICTURE?"
50A. Jamaican resort : MONTEGO BAY
57A. Classic Hitchcock film, and a hint to the end of 18-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across : REAR WINDOW. Here is a compilation of TV takes on the movie. LINK
Argyle here and I don't do windows. Did it seem like a lot of déjà vu today? If there is, it's Rich's doing; David would have no way of knowing. A nice solid Tuesday with some interesting side trips.
Across:
1. King or queen, but not a prince : CARD
5. Coffeehouse connection : WI-FI
9. Carnival features : RIDES
14. Once again : ANEW
15. Breezed through : ACED
16. "99 44/100 % pure" soap : IVORY. "It floats."
17. Staff symbol : NOTE
20. Partner of true : TRIED
22. Veg (out) : CHILL
26. Change People, say : EDIT. People, the magazine.
30. Just manage, with "out" : EKE
31. The Brewers, on scoreboards : MIL (Milwaukee) (From C.C.: Here is a fun picture of Kazie, her husband Barry and son David with Brewers' Racing Sausages at Miller Park in August 2010.)
32. Gal pal of Jerry and George : ELAINE
34. Church get-together : SOCIAL
37. Sikorsky and Stravinsky : IGORs. (helicopters and compositions)
41. Blender setting : PURÉE
42. Paste back together : REGLUE
43. 8-Down, to Mexicans : ESTADO. (state) 8D. Southern neighbor of British Columbia : IDAHO. Also, to Mexicans, 53D. Sunset dirección : OESTE. (west)
45. Ben-__ : HUR
46. Spot for a shot : ARM. Yeah, I had BAR and like other bars, it messed me up for a while.
49. Tabloid twosome : ITEM
54. Ancient Aegean region : IONIA
56. Kind of question with only two possible answers : YES/NO
62. "No __ luck!" : SUCH
63. Paddled boat : CANOE
64. Movie "Citizen" : KANE. (Orson Welles, 1941) and 67A. 64-Across's Rosebud : SLED
65. In good shape : TRIM
66. Put up with : STAND
68. Current event? : EDDY. Tricky but not, once you have it.
Down:
1. "That's impossible!" : "CAN'T BE!". Not for everybody, can't be. Janis Joplin - I Need A Man To Love. (4:57)
2. Arctic pullover : ANORAK
3. Call it a night : RETIRE
4. Nerdy type : DWEEB
5. Shake, as a tail : WAG. 7D. Command to Fido : FETCH
6. Mixologist's bucketful : ICE. At the place for a shot that I was thinking of.
9. Iranian currency : RIAL
10. Harvard and Yale are in it : IVY LEAGUE
11. Leader of the Dwarfs : DOC
12. Stat for Jered Weaver : ERA. Starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (earned run average)ERA
13. Country W of Iraq : SYR. (Syria)
19. Clean with a rag : WIPE
21. Knocked down a peg : DEMOTED
24. Rolling in dough : RICH
25. More shrewd : SLIER. More shrewd = more dough.
27. A-line designer : DIOR
28. Legal memo's "concerning" : IN RE
29. Parisian possessive : TES. (your)
33. Religious ritual : LITURGY. From Greek, for public service.
34. Household gadget used on a board : STEAM IRON
35. Big brute : APE
36. Traffic controller : LIGHT
38. Short burst of wind : GUST
39. Art Deco designer : ERTE. Good old "RT"
40. Game with suspicions and accusations : CLUE
41. Canada's smallest prov. : PEI. (Prince Edward Island)
44. Luxury hotel chain : OMNI
46. Preposterous : ABSURD
47. Causing serious nose-wrinkling : RANCID
48. "Good heavens!" : "MY, OH, MY!". What the cook said when she discovered the butter was rancid.
51. Cries in sties : OINKS. No, oinks aren't cries but for the sake of alliteration, let it stand.
52. Spanish tennis star Rafael : NADAL. Worth a watch.
55. Needed to pay : OWED
57. Pepsi alternatives : RC's. (Royal Crown)
58. Put away some dishes? : EAT
59. California's Santa __ : ANA
60. Small bill : ONE
61. United : WED
Argyle
Happy Tuesday everyone!
ReplyDeleteThree in a row, this could be the start of something big! (with apologies to Steve Allen)…. Man, I miss not being at the old ballpark….
Do-overs included BAR for ARM, CLEF for NOTE, TAUT for TRIM, ABIDE for STAND, and RITZ for OMNI….
Complete unknowns solved by perps were ANORAK, TES, and ERTE….
If you think the California wildfire season is bad now, just wait until the Santa ANAs come GUSTing through in the Fall….
REAR WINDOW with Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly is an all-time classic! The remake with Christopher Reeve, not so much….
This DOC’s RIALs are of the Qatari variety. Although, my office mate has two 5,000 Irani Rial bills sitting on his desk right now. That’s about $0.83 U.S….
Nit Pick – the plural of dwarf is spelled dwarfs, not dwarves…? Who makes up the rules in this crazy language we call English…? Here’s one response to the above query….
Morning, all!
ReplyDeletePretty straightforward solve today. Didn't know TES (French) but did know ESTADO and OESTE (Spanish). Struggled a bit in the SE with the barely remembered NADAL, the vaguely familiar MONTEGO BAY and wanting to put either BAR or PUB at 46D until the perps revealed ARM.
[thosedib]
ReplyDeletemorning everyone,
Easy trip today w/o a major hold up. Only slowdown was very minor... started with Gym for 46A, but perps corrected it to ARM .
Nothing much else to say. Straightforward solve.
Doha Doc, Is there a specific Old Ballpark you miss not being at? One of mine is the Polo Grounds. The other is Dodd Stadium in Norwich, Ct since the Giants Double A team was moved to Richmond.
Good Morning, Argyle and friends. This puzzle was not a (window) Pane, but I did need the unifier to fill in the last three theme answers. GET AWAY CAR, however, came to me immediately.
ReplyDeleteHand up for Bar instead of ARM.
CARD was not my first thought for King and Queen. I first thought of Beds and Size, but neither worked for the perps.
Hot and steamy today with an expected high of 90F.
QOD: Sex is good, but not as good as fresh sweet corn. ~ Dr. Ruth Westheimer (June 4, 1928)
[ocutpho]
Thank you David and Argyle.
ReplyDeleteANORAK and TES were the only words that put up a fight, but the perps were solid.
Good morning Argyle, C.C. et al.
ReplyDeleteI got a chuckle out of your ARM comment, Argyle! Fun stuff in the puzzle, too.
I had to WAG WIFI, but in the end I ACEd this one. REAR WINDOW is one of my favorite Hitchcock films. Who doesn't love Stewart and Kelley together??
Have a great day, everyone!
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteHahtoolah, nice to see you back in the corner.
Today was an easy romp with little misdirection. And then I got to Florida (and almost retired there)! I already had MONTEGO___ and couldn't parse it. I was headed for MONTE GONAD or somesuch. That worked with my INSANE where ABSURD needed to be. I finally scratched out everthing in that corner, restarted, and it fell together. Whew! A DNF on a Tuesday would have been embarrassing.
TTP, I started reading the down clues and my very first entry was ANORAK -- a gimme.
DoHa 11D, the Walt Disney movie was Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs.
Hondo, at this point, I miss any ballpark that would have an organist playing between innings....
ReplyDeleteCashman Field in Vegas (the 51s this year are the Triple-A farm team of the Mets) is one of the older stadiums in the Pacific Coast League, but at least the Fresno Grizzlies visit a couple of times each season....
Good morning, gang - WEES said, except that in addition to putting BAR for 46A, I had TIDE for 68A. I then got RANCID, which forced me into ARM, then finally saw ABSURD and then EDDY. Other than the SE, smooth sailing.
ReplyDeleteHondo, mine would be Connie Mack Stadium, which I saw half a dozen times, and Ebbets Field, which I saw once. Both were in fairly rough neighborhoods.
Agree about Rear Window - just a wonderful movie.
Have a great day; then rain continues here in S. Florida.
I enjoyed this Tuesday romp with interesting choices instead of being cut and dried. I was on David's wave length on the fun misdirections, arm,barber shop,card,eat, eddy.
ReplyDeleteMom always said,"Ach du lieber himmel!" dear heavens.
I got anorak easily. We had it before and we can buy anoraks in U.S stores.
Nice Tuesday. Got an early start and had no missteps or WAGs, just perps where needed.
ReplyDeleteC.C.,
Thanks for posting the photo again. That was, and probably will be my only ever real baseball game!
TES is the possessive adjective from the familiar you form: tu. That's the plural form, matching those from the words for 'I' and 'he, she or it':
je: mon, ma, mes
tu: ton, ta, tes
il/elle: son, sa, ses
Since they're adjectives, they agree in number and gender with what is owned rather than the owner.
The Spanish OESTE is similar to OUEST in French, so that helped too. The 'o' or 'ou' before the 'e' gives the same beginning sound as our 'w' in English.
Good morning, folks. Thank you, David Poole, for a swell puzzle. Thank you, Argyle, for the swell review.
ReplyDeleteHahtoolah, nice to see you again. Great QOD.
Pretty much breezed through this Tuesday puzzle. Got all the theme answers before the theme. If I saw that movie, which I am sure I must have, it was a long time ago.
ANORAK was an unknown to me. Perped it.
Of course, I did not know TES. Three perps and I had it.
Off to my gardening again today. Hope to finish today, and then help my wife's cousin with hers.
Tonight is chicken wing night at the Elks.
See you tomorrow.
Abdul
(tinities)
It's Abejo. This IPad tries to correct my spelling. Sometimes I do not catch it.
ReplyDeleteAbejo
Good Morning Everybody. Nice puzzle. I fell for the old BAR/ARM gag like just about everybody else here.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed these clues:
- 26A: Change People, say: EDIT
-46 Spot for a Shot: ARM (after I got it)
Great words: LITURGY and ABSURD (just not together!)
Speaking of dwarfs/dwarves: "I owe, I owe, it's off to work I go."
Irish Miss: I caught up with my DVR last night and saw The Killing. Like last season, the episode seemed slow and spread out, but it was good to see "old friends" again. Since this year there are several victims maybe the pace of the show will be different. We shall see.
ReplyDeleteDid you enjoy it?
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteWEES. Didn't know where we were going with the theme, but the unifier cleared it up nicely. Good job, David.
FETCH - Also a term used in oceanography: "the distance along open water over which the wind blows". Might want to go ALEE here.
Have a great day.
Good morning! Had a good time with this one; and with Argyle's comment about 46A.
ReplyDeleteFound Doc's link to the dwarfs/dwarves info illuminating. Which is nice, cuz it's another rainy day here.
My favorite clue was "Current event" for EDDY. lots of those around here, after all that rain.
No luck getting "Rear Window" to stream on netflix. Can't find many of the movies I search for there. Wonder why not? I haven't used it much; maybe that's part of the problem....guess I have better luck with print media. or virtual print media.
Have a good day, everyone.
Kazie, those are possessive pronouns, not adjectives.
ReplyDeleteI too was tripped up on 46A. Wanted bar.
For some reason, I spelled anorak as anarak. Guess I don't use it so much in SC.
Thank you David Poole for a nice and doable puzzle. Really enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteThank you Argyle, for your sparkling commentary. I also enjoyed reading the story of Rear Window - a movie I remember watching, a long time ago. My daughter used to live in Greenwich Village. I'm glad she is/was not married to a jewellery salesman - wholesaler.
Just like 'Ivory' soap was purposely 'bloated' with air bubbles, as a gimmick, to reduce its apparent density and enable it to float in water - Pears soap was made with glycerin to enable it to be translucent. ( - another gimmick ? ).
I have never watched 'Citizen Kane' - was he a good guy or a bad goy, err, guy ?
Hahtoolah, I have had plenty of fresh, sweet corn. Maybe I didn't focus and philosophically ruminate on what I was doing while I was chewing it, thus missing out on the quintessence of it.
Have a nice day, you all.
I saw WINDOWS easily and my, uh, REAR appeared at the reveal. Grace Kelly in Jimmy’s dumpy apartment in this fabulous dress spying on Raymond Burr? ABSURD!
ReplyDeleteMusings
-Joann sometimes forgets her iPad needs WIFI for the web
-Does your blender really need this many settings?
-Sometimes I forget that Joann’s YES/NO questions aren’t looking for MY opinion ;-)
-Ever been up a creek in a CANOE and can’t find your paddle?
-ANORAK? I knew I should know it but knew I wouldn’t get it until what I know I knew perpped it. Huh?
-I do notice ANORAK clothing in Scheel’s now
-Caesar Milan says a WAGging tail and lowered ears indicated an approachable dog
-IRS idiots only seem to be getting DEMOTED and not fired or jailed
-SLIER? Didn’t we just have SLYER?
-If I were the user of that STEAM IRON, wrinkle free clothes would be de rigueur
-Big APE in today’s comics
-We have to drive through Wahoo, NE to get to Lincoln and they have only one traffic LIGHT. I can’t hit it!
Hahtoolah, so I guess what Dr. Ruth is saying is that one should’ve been able to easily discern that Meg Ryan was faking that orgasm in this infamous scene from the movie When Harry Met Sally - obviously because there was no fresh sweet corn on her plate at the restaurant...?
ReplyDelete@Vidwan - KANE was based on the publisher, Hearst. Is it a spoiler to tell people Rosebud is a SLED?
ReplyDelete72 years later? Maybe, if there are people who haven't seen it.
Disliked this puzzle. Had a Natick at MONTEGO BAY crosses OESTE and Googled for both.
Don't know French or Spanish. Don't do sun and "fun," unless you consider heat and sunstroke fun. Had MONTE G, and wondered if there were a Grand Mt. in Jamaica.
Chin,
ReplyDeleteThat was my point. In English they are pronouns, not so in French. That's why they show adjectival agreement with the noun they qualify.
The possessive pronouns in French are le mien/tien/sien, la mienne/tienne/sienne, les miens/miennes etc. (mine, yours, his/hers/its) After almost 34 years of teaching French, I think I know my parts of speech.
And BTW, in English the former (my. your, his/her/its) are personal pronouns in the possessive case, while the latter (mine, yours/hers, etc.) are the possessive pronouns.
The original arctic anorak jackets
ReplyDeletewere warm hooded pullovers, waterproof, and made of fur.Those in our stores are waterproof hooded pullovers, hip length and made of any waterproof material, not necessarily warm.
In English we say
ReplyDeleteThe book is hers. HERS is a possessive pronoun.
This is her book. HER is a possessive adjective.
Hi gang -
ReplyDeleteRather a crunchy Tuesday, I thought.
Wouldn't have gotten the theme without the unifier, and I was a glass guy for 40 years. And yes, I do windows.
STEAM IRON and IVY LEAGUE - now those are some classy fill!
Speaking of REARS, should I be embarrassed to admit that my first thought for "spot for a shot" was a different word starting with A?
I once, in a severely sleep deprived state of altered consciousness, wrote a sonnet about it. And, in a way, it connects to Argyle's thought.
Cool regards!
JzB
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteThank you, David, for a fun and light-hearted Tuesday romp and thanks to Argyle for a great expo. Liked how Kane was on top of sled.
Mari @ 8:02 - I also DVRed The Killing but haven't watched it yet. I am behind again on my taped shows and my DVD's from Netflix; I have Lincoln and The Last Quartet to watch. If I spent less time on my iPad, I'd be all caught up. (-:
Have a nice day.
Bill G. - On your yesterday's post - how does one explain to high school kids, as to why, the volume of a regular cone is one-third that of a cylinder, i.e. 1 / 3 pi.r*2.h , I looked into the matter, as a subject for my own curiosity.
ReplyDeleteAs to the answer, unfortunately, without the aid of calculus, the subject has to be analysed, as the ancient Greeks did, under the theory of infinitesimal arguments, ( the precursor of calculus - ) and Cavalieri's principle, and the method of exhaustion - all rather dense matters for high schoolers. It basically has to do with comparing a cone, as an approximation, to a right square pyramid occupying a volume, one-third that of the enclosing cube.
On a lighter note, I notice Bonaventura Cavalieri, a 17th cent. Italian monk and mathematician (geometry) studied at the University of Pisa ( PIZZA ?). So your two riddles, one on the cone, and the other on the Pizza formula, were somehow intricately related !
Fun puzzle, David, and fun write-up, Argyle--a great way to start a morning. So, many thanks!
ReplyDeleteSince I managed to GET GETAWAY CAR and GET THE PICTURE early on I was sure the theme answers would be phrases starting with GET. Not so, and I didn't really GET it until the reveal--which made me totally happy because REAR WINDOW is one of my favorite movies of all time. Did anyone see the delightful send-up of the movie in "Castle" a few episodes ago? Also CITIZEN KANE isn't half bad, so a great puzzle for movie lovers.
C.C. thanks for explaining TES and OESTE, which really confused me. I come from Austria (OESTERREICH) which I of course assume means Eastern territory, or something of the sort. So OESTE made no sense and I kept wondering if the clue shouldn't be SUNRISE direction rather than SUNSET. But your explanation cleared that up.
Have a great Tuesday, everybody!
Greetings to all!
ReplyDeleteThank you, David Poole, for an easy puzzle which I ACED without a single write over.
And yes, I even got the WINDOW theme and enjoyed SUCH words as LITURGY, IVY LEAGUE, DEMOTED and ABSURD.
In Spanish, OESTE is pronounced OH-EH-STAY. Usually all vowels are pronounced except in the case of an elision.
I'm now reading about an ill-fated ship in the North Pole and CANOE and ANORAK figure prominently.
Have a great Tuesday, everyone!
YR,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the vindication on possessive adjectives. However, I wasn't aware that that terminology applied in English, although it certainly would have helped make things clearer to my students if it had been taught that way here in English as well. Maybe not--I don't think any of them had a clue about English grammar! It was only taught up through 9th grade level, and after that they forgot it all.
I bet Kazie's students still wake up in a cold sweat worried about their impending tongue lashing.
ReplyDeleteI bet you were able to instill "L'enseignant est une chienne" into their brains!
ReplyDeleteAgain, a Tuesday puzzle that was much easier than Monday's. I zipped right through with nary a writeover. What words I didnt know, I got with perps. Did not see the theme until the unifier. Got ARM through the perps too.
ReplyDeleteAZ Republic must have received a lot of calls, as they reprinted the correct puzzle from Sunday today.
Doha Doc, Is Zach Wheeler still getting kicked around or has he adjusted to AAA? I think Fresno still has a player or two who played at Norwich.
ReplyDeleteDennis, my first game ever was at Ebbets Field, Bums vs the Phils. Bums won. Only time I was ever there. Unfortunately, never made it to Shibe Park .ritiega
Anon @11.10,
ReplyDeleteIf I were still teaching, I'd be busy preparing classes instead of following this blog! And tongue lashings were less frequent in my room than laughter and enjoyment of learning.
Nobody wants to link Montego Bay by Bobby Bloom so I will. LINK(2:46)
ReplyDeleteHondo, Wheeler is supposed to join the Mets June 14 or so. I really wish the Giants hadn't traded him away to get a couple of months of Carlos Beltran's services in 2011, since Wheeler was their top pitching prospect and if there's one thing the Giants need now, it's pitching....
ReplyDeleteMy first game was in the nose bleed seats in Candlestick. Luckily for me, the experience didn't ruin baseball for me....
Hey everyone,
ReplyDeleteI've made more progress on my project http://nullwords.com based on some feedback I got from everyone here back in February. To accommodate crosswords you can now search for words using dashes to represent blank spaces, and I've also added definitions for common words (though I'm still looking for a source for less common words). Please let me know if you have any other feedback on how I make the site better or easier to use!
Hi Y'all! Great puzzle, David! Great expo, Argyle! Your link for "Montego Bay" brought some much needed cheer to another gloomy day. Never saw so many gloomy days in this usually sunny state.
ReplyDeleteGet THE PICTURE could also refer to clues for "Ben HUR", "Citizen KANE", SLED and BARBERSHOP. I didn't check but weren't there movies about MONTEGO BAY & EDDY?
Not being able to tolerate alcohol, my first place for a shot was ARM. I had trouble with "doing" SHOTS. Perps helped.
IONIA is a little town near where I grew up which is much less than Greek.
I beg to differ with Dr. Ruth's corny statement! LOL! However, it's been so long maybe my memory fantasies are inaccurate. Field corn on the cob always gave me stomach aches though.
JzB: Really cute poem!
Citizen Kane was the first film ever directed by Orson Welles; he also played the leading role. It's is bound to be prominently featured in any film history course, and it always appears near the top in any list of the best motion pictures of all time. It wasn't popular during its initial release; Hearst prohibited any mention of it in his newspapers. It was nominated for a slew of academy awards, but it only won one. The film chronicles the life of Charles Foster Kane (Hearst), part of it via newsreel footage. Welles insisted that the footage be rushed through the developing "soup" so it would come out grainy -- looking more like the newsreels of the day. If you've never seen it, you ought to give it a shot.
ReplyDeleteTragic day here in Fremont, NE.
ReplyDelete-Four 16 year old boys in a 1966 Mustang convertible were drag racing another car on an old highway last night with no seat belts on. They rolled the car and the driver and the two front seat passengers are dead and the two in the back were life-flighted to Omaha in critical conditions and one of them has since died. I did not know the boys but knew the families. When will they ever learn…
Tuesday is here. This puzzle was pleasant, clever and easy; easy that is, until I got to the bottom right corner. Then I slowed down. Having BAR instead of ARM was the main culprit. Thanks David and Argyle.
ReplyDeleteNo comments on "The American President"? It's a very enjoyable movie.
Sofia Vergara was on The View. It was a little bland I thought.
I've never had field corn. Many years ago, my father told me that you should have the water boiling when you went out to the garden to pick corn. Nowadays, new corn varieties retain their sugar content much longer. When I had a community garden plot, I would plant good varieties of corn with lima beans or pole beans planted net to the corn seeds. The beans would grow up the corn stalks, getting two crops in the space of one.
HG, that's a sad story. My grandmother used to say that when you saw a grown man, you were witnessing a miracle.
Somebody please answer BillG regarding The American President. You know how he gets.
ReplyDeleteBillG: I didn't see the View, but most sexy women tone down their sexiness when in the company of other women. They only come alive with men or before a camera.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your grandmother. That I managed to raise my daredevil son to the age to become an AF Pilot is indeed a miracle. My other son was not quite as impetuous but had some heart-stopping moments (my heart, not his). My six grandson's are pretty good kids, but want adrenaline-producing adventures. The 12-yr-old can't wait to zipline in Montana after they go river rafting. It's no wonder women turn to religion and prayer. They have so little control over their offspring.
Desper-otto@7:02am
ReplyDeleteWell I am not afraid of Tuesday embarrassment, besides it wasn't a DNF,,, it was an FIW! (but I am afraid that Manac is going to bust my chops!)
13D County "W" of Iraq? (when did they break it up into alphabetical counties???
68A Current event, I started with "tide," & after changing bar to arm came up with a Good Heavens = Me Oh Me!!
But what did me in was that horrible Natick of Eastado/erte with a PEI lead in. (I think I wagged eree/asteado/pai, what the hell, it makes about as much sense to me...)
Pute @11:12. Was that a T or a K? Your snarky French expression would have needed an"Excuse my French," demurrer if it were in English. I can't imagine Kazie giving her students a tongue lashing. Teachers with intellectual rigor are appreciated and respected if they are fair, kind, and interesting.
ReplyDeleteThe American President – a weak, predictable story, with straight line, liberal, tree hugging orthodoxy, a conservative bogeyman and unmarried sex on public display in the White House. Yawn.
ReplyDeleteAllrighty then. How about "Dave"?
ReplyDeleteWow, What an easy one.
ReplyDeletePEI, Erte and Estado were no brainers!
My Oh My and eddy were gimmies.
Off to go read the Comments now.
@Jazzbumpa - wow! nice sonnet!
ReplyDelete@Yellowrocks - did they make them of seal fur? Prolly, but I hope not.
@Huskergary - The worst we had - and there are many - were 5 teenagers in a car, no belts, and the driver decided to "catch wind," as he put it, meaning to get air-borne. All died. We now know what they're thinking because they phone and text.
Dr. G of TV autopsy fame gave the main reasons for early death these days and this place: nicotine, alcohol, drugs - and being a guy. Testosterone fuels thrill seeking.
No longer childhood illnesses of the past.
I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words
ReplyDeleteHesiod 8th century BC
Re: "The American President"
ReplyDeleteIt's a Chick Flick! Guys would only watch it to get lucky.
Bill G... You Lucky Dog You!!!
I liked "Dave" too though not quite as much.
ReplyDeleteI want to invite Sofia Vergara for some Columbian espresso. Anybody know her phone number?
I just had a really enjoyable tutoring session. Jon and I derived the quadratic formula. He enjoyed it too. I think he liked knowing where it came from rather than just "Here it is. You can use it to solve quadratic equations." I know Pas must think I'm touched.
Manac, maybe you're right. I also really liked "Love Actually."
Um... "Dave" was a Movie??? I just thought we were joking about CED.
ReplyDeleteBill, Sorry but Sofia is spending time at my Beach house and the number is Unlisted
Dave's not home...
ReplyDeleteDave's not here, man
ReplyDeletemy oh my...I think we have moved on from those nicer expressions, unfortunately. I didn't say quite that when opening slightly green pork chops the other night.
ReplyDeleteFun, smooth puzzle today. I was going like gangbusters until that little SE corner..had to zig-zag to get er done.Hand up for tide.
estado? Really? Knowing French did not help here. BTW, Kazie I always like those refresher courses from you.Cute photo too.
WIFI: gotta love it when we find a Starbucks while traveling.Latest find was in the quaint little town of St. Andrews in Scotland last week.
Argyle, thanks for the write up and links, esp. liked the Nadal video.
St. Andrews, I'm jealous.
ReplyDeleteWhere is Dave?
ReplyDeleteYes, sorry. "Dave" is a very enjoyable movie with Kevin Kline as CED and Sigourney Weaver. It's about a presidential look-alike pressed into service to secretly fill in for the actual president when he suffers a stroke. Try it, you'll like it.
ReplyDeleteManac, can I please come and visit you at your beach house? Please? I'll tutor Sofia with her ESL and algebra for free. Please?
BillG: I bet you wouldn't remember what x & y were if you were in the same room as Sofia, let alone tutor her on algebra. You'd want her to tutor you on ----bra!
ReplyDeleteYears ago, the teenaged son of a dear friend was talking on his cell phone to his grandparent and pulled out to pass another car. They heard the head-on collision and him moaning until he couldn't anymore. The grandparents sent an ambulance but it was too late. Such an awful thing to have to hear and feel so helpless.
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