Theme: I couldn't eat another bite of fish - The four letter reveal word stuffed with other letters in the middle.
17A. Easy-to-swallow gelatin pill : SOFT CAPSULE
40A. Aromatic burner made from vegetable wax : SOY CANDLE
11D. Cucumber in brine : SOUR PICKLE
27D. Bathtub popper : SOAP BUBBLE
57A. Seafood selection suggested by this puzzle's circles : STUFFED SOLE
Argyle here. If you have circles, I hope they are in he right spots! I had a personal Natick at the cross of 47 and 61 but the R was easily inferred. All in all, a decent Tuesday with some eclectic fill. Great theme intersection.
Across:
1. Seepage at sea : BILGE. The BILGE is an area on a ship, so the water that collects there is known as BILGE WATER.
6. King's tenure : REIGN
11. Attach a button, e.g. : SEW
14. "Bye, José!" : "ADIOS!"
15. WWII sub : U-BOAT. The E-BOAT was a torpedo boat that ran on the surface.
16. "Go, José!" : "OLÉ!"
19. Luau instrument : UKE
20. Util. supply : ELEC.
21. Gets a load of, so to speak : SEEs. A little strained on some of the clues today.
22. Backpack part : STRAP
24. Daily Planet cub reporter : OLSEN. And 7D. Jed Clampett portrayer Buddy : EBSEN. Waiting to trip you up if you put in SON instead of SEN.
26. Swab brand : Q-TIP
27. Pirate on the Jolly Roger : SMEE
28. Sydney natives : AUSSIES. Not "true" natives.
34. Cost-of-living fig. : CPI. (consumer price index)
35. Sticks around : STAYS
36. Wish undone : RUE
37. "For goodness __!" : SAKES
39. European peak : ALP
42. Lake __: "Prairie Home Companion" town : WOBEGON. "Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average." - Garrison Keillor
45. Thin coin : DIME
46. Colorado natives : UTEs
47. Valuable violin : AMATI
49. Persian Gulf emirate : DUBAI
51. Refinery waste : SLAG
52. Arduous expedition : TREK
56. Flow back : EBB
60. Gibson of "Braveheart" : MEL
61. Artist Rousseau : HENRI. (1844–1910) French Post-Impressionist painter.
62. Pisa place : ITALY
63. Pay dirt : ORE
64. Out of the harbor : AT SEA
65. Styles : MODEs
Down:
1. Slider's goal : BASE. (baseball)
2. Recipient of bags of fan mail : IDOL
3. "That's __!" : LIFE
4. Snuggled up on the couch, say : GOT COMFY
5. PC "oops" key : ESC. In the upper left corner on a standard keyboard; I don't know about all the other devices out there.
6. Mumbai money : RUPEE. (India)
8. Promissory notes : IOUs. Could be in RUPEES, I suppose.
9. Guy's pal : GAL
10. Experimental bomb blasts : N-TESTS
12. Betty's role in "Hot in Cleveland" : ELKA
13. Have a bawl : WEEP
18. Desirable quality : ASSET
23. "__ the season ..." : 'TIS
25. Grassy expanses : LEAs
26. "__ Sera, Sera" : QUE. Clip from the movie. LINK(2:05)
28. Actor Guinness : ALEC
29. Fencer's sword : ÉPÉE
30. Family nickname : SIS
31. 1944 invasion city : ST-LÔ
32. Presley's middle name : ARON
33. Pay cash for : BUY
35. Tool with teeth : SAW
37. Fit of temper : SNIT
38. Acknowledges responsibility for : ADMITS TO
40. "Mayday!" : [S-O-S]
41. Maxim : ADAGE
43. LAX listing : ETA
44. Teahouse hostess : GEISHA
47. Four-time Emmy winner Woodard : ALFRE. Her IMDb page.
48. Underworld society : MAFIA
49. Tutorial feature : DEMO
50. Slangy prefix meaning "super" : ÜBER
51. Phoenix cagers : SUNS. They play at the US Airways Center (formerly America West Arena).
53. Place for a pothole : ROAD
54. Couture monthly : ELLE. (magazine)
55. Jinglers on rings : KEYS
58. Vietnamese New Year : TET
59. Poorly lit : DIM
Argyle
Notes from C.C.:
1) Happy 65th Birthday to Lemonade, who has been guiding us through Friday puzzles since March 2010. Despite his eye problem and health issue, he never gives any puzzle a short shrift. He enhances my appreciation for every Friday puzzle with his passion, knowledge & wit.
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| Lemonade & John Lampkin |
2) Happy 65th Birthday to the very knowledgeable & modest Vidwan as well! Hope you successfully renewed your driver's license.
3) As Montana (Darlene) mentioned yesterday, she flew to Denver and celebrated her birthday with her granddaughter, who was 2 yesterday.
48 comments:
Morning, all (and Happy Birthday to Lemonade & Vidwan)!
Finally back from an extended family vacation. We went to San Francisco to see the sights and visit with my brother and sister-in-law and their many kids (who live in San Jose) and my sister (who lives in Paolo Alto). A good time was had by all, but the jet lag is a bear...
Wish I had lots of positive things to say about the puzzle today, but I don't. Blame it on the aforementioned jet lag, I guess. My puzzle didn't have circles, so I had no idea what was going on until I got to the theme reveal. Neither SOFA TABLE nor SOFT CAPSULE nor SOY CANDLE are things I've ever heard of (although all were inferrable with enough help from the perps). And I almost turfed it at the crossing of OLE and ELKA.
I knew that SMEE was Captain Hook's right hand man from "Peter Pan" but I never knew what the name of the ship was. Live and learn.
Man, I wish I could go back to bed, but the little guy starts school today and I have to go back to work...
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Happy Tuesday everybody!
I wouldn’t say today’s offering was UBER easy - it was just right for a Tuesday puzzle….
Do-overs = STRAD for AMATI, MINE for LIFE, SAFE for BASE (right idea, wrong word), and, of course, QATAR for DUBAI….
Also wanted ABORIGINES for Sydney natives, but it was too long….
Chi Trib site showed the circles for the SOLE clues, how about other sites…?
Think we’ll ever get a puzzle with Say, SEE, Sigh, SEW and Sou….? Y not…?
Is it just me or does WOBEGON seem to be missing a couple of “E”s…?
Lots of August birthdays at the Corner! HBD to Lemon and Vidwan – not only the same birthday, but the same birth date – nice!
Oh, and welcome back Barry!
Finally, speaking of SOLE food, here’s the background music from that non-existent Harlem restaurant in the 1973 movie “Live and Let Die,” the Fillet of Soul….
Welcome back BG, and a fishy puzzle for the day. Enjoyed the theme and basically sailed through except for SLIDER which got me thinking of the pitch not the base runner. English is such a confusing language.
Off to start my 66 th year. Many happy returns to my twin Vidwan.
Hi Y'all! Another week with two of Gail's puzzles, but with Bruce this time! Good one, guys, but a bit tricky. I couldn't get going on the west upper 2/3rds of this. Did the rest then came back up the west side and got 'er done. Thanks, Argyle!
New: Alfre!?
Welcome back, Barry. Your dedication in spite of jet lag is appreciated. Glad you had a good time.
Happy birthday, Lemonade & Vidwan, you young whippersnappers. I always enjoy the contributions of both of you.
C.C., If you and Boomer have a good relationship with his son, you need to tell the son about the TIA since Boomer won't. You may need his help in the future and the son might be upset if he wasn't told about these health concerns. I know this isn't an easy decision, dear lady.
When my husband had chest pains and wouldn't go to the cardiologist, it took both our sons and myself literally backing him in a corner (fighting mad) and insisting he get in the car for the trip to the doctor. He was mad and wouldn't speak to me the whole 3 hour trip, but it was the right thing to do. We at least knew we had done all we could for him, and we had professional help for the big bad medical event.
Morning everyone,
Happy birthday, Vidwan, Montana, and former Connecticut resident, Lemonade. LaLa Linda, hope your health issues are quickly cured.
Only struggle today was 47D. ALFRE. Total unknown and likely to be forgotten by noon. Trusted the across clues which were all solid.
No circles which I do not like as a rule. Thank you Merriam-Webster.
I can't even make a Wag as to how many moons it's been since I've seen SOAP BUBBLES. Relaxing, hot showers get this guy ready to face the day.
I'm going to be an occasional poster for a while. Rotator cuff issues having a big affect on my normally sunny personality! So far I've been in Phys Therapy, but it;s not going well. Therapist treating me like a Senior citizen and it's really ticked me off. Got an appointment in a week or so with a shoulder guy...hope a shot of cortisone will help. Did for my wife when she had similar issues.
Good Morning, Argyle and friends. I thought this was a bit of a challenge for a Tuesday. I know I am in trouble when I can't immediately get the 1-Across clue. The B in Base was just about the last to fall, as even the 1-Down clue gave me trouble.
Thank goodness for the circles in my paper. It helped with the SO and LE fills, which then shed enough light to get the "Stuffing."
This is probably one of HENRI Rousseau's most recognizable paintings.
I love Betty White, but never heard of ELKA or Hot in Cleveland.
Happy Birthday to two of my favorite bloggers, Lemonade and Vidwan. I hope you both have very special birthdays.
QOD: I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one’s wife happy. First, let her think she’s having her own way. And second, let her have it. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson (Aug. 27, 1908 ~ Jan. 22, 1973)
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Hello Puzzlers -
I vote for being impressed with the puzzle. The symmetry with the long theme fills must have been hard to arrange. It seemed on the easy side, but in line with a Tuesday.
The phrase "for Goodness' sakes" seems common, but I've assumed it make more sense grammar-wise to say "for Goodness' sake". Relatedly, there are signs posted along MA highways reminding drivers "...take a break, for safety sake". These are large, expensive, permanent road signs, and it surprises me that a grammar blunder made it all the way through to their production.
Bilge water makes me smile remembering the con artist aboard Huck Finn's raft who passes himself off as the long-lost Duke of Bridgewater. His companion kept bungling the name, calling him Bilgewater.
Always loved the name Lake Wobegon.
HBTY Vidwan and Lemon.
Good morning!
Welcome back, Barry, and felicitations to our birthday twins.
This one turned into a six minute romp during my REIGN (my time on the throne). My only misstep was getting cocky and inking SOFA THROW without checking the perps.
My newspaper had circles, and yes, they were in the right places.
I remember ALFRE Woodard because with a name like that a) you expect her to be a man, and b) you expect a second W in her last name.
Good morning, folks. Thank you, Gail and Bruce, for an excellent puzzle. Thank you, Argyle, for the fine review.
First, welcome back, Barry G. Enjoy your write-ups.
Happy Birthday to Lemonade and Vidwan. Enjoy both of your commentaries.
My puzzle does not have circles. I started before the newspaper came and did it on cruciverb via the IPad.
Seepage at sea was easy, BILGE. That helped with the rest of the NW.
The entire top of the puzzle was quite easy, as well.
Did not know ALFRE. Only 5 perps and I had it.
SOFT CAPSULE was easy since I take 8 of those a day when in Pennsylvania. 4 Flax Seed Oil and 4 Coconut Seed Oil.
Wanted BRINE PICKLE for 11D, but would not fit. SOUR PiCKLE worked.
Also, did not know ELKA. The NE horizontals helped.
Slider's goal for 1D reminded me of Chicago's famous hamburger, the White Castle SLIDER. I really like them.
Hot today in NE Illinois. Need a little rain.
See you tomorrow.
Abejo
(saarki)
I was close to finishing today. I thought snuggling on a couch was NOT COMFY and I didn't know how to spell ALFRE. (I had ELFEE so I had AMATI and HENRI wrong too.)
Oh and the clue "That's ----" was a bit vague. I tried VILE and NICE before I got LIFE.
And of course my first attempt at the final theme fill was FILET OF SOLE but that was proven wrong by the perps.
Good morning everybody, and welcome to Tuesday!
Welcome back Barry G. It was odd not seeing your name at the top of the heap.
Happy birthdays to Lemony and Vidwan! May you have a wonderful year!
I had the printed Trib and the circles were neatly in place.
I have the same comments on ALFRE as most of yu all do.
I liked 63A: Pay Dirt: ORE.
Have a great day everybody!
Good morning Argyle, C.C. et al.
Happy birthday to two of my favorite bloggers. And the same birth date, too!
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And welcome back, Barry G.! Sounds like you had a great time.
hondohurricane, sorry to hear that your rotator cuff issue doesn't seem to be making any progress toward healing. Hopefully, the cortisone shots will at least give you some pain relief.
I did the puzzle online at the Mensa site, and there were no circles. But it didn't detract from the enjoyment of the puzzle. I rather liked finding the STUFFED SOLE in all the entries after I was done.
I have to chuckle because I read the clue for 27D as "Bathtub pooper." Remember seeing this commercial on Johnny Carson? 0:59
I also had a WAG at the crossing of HENRI and ALFRE. I have even seen that painting at the MoMA, Hahtoolah. But for the life of me, I couldn't remember his first name!
Have a great day, everyone!
Argyle: Thank you for a nice write-up & informative links.
The circles were properly placed in my Tampa Bay Times.
Can't really say they added to my enjoyment in solving today's offering.
I'm probably out AT SEA as to whether this was a cleverly themed puzzle.
Hand up for needing only 5 perps to get ALFRE.
Happy Birthday to Lemonade & Vidwan.
I'm sure "toasts" will be made in your honor.
Cheers!!!
Good morning everyone.
Never heard of a SOY CANDLE, but I'm not into that kind of stuff anyway. By then I had sussed the theme and was writing in SO……LE in all the remaining circle pairs. STUFFED SOLE was apt. Argyle described BILGE well. Thought the clue was kind of stiff. Liked WOBEGON; I listen to G. Keillor whenever I can.
Funny how words like ÜBER get into our language.
Good job, Gail and Bruce. Thank you.
Happy Birthday Lemonade.
Happy Birthday, Vidwan
Hope you both do something special today.
Have a great day.
Thank you all for your good wishes. HBTY, too, to my twin, Lemony. Virgo's are supposed to be artistic and altruistic. (Huh?). My wife is also a Virgo, and it's a miracle we even get along...
C.C., thank you for your kind words, .... I don't know if they are true, but I'll take your words for it (?)... May I offer my prayers and empathy for your recent woes. I renewed my drivers license, with a little help from my friends. The eye test was all numbersq. - my favorites. I just remembered Bill. G.'s laws of unique primes, and applied the binomial theorem on the quadratic equation, ... lol .....
Nice to see Barry again, on the top of his form.
Hi Hah !
The puzzle was relatively easy ... Except for ALFRE. Thought of Bill G. at bilge . Lol.
Since a Rupee in any of the SE asian nations, in any currency, is worth about less than one US cent, .... They stopped printing one rupee currency notes, 15 years ago. It's so rare now, that a one rupee currency note now costs twenty rupees. How's that for inflation ?
Have a nice day, you all.
La La Linda , may I offer my prayers and empathy for your woes. I hope you get better.
C E D - nice to have you, and especially your links baaaack ! we missed you. You always seem to be having a good time - maybe that's the real success in life.
Good Morning:
First things first:
Happy Birthday to Lemonade and Vidwan; hope you both have a wonderful day. (Vid, I liked Anony-mouse better! (-:
Welcome back, Barry; hope you recover from jet lag soon.
Hondo, I know what you're going though. T'ain't funny McGee. I finally had to have surgery on both shoulders. I hope the cortisone helps.
Now, the puzzle. Clever theme and just enough bite to make it a fun solve. Only write-over was Otos before Utes. Nice shout-out to Kazie and CED, I think!
Thanks, Gail and Bruce, and thanks, Argyle, for the usual neat expo.
Ferm, how is Charlie?
Have a terrific Tuesday.
Oohh! Circles! I got excited as soon as I saw the puzzle this morning, and I was not disappointed. Found it a total delight. Many thanks, Gail and Bruce, and you too, Argyle, for the neat expo!
Loved the theme. My husband was a fabulous cook and after he had me over to dinner the first time, I was totally intimidated about reciprocating. So I suggested an informal pizza evening. Turned out he had pizza for lunch every day and would prefer a "real meal." What to do? Turned out that Trader Joe's had a frozen STUFFED SOLE with very clear directions. Voila! I passed the dinner test and later the marriage test and we eventually joined three Gourmet Clubs in our area. So I love STUFFED SOLE.
I also love Betty White in "Hot in Cleveland"--a total hoot. Also, has anyone seen her new program about senior pranksters called "Betty White's 'Off Their Rockers'"? Another hoot.
Happy Birthdays, Lemonade, Vidwan, and Montana.
Have a great Tuesday, everybody!
Happy Birthday, Lemonade and Vidwan! May you celebrate MANY more.
Abejo: I do the crossword on iPad with Cruciverb, but I do get the circles.
Nice puzzle today. Not too difficult.
Have a good day, everybody,
Montana (from Denver)
Hello, Argyle, and all.
Very happy birthday wishes to our twins, Lemonade and Widwan. Wow! How rare is it for two birthdays and the same age on the same day?
Yea! Circles! I love them.
Thank you, Gail and Bruce, for today's speed run with some fun clues. I SEWed up the eastern border very quickly, straight down the side to the bottom.
Seeing the theme reveal, I went around and filled the SO_LE and was done in almost no time. The "stuffing" was fun.
Really enjoyed:
have a bawl, WEEP
pay dirt, ORE (a good oldie)
Pisa place, ITALY
I'm surprised so many haven't heard of ALFRE Woodard. She is a superb actress who has starred in many TV roles.
I also like Lake WOBEGON and listen anytime it's possible.
Welcome back, Barry. You were missed. New on the blog, WBWHS, what Barry would have said.
Have a terrific Tuesday, everyone!
Montana in Denver! Lovely picture of you and sweet little granddaughter.
Montana:
That's a beautiful photo with your grandbaby!
Newsflash! The entire Phoenix area had a downpour last night with lightning, thunder and power outages! We are grateful but could have done without the outage!
Hey Argyle! While your personal Natick was at 48D/61A, mine was 47D/61A. Also, I did have a little trouble with the parsing of the theme (I thought it was Opera...O sole mio...)
28A requires edification... (however, I still prefer "your shout" to "my shout.")
28D I wanted to link an Alec Guiness tribute, but he just has so many wonderful performances that I decided to just link the one (& 1st)role I saw him in that made him beloved to me... The Man In The White Suit.
Note that the sound of "the contraption," is imprinted in my brain. (which may explain some of my links..)
Musings
-Not as fun online but still nice
-Hmmm… If I ate a bad hero sandwich in UBOAT on the way to work today, I would be eating a sub standard sub in a sub on my way to sub.
-Ridiculous BACKPACK
-Four letter pirate – who ya gonna call?
-STAY (1:59)
-I’ve known every fictional Lake Woebegon Garrison Keillor in my hometown
-Ah for the times when a DIME bought three plays on the pinball machine, a bottle of pop, a Superman comic, etc.
-Betty White’s being reduced to being a older woman saying off color things in a backwater sitcom seems sad to me after the first rate ensembles she has graced.
-…TIS the season the 100+ temps have first hit here
-I pulled out CASH for a meal at a school last year and the cashier didn’t know what to do
-I always admire a kid who ADMITS TO doing something wrong
-HBD Lemon and Vidwan and what a smile on that little one, Montana!
-Well, my hour and a half lunch is done so...
Hi gang -
HBD to our birthday babies - all younger than I.
Montana's granddaughter is adorable.
Today's puzzle is a great technical accomplishment, but not that high on the fun scale. there may be a trade off there. Circled themes don't do a lot for me.
I've loved Betty White forever. Don't know Hot in Cleveland. My niece just left there for Raleigh, really.
Guess that's all for now. See y'all tomorrow.
Cool Regards!
JzB
Happy Birthday Vidwan!
Always enjoy and learn from your posts.
Happy Tuesday. Haircut day for me. Happy birthday to Vidwan and Lemonade! I hope your special day is special.
I enjoyed the puzzle that included words like BILGE and GOT COMFY. So Vidwan, should I be pleased that BILGE made you think of me?? :>)
Gary, I know what you mean about those dimes. Locally, a dime will buy you five minutes at a parking meter. Thirty dimes will get Jordan and me a Looney Tunes comic featuring Yosemite Sam.
When I saw what Google had done recently, my head literally exploded! Look at the second definition they added for "Literally."
1) In a literal manner or sense; exactly.
"the driver took it literally when asked to go straight across the traffic circle"
synonyms: exactly, precisely, actually, really, truly; without question, unquestionably, indisputably
2) Used for emphasis or to express strong feeling while not being literally true.
"I have received literally millions of letters."
Aargh! So now it's OK to use "literally" to mean "not literally"?
Good afternoon everyone.
Happy birthdays Lemonade and Vidwan. I too always enjoy your comments.
Puzzle: harder than a usual Tuesday. I DNF and took a nap instead. It was the NW corner that could not finish – or even get most of. But it was clever, and I even figured out the SOLE. But it didn't help enough.
CED, I enjoyed your Naples pics and comments. You'll be moving here soon, yes?
Cheers
Hola Everyone, First, C.C., thanks for all the great pictures. Happy Birthday, Vidwan and Lemonade, and Darlene, lucky granddaughter, lucky you!
The puzzle was pretty much a fast one for me today. I had one hangup as I put in the Phoenix Sens. instead of Suns. That was quickly fixed with the unifier of Stuffed sole.
Barry, You were in our home town--San Jose. The Coven would loved to have met you, your wife and son. Maybe next time. You were truly all through our territory. Sounds like you had a good time.
The puzzle circles were all in the correct places in my paper. I did have a ? moment when the circles has SOS then LEE and then it hit me that the word Sole went from Top to bottom and Left to Right. Took me a while.
I had 30 people for dinner on Sat. and Sun. was pretty much a wash as was yesterday. I'm finally back on track--I think. I'm getting too old for these big dos.
Since school has started my organizations are all back in full swing, so busy times ahead.
Have a great day, everyone.
What scent do we get from a SOY CANDLE? I think of soy as a healthy but neutral food--ready to be doctored with spices and flavorings to imitate some other "real" food. So what is the odor of burning soy?
Heat, maybe?
And can we really spell DÜBAI with an umlaut?
Montana: We'll have to swap notes. I am interested in how that works for you, with the circles. We will have to talk.
Abejo
Montana:
Click on my blue name and send me an email if you want. We can swap information on the IPad.
Abejo
Hi Everyone ~~
I enjoyed today's puzzle and got through it without any problems. Like Lucina, I remembered ALFRE Woodard from television programs, so that helped in what could have been a difficult crossing.
~ Happy Birthday to Lemonade and Vidwan ~ hope you both are having enjoyable days!
~ Welcome back, Barry.
~ Hondo ~ the Connecticut contingent seems to be falling apart, literally*. Hope you, too, are on the mend soon.
~ *Bill G. - I agree - UGH to the second definition of "literally."
Many thanks for the continued good wishes!
Hi all,
I found this puzzle a little hard also but enjoyed it. I got most of the answers with help from DH.
I like Betty White too. I don't care for her new show either but watch Hot in Cleveland sometimes. Our new TV Guide (put out by our local paper) says on Wed. Sept.4 @ 9 PM CDT,the other 4 women from "Mary Tyler Moore Show" will be On Hot in Cleveland. It sounds like fun. It's on TVLand.
Beautiful granddaughter Montana!
Have a good evening all.
Marge
Happy birthday to Lemonade and Vidwan. I always enjoy your posts. Lemonade, you make my day every Friday.
Sending healing thoughts to Hondo and La La Linda. Nice to hear from you Linda.
Barbara wanted me to have bagels and lox for lunch. We had poppy seed bagels, my favorite, but I also like a slice of tomato. So it's off to the little produce market that has Lark Farms beefsteak tomatoes. They are the only ones that taste really good like I used to grow myself. Expensive but good.
Do any of you have external computer speakers? I have some old ones that might need replacing. They plug into the wall for power and into the computer's headphones jack for the signal. The new ones (Logitech) I saw at Target seem to only plug into the computer. Is that right? Just plug into the computer and they get all their power from that? The subwoofer plugs into the computer and the other two speakers plug into it. Thoughts or advice?
Bill G, Hmm,,, I agree, it doesn't sound right... I know when I accidentally brush my foot against my subwoofer & break the connection, it makes a buzzing thunderous noise that knocks me out of my computer chair. I can't see that happening with just a USB connection.
Happy Birthday Lemonade!
Happy Birthday Vidwan!
Happy Birthday Montana!
In returning to the internet, I must have spent all morning watching cute cat & dog videos. ( I will spare you the 5 hours of the above, & just link this) which pretty much sums it up...
Glad ALEC was clued for the elegant actor Guinness and not the boorish buffoon that is Baldwin. It seems as if his violent temper got the best of him AGAIN. Why his fans forever forgive him is beyond me.
Heart warming Dog Video. This is sooo dog! You think this dog cares that he is blind? Dogs are so glass half full.
Greetings!
Happy birthdays to Vidwan and Lemonade! (Such youngsters.)
Good to hear from you, Linda!
Good to hear from you, Sallie!
Welcome back, Barry!
I agree with Lucina re ALFRE. Remember her from Desperate Housewivesand am currently watching her on Copper. Fantastic actress.
Irish Miss--Thank you for asking. Charlie's bad leg is very swollen now. She is still getting the exotic medicine from the web. Russian guest (Alex) picked her up some more powerful pain medicine from the vet. For a while I thought she had given up eating entirely, but with the new pain medication she is eating well. Alex spoils her with a good portion of his dinner!
Cheers!
I am so disappointed that I cannot find the entire movie, The man In he White Suit, on the internet. The repeated firing of the "contraption" is wonderful comedy. But,in recognition, I present,,, Sir Alec Guinness. (4:55) be sure to watch past 3:00 to see how to "reason" with some one...
Oops! Forgot to thank Gail, Bruce and Argyle. Really enjoyed puzzle and expo. No circles but cute theme. Spelled EBSEN incorrectly at first. But a pretty speedy effort!
A challenging and doable Tuesday. Didn't know ELKA.
I love "Prairie Home Companion" and Lake WOBEGON. The rest of my family finds it boring but I have the DVD movie so can watch whenever I need a Minnesota fix.
SOY CANDLES give off very pure smoke and whatever fragrance you have added. We have a shop, Marion's Candles, where you can make your own.
I grow Celebrity tomatoes. They have been hybrid for Kansas climate and soil. I've frozen 2 qts every other day from 4 tomato plants.
Happy Birthday Day, Vidwan and Lemonade!
Montana, I'm so glad you got to celebrate your B-Day with your granddaughter! Very special!
Thanks to everyone for all the fun and dear links. Someday I'll learn how to do that and then watch out!
Barry is in the starting position and all is right with the world.
Good to here from Sallie and LaLaLinda. Illness,aches and pains can seem so over-whelming. Hoping you have all good days ahead. Hondo, hope treatment helps.
G'Eve all!
HBT Lemonade & Vidwan! Glad your back Barry G!
I REIGNed over this puzzle until I got to the Texas area and SAW 47a & d. I had to hit the Google for the latter. The STUFFEDSOLE became apparent. But a fun puzzle from Gail & Bruce (I say it like I know them, right?) and Argyle for the fine writeup.
WOBEGON was my fav. I listen every Sat during my chores.
Bill G. I would double-check those speakers. It sounds like they're USB and you may not be pleased with the setup (new drivers) and quality. My $0.02.
Also, Literally it's fugurative.
Cheers,
-T
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I vote for "goodness sakes" as opposed to "goodness sake" Simply for the alliteration. It sounds smother to me.
Ferm: Thanks for the update on Charlie and Alex sounds like my kind of guy! (-:
Good evening all,
Gail and Bruce rock! I'm not a fan of circles, but didn't need them to swim thru this one. Sole is my least favorite fish since we had it most Fridays growing up..blah..bland. The only 2 I didn't know were amati and Elka, although I did watch Hot in Cleveland a few times in its 1st season. Too silly for me.
Alfre Woodard is such a fine actress I'm surprised that she hasn't taken larger roles. The spelling of her name had me waiting for perps.
HB to our twins. Hope you both had a great day!! We can see that you did, Montana...very cute grand daughter.No little girls in my future..just superheroes and ninjas..oh, and pirates.
Has anyone read Beautiful Ruins? Sure does jump around. A new character slides in with each chapter.
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