Theme: No Reveal Monday - Last names that start with various body parts.
20A. Record-setting aviator of the 1930s : AMELIA EARHART. Ear
29A. 2007-'14 E! comedy talk show host : CHELSEA HANDLER. Hand
46A. Looney Tunes rooster with a Southern accent : FOGHORN LEGHORN. Leg
56A. First to walk on the moon : NEIL ARMSTRONG. Arm
Argyle here. A simple theme that is somewhat hidden due lack of connectedness. The fact they are external parts that usual comes in pairs doesn't really do it. OTH, on the whole the puzzle seemed a bit crunchy to me.
Across:
1. Car roof accessory : RACK
5. __ Romeo: sports car : ALFA
9. Go Fish request : TWOs
13. Cybermessage : E-NOTE
15. Agreement to shake hands on : DEAL
16. Shabbat service site : SHUL. The Yiddish word for synagogue.
17. Hercules types : HEMEN
18. Jazz trumpeter Al : HIRT
19. Opposite of stuffy, roomwise : AIRY
23. Started to eat, with "into" : BIT
24. Apr. is in it : SPR. Is it to early to think spring?
25. Old nuclear agcy. : AEC. (Atomic Energy Commission)
26. Sixth sense, for short : ESP. (ExtraSensory Perception)
33. Hammerhead parts : PEENS. If it's a hammer and not a shark.
34. "All My Children" vixen : ERICA. All My Children (1970–2011); Erica Kane played by Susan Lucci. A crossword regular in the day.
35. Letterhead design : LOGO
38. RBI and ERA : STATS. Baseball
41. Sunset direction : WEST ergo 57D. Sunrise direction : EAST
42. King's decree : EDICT
44. Separate by percolation : LEACH. Home owners know all about perc tests and leach fields. Learn more HERE. Update: Homeowners with city plumbing, not so much. D-O
51. Singer's syllable : TRA
52. Word before a birth name : NÉE
53. Modern: Ger. : NEU. Are they looking for NEUARTIG? Update: Yes they were. Not just NEW because the German in the clue was abbreviated, hence the answer must be an abbreviation . What I have found is NEUARTIG can mean novel or never seen before. It appears in several spots that German for Modern is ... modern or moderne.
54. Move it, old-style : HIE
60. Letter after epsilon : ZETA
62. Et __: and others : ALIA
63. Down-yielding duck : EIDER
64. Showy perennial : IRIS
65. Half a picking-up tool : TONG
66. Cubic meter : STERE
67. Treaty : PACT
68. Concludes : ENDS
69. Mgr.'s underling : ASST.
Down:
1. Detox program : REHAB
2. Feeble : ANEMIC
3. O'Neill's "The Iceman __" : COMETH
4. "As seen on TV" record co. : K-TEL. CSO to Canada-eh. K-TEL is Canadian. Wiki.
5. Supporter : ADHERENT
6. Sci-fi princess : LEIA. RIP
7. Fawcett who played one of Charlie's Angels : FARRAH
8. Tennis Hall of Famer Gibson : ALTHEA
9. Russian ruler until 1917 : TSAR
10. "Little" deception : WHITE LIE
11. Couple's word : OUR
12. Guileful : SLY
14. Maroon, as after a shipwreck : ENISLE. Long "I"
21. Vaulted church areas : APSES
22. Stridex target : ACNE
27. "Gimme a few __": "Be right there" : SECS
28. Rear end in a fall? : PRAT
30. Pleistocene period : EPOCH
31. __ get-out: to the utmost degree : AS ALL
32. BBC time traveling hero : DR. WHO
35. Hit the road : LEFT
36. You may get a whiff of one : ODOR
37. Humongous : GIGANTIC
39. "Popstar!" and "Tiger Beat," casually : TEEN MAGs
40. Wise guys? : SAGEs
43. Novelist Morrison : TONI. POLITICAL Interview with Charlie Rose, CLIP(3:00) POLITICAL
45. Ladders partner in a kids' board game : CHUTES
47. Empathize : RELATE
48. "SNL" alum Kevin : NEALON. Matt LeBlanc and Kevin Nealon’s have a new CBS comedy, “Man with a Plan”.
49. Colossus island : RHODES. The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue. Then Hollywood got a hold of it.
50. Bay Area NFLers : NINERS. 49
55. Marsh denizen : EGRET
58. Watermelon cover : RIND
59. "Lovely" Beatles ticket writer : RITA
60. Nil : ZIP
61. Victorian __ : ERA
Argyle
Greetings!
ReplyDeleteThanks to Jeff and Santa!
Indeed, a bit crunchy for Monday.
Only problem was K-TEL. Otherwise OK.
Just watched Sherlock. How about you? Mind-boggling!
Pool finally fixed. Had a great swim, but am aching all over!
Have a great day!
Argyle: Thank you for clearing up the theme for me. I pride myself on figuring it out, but today had me flummoxed! I thought maybe celebs with today as their birth-dates, but checked them all on Wiki, and none came close. There were 5 other clues/answers that gave full names, FARRAH FAWCETT, ALTHEA GIBSON, TONI MORRISON, KEVIN NEALON, AL HIRT, so I included them in the pot. Since LEGHORN was a cartoon character, that allowed 2-6 other possible proper names to be considered PRINCESS LEIA, DOCTOR [not DR.] WHO, ERICA, RITA, COLOSSUS OF RHODES, ALFA ROMEO. WAYYYY overthinking it!
ReplyDeleteHaving a traumatic domestic crisis, so not thinking very poetically this morning. Probably ought to try in order to get my mind off other things.
{C, B, C.}
ReplyDeleteWith the EAST in the south and the WEST in the EAST,
The sun should be confused, to say the least!
Is the day begun
With the rising sun,
Or does it slide down a CHUTE, as if rails were greased?
Some call them cults, some call them sects.
ADHERENTS must strictly refrain from sex!
No gambling, no drinking,
No impure thinking!
If I faced such EDICTS, I'd be gone in TWO SECS!
Alone with a palm tree, the castaway is ENISLE.
No rescue will COMETH, or not for awhile!
Accommodations are AIRY,
The exile grows hairy,
If he rejects the ocean, can he RELATE with de-Nile?
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteI agree, Argyle, there was some crunch in this one with several unMondayish entries. I liked it.
Homeowners who are familiar with percolation rates must have (or want) a septic system. Homeowners with city plumbing, not so much.
In HS I had a classmate named Rhonda RHODE, but pronounced "Roadie."
Good Morning, Argyle and friends. Ouch! This was a challenging puzzle for a Monday. The northwest corner was the last to fall. Never a good sign when I can't immediately get 1-Across and 1-Down on the first pass, especially a Monday.
ReplyDeleteI easily got the long "theme" names, but didn't see the connection with body parts. Lots of other proper names as well.
I liked seeing both EAST and WEST as sun directions.
We visited RHODES several years ago. It is a beautiful island.
QOD: Silence remains, inescapably, a form of speech. ~ Susan Sontag (Jan. 16, 1933 ~ Dec. 28, 2004)
A fun Monday CW, thanx, JS! EMAIL:ENOTE and NEASON:NEALON slowed me down a bit. And why are there so many ways to spell TSAR, TZAR, CZAR...oi! Thanx for the terrific write-up, Argyle! Owen, thanx for the smiles: B-, B-, B-.
ReplyDeleteAll ducks yield down. How 'bout just "Type of duck" for EIDER? Or "Fine down yielder"?
ReplyDeleteArgyle: Great write-up & links.
ReplyDeleteJeff: Thank you for a FUN Monday puzzle. Enjoyed the "body-parts" themes.
Fave today was 41-a, Subset direction, WEST ... since I "toast it" every night.
Learning moment was reading the LEACH link.
Since I've never been in the market for a septic tank I had never heard about percolation testing.
ESP (Every-Single-Perp) saved the day on LEACH.
Cheers!
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought this was crunchy for Monday. I was thinking that this is must be the first Wednesday of this week. But the perps made solving the unknowns pretty easy, and I finished quickly with only two erasures. I had "I do" instead of OUR (read the clue, dummy - its singular) and AL HuRT until LEIA threw a V8 can at me.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid we called Go Fish "gimmieallyours" (give me all yours). Played a lot of it, along with war and blackjack (for match sticks), with my mom.
Didn't know CHELSEA HANDLER, anything about All My Children, NEU, ALTHEA Gibson, DR WHO or TONI Morrison. Only sorta knew SHUL and STERE - I knew they were right when the perps exposed them, but couldn't fill without that help.
Favorite today was FOGHORN LEGHORN. I say - I say - I say that rooster is FUNNY. I didn't care for ENISLE, but I've carped about that in previous puzzles.
I forgot to look for a theme, but I don't think I would have found it without a little help from Santa.
I loved Kevin Nealon in Weeds. I never caught him on SNL because I almost never watch the show. I tell people I am so old that I remember when McDonald's french fries were fantastic and SNL was funny. I may have to give SNL another chance - the Trump parody material is very funny to me, regardless of the opinion of the future Tweeter-in-Chief.
Thanks Jeff for a rigorous Monday workout, and to Santa for a solid write-up.
ReplyDeleteEraser got a good workout today. First three entries.. Ttop (1A), Dug (23A) & Athletic (5d) were quickly eradicated. Many other corrections were needed as I progressed.
Never heard of CHELSEA HANDLER, did not remember FOGHORN's last name and Kevin NEALON was another "never knew". I did figure out the theme and that helped my Wag Fest.
Bottom line for today is I was just plain lucky because there were so many fills that made me uncomfortable.
Must be on a lucky roll, so maybe I should go out and purchase a Powerball ticket.
Good morning all!
ReplyDeleteI also thought this was a bit crunchy for a Monday and didn't even see the theme until I read the reveal- thank you Argyle! Thanks to Jeff for a more challenging start to the week than usual.
Thank goodness for Perps today. I had Ttop for RACK until KTEL. I knew that one but didn't realize it's a Canadian company - another TY to Argyle:) RHODES and SHUL WERE also perped
Didn't know LEACH. Was thinking of a coffee percolator when I read the clue
Had to look at the reveal for AEC, ALTHEA and HIRT ( I know the last two from CW's but couldn't think of them)
TEENMAGS - used to save my allowance to buy them; mostly for the posters of the current heart throbs of the day.
Unclefred- you read my mind about the different spellings of TSAR. I found this on English language & usage stack exchange: " The word czar can also be spelled tsar. ... But tsar is preferred by most scholars of Slavic studies as a more accurate transliteration of the Russian and is often found in scholarly writing with reference to one of the Russian emperors."
Jinx- I also loved Kevin NEALON in Weeds. I binge watched the series a couple of years ago while recovering from neck surgery. It's easy to get sucked into a show when they're all available on Netflix. His portrayal of the character was much better than anything I'd ever seen him do on SNL :)
Have a great day everyone!
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ENISLE took me a few ticks to accept. Otherwise, pretty quick. I always look forward to a bit of crunch in the Monday version of LAT as opposed to NYT.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning:
ReplyDeleteThis may have been a tad crunchy for a Monday but my only w/o was leech/leach. It took me a minute or two after completion to see the theme, which was nicely hidden during the solve, at least to these eyes.
Thanks, Jeff, for getting the week off to a pleasant start and thanks, Argyle, for guiding the way.
Nice and sunny right now with a week ahead with 40's temps. Not bad for mid-January. (Of course, we know that Mother Nature will have some surprises for us, sooner or later!)
I'm sure the Packer and Steeler fans are overjoyed; congrats to all.
Dudley, was your trip to Albany successful?
Have a great day.
Hello Puzzlers -
ReplyDeleteFinished the puzzle without noticing the theme, oops. Chelsea and Althea were unknowns but easily perped. Thanks for 'splaining, Argyle!
Morning IM, the Albany trip went well for us. We picked out a good used car from a dealership. In a few days, the dealer will drive it to Pittsfield MA, and hand it over in the DMV office. One of Massachusetts' oddities is that it has no provisions for temporary license plates, so extra effort is usually involved; apparently the Albany dealer does this frequently.
Good morning, folks. Thank you, Jeff Stillman, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, Argyle, for a fine review.
ReplyDeletePuzzle was a little tough for a Monday, but that is OK. I got through it with no inkblots. Certainly easier than a Friday or saturday.
Easily got all the long theme answers except CHELSEA HANDLER. Perps took care of her. I predict, that with our technology, Amelia Earhart's plane will be found. Maybe not in my lifetime, however.
SHUL was unknown. Perps. I am a little lagging on my Yiddish, as well as French.
Same for NEALON. Perped him.
Wasn't the Colossus of Rhodes one of the Wonders of the World?
Well, have to run. Tons to do.
See you tomorrow.
Abejo
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Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteAgree with Argyle's take. A little crunchy for a Monday, but still, easy enough. No issues.
FARRAH - Saw her and Woody one day in the Russian Tea Room in NYC. About 1984, during lunch time.
EIDER - Historic river dividing Schleswig from Holstein. Was the Northern-most boundary of the HRE. The Vikings centered at
Haithabu or Hedeby, near the Eider headwaters would use the Eider as a shortcut to the North Sea to raid Europe.
Hi All!
ReplyDeleteI say, I say, that was crunchy for a Monday son.
Thanks Jeff for the offering. Thanks Argyle for the 'splainin'. Enjoyed Mel's characters in your clip.
So many pitfalls I avoided (wanted T-Top b/f RACK, czAR to cross w/ a card you fish for). Alas, I missed NEU - I had NEO. FIW.
Truth or Truth... I really thought AMELIA's last name was an aptronym; i.e. AIR-HART. A touch of extra ink in those blocks.
I only know CHELSEA from her book. DW had it and I picked it up one afternoon. Funny.
WOs: ibid; shoot & ladders; NEALaN @1st
ESPs: SHUL, ALTHEA, HIRT, STERE
Fav: Do I be obvious ASALL-get-out and select ALFA or go w/ my feminine CSO Toni? :-)
{B+,A,C}
Blue IRIS - where are you?
Abejo - Yep, RHODES is number 6. Number eight of course is The Astrodome [eNOTE @3:27 - a little RHUBARB :-)]
Cheers, -T
A little crunchy for a Monday, but perps, while needed,made it easy. The first entry, COMETH, set up RACK and REHAB right away. The theme was not hard to suss.
ReplyDeleteThere were many names, but only two which I have never seen, CHELSEA HANDLER and NEASON. They were perped and wagged. Althea Gibson and Toni Morrison two of my heroines, were gimmes.
Eider is said to be the best down, the epitome of down, and so that was the first answer that came to mind.
I had a student whose last name was HIRT. He was an overly sensitive young man and so was extremely hurt by the attention his name brought him. Another student name Jermey was teased because some people called him GERMY. He didn't like it, but he bore it well and the teasing soon stopped, not so with HIRT.
STERE is common in crosswords.
To Marguerite by Matthew Arnold
ReplyDeleteYes! in the sea of life enisled,
With echoing straits between us thrown,
Dotting the shoreless watery wild,
We mortal millions live alone.
The islands feel the enclasping flow,
And then their endless bounds they know.
But when the moon their hollows lights,
And they are swept by balms of spring,
And in their glens, on starry nights,
The nightingales divinely sing;
And lovely notes, from shore to shore,
Across the sounds and channels pour --
Oh! then a longing like despair
Is to their farthest caverns sent;
For surely once, they feel, we were
Parts of a single continent!
Now round us spreads the watery plain --
Oh, might our marges meet again!
Who ordered, that their longing's fire
Should be, as soon as kindled, cooled?
Who renders vain their deep desire? --
A god, a god their severance ruled!
And bade betwixt their shores to be
The unplumbed, salt, estranging sea.
Musings
ReplyDelete-Jeff’s eclectic group of people hid the theme for a while
-An aerial view of Amelia’s memorial (:25) in her hometown of Atchison, KS
-Neil came to hate the burden of being the first man on the moon
-E-NOTES has meant the death knell for this time-honored practice
-After losing a foolish grade school bet, “We didn’t shake!”
-Turning off the furnace in the SPR and opening windows to make for an AIRY room feels good
-A farmer can watch a big rain LEACH $10,000 of fertilizer away down into the soil
-In English, this is NEW Swanstone Castle
-Hitler went about 2 yrs before he violated his PACT with Stalin
-Haven’t we all told a WHITE LIE for various reasons?
-Oh, that’s what a PRAT is!
-NINER’S management fired Jim Harbaugh and have been pathetic since then
-Does it take ESP to remember the title of the song from Paleface that starts with “EAST is EAST and WEST is WEST”?
The Northern hemisphere filled easily and most of the southern, too, except for confusing FOGHORNLEGHORN. I had lEGHORNfOGHORN and couldn't see the problem. Finally I decided to check on it and after exchanging F and L it came together swiftly. TEENMAGS Popstar and Tiger Beat are unknown to me so I didn't notice TEENMiGS.
ReplyDeleteLEACH made me think of coffee, also. Hands up for confusion with the various spellings of TSAR. Luckily everything around it fell quickly enough and yielded the T. SHUL was familiar to me but I didn't know why. Thank you, Santa, for that gift and now I know it's a temple. CW dictionary, here's an entry for you.
Thank you, Jeff Stillman and special thanks, Argyle, for all your 'splaining.
Have a marvelous day, everyone!
Maybe someone noted this already; I just read it... RIP Dick Gautier. -T
ReplyDelete• Since no-one has mentioned it, Happy Martin Luther King Day to all of you!
ReplyDelete• Why so many spellings of TSAR/CZAR? As noted above, the Russian first letter of the word is the Cyrillic "ц" which is most closely transliterated as "ts". However, the word derives from the Latin "Caesar", so perhaps others have respelled that phonetically CEE-ZAR, which becomes C-ZAR, hence CZAR. There is some logic there, but more likely a lack appreciation for the Cyrillic alphabet.
• I do note however that the CZAR spelling is now typically used in the modern sense – e.g. a "DRUG CZAR", while TSAR is saved for historical Russian rulers.
• Could someone please explain "AS ALL GET-OUT" = "To the nth degree" – I have tried in vain to parse it.
Super Crunchy Monday, but well constructed and clued, got the solve.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing almost as good as seeing my team win is watching Dallas lose…again. It never gets old. My vote for best GM in football is Jerry Jones, hope the owner never fires him, haha.
Nice Cuppa - First, I must say, 'Tis good to see you back adding your enlightened $0.02. I think we 'Mericans get confused 'cuz Czars are "in charge" of things like drug policy/enforcement. We can't seem to separate the two ts/cz/tz(?)/et. ALIA 'cuz they all are as bad as ALL GET OUT.
ReplyDeleteAS ALL get-out is a colloquialism. "He's as crooked as all-get-out." "This is good AS ALL get-out." I grew up with it so I know it, though, I've not the foggiest what it really means except the umpteenth of suptin'.
++PVX re: Cowboys! :-). Cheers, -T
I too am glad I'm not the only one who found this a crunchy Monday puzzle. But the only real problems I had were in the middle. Couldn't think of anything but coffee that needed percolation, and never heard of Kevin NEALON. I'm learning that it's costly, in puzzles, not to have watched SNL. Kept waiting for a reveal, but when there wasn't one, I had to tackle the theme answers by myself. And Voila! I got all the body parts--EAR, HAND, LEG, and ARM. At that point, I loved the puzzle--many thanks, Jeff! And you too, Argyle, as always.
ReplyDeleteOther unknowns: never heard of STERE, K-TEL, or the game CHUTES and Ladders. You learn something new (or NEU) every day on the blog.
Owen, will keep my fingers crossed that your crisis gets resolved in a good way.
Have a great week, everybody!
Forgot to say "Happy Martin Luther King Day." What a great hero to remember, especially at this moment in history.
ReplyDeleteNice Cuppa wrote:
ReplyDelete"• Why so many spellings of TSAR/CZAR? As noted above, the Russian first letter of the word is the Cyrillic "ц" which is most closely transliterated as "ts". However, the word derives from the Latin "Caesar", so perhaps others have respelled that phonetically CEE-ZAR, which becomes C-ZAR, hence CZAR. There is some logic there, but more likely a lack appreciation for the Cyrillic alphabet. "
No, I'm afraid that the real reason for the "Cz" is that -- when the Germans were pushing eastwards centuries ago -- they ran into Slavic languages. When they wrote words down phonetically, they spelled the non-German sounds, such as "ts" or "shch," as "cz" and "szcz." The Poles followed the German fashion (SZCZEPAN for ShTEPAN, e.g), and their style has infiltrated somewhat into English.
Michael, sounds right. That is the way names were recorded at Ellis Island, as well.
ReplyDeleteNeat URLs, Argyle! Thank you for them.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks to Jeff Stillman for a fine Monday pzl. I continue to be delighted by these (somewhat) tougher Monday offerings. I learned LEACH today, a word I almost knew but wasn't sure of its meaning until today's authoritative cluing.
IT'S MLKjr DAY!
I appreciated the power and integrity of the Man, and I am grateful to live in a country that has such a wide support base for an extraordinary gadfly, one who challenged the received wisdom of his day and changed the nation by his convictions, intelligence, and perseverance.
Happy MLKjr Day to everyone!
Cool puzzle. I liked the full names but didn't see the body parts aspect of them, let alone they are body parts of which we have two, until reading Argyle's explanation. Like Misty, I then appreciated the puzzle more.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the explanation of how tsar and czar are used. Ts is also a common starting sound of Mandarin Chinese words, such as tsai (vegetable). I really dislike that Mr. Zhou Youguang, the inventor of the pinyin spelling system, (who died at the age of 111 on Saturday,) decided to use the letter C to represent that sound, thus spelling "tsai" as "cai." Heck, even the Germans spell Tchaikovsky as Tschaikowsky.
Agreed that the "Niners" have significantly deteriorated. Kaepernick is over-rated and probably over=paid. Oh, and as for the Oakland Raiders deciding to move to Las Vegas, thanks but no thanks to you for basically giving the finger to your many loyal fans here.
May the words and ideals of Martin Luther King Jr. inspire us all today and throughout the year. Best wishes to you all.
Oh, I forgot to confess that I screwed up on 62-A. I settled for ALII as the answer, which is after all the correct masculine plural.
ReplyDeleteAnd no, it didn't bother me that this left me with TEEN MIGS for the fill at 39-D. I just assumed "Popstar" and "Tiger Beat" were cutesy names bestowed on fighter aircraft by young Russian pilots.
Who's with me? - raise your Руки!
Thank you, Jeff S. for the enjoyable kick-off to the week! I needed your guidance to see the theme, Argyle. Thank you for the guided tour.
ReplyDeleteI thought this was on par for Monday hardness, no extra crunchiness. For a change I knew all the proper names.
DH and I try to get in at least one good deed each month. On Monday mornings I meet friends at a coffee shop to socialize. I've noticed a couple who do a crossword puzzle while they are having breakfast and today I finally approached them. I asked if they do the Advanced Puzzle (that's what the Cincinnati Enquirer titles it) and they said they try it. I asked if they were familiar with this blog and they weren't, so I explained where to find it, what information it had, including the abbrs. They were very happy to learn about us and I look forward to talking to them next week. I think that was a good deed!
A good Monday to all!
Pat
Jayce,
ReplyDeleteToo bad about Kaepernick. He made such a great debut back in the Harbaugh era. But now that he has such poor support from his coaches and fellow offensive teammates, he keeps getting exposed in ways that play up his weaknesses rather than his considerable strengths. He could be a great QB, but not w/o proper collaboration--a great reminder of the essential value of teamwork.
My hat is off to him for taking such a bold stand--or kneel rather!--in regard to the anthem. I don't agree with him that this is the right way to protest or that it is all that effective. But I admire his desire to bring and keep injustice in the forefront of our attention - and have great respect for his willingness to endure wide criticism. ESPECIALLY when his stats aren't great and he can't expect people to give him a pass because of that.
53. Modern: Ger. : NEU. Are they looking for NEUARTIG?
ReplyDeleteYes they were. Not just NEW because the German in the clue was abbreviated, hence the answer must be an abbreviation . What I have found is NEUARTIG can mean novel or never seen before. It appears in several spots that German for Modern is ... modern or moderne.
OMK:
ReplyDeleteI also had ALII and thought TEENMIGS were an unknown cultural phenomenon. There is so much of that I don't know.
We went to the movies intent on seeing Hidden Figures but it was completely full except the first row so we saw Lala Land, one I would not have otherwise seen. It's good.
ReplyDeleteI'm getting sick and tired of all these poetical posts that exceed the posting limits initiated by CC which are clearly stated. God Darn it, i know I am not close to n being one of the better linguists 0n this blog but I can count and have never posted more then twenty lines.
Try staying within the stated guidelines.
Lucina,
ReplyDeleteI guess we are just too bright, knowing there are variable options for ending Et alii/ae/a and thus victims of our own splendid brains. (Sigh) Ay, me...
Lucina: I hope you get a chance to see Hidden Figures. We saw it this afternoon (actually the perfect film to see on MLK Day). I loved it. It is a piece of history that is not publicized. I did a bit of research after I saw the movie. One on the women depicted is still alive today. We saw LaLa Land a week or so ago. I didn't think that film lived up to its hype.
ReplyDeleteOMK - LOL! Yes The Splendid Brain clouds the obvious... I'm still giggling at your comment as I type.
ReplyDeleteHondo - Monday much? Dude, you can always scroll past the prolong'd poem [tho I can feel your pain if you're on an iPhone]. I don't know if your inner Garfield is pointed at YR or OKL, but I'll take either's over-lines vs. Friday's anon.
Speaking of being a Monday Grump... I overdid the bike-ride yesterday and can stand and sit. Walking is right out [sorry, I had to link that BIT].
-T
On MLK Day there is an answer WHITE LIE ...
ReplyDeleteOh my!!!
I personally like the Friday anon. She/he should have whistle-blower status. A sort of immunity that allows her/him to show us that someone isn't who he claims to be.
ReplyDeleteHahtoolah:
ReplyDeleteYes, I guess many people had the same thought on MKL Day and of course, it's a holiday. We shall try to see Hidden Figures later this week when everyone returns to work.
Jayce:
I'm thrilled to be in your august company!
I'm finally here. I just posted on Sunday. Too busy. Owen, you still did pretty good.
ReplyDeleteI thought I'd just run through a Monday. Nope. Finished but too late to blog, I had a 7:00 pm mtg.
Hondo, you missed a chance to post 50 lines on RHUBARBS of yesteryear. I posted something on Leo the Lip last week.
Misty, yes SNL 101 and the Simpsons too.
Just imagine a course for crosswords.
If anyone reads my Monday post on Sunday's XW, feel free to post. I'll check tomorrow
WC
Ps. YR, I loved the Arnold poem. Are you familiar with a poem by Wordsworth called "We are Seven"?
ReplyDeleteThat one would be too long too post here.
WC
Very late to the party today. Happy MLK Day to all my American friends.
ReplyDeleteI too thought this was crunchy for a Monday. Thanks Jeff and Argyle for the fun. I didn't see the body parts until I came here.
And thanks for the CSO Argyle. I did know KTel but did not realize its Canadian connection.
I did think of AnonT with ALFA.
I am used to the name Snakes and ladders for the game, not CHUTES.
Did Victorian ERA not remind anyone of the new PBS show last night? I see no comments. My opinion was that it is not as impressive as Downton Abbey but I will give it a few more episodes before judging. Seemed a little choppy. And that dog wasn't a POM!
NEUARTIG means novel as Argyle said. Neugierig means nosy.
ReplyDeleteWilbur Charles, I am glad you liked my poem. We Are Seven is a lovely poem, too. Here is the URL for it.
ReplyDeletehttps://allpoetry.com/We-Are-Seven
Sorry for going five over the 20 line limit. I should have left the last verse off and given the URL for those who wished to continue reading as I have done sometimes. Rarely do I exceed the 20 lines.
HG: EAST is EAST and WEST is WEST...
ReplyDeleteBack when I was an active storyteller, a fellow teller and photographer had a photo of that castle he wanted to make into a poster promoting storytelling, and asked for caption suggestions. I composed the following which he used.
Dream Castle
{by Owen Lorion, 12/12/97}
I dreamt of a castle that floated on air,
With towers and turrets and pennants so fair.
Each room held a story, each hallway a tale,
And they whispered them to me, lest the memories fail:
Of beautiful maidens, brave heroes, vile villains,
Of seamen in their boats, of potters at their kilns,
Of history and faerie, of near and of far,
Of plots and of sorcery, of love and of war!
Oh, I heard all the stories, and learned quite a few,
And then I awoke, to share them with you!
As a private joke, the photo was reversed left-to-right, so it was a photo of a castle that really did not exist!