A bit early but still a timely reference to the story told in Exodus of Moses leading the Israelites from Egypt, and the reveal - parting the RED SEA. In Samuel's version, the parting is done by a black square. In each paired across theme fill the first ends with RED, black square, then SEA. With that back drop it is no surprise that Sam has included various religious and political references. There are many really sparkly fill that complete this friday grid.
ESSENCE, PERIDOT, POACHED, PREYS ON, ASPIRE TO, CLEAVAGE, MAMMA MIA, PAUL RYAN, ENCROACHED, MERIT BADGE
1A. Flintstones Vitamins option: FRED (4). 5A. Chicago Eight defendant: SEALE (5).
20A. Turned tail: RAN SCARED (9). 22A. Like some underbellies: SEAMY (5).
51A. Needed an eraser: ERRED (5). 52A. Herbs and spices: SEASONING (9).
62A. Ready to drop: TIRED (5). 63A. Burn a little: SEAR.
35A. Emulate Moses ... and what four black squares do in this puzzle: PART THE RED SEA (13).
Across:
10. B.C. law enforcers: RCMP. Royal Canadian Mounted Police. LINK. Hey Eh.
14. Big name in denim: LEVI. Strauss, and a bonus fill as this is one of the 12 tribes of Israel.
15. Dental restoration: ONLAY. Your Dentistry 101 LESSON.
16. Cause of some bad apples?: ALAR. More properly known as Daminozide, quite the scandal at the time.
17. Has to pay: OWES.
18. Part of a script: SCENE.
19. Cyber phenomenon: MEME. Did you know it is an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation? Dictionary.
23. Memphis-to-Atlanta dir. : ESE.
24. Big fuss: ADO.
25. With "the," what a boxer doesn't want to hit?: CANVAS. Reminds me of Joe PALOOKA.
26. Pulse: THROB.
28. High points: ACMES.
31. Latin I word: AMO amas, amat.
32. Prepared, as eggs for eggs Benedict: POACHED.
34. Votin' nay: AGIN.
38. Like a breeze? : EASY.
39. August birthstone: PERIDOT.
40. "How you doin'?" : SUP.
41. Lost patience: HAD IT.
42. "The Beauty Myth" author Wolf: NAOMI. Naomi R. Wolf is a liberal progressive American author, journalist, feminist, and former political advisor to Al Gore and Bill Clinton. Wolf first came to prominence in 1991 as the author of The Beauty Myth. Wikipedia. No politics.
46. Chip off the old block? : SLIVER.
48. Annoyed exclamation: BAH.
50. Greek god of the wild: PAN. This DEITY, but no religion.
55. Bill __ Climate Lab: former exhibit at Oakland's Chabot Space & Science Center: NYES. The Science Guy.
56. Awaits decision: PENDS.
57. Brief refusal to "Are you hungry?": I ATE.
58. Nineteenth Amendment campaigner: CATT. The Amendment that gave women the right to VOTE.
59. Rolex rival: OMEGA.
60. Gillette offering: ATRA.
61. Book of Mormon prophet: ENOS. No religion.
Down:
1. Daisy component: FLORET. Tricked me with Flower at first.
2. Clean some more: REWASH.
3. Plane, for one: EVENER. The meh of the day.
4. Ph.D. hurdle: DISSertation.
5. "I feel your pain": SO SAD.
6. Went too far: ENCROACHED. That is why you need to get a survey before you buy Property.
7. Protected, in a way: ALEE.
8. Succeed in getting: LAND.
9. Word with private or public: EYE.
10. Collegian's diet staple: RAMEN. That is how they use their NOODLES.
11. Rift: CLEAVAGE. Not the first definition I think of for cleavage. This COLLECTION is for all.
12. "Money, Money, Money" musical: MAMMA MIA.
13. Exploits: PREYS ON. This fooled me for minute, reading it as one word.
21. Henry __ Lodge: WWI senator: CABOT. I grew up in the sphere of these Boston Brahmin families who intermarried to consolidate power. However, it was not the Lodges in a famous quote, "Here's to dear old Boston, The home of the bean and the cod, Where Lowells speak only to Cabots, And Cabots speak only to god."
22. Swedish carrier: SAS. Scandinavian Airlines.
25. Surrendered: CEDED.
27. Nashville highlight: OPRY. As in Grand Old.
29. "SNL" alumna Oteri: CHERI. Classic corssword fill.
30. Scout's honor? : MERIT BADGE. Cute.
33. How some bonds are purchased: AT PAR.
34. Movie role for Skippy: ASTA. Skippy has his own IMDB PAGE.
35. Speaker after John Boehner: PAUL RYAN. So much politics to avoid.
36. Shoot for: ASPIRE TO.
37. Air Force pilot who became a pop star: DON HO. His BIO.
38. True nature: ESSENCE.
41. "__ give you the shirt off his back": HE'D. Give anything and everything one possesses. For example, Tom is truly generous-he'll give you the shirt off his back. This hyperbolic idiom was first recorded in 1771.
43. Morphine, e.g.: OPIATE.
44. It's repeated a lot: MANTRA. Om, om, om.
45. Ready to go: IN GEAR.
47. Kevlar products: VESTS.
49. Mideast ruling family name: ASSAD. The FAMILY.
52. Rest area heavyweight: SEMI. For those who did not like MACK.
53. Cabinet dept. : ENERgy.
54. Long and Vardalos: NIAS.The pictures are backwards which I did not realize until now, but I am too lazy to change.
56. Winner's gathering: POT. Well, maybe now that they have legalized marijuana- oh, you mean a poker pot, Never mind.
Mr. Donaldson always delivers a good workout and a fun puzzle. I hope you all had as a good a time as I did. Lemonade out.
46 comments:
Thought I was going to blow it again, but FIRbNTD -- we all set our own standards for winning. If I'm warned by the lack of a ta-da that there is still an error in the puzzle, but find it on my own without any other help, I still consider that a qualified win. The error this time was WAS SCARED > RAN SCARED. In fact, I had RAN first, but changed it to WAS when it looked like 1d was going to be FLOWER.
Totally needed the reveal, but once I allowed myself to look at it, the rest was an EASY breeze! This was one of those times when the theme helped solve the lexical aspect of the puzzle!
When came time for Moses to PART THE RED SEA,
He saw it would be as EASY as was breezy!
The UNDERBELLY of the Levant
It was as SEAMY as twas damp,
So he just split it right along its SEAMY!
{B+.}
Good morning!
Typical Friday -- managed to finish the puzzle, but didn't get the theme until Lemonade 'splained it. I found the top section to be the toughest. The D in DISS and the O in ONLAY were my final fills. Tried MOTT before CATT showed up. There was some nice non-theme fill in this one. Thanx, Samuel.
Lemonade, your "cleavage" example was cruel.
Argyle, if you're listening, "Ten hut, Marine. No malingering!" We expect you back soon.
Yes, Semper Fi Scott. Time to heal.
Good morning Cornereaters,
I hope you enjoyed that with which you broke your fast. I do hope that you have not given up food for Lent.
Thank you Mr. Samuel A. Donaldson for this challenging CW. The N Central cell had a big white hole for the longest time, and then a word came, and more words followed untilI FIR in a whopping 44:00.
Thanks to Lemonade for "splaining the theme.
At "14A Big name in denim: LEVI. Strauss, and a bonus fill as this is one of the 12 tribes of Israel."
I'm confused. I was raised in the Methodist Church, so I don't know much about the Jewish Faith. When I LIU, The twelve tribes of Israel are as follows:
Reuben, Simeon, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Ephraim and Manasseh.
I do not see either LEVI or Strauss in the listing.
Dave
LEVI was a son of Jacob but his descendants were the priestly caste, the Levites, Not usually listed as a separate tribe
Never heard of an ONLAY.
Was trying to think of ancient world law enforcers, not British Columbia
I thought the NW section and the north central section were tough, so I solved from bottom up. The other sections were Wednesday easy. The reveal across the middle gave me the RED in RAN SCARED. Changing WAS to RAN set up the NW. I wanted OVER REACHED, but OVER was too long and I had the O in ADO. ENCROACHED set up the north central. I wanted SO SAD, but I thought it had to cross INLAY. I finally accepted ONLAY. Looking it up later, I learned something. Faster than most Fridays. Interesting puzzle, Sam and excellent expo, Lemonade.
There are variations in Judaism and Christianity in the listings. I have found Levi in many of them by either religion.
Levi (this priestly tribe did not receive a territory, and sometimes is not listed when the tribe of Joseph is listed as two separate tribes).
Wikipedia lists these:
Deuteronomy 33:6–25 and Judges 5:14–18 present parallel listings of the twelve tribes:
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Joseph (later Ephraim and Manasseh), Benjamin
Hello Puzzlers -
Hand up for Flower. That was the last to get fixed. Seeing the theme certainly sped up the solve.
I tried conjuring up some joke about blue jeans and the twelve tribes, but nothing came to mind.
PK from yesterday - thanks for clarifying! I had forgotten about the YR - PK exchange, though that’s probably where I got the idea. As ever, I enjoy reading your posts.
In the Torah, they are listed as a tribe
Deuteronomy 33:6–25 and Judges 5:14–18 present parallel listings of the twelve tribes:
Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Judah
Issachar
Zebulun
Dan
Naphtali
Gad
Asher
Joseph (later Ephraim and Manasseh)
Benjamin
billocohes is correct that they were the priests LINK and still have a special place in synagogues.
Little known fact: Zebulun loosely translates to Wrangler and Issachar was the forerunner to Jordache.
You are faster than I am YR, thanks
Good Morning:
This had the usual Friday crunch but nothing the perps couldn't tame. Only w/o was Inlay/Onlay and I think we had that conundrum before.
Learning moment was Don Ho being an Air Force pilot (CSO to PK's son) and enjoyed seeing Cheri instead of Oteri for the frequent SNL alumnus. Definitely needed the reveal and, even then, I had trouble finding all four themers. The solve was normal Friday time.
Nicely done, Sam, and thanks, Lemony, for the fun and fact-filled foray into crossword world.
Have a great day.
Musings
-What a great gimmick and wonderful fill!
-Who made Mike Tyson HIT THE CANVAS for the first time? It turned out to be one of the biggest upsets in sports history.
-POACHING eggs in our microwave takes 52 seconds
-EVENER and DISS??
-I am subbing in shop today and the PLANER is extremely loud!
-Here’s some big time football ENCROACHMENT
-OPIATE/OPIOID
-Kids are coming in for welding!
Not exactly EASY breezy, but not too difficult, either. Thank you, Mr. Samuel A. Donaldson, for the nice challenge.
I abandoned the harsh environs of the top and skipped to the center for friendlier ground. It blossomed like a daisy and gave me _oached which later became ENCROACHED.
It's always uplifting to see MAMMAMIA and thank you for the link, Lemon.
SLIVER was cleverly clued and the theme was cleverly executed.
Finally the time came to fill the top and I wrestled with INLAY for a while then like YR, ONLAY became inevitable and the rest fell in place.
CSO to OMKeith at SCENE. A few weeks ago MEME was the answer in final Jeopardy! and none of the three contestants got it.
Thank you, Lemonade, for your zesty precis.
Have a fantastic day, everyone!
I just can't fathom how a person can create a regular-sized crossword of any type, let alone be able to work in something like today's RED--SEA. Bravo, Mr D! I have tried off and on to create smaller puzzles and mostly failed big time. And speaking of sparkling fill, what a great exposition, Lemonade!
WEES about the top area's difficulty. I too found the bottom half easier to do, but I still FIR in just under 20 minutes, a usual amount of time for a Friday puzzle.
I hope everyone has a relaxing weekend.
Clever, clever puzzle--many thanks, Samuel. I got more than three quarters of it before I started cheating just a little, but, amazingly, I got the theme answer--PARTING THE RED SEA--early on. That really helped with getting several of the other theme items. There were a number of unknowns that I got only from perps. Got PAUL RYAN right away--I do keep track of politics. But never heard of ALAR or PERIDOT. CABOT just sprang into my head immediately, even though I bet I haven't thought of that name in decades. So, a very fun solving morning, and a delightful write-up, as always, Lemonade.
Hope all the ailing relatives have a good day today.
And you too, dear blog friends!
Good Afternoon, Lemonade and friends. I just loved today's puzzle! It is timely, too, since Passover begins next Friday evening, and we are preparing our homes for the holiday.
We haven't seen Cheri Oteri in quite a while.
I knew the August Birthstone because my sister's birthday is that month and she has a lot of PERIDOT jewelry.
My first thought for the Money, Money, Money song was Cabaret, but not enough letters and a different song.
I tried Oral (exam) instead of DISS(ertation), for the Ph.D. hurdle.
I immediately wrote down (Jerry) Rubin for the Chicago Eight. I had forgotten about Bobby SEALE.
Other than that, the puzzle was pretty smooth sailing.
QOD: Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve. ~ Erich Fromm (Mar. 23, 1900 ~ Mar. 18, 1980)
Fun Friday. Thanks Samuel and Lemonade.
I got the theme early and started looking for the parted RED SEAs. At first, I was looking at the single black squares and examined 23 and 24 A. I spent a few minutes trying to unscramble ESE and ADO into RED SEA before seeing the light. Don't overthink the theme!
I smiled at your LEVI and the 12 tribes reference, Lemonade. We had NAOMI too but she comes later.
The SW was the last to fall, probably due to Canadian disadvantage in not immediately knowing PAUL RYAN, CATT, ENOS. But RCMP in the True North was a given. LOL billocohoes for thinking of B.C. as the time period rather than the province. Other provinces could have been used, as the RCMP provides policing for all provinces except Ontario and Quebec.
My first thought was Petal before FLORET, Oral befor DISS, plays ON before PREYS ON, Crown before ONLAY (especially with recent dental discussion).
With the plural of the "herbs and spices" clue, I wanted SEASONING to be plural also. Small nit.
I agree with the meh! for EVENER. This is probably what C.C.calls "sticky fill".
Do collegians survive on RAMEN now? It used to be Kraft Dinner. Just another type of noodle.
Enjoy the day.
Nifty puzzle, a pleasure to work on. Usually if I don't notice some of the clues and fill until after I'm done and come here to read the write-up, it indicates the puzzle was relatively easy; that happened today. I didn't even notice AMO, AGIN, AT PAR, and POT. Loved the clue for SLIVER. The clue for MERIT BADGE was pretty cool, too. Nose wrinklers were DISS and EVENER. As one string of letters, MAMMAMIA just looks so startling! I learned that DON HO was an Air Force pilot.
Strong wishes to you, Argyle, for a full recovery and hearty hopes that you get well soon. May all go well for you.
This went quickly for me today.
If anyone remembers my royalty/crown joke last week, it will explain why I have knowledge of the inlay/onlay difference....the tooth that is to be Crowned has an onlay that was removed to make the “stump” for the crown....the temp is in (on?) and I am waiting for the gold permanent crown to arrive.
Onlays are sometimes called “partial crowns” because of the extent of the filling,..when a filling includes the cusp, it is an onlay....just between the cusp makes it an inlay. My onlay even has a pin to stabilize it. It was supposed to last 5-8 years, it lasted 20+.
That concludes today’s “adventures in dentistry”.
The Minnesota region by the Canadian border was a hard area for me to complete. I knew of the Chicago SEVEN, with Abbie Hoffman, Tom Hayden, and Jerry Rubin and of dental INLAYS, but was only able to complete it after changing SCORE to SCENE and WAGging SO SAD. ONLAY was a new word and I just guessed Bobby SEALE.
"Bill NYES Climate lab". CATT- both 100% perps, unknown.
MAMMA MIA (the play/movie, not the song) fell into place after a few perps. Chick flick.
The RED SEA being split was pretty ingenious but I never caught it.
ALAR- got a bad rap and after the phony claims it was proven safe to use.
Women's wear- 1980s-90s- the age of shoulder pads. 2000-present- the age of CLEAVAGE.
My apologies to Anonymous, but a guy's gotta write, when a guy's gotta write.
billocohoes at 8:04 AM, Yellowrocks at 8:09 AM, Lemonade714 at 8:20 AM, and Anonymous at 8:20 AM
Thanks to each of you from the LEVI tribe for your input. Lemony wins by a nose because: "In the Torah, they are listed as a tribe."
Can you beget without being a Bigot?
Anon,
How are we to know which one are you? Please select an Avatar. Go to the Olio section on the right panel of the home page. Find "How to Create a Blogger Account (by TTP)" which is next to 8D today. I hope this works.
Bill, I'm with you "Never heard of an ONLAY," and I have bridges and crowns, so I LIU, and there was an ONLAY on a molar that had broken.
Dudley at 8:18 AM
It's all your fault that I must point out that diarrhea is inherited. It runs in your jeans.
Today's paraprosdokian: "Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience."
Dave
From Yesterday:
D4E4H @ 4:53 made me "LOL"
re: Yellowrocks @ 3:01
(for the sake of brevity, go look it up yourself..:)
PK, Re: forget Mars, spread the rain around!
It is possible to cause it to rain, & thereby cause it not to rain elsewhere.
But they claim it is just too expensive...
(hmm, I wonder if they deducted flooding costs versus food growing...)
Anywho, just out of curiosity, I Googled How to make it rain.
Note that Googling Howto make it stop raining was not so successful.
wait til the end...
Re: Today!
Samuel A. Donaldson
Another Constructor name to add to my list of Asskicking puzzlers with great themes!
DNF, (but the theme helped a lot!)
Too many white spaces to mention (Except Wees!)
however I did finish more than 90%, including the theme.
Tricky stuff: "I feel your pain" = So sad?
Learning moment: Onlay
(I would rather remain ignorant of dental procedures thank you very much...)
With all the Hi Brow clue/answers,
thank you for something my speed: 34a votin' nay = agin
(although I would not have gotten it without 34d Asta...)
(I thought Skippy was a Kangaroo?)
An example of one of the things that screwed me up was
57a Brief refusal to "Are you hungry."
I had Sate, a briefer reply than "Sated."
54d, long and vardalos? never heard of em,
maybe they are secret agents (I.E.: NSAs?)
(I can talk myself into anything...)
Regarding Constructors that can pull of a puzzle like this:
Just my opinion...
Star Ledger Thought for Today:
"A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears." -
Michel de Montaiagne
French essayist (1522-1592)
The PGA used to have a BC Open, in NY, named after the comic strip. With all the junk comics in the TBtimes there's no BC.
Speaking of... Luann is back to being about Luann.
So I messed up the NE . I had a SCALY underbelly. My son, Phil, subsisted on Ramen so I should have grokked that .
I also thought of BACON. Not to speak of some anagram that included Nachos, Chips etc. I couldn't think of the etc .
Lemonade, you came up with the Cod/God saying. HCL Jr was also a Speaker .
WC
Not anagram; the other thingy
Clever, clever-
Especially in the misdirection at 12D.
A tough one. I finished, but needed some cheats because of limited time this a.m. Wish I could have devoted more unaided minutes. Mr. Donaldson deserves it.
___________
Diagonal Report: None on the front end, but a full 3-way on the mirror side. Unusual.
Hi All!
WEES about the North Central... Whew! Thanks Sam for a doable Friday. I liked how you executed the theme and what Lem said - sparkle! Thanks Lem for the fine expo w/ religion (jokes! - love'd 'em); I could have done w/o Tiny Bubbles.*
1a gave me fits. I was looking for chewy, fortified, whatever. When FRED finally perp'd to obvious - V8.
WOs: ANTI b/f AGIN', 'AND' the shirt off his back... And BigE, thank you!, I kept reading WEES thinking "Am I the only one with SCORE?" That took a leap of faith to finally go w/ ALEE then the SCENE came into view.
ESPs - Right, it's Friday; too many to list.
Fav: I'll go w/ RCMP. Not only a CSO to C,Eh! & NWRunner but Dudley too! :-)
{A-}
D4 - ewee! (LOL)
C,Eh! DW & I sustained ourselves on RAMEN; Eldest does now.
Cheers, -T
In Basic I had a Drill Sgt that thought Tiny Bubbles was cadence-worthy; made marching hell. I'm scarred :-)
Speaking of nachos, I hafta tell you, Ol'Man Keith, that I think your dog's name Nacho is adorable.
Anon-T, how the heck can one march to Tiny Bubbles? I just can't discern any marching cadence in it. No wonder you are scarred :-) One thing about basic training I remember is that one of our drill sergeants was named Coniglio ...
To CE Dave @1:58 today and D4E4H @ 4:53 yesterday. My comment at 3:01 yesterday was a CSO to all you husbands who complain that your wives expect you to read their minds. Don't you care enough to sense what I meant? LOL
I am rereading Word by Kory Stamper, recommended to me by Anon T. It is a fascinating book about how dictionaries are written. I am very simpatico with Stamper’s approach to language. This is why I value the dictionary meanings above my own experience and prejudices and above other posters’ experience and prejudices. Much research and agonizing hours and days go into defining words. Many of the Corner nits are picked here. Things that you all consider obscure I find common, and things that seem odd to me are well accepted by you. Who am I against the collective experience of English found in dictionaries?
book review
Amazon blurb
FYI
Saturday's (3/24/18) edition of the Wall Street Journal crossword puzzle is constructed by Irish Miss and CC. It is accessible (free) at WSJ.com (hover the cursor over "Life & Arts" and click on "WSJ Puzzles". You can print the puzzle or solve online.
Jayce,
Glad you like Nacho as a name for our little guy. The credit goes to my wife. She picked his photo from an array posted by the Orange County animal shelter. He's part Chihuahua (hence the name) and part Jack Russell. A perfect combo for a little imp, a trickster.
We learned that he had been adopted once before and given an earlier name - Frijolitos, or "Little Beans." Apparently he was too energetic for his previous "master."
Anyway, he's taken to his new name with complete devotion.
Of our three dogs, he's Mr. Personality. But he's always looking for an angle. He respects us enough to obey commands, but whenever it's a group order -like when we call all three to come inside - he'll head in the opposite direction, at least for a while. Until he sees there's no getting around it.
All dogs love routine, a certain time to eat, a certain time to sit by my side, a certain time to go outside. When we change things, there is a quantum of curiosity mixed with dismay.
But Nacho is unforgiving. If I don't sit on the sofa at exactly 6:30 so he can join me at my right side for the ABC News, there will be hell to pay. He'll start by slapping his tail hard on my empty seat and then he'll start to trumpet.
He'll throw his head back to lengthen his throat and give out a very demanding high pitched call. Very lupine.
Also loud.
Demanding. But what can you say when it's your love that's being demanded?
Lemon: Good job on a very informative write-up.
Sam: Thank you for a FUN Friday puzzle.
I always enjoy a crossword puzzle with a "Learning Moment."
Today I "learned" that my "birthstone" is a PERIDOT.
Also enjoyed the PART-THE-RED-SEA theme ... and the V-8 Can Smack when I figured it out. LOL
Hope everyone has a great weekend.
I will be toasting you soon ... not waiting for Sunset.
Cheers!
Got the theme answer, but did not see the RED*SEA splits until Lemonade explained.
Jacob's blessing in Genesis 48:5 - “Now then, your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here will be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine...." This is why the descendants of Joseph's sons are considered two tribes.
WORM>ALAR; SOFT or WARM became EASY; wanted the SOFT underbelly; ENOS, NAOMI, and CATT from perps; Bobby Seale after _EAL_.
It is funny how sometimes things go well in solving. Today I plunked down SEALE without any hesitation, and the perps all worked. It made a great starting base along with FRED.
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. also was one of my early political memories. Most of you are old enough to recall this CAMPAIGN.
Hi Y'all! Fun one, Sam! Thought it was easier than yesterday. No red-letter runs, just kept plugging 'em in and WAGd until filled. I searched but couldn't find the RED SEA parting. Duh! So obvious when explained, thanks, Lemony. So much for No Religion, but this is more like history since there is no preaching or tenets. I knew LEVI, got a prize once for naming the 12 tribes with him in it when I was young. Couldn't do it now.
MEME: oh good, an explanation that is understandable.
Didn't know NAOMI or CATT. Petal, FLOwer, FLORET. My boxer hit "the mat" before CANVAS.
Never knew DON HO was USAF. I can't picture him in uniform, just half naked with a lei & uke.
My husband said of me once that I was too generous. Maybe I wouldn't give you the shirt off my back, but if I had two shirts, I'd give you the best one. I had done that in HS but he didn't know it.
Keith, you gotta admit Nacho is a pretty cheezy name for a dog. LOL!
HG: when you said kids were coming in for welding, I got this crazy picture of them being heat-fused together. Oh, noun for a class, not verb. No, I swear I am not on LSD.
CED: as a former water activist, don't get me started about seeding clouds with silver iodide. You need water heavy clouds for it to work. Big fight once between two states out here. One state wouldn't let planes fly over its territory to do cloud seeding which would benefit the bordering state. It has alway amazed me that prevailing storms traveling from west over the Pacific didn't regularly drop rain on California, considered a dry state. However, the east coast has all this snow which is partly caused by the Atlantic. Of course, the difference is the Great Lakes and moisture surging up from the Gulf of Mexico. Pretty hard to reverse the winds or the earth's spin to bring it back to us further west. So my comment was just a fantasy silliness. Made you think though.
AnonymousPVX:
How nice to learn that you have a sense of humor! Your final line made me chuckle and I appreciate the information about ONLAY. I was at SEA thinking about it.
Learning moment for me, too, that DONHO was an air force pilot!
NIA Vardolos, for those who don't know, wrote and starred in My Big Fat Greek Wedding which is a favorite movie in our household. My girls and I can watch it endlessly. The same with MAMMA MIA.
Yellowrocks at 3:35 PM
Yep, you're a woman! I knew exactly what you didn't need to say.
Your book about how dictionaries are written is only one sentence long, "in alphabetic sequence." The end.
I had a bout of "Simpatico" once, but anti-paticos cleared it in a week. Now I have no sympathy for symphonies whatsoever. I'm cured.
"Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries"Mar. 6, 2018 by Kory Stamper
I am sure mine is seeing a Thesaurus on the sly, but my private eye can't seem to catch them under the dust covers.
Young Man Keith at 4:11 PM
Is Nacho a double dipper. Have you seen the rom-com-cur (romantic comedy of dogs) Beverly Hills Chihuahua? The villain is Diablo, and the hero is Delgado. I translated Delgado to English as "Thin." Somehow that doesn't sound heroic.
Here is a video of the hero singing
There are sequels 2 & 3, but they look contrived, not like the adventure of the first film.
Dave
If I'd grokked the theme I'd have seen RED SEAmy and coulda been a contender.
Montaigne has one A . I really enjoyed reading him in the lingua Franca in college (Of all places, BC). His MANTRA was to avoid drastic change .
WC
Ps.:
Picard FLN, there must be other web hosting sites, ideally with a tool to transfer everything.
On the previous post, I was rushing to keep power in my lap top and had an error on this link. I am plugged in now.
Here is the video of Delgado, the hero singing in French no less.
Dave
Water activist? I am curious.
Anon FLN but posted at 6:23 this AM --
"Are you saying the election of that personage is helping with this frustration? Or are you just saying frustration led to his election?"
Methinketh it is a more complex matrix here, but computer-involved frustration is a subtle factor in the recent election. IMHO, YMMV, and all that.
Wilbur Charles: Thank you for your concern. I am not sure if anyone else saw my post last night.
I spent 22 years building my web site. I have been devastated that with no notice and no just cause Yahoo Small Business shut down my site. They will not give me any reason why they did this.
But they did assure me the problem is NOT:
1) Improper or illegal files
2) Too many files or too much space used
3) Too much bandwidth used
4) Asking for more money (I told them I would be happy to pay if they would just restore my site!)
I have spent years researching hosting services. Each of the major services has similar complaints. It is not easy to move from one host to another with such a large site.
Until or unless this is resolved, I am afraid I am off line with any photos.
As for the puzzle today, I enjoyed it very much. Challenging in places, but fair. The RED SEA theme was clever and well done. I have some beautiful RED SEA photos but no way to share them.
D4 at 1:55 -
Ewww! Funny, but...ewww!
Picard: I would think that would be a crime. Your server has essentially stolen all your great stuff?
My server updated and I can no longer send or receive emails. Their tech was here and couldn't get it to work again either.
My daughter gave me Ancestry one year. I was doing a lot of research and Ancestry updated. I could no longer access their files. My daughter didn't know this and gave me an expanded Ancestry World subscription. She lost her money because Ancestry would not respond to either her or my attempts to email, phone, snail mail. What a gyp!
PK: Hope you had a happy birthday!
Thank you for your concern about what was done to my web site. I have filed a case against Yahoo Small Business with the Better Business Bureau, but they are stonewalling the Better Business Bureau, too.
Yes, what Yahoo Small Business has done indeed is a crime. I was happy to see that this lawsuit has been filed in an almost identical case.
Yes, it is terrible to be ripped off. But the money is not my biggest problem. Many groups in our community use the services I provide free on my site. Crossword Corner is just a tiny piece of that.
And the bizarre thing is none of this makes sense. Shutting down my site offers no benefit to Yahoo Small Business. This is like Kafka on steroids.
Picard at 12:13 AM
I am so sorry to hear of your loss of records, and the ability to access your work. I pray this will resolve to your benefit.
Dave
Jayce - you can't! [march to Tiny Bubbles]. We had black Drill Sgts that would sing cadence such that a 20mi road-march seemed like a walk in the park. Tiny-Bubbles boy (white wouldn'tcha know) would make a 100ft march to mess seem like we'd never eat :-)
YR - I'm so pleased to hear you are renjoying Word by Word. Last week, I heard a re-broadcast of the author on FreshAir and picked it up again too. Fun little book.
Re: 37d. I had D--HO and I really thought the AirForce pilot was going to be a Rapper :-)
Picard - see email. If you didn't get it because of those Yahoo!s, then email me.
Cheers, -T
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