Don't Go Away Mad, Just GO Outside! Each two-word theme answer begins with the letter G and ends in O, hence the word "GO" is on the "outside" of each answer.
17-Across. Transmission specification: GEAR RATIO. How to determine Gear Ratio:
25-Across. Stockholm-born three-time Best Actress nominee: GRETA GARBO. This Swedish actress never actually said, "I want to be alone." According to her, she said, "I want to be let alone."
Greta Garbo (née Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; Sept. 18, 1905 ~ Apr. 15, 1990)
36-Across. Longtime New Year's Eve bandleader: GUY LOMBARDO. Guy Lombardo (né Gaetano Alberto Lombardo; June 19, 1902 ~ Nov. 5, 1977), was a Canadian-born musician. In 1924, he formed the Royal Canadians along with his brothers. He began his tradition of playing big band music on New Year's Eve in 1929. His band could be heard on this date for the next 47 years ~ first on radio, then finally in the late 50s on television.
50-Across. Video game series with a Warriors of Rock edition: GUITAR HERO.
And the unifier:
59-Across. Leave the house ... and a literal feature of 17-, 25-, 36- and 50-Across: GO OUTSIDE.
Across:
1. Cigar residue: ASH.
4. "West Side Story" sides: GANGS.
9. Cul-__: dead-end street: DE-SAC.
14. Versatile truck, for short: UTE.
15. Head off: AVERT.
16. Oven emanation: AROMA.
19. Divided island of Southeast Asia: TIMOR. The island is divided between East Timor and Indonesia.
20. Fielder's mishap: ERROR. Think baseball.
21. Irish watering hole: PUB. The Best Irish Pubs according to the Irish Post.
23. Trucker on a radio: CB-ER.
24. Catch one's breath: REST.
28. Barfly: SOT.
29. Run out of juice: DIE.
30. Weekend show with Aidy Bryant, to fans: SNL. Aidy Bryant (née Aidan Mackenzy Bryant; b. May 7, 1987) is an American comedian who has been a cast member on Saturday Night Live since 2012.
31. "Dig in!": EAT.
32. Actress Berry: HALLE. Halle Berry (née Maria Halle Berry; b. Aug. 14, 1966), is probably best known for her role in the 2001 movie Monster's Ball, which also starred Billy Bob Thornton.
34. Real estate units: ACRES. Some Acres are Green.
39. Dalmatian marks: SPOTS. This dog breed can actually trace its roots to the Dalmatia region of Croatia. Can you Spot the Dalmatians on the book's cover?
41. Skin irritations: SORES.
42. PC key near Z: ALT. The Alt key, or optional key, is used to change the function of another pressed key. // And 54-Across. Escape key function: UNDO.
43. Partners for mas: PAs. Ma and Pa Kettle were a bit before my time, but I remember hearing about them.
46. Terminate: END.
47. Suffix with Brooklyn: -ESE. As in Brooklyese, the dialect of speech associated with Brooklyn.
53. Dashing style: ELAN. A crossword staple.
55. Comfy footwear: MOC.
56. Leave the chair: STAND. Here's a chair with its stand.
57. Secret Service role: AGENT.
62. Rodeo rope: REATA.
63. Bring together: UNITE.
64. Gp. that isn't gun-shy: NRA. As in the National Rifle Association.
65. Welles on-screen: ORSON. Orson Welles (né George Orson Welles; May 6, 1915 ~ Oct. 10, 1985), is probably best known for his role as Charles Foster Kane in the 1941 movie, Citizen Kane. The character of Kane was believed to have been modeled after the San Simeon Castle Builder of 3-Down: William Randolph HEARST.
66. Hall of Fame pitcher Ryan: NOLAN. Lynn Nolan Ryan, Jr. (b. Jan. 31, 1947), had a 27 -year career in major league baseball. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.
67. Corn serving: EAR.
Down:
1. Hole-making tools: AUGERS. Scary looking tools!
2. Den music system: STEREO.
3. San Simeon castle builder: HEARST. See 65-Across.
William Randolph Hearst (Apr. 23, 1863 ~ Aug. 14, 1951)
4. Teri of "Young Frankenstein": GARR. Teri Ann Garr (b. Dec. 11, 1944) was so funny in Young Frankenstein.
5. Gardner of the silver screen: AVA. Ava Gardner (née Dec. 24, 1922 ~ Jan. 25, 1990) was one of Frank Sinatra's wives. Her first marriage was to Mickey Rooney, then she married Artie Shaw.
6. Badminton divider: NET.
7. Beef: GRIPE.
8. Strong ales: STOUTS.
9. Not dis?: DAT.
10. CNN journalist Hill: ERICA. Erica Ruth Hill (b. July 20, 1976) was the co-anchor of Weekend Today for several years.
11. Mariachi's hat: SOMBRERO.
12. One-celled swimmers: AMOEBAE. Anatomy of an amoeba. For a 1-celled critter, it sure has a lot of parts.
13. Orange veggies: CARROTS. Anyone remember Captain Kangaroo and Bunny Rabbit?
18. Hogwash: ROT.
22. Keep out: BAN.
25. Fish organ: GILL.
26. Move, in realty ads: RE-LO.
27. Shone with a nearly blinding light: GLARED.
29. Pampering place: DAY SPA. A nice place to be pampered. Many day spas, however, can be very pricy.
32. Simple shelter: HUT.
33. Ambulance letters: EMS. I initially tried EMT, for Emergency Medical Technician. Unfortunately, that gave me Tores for Skin Irratations (41-Across).
35. S&L offerings: CDs. As in Certificate of Deposits.
36. Looked through a home remodeling magazine, perhaps: GOT IDEAS.
37. Transvaal settler: BOER. Transvaal is a province of South Africa. The word Boer is the Dutch and Afrikaans noun for farmer, and refers to the Dutch and Huguenot population that settled in South Africa in the late 17th century.
38. Florence's river: ARNO.
The Ponte Vecchio over the Arno in Florence, Italy.
39. Arizona cactus: SAGUARO.
40. Tool that unclogs using suction: PLUNGER.
44. Chair part for elbow resting: ARM.
45. Feudal Japanese military ruler: SHŌGUN. It's also the title of a novel by James Clavell.
47. "Seinfeld" regular: ELAINE. The character of Elaine was played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus (b. Jan. 13, 1961). She wasn't a very good dancer.
48. Former Justice __ Day O'Connor: SANDRA. Sandra Day O'Connor (b. Mar.. 26, 1930) was the first female United States Supreme Court Justice. She was nominated to the High Court by President Ronald Reagan. She replaced Potter Stewart on the Court. When she retired in 2006, after having served no the Court for nearly 25 years, Samuel Alito replaced her.
49. Make beloved: ENDEAR.
51. Lone Ranger's pal: TONTO. The Lone Ranger ran on television from 1949 to 1957.
52. Affordable, in brand names: ECONO. As in the Econo-Lodge.
53. Sci-fi beings: ETs. As in ExtraTerrestials.
56. British firearm acronym: STEN. I didn't realize that the STEN gun was an acronym. It is named after its designers: Major Reginald V. Shepherd and Harold Turpin, and EN for Enfield, the government's rifle and arms factory in London's Borough of Enfield.
58. Color like khaki: TAN.
60. Black gold: OIL.
61. Hagen of Broadway: UTA. Uta Thura Hagen (June 12, 1919 ~ Jan. 14, 2004) makes frequent guest appearances in the crossword puzzles.
Here's the Grid:
FIR, but had to fix AMEOBAs. UNITE, er, UNTIE!
ReplyDeleteI've always thought it was weird that when a batter swings and hits the catcher's mitt, the catcher is charged with an error. Should be some other designation, like passed ball or wild pitch. Bad mitt on, maybe?
I wanted to write EMS as a mirror image.
Thanks to Kurt for the easy-ish but fun puzzle. And thanks to Hahtoolah for the fun review. I especially liked that you showed a SOMBRERO on a SAGUARO. Lucina and I know how to pronounce SAGUARO. I wonder how many other Cornerites know?
Other than my usual mistake of spelling saguaro with a q, an easy fill.
ReplyDeleteGood morning!
ReplyDeleteAaah, a Wite-Out-free day. Gotta love it. Managed to find the G-O theme, so much so that I put an O at the end of 59a, and had to change it to an E (no Wite-Out necessary). Kurt put some nice stuff in this one. Enjoyed the visual tour, Hahtoolah.
GUY LOMBARDO -- "The sweetest music this side of heaven." Kenny Gardner was the featured vocalist for almost 30 years.
PAS -- I remember the Ma & Pa Kettle movies. Back in that day it cost $0.15 to get in, and popcorn came in $0.05 and $0.10 sizes. If you came back to the theater the next day, and could prove (via trivia exam) that you'd already seen the movie, you could come in and watch it again for free. Those were the days...
SAGUARO -- Yes, Jinx, it's pronounced Suh-Wah'-ro. There's a Saguaro National Park in SE Arizona. It was still a national monument when I last visited.
GOing, GOing, GOne! This one was really fast, but fun while it lasted. Heading to Key West with family today and feeling bad about all of my friends in the freezing zone: stay safe and warm.
ReplyDeleteIs it just me, or is that cactus giving us all the bird?
ReplyDeleteSusan, your write-up shows how many famous people use their middle name - GEORGE ORSON MARIA HALLE BERRY .
AVA GARDNER and LANA TURNER - those were stars.
Thank you, Kurt and Hahtoolah
Easier than yesterday.Theme was solid. Again,way too many proper names but easy to figure out. I liked it.
ReplyDeleteEasy enough to break the 5 minute mark today. No major gripes (other that dis, dat).
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed my visit to Saguaro National Park - not far from Tucson, AZ. Be prepared for very hot temperatures and watch-out for snakes.
Good Morning everyone. I just wanted to stop by and wish EVERYONE on the Corner a very happy Thanksgiving and a sincere Thank You for the kind words expressed about my high school bowling team. Let me tell you, those kids deserve ALL the credit. I just stood by and watched them improve week by week. And to my pal TTP - just letting you know that yesterday with the GREEN 16 pound ball, (Yes desper-otto, they now come in different colors) I turned in 192-191-206 for a 589 set. That would be my highest three game set since the diagnosis. 600 is coming soon (I hope).
ReplyDeleteGood Morning:
ReplyDeleteThis was an easy, fun solve but the theme escaped me until the reveal. I was aware of the G repitition but failed to see the O at the other end. I was unfamiliar with Guitar Hero but it parsed easily enough, as did Timor, another unknown. My only w/o was Ite before Ese. Stouts crossing Pubs was cute, as was Elaine crossing Elan and Endear crossing Ear. Several other entries tickled my fancy, to wit: Tan/Ban, Rot/Sot, and Ute/Uta. Thought of Lucina at Saguaro and Sombreo and, naturally, Jinx at Unite.
Thanks, Kurt, for a Tuesday treat and thanks, Hatoolah, for a super-duper expo and striking visuals, especially the hilarious Barfly!
FLN
Dave4, glad you're back posting. How is Carol coming along?
Have a great day.
Sorry, Repetition. I thought it looked odd but where is Autocorrect when needed? [Sigh]
ReplyDeleteThanks, DO, for the correct pronunciation of Saguaro; I had no idea.
Boomer, congrats on your great series!
Hola!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks to Kurt Krauss and Hahtoolah for entertaining us today!
I could have solved this in pen, it was that easy. But I used pencil and had only two erasures. One was EMT resulting in TORES, same as Hahtoolah, which was changed to EMS and SORES. At the bottom I assumed it would be GOES. ERROR! GO OUTSIDE emerged.
D-O, thank you for posting the pronunciation of SAGUARO, alternate spelling, SAHUARO. If you do visit the SAGUARO National Park, the best time is between October and April to avoid the torrid temperatures.
Although many names spanned this grid they are familiar to me: Teri GARR, ELAINE, GRETA GARBO, GUY LOMBARDO, SANDRA Day O'Connor, HALLE Berry, ORSON Welles, ERICA Hill, whom I occasionally watch, and even Ryan NOLAN.
Have a restful, peaceful day, everyone!
G-O Outside. Very cheeky. Didn't figure it out until after the puzzle was finished. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteNice to hear from Dave4 and Blue Hen yesterday. I hope Ferm chimes in soon.
ReplyDeleteEasy peasy. FIR. Erica and Guitar Hero were unfamiliar, but easily filled. I saw the G's right off. I didn't look for the O's until I read the reveal.
I loved Guy Lombardo's New Year's Eve show. I still miss it. I am a fan of the Big Bands.
These days many old movie and TV shows are being replayed on TV and/or are available online, even if they originated before our time. Pa and Pa Kettle were cornball and preposterous. but funny. I suppose these day, the film would be considered making fun of hillbillies. But Lucy was zany too. The films do not stand for an entire culture.
I enjoyed five of James Clavell's six Asian Saga books. Some I read more than once. I will have to catch up with his Whirlwind.
I can relate to all the characters on Seinfeld except Elaine. Imperfect as some of them are, I find them endearing. I am not sure why Elaine leaves me cold.
A trip to the Day Spa does not entice me.
Boomer, glad your game is coming along. I am sure you will reach your goal. You have true grit.
Terrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, Kurt and Hahtoolah.
ReplyDeleteYes, this was an easy-fill day, but I forgot to go back and look for the theme. Oh well, it was still fun.
Waited for perps to decide between E or S for the plural of AMOEBA. I always have to wait for perps to decide between Arne and ARNO.
I wanted Bar before BAN, and thought it was great crossing PUB (even greater with STOUTS). Alas. I also had Redo before UNDO, and thought it was great with RELO. Double Alas!
(I saw SOT/ROT but IM found lots of patterns!)
I smiled at "not dis"=DAT.
Hand up for thinking of Lucina with SAGUARA (waited for perps for the spelling); no, this Canadian did not know how to pronounce it (but I did know SANDRA).
GUY LOMBARDO was a regular guest at the Brant Inn (I remember well from my UTE).
BrantInn
I am off to gather boughs to make my porch-pots.
Enjoy the day.
Musings
ReplyDelete-GO BETWEEN was just a shade off as I discovered
-When we lived on a CUL-DE-SAC the city struggled on where to push the snow
-Many of us baseball fans immediately think of the name Bill Buckner when we see ERROR
-Bill Fries wrote Convoy while he was working at an ad agency in Omaha. It was an outgrowth of an ad he wrote for Old Home Bread that featured “The Old Home fill-er-up and keep on truckin’ café”
-Dig in – This is the fourth year in a row where I have subbed here where the FCS class is serving a full Thanksgiving dinner!
-HEARST did everything he could to destroy ORSON and Citizen Kane as it seemed to hit too close to home
-One teacher here GRIPES at lunch constantly except when the superintendent is eating with us
What a fun puzzle. It filled in quickly. My favorite of course was Not dis for DAT. Thanks Hahtoolah for our Nations symbol! We can also take a CSO at Black Gold for OIL, but I guess we have share that one with our Texas contingent
ReplyDeleteKurt, thanks for the fun.
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteEasy solve. No searches were needed. Got the theme after GUY LOMBARDO.
G O reminded me of the commuter lines in the Greater Toronto area; run by Government of Ontario. (my contacts in Ontario Hydro would sometimes digress about that.
BOER - Means 'farmer' in Dutch. My Dad was a Buur, and I would hear it frequently in my parents' conversations. Same pronunciation as BOER but different orthography. It is voiced with a medium long 'u' sound.
Good morning, folks. Thank you, Kurt Krauss, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, Hahtoolah, for a fine review.
ReplyDeletePuzzle seemed easier than Monday. Went through it easy. Caught the theme with the GO.
Liked seeing HEARST. I read a good book about him years ago. He was quite a guy. I have toured the Hearst Castle in California a couple times while I lived there. Amazing place.
Well, I learned how to pronounce the SAGUARO cactus in this blog today. Interesting.
A PLUNGER also uses pressure to unclog a drain. I guess a little of both.
ARNO was easy. We just had that recently.
TTP stopped by this morning and dropped off a couple packs of Grilled Stickies from State College, PA. I will try some out shortly.
My Crossing Guarding is done for the week. School is out. I suspect i will sleep in a little.
See you tomorrow. Abejo
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Good Morning.
ReplyDeleteLate again. Sometimes when I don't get here early, I forget to until I read the blog before bed. I did get a lot done this morning. Last minute groceries, two cars washed (at the local car wash) and gassed, dry cleaners and an attempt by the water department to replace my meter. All before 10:15! I love TG. No presents, and I only have to make stuffing and cranberries.
Kurt, this puzzle was a perfect end to my busy morn.
I'm not sure Hahtoolah, but you may have outdone yourself this morning!!
Have sunny day.
I feel lost! Usually I have to cook several dishes but this year I have only to take tamales, an apple pie and biscuits. It seems that I should be doing more! My son-in-law will cook and that's all he needs.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kurt and thank you, Hahtoolah.
ReplyDeleteI thinking I'm going to quit counting my keyboard typos as a mistake. Seems like ever day I have at least one pure typo in ever puzzle I do.
Loved the reveal, Kurt. Very clever. I like your style.
It reminded me of C.C.'s "Bidirectional" puzzle over at the Merriam Webster site on Sunday, which was both clever and brilliant !
Lucina, have you found your hojas yet ? Would it be blasphemy to suggest either banana leaves or plantain leaves ? Or would you have a revolt on your hand ? I'm sure if you used something other than corn husks there would be much discussion ! And probably not all good, right ? "What are these ?" "These aren't tamales !" "This isn't the family tradition !"
Good luck to you !
Nice ‘n easy; just the way to start out a Tuesday. (Actually, this Tuesday started out by meeting TTP for lunch and good conversation at Portillo’s in Glendale Heights. Got me some of those wonderful Pennsylvania grilled stickies... boy are they good!)
ReplyDeleteHahtoola, thanks to your excellent work today I was able to see all the Downs I missed while filling in the Acrosses. The time just flew by—11 minutes from start to finish, including the time spent with two phone calls.
It’s nice to be back; I have missed the blog.
...and now for my first midday nap. Have a great day, all!
Lucina, do you make and bake your own Apple pies? If you're anything like my late mother (my sister has continued the recipe) you'll be the hit of TGD .
ReplyDeleteI think I have the flu. Dead sleepy tired. Also, no caffeine for a few days.
Yes, easy. I don't mind. I gave a friend my completed copy of Saturday. Now, I should give him Tuesday. Another one said "I couldn't do a xword if my life depended on it.". And that one reads. She was talking about Grace M's *"Peyton Place".
I think it's like riding a bicycle. One just has to learn their ESAIs,ERIEs,ERIKs; NEWTs,EFTs, Bambi's aunt and,from today: AVA and UTA.
My friend's daughter is Brook Lynn but my Google helped is used to Brooklyn.
FYI, I just noticed that DE SAC is CASED backwards
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WC
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FLN, very late X and Y post if someone wants to solve
.** Metallius if I have that right. Died young.
Ok, Here's the trailer of that 1957 movie
Also, there was a TV series-1964
Bill G, Lucina, AnonT, Wilbur Charles, Cross Eyed Dave. Abejo, CanadianEh Thank you for the additional birthday greetings yesterday after I posted!
ReplyDeleteAbejo no, I was not on the polo pony! We just posed with it!
Right now we are in the middle of yet another big fire in our little city. About 4,000 acres with zero containment as of now.
Here is my photo of the "Cave Fire" as of 7:30PM last night from a park near our apartment.
We went out around 4:30PM to visit a friend in the hospital before heading on to my birthday dinner. As we left we could see just a small fire at the top of the mountains. By the time we were heading home around 6:45PM it had raged all the way down the mountain. A similar fire in 1990 was the most destructive fire in California history at that time. So far the fire fighters have protected the houses in its path this time.
Got the theme today for a quick solve. Did not understand the MAS/PAS thing until explained. Thanks, Hahtoolah
TIMOR I know about all too well. One of the worst cases of genocide of the 20th century as Indonesia tried to exterminate the people of East TIMOR when it got its independence. This got almost zero coverage here. Perhaps Indonesia's OIL was a factor? I will say no more but you may want to Google this.
When you move to Arizona you quickly learn how to spell and pronounce Saguaro and Mogollon.
ReplyDeleteThe Mogollon Rim (pronounced Mug-ee-yown) is an escarpment in northern AZ. The Western author, Zane Grey, built a cabin on the slopes where he wrote many of his novels. Sadly it was destroyed in a huge forest fire in 1990.
My father never mastered the pronunciation and always told visitors how beautiful the “Mongolian Rim” was and be sure to visit it on the way to the Grand Canyon.
Picard, I didn't even open your photos of the new fire in your area. Those fires, too common these days in California, are so depressing for me. I hope the rains come soon. Good luck!
ReplyDeletePicard, that picture is frightening!
ReplyDeleteI hear that you have a severe storm in the offing,
let's hope that doesn't end in mudslides after all this....
Once again, realized after I finished that I never even looked for the theme.
If I had seen it earlier, I could have finished this puzzle twice as fast
& even maybe gone outside!
(Actually, I don't wanna go, there are too many leaves out there
that need to blow into my neighbors yard before I have to pick them
all up...)
Silly links were few & far between,
Here are the best of the bunch!
Go Outside...
My Favorite...
Runner Up...
ANd, Are you sure it is the right time of year for this theme?
Hi Y'all! Great puzzle, Kurt! Great expo, Hahtoolah! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI saw the G & O after two and was anticipating finding out how Kurt would tie those together. Good one!
"Partners for mas" = PAS. Perps filled. I thought he'd thrown us some Spanish & didn't catch on to the real meaning until Hahtoolah explained.
Dis wasn't GANG-related slang for disrespect as I thought. ESP. Oh, DAT Kurt!
Late Happy Birthday, Picard! Didn't get to yesterday's blog altho did the puzzle.
Hi All!
ReplyDeleteI liked the puzzle. It was smooth and sparkly with no SPOTS to GRIPE about.
Fun easy Tuesday followed by a fantastic expo (love me some Young Frankenstein!). Thanks Kurt & Hahtoolah!
WO: AMe... b/f TIMOR fixed it (Hi Jinx!)
ESPs: BOER as clued, UTA (didn't even see the clue), SAGUARO, STEN
Fav: The word AVERT always makes me think of The Holy Grail.
I have no IDEA how I knew GUY LOMBARDO.
Boomer: Congrats on the 589; you're almost back!
HG - I had to look up FCS. That's what we used to call Home ECONOmics.
WikWak - how nice you and TTP got to do lunch.
Picard - the picture looks beautifully surreal but the reality must be a bit scary. How far away are the flames?
PK - LOL! That's how I read the Dis clue at 1st too. I was about to enter 'complement' when I saw it was only three letters.
Dat's when the V8 hit
Off to the gym, play later!
Cheers, -T
Boomer, I somehow missed your comments earlier today. Great set ! Pretty consistent, too. A pin here or there in those first two games and you would have had it. It always feels good to finish strong, with the highest game in the third line. Always wants to make you come back for more. The nights that always bothered me the worst were those when my scores were inconsistent by 30 or 40 pins between games. Especially when starting low, going high, and ending low.
ReplyDeleteMissed Abejo this morning, and it was all my fault. I left him a message before I left for his house, then lost track of time. When I was on my way to his house, I looked at the clock on my dashboard and realized I was late for another appointment. So I dropped off the Grilled Stickies on his porch and hightailed it to my appointment, only to discover that I was way too early. I forgot to "fall back" the clock on my truck. D'OH !
Good to see and talk with WikWak again. We decided to meet at one of Chicagoland's Portillo's, and I also got there way too early, so I decided to have a Chicago-style hotdog before he got there, but he came in just as I was finishing it... Busted ! Had another while we visited. Those sport peppers have a kick !
oc4beach, I love those Grilled Stickies. DW and I each had 2 one inch strips warmed in a buttered saute pan, cut side down, last night after supper. To me, they're like warm Cinnabon rolls, only better, probably because they are also like warm honey buns. We haven't tried them with ice cream yet, but I'll have a couple of more strips with a cup of coffee in the morning before grocery shopping. Thank you for mentioning and recommending them. They are a keeper !
Glad to see that WikWak liked them as well !
43A had me stumped for a time. I thought the clue meant "More" in Spanish, as in "Uno mas."
ReplyDeleteEven when I got the answer, I was puzzled.
I mean "Pas" is French for "No" or "Not," N'est-ce pas?
I had to drive across the country several times n the '70s, so I was a regular CB-ER. My handle was "Carpetbagger." You can guess why.
That book jacket photo of HEARST looks so innocent. What is it we say, "Looks are...[what]"??
The eyes give him away.
Like Irish Miss, I thought the BAR-FLY cartoon was a hoot Surprised others didn't mention it.
~ OMK
Anonymous T ~
ReplyDeleteFLN: Not bad. Your bean's OUR BEANS beat my bean for sure!
Bean-Go!
Still, an 8-letter anagram shows the paucity of options when the balance between vowels & consonants is skewed. The grail in this game is to use all 15 letters. I have only hit the mark--a true Jumbleissimo!--once in all the time I've been trying.
~ OMK
NEW MATH
ReplyDeleteMy high school football team has made it to the state semifinals. I was just reading an article about the teams that have made it this far, and then came upon this about another team:
"The Panthers are in the postseason for the 19th time, with a record of 33-18."
I can't do this new math. I can't even find a way to have typos make sense out of that statement.
Any ideas on how I should interpret that ?
Wilbur:
ReplyDeleteI have made my own pies in the past but today I just bought some though likely I would have had time Thursday morning. I feel rushed for some reason.
I have tasted tamales made with plaintain leaves. Some students from Central America brought me some. They were different but good. I doubt if we could find them here; California, yes. They have a much more diverse population and the stores which cater to them.
Picard:
How distressing to see wildfires again! I hope they are soon contained. How was your birthday dinner? If you posted about it I must have missed it.
Fairly easy puzzle but made a few silly mistake. Initially put a "u" in augur like the fellow who tried to warn J. Caesar to take a mid March vacation anyplace but Rome.
ReplyDeleteAlso thought it was "riata" with an "i" not "a" unless "plungIr" is an alternative spelling.
Lots of Greta Garbo fills lately. She just "vants" to be alone.
We live at the head of a cul de sac. Our backyard abuts an old growth forest. From our front bedroom window can look down the road and spy on all our neighbors.
Does "Ute" drive a "ute?" Is a sten a "sho(w)gun?"
JLD was great fun as "Elaine" equally good if not better in VEEP.
Thank you for the additional birthday greetings and for the concern about our latest fire.
ReplyDeleteAs of the mid-day press conference today, containment was still at zero percent. But it is not looking as scary right now.
Here I have posted all of my photos so far.
The one at the top was last night. The next three were from this afternoon from a slightly different location that gives a clearer view. The flames last night were probably about five miles from us. The evacuation zone ends about three miles from us.
While I am here... Here we are at HEARST Castle.
I think I shared this before.
TTP, You are doing better than I am. Today we didn't have a sports section, but we did get an email saying that "Due to system problems, some customers did not receive today's newspaper or received an incomplete version of the paper. We apologize for the inconvenience." They went on to say if we had a problem, we could read the missing part on their Web site. And I think that a lot of sports writers didn't exactly major in math. They probably know John Madden math: One knee = two feet.
ReplyDeleteBack in my dating days, we called a relationship that was going nowhere a Cul-de-Sack.
ReplyDeleteJinx:
ReplyDeleteI got the email from the Trib today too. Interesting, since I have not been a subscriber since 2005. ;-)
I'm back. Trainer did exactly what I pay him for and now my muscles are paying for it.
ReplyDeleteOMK - that was the longest one I could come up with. I wanted BEERS at first but there was only one R!
Picard - you may have posted the Castle pic before, but I understand the blog has many more times readers than posters.
Speaking of lurkers-to-posters, where's Lucy Loo's Mom? I hope our extra-mathy day didn't really run her off...
TTP - I would take that as the score of either their last or the clincher game. Or maybe 18 is a record any team has scored against the Panthers :-)
Now, about Portillo's: I love a good Chicago dog. And, I mean Love. Next time y'all are going, call; If Southwest has a "Want to get away" special, I'm there! :-)
Actually (and you remember this from your days in Houston), James Coney Island has a pretty good dog.
Ray-O: SHOwGUN -- good one!
Cheers, -T
"The Panthers are in the postseason for the 19th time, with a record of 33-18."
ReplyDeleteOnly a limited number of teams make the postseason tournament play, and this is the 19th consecutive time the Panthers have made the cut ...
ReplyDeleteD'OH !
"The Panthers are in the postseason for the 19th time, with a record of 33-18."
I ate too much at supper, laid down for a few minutes, and the next thing you know... it's 4:30 AM. Must have been tired.
So here's the deal with that new math. Nothing wrong with it. That team has made the state playoffs in 19 seasons. Once you make the playoffs, it would take 5 victories in a row to win the state championship in any given year. So in those 19 years, out of a potential 95 playoff games, that team played in 51 games, and their overall record is 33-18.
Just caught up on all of the comments after my 5:47 post.
Lucina, just about every year from this time until Christmas we'll get a gift of tamales from another couple. When her mother is visiting from Mexico City, she makes the traditional corn husk pork and beef filled tamales that I would think most Americans are familiar with. When his mother is visiting, she makes the large (half of a brick sized) Honduran chicken and pork filled tamales wrapped in banana leaves. Either way, oh so good !
Anonymous T, traveling up here would make it one expensive hot dog, but yes they are really good, "Chicago style". I remembered James Coney Island and looked up their locations. There was one downtown in the high rent district when I was there, but it's long gone. Looks like they have expanded substantially.