Themeless Saturday by Craig Stowe
Our Toronto themeless regular is back for more Saturday entertainment after a one month absence! Here is what Craig had to say about this puzzle:
Thanks for the email. I hope you're doing well.
I don't have much to say about this one. I started with THERE'S THAT and PODCASTER as anchors and wove my way around the grid looking for interesting fill. I hope people enjoy it!
All the best,
Craig
ACROSS
1. Dangerous Beijing blanket: SMOG - SMOG is now back to the its pre-covid level
5. Many an online host: PODCASTER - My favorite
14. Unladen weight: TARE - Also called light weight (LT WT) for an empty rail car
15. Ephemeral emporium: POP UP STORE - Here's a unique one that will be gone soon
16. Biblical Rodin work: ADAM - Interesting ties between Rodin's Adam and Michalangelo (even I get the extended right index finger)
17. Phenomenal: SUPERHUMAN - Our healthcare workers and first responders!
18. Business card abbr.: TEL.
19. Honduran hands: MANOS.20. Filing aids: TABS.
21. May birthstones: EMERALDS.
23. Not as nice: WORSE.
24. Pay equity concern: SEXISM - Teacher pay schedules are the exact the same for men and women
25. Word with social or media: EVENT.
27. Muse with a lyre: ERATO.
28. Classical theaters: ODEA - Speaking of Greek, here is an ODEUM (pl. ODEA) where those using ERATO as a muse might present their work
29. Brit's nap: KIP - All you'd ever want to know about KIP and nap
32. Georgia neighbor: ARMENIA - ALABAMA was just so "not Saturday" cluing (yeah, I put it in first anyway)
34. Its capital is St. George's: GRENADA.
37. Lille lily: LYS.
38. Ostrichlike bird: RHEA.
40. Industrial heavyweight: BARON.
41. Deplete: USE UP - The erasers on my crossword pencils (e.g. LIT replacing HOT and others from yesterday)
43. Economic curve: DEMAND - The far right side is for people who bought Beanie Babies many years ago.
44. Brief aides?: ASSTS.
46. Precursor of today's musical theater: OPERETTA - such as:
48. Mackerel type: CHUB
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| Chub Mackerel on top Blue Mackerel on bottom |
49. Make short work of the test: ACE IT - Hey, it could happen!
50. Subside: EBB.
51. "Point taken": THERE'S THAT.
51. "Point taken": THERE'S THAT.
53. Woody Guthrie, e.g.: OKIE.
54. Like some feuds: HEREDITARY - "Hey, gramps, can you even remember why we're mad at those Hatfields?"
55. Brief bio: VITA - VITA Curriculum is a crossword staple
56. Ergo: AS A RESULT.
54. Like some feuds: HEREDITARY - "Hey, gramps, can you even remember why we're mad at those Hatfields?"
55. Brief bio: VITA - VITA Curriculum is a crossword staple
56. Ergo: AS A RESULT.
57. River partly on the Poland-Germany border: ODER.
Down:
1. Washington's features George: STATE SEAL.
2. Partied hearty: MADE MERRY.
3. Deterrents to ghostwriting: ORAL EXAMS.
4. Treasure: GEM.
5. Hammer: POUND - We baseball peeps know of Hank "The Hammer" Aaron for how he used to POUND the baseball. Okay, also for the alliteration.
6. Not in favor: OPPOSED - Being OPPOSED to your party leader's position can have serious consequences for you
7. Some charges: DUES - Three days of subbing last week earned me enough for 40% of my yearly golf club DUES
8. ER technique: CPR.
9. He played Michael in "That '70s Show": ASHTON - I recently saw ASHTON Kutcher starring as Steve Jobs in the movie Jobs
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| Steve Jobs Ashton Kutcher |
10. Mary, Queen of Scots' house: STUART - Mary is five lines down on the STUART side before she was beheaded by her Tudor cousin Elizabeth.
13. __ Zhengfei, CEO/founder of smartphone giant Huawei: REN.
15. Church reading: PSALM.
19. Cement mixer: MASON - We MASONS called it a mortar mixer
22. Liturgy: RITE.
23. Grate (on): WEAR - Fran Drescher discusses her "grating" voice
19. Cement mixer: MASON - We MASONS called it a mortar mixer
22. Liturgy: RITE.
23. Grate (on): WEAR - Fran Drescher discusses her "grating" voice
26. Lyra's brightest star: VEGA - This summer when you saw VEGA as a bright star in "The Summer Triangle", that light left VEGA in 1996 and just reached Earth in 2021.
28. Home to most of Hawaii's population: OAHU - This population density chart for Hawaii makes it pretty easy to pick out OAHU
29. Mr. Miyagi's charge, with "The": KARATE KID - "Wax on, wax off"
30. "It's ok, you can trust me": I DON'T BITE.
31. Black-and-white Chinese native: PANDA BEAR - Its range has really shrunk
33. More than displeases: IRES.
35. Pulitzer Prize-winning critic: EBERT.
36. Title: NAME.
39. Earth-shattering: EPOCHAL - Truman, Churchill and Stalin made EPOCHAL decisions at Potsdam in 1945
41. Person of interest?: USURER - Are these people USURERS?
39. Earth-shattering: EPOCHAL - Truman, Churchill and Stalin made EPOCHAL decisions at Potsdam in 1945
41. Person of interest?: USURER - Are these people USURERS?
42. "Father of Eng. History": ST BEDE.
43. Exalted one: DEITY.
44. Smarts: ACHES.
45. Superheroine Adora, more commonly: SHE-RA.
49. Alaskan island in the Eastern Hemisphere: ATTU - Fun fact: Alaska has the farthest East and West point in the USA
51. Lil Wayne's "__ Block Is Hot": THA - He made a filthy version and a radio version and I guarantee you that kids today know both.
52. Household nickname: SIS.
53. Ab __: from day one: OVO - Latin for "from the beginning, the origin, the egg"
FIWrong. Two cells. Misspelt USeRER, didn't know CHeB, Misspelt OVa, didn't know aDER.
ReplyDeleteZipped through the top 2/3ds like it was Monday, but the SW stymied me until I pulled out THEREFORE, and even for a while after that.
I'll take a triple CSO at MASON and RITE crossing ERATO. I've gone thru both the York Rite and Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. I could maybe claim Washington, too, as all my descendants live there, and I was half a team that set cryptic puzzles for the Western Washington Mensa newsletter for a few years.
A MASON is a man who has sought after light.
To be a Master Mason is to reach the height.
But many still want more,
A degree-filled encore,
So they add the side-paths of the York or Scottish Rite!
The Washington STATE SEAL
Likes CHUB MACKEREL as a meal.
Balance a ball on his nose
Is just one trick he knows,
And he's a notary public in the deal!
SHE-RA is a SUPERHUMAN with He-Man.
Together they fend in a barbaric land!
A Princess of Power,
She's the hero of the hour,
As of the Rebellion, she takes command!
{A-, B+, B.}
I recall the KIP from Basic. Flip up onto 5 or 6 platforms , reverse to get down
ReplyDeleteRegular gas has slipped to $2.65 while diesel is still above $2.90. Former reflects DEMAND, latter the uncertain middle east. YMMV
Ah, VITA. My main WAG today.
I think there's am Eder river somewhere too
No Ezra for POUND this week.
Main w/o was against/OPPOSED another on that's THAT, CHUB and ST BEDE. USURER wS a v8
Nice to FIR on a Saturday. I told you it was easy.
WC
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteCrunch, crunch, crunch. Very nice Saturday offering, Craig. Had to ERASE Titan for BARON, but that was the only Wite-Out application. Very educational expo, Husker.
POP UP STORE: Around here they all sell fireworks.
KIP: Reminds me of my experience on the rings in PhysEd. You bring your legs up over your head, and then thrust down. It started well, but at the top of the swing, my hands slipped off the rings. Instead of ending up in the "support" position, I ended up in the bleachers with a broken wrist.
ReplyDeleteGood morning.
Yay ! Two in a row. Thanks, Craig and Gary.
This one felt like it was going to be a very fast solve, but I drew blanks in a few places, and had others on the tip of the tongue, and needed a couple of letters to work them out
KIP - Never knew that Brits called a nap a KIT. Filled entirely by the perps. (Interesting article comparing the two terms, Gary)
REN - Never heard of the CEO. Also all perps. Know of Ren and Stimpy and Kylo Ren (from crosswords)
SHE-RA - a momentary TOT - Made me recall "Masters of the Universe" toys laying around on the floor. He-Man, She-Ra and Battlecat. Battlecat was the one you didn't want to step on in bare feet.
Very unusual for me in that this was the second time this week that when the game ended, the timer had stopped exactly on a minute mark. Today it was 23:00. Early this week, I solved a crossword and the timer read 8:00
Notable gimmes:
PEART - I'm 100 % positive that Dash T nailed it
ASHTON - I watched many of those "That 70's Show" episodes before I realized that they were smoking dope in the scenes when they were sitting around the table in the basement.
KARATE KID - As with My Cousin Vinny, my wife will watch that movie time and again.
ERATO - I'm 100 % certain that OwenKL nailed it.
Corrections along the way:
STATE flag to SEAL - Impulse fill that wasn't given much thought
Alabama to ARMENIA - Sensed Alabama was too easy. The e from RITE confirmed it.
Chad to CHUB - I don't know fish.
Paper STORE to POP UP STORE - I know of sellers at the flea market that specialize in ephemera - mostly dealing in old paper artifacts and advertising stuff.
Granada to GRENADA - The city in Spain v the Caribbean island country. D'OH !
I watched many of those "That 70's Show" episodes before I realized that they were smoking dope in the scenes when they were sitting around the table in the basement."
ReplyDeleteAh innocence. Ashtonalso plays a billionaire in 2 1/2 Men
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteFinally got it solved. Not as hard as some Saturdays. Liked most of it but felt the SW wasn't as sparkly. Like AS A RESULT, but taken together, it felt somehow amorphous. Probably just me; YMMV. Note 6 cheater squares.
ODER - The lower ODER courses through Pomerania to the Baltic.
KIPS - To civil engineers it is a common unit meaning "1000 POUND force". It is used in statics and structural analysis.
RHEA - In Husker's diagram, many taxonomists place the ratites in different orders. I think Emu and Cassowary are in the same family.
Thanks HG for another fine intro.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteAlthough I finished in below normal Saturday time, I struggled mightily until I was able to parse several of the longer entries. As usual, the unknown proper names were the culprits: Ren, Peart (Hi, Tony), Shera, Adam and Grenada, as clued, and Tha, Ovo, and Vita needed perps, also. I didn’t enter Alabama but did enter Estonia before Armenia surfaced. My geographical knowledge is as lacking as my pop musical knowledge. (I had never even heard of Rush until Tony first mentioned them.)
Thanks, Craig, for a challenging solve and for sharing your thoughts and thanks, HG, for the usual entertaining and informative write-up. I hope your students appreciate you as much as we do.
Have a great day.
No time today to do more than a bit of the puzzle, so I'll just add some astronomy. VEGA was an easy answer for me, as I used to belong to an Amateur Astronomy club.
ReplyDeleteHere north of NYC has been rain, rain, rain all summer. (Last week's tropical storm/hurricane dropped 11-1/4" according to my rain gauge). I wish we could send some of that to the parched West. Needless to say, I haven't done much star gazing.
Right now, the Summer Triangle is almost directly overhead. 3 bright stars: VEGA (constellation Lyra), DENEB (constellation Cygnus the Swan), and ALTAIR (constellation Aquila the Eagle, which looks like the letter Tau). Cygnus' head is a faint star in the middle of the triangle, and as Fall progresses it looks like Cygnus is flying South for the Winter.
Have a great day. On to Sunday.
IM, Rush passed away earlier this year.
ReplyDeleteA typical Saturday in that the solve required slow but steady head scratching until stuff eventually bubbled up through the tar. Of note was the SW which was a true slog with some ancient memory of my then-young son playing with a He-man toy riding around on dinosaur coming into mental focus. That lead to SHERA and an eventual FIR.
ReplyDeleteBTW, Gary, today's puzzle was solved on paper (LA Times) using a yellow Paper Mate Sharpwriter #2 USA
Hand up FLORIDA, ALABAMA before ARMENIA.
ReplyDeleteHusker Gary Thank you for the learning moment about KIP!
Hand up CHUB/STBEDE/SHE-RA a challenge. Had to change ODiA to ODEA to get VEGA. FIR!
I enjoyed the BLACK-AND-WHITE CHINESE NATIVE clue. Which leads me to my photo set of the most interesting set of TOMBS I have visited so far: The CHINESE Cemetery in Manila.
Looks like a beautiful neighborhood to live? They are all TOMBS!
In a country where few people have hot running water, these TOMBS have hot running water, kitchens, bathrooms and many other household amenities. It took me awhile to understand why. Does anyone what to venture a guess?
From Yesterday:
ReplyDeleteAnonT You made my day with your inquiry about my photo collection and my ability to find things. I owe a lot to my father. He photographed so much of my years growing up and living and traveling in different places. He mostly took slides and loaded them in reels, ready to show. Each reel had his careful notes of where each slide was taken and who was in it. In recent years I paid my DW $5/reel to type up those notes. That allows me to do a text search.
For my own photos, I tried to continue his tradition. It has taken years to gradually type up my own notes into searchable form. By organizing things, I have also been sad to find that there are some notable gaps in my collection that may be lost forever. Perhaps lost in one of my parents' moves. Some perhaps lost during our eviction last year.
I hope that all Cornerites who are in harm's way from Ida have either evacuated or can securely ride out the storm and its aftermath.
ReplyDeleteLooked up THA (because "ice" seemed rap-ish but didn't look right), and the rest fell into place. Except that ODiA was wrong, and I used the wrong tense at MAkE MERRY. Mixing tenses is a problem I guess I've had all my life, but it wasn't brought to my attention until grad school. I've tried to be careful in my writing ever since, but I'm more casual when working on crosswords. That's bitten me in the tookus more than once.
Pay equity: When I started at the phone company, several hourly positions had different pay scales for male and female employees. "Frame maintainer - male" paid a little more than "frame maintainer - female." Not company policy, but the result of negotiations between the company and the Communications Workers of America union. In my brief stint as an hourly employee, the female frame maintainers (universally called "frame dames") worked harder and were more productive than their male counterparts.
I liked this puzzle a lot, even though it was a little beyond my capabilities. Thanks a lot, Craig. And thanks to Gary for another fun review.
It's funny how things work out. Recently, I scoffed at THA as an entry. Today, memory of that proved helpful.
ReplyDeleteBig slowdown for me in the SW, which was very daunting but finally fell. Same missteps as others mentioned plus paras/ASSTS, pains/ACHES, no idea about CHUB, and THat iS THAT/THERE'S THAT. I did remember THA from a recent puzzle finally and that led the way to FIR!
ReplyDeleteThanks Craig for the Saturday project and thanks Husker Gary for everything! Glad it was easy for you, WC. And thanks to AnonT for enlarging our cultural sphere. PEART should have occurred to me sooner. (Pass the memory pill.)
Hope all is well this Saturday with you all. See you tomorrow.
OMG, what has happened? A FIR for me on a Saturday CW!! YES!! Although a LOOOONG time was spent getting there: 47 minutes. (Go ahead and laugh, anon! I got ‘er done, better than most Saturday’s for me, but not your typical 5 minute speed run!) DNK THA, ASHTON, PEART, STBEBE. 32A: either Florida or Alabama. OAHU gave me an A on the end. Dang! Wouldn’t cha know it , they both end in A. STATESEAL gave me an A fir the start, AHA! It must be ALABAMA! Wait…..2D gave my an R and 3D an M and at long last the lightbulb lit: Georgia the NATION!! Oy, how long did THAT take? FEES:DUES, only W/O. Favorite clue: 41D “Person of interest?” Happen to know GRENADA, as I’ve been to St. George’s. All in all a fun CW, although (for me) a long struggle. BUT LITTLE OLD ME GOT A SATURDAY FIR!! Thanx. CS, fine Saturday CW! Thanx, HG for your usual fine and fun write-up.
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ReplyDeleteCongrats, Unclefred !
I just remembered that I forgot earlier to reply to Dash T's comments that came in after I was asleep, so here it is:
FLN - Dash T, No, I was not aware that the band Nirvana was being sued over the image on Nevermind. Very recent news and I haven't had the radio on in a few days. Wonder how that will be decided...
OTOH, yes, I'd been aware of the Nandi Bushell and the back and forth she has been having with Dave Grohl. That was on WGN's Morning News "Trending" segment as it first started playing out, and they had a few updates. It was also covered on the rock stations with Grohl commenting. You could hear the smiles as he spoke.
They finally played together for the first time last night at the Forum in Inglewood, CA. Pretty neat. Story with videos follows: Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl Performs On Stage with Prodigy 'Arch-Nemesis' 11-Year-Old Nandi Bushell
Close but no cigar...
ReplyDeleteHi All!
One lookup(ish) and one blank square (OC-|-DER [aeiou? 80% chance I'd be wrong]). Not bad for me on a Saturday (congrats on the win!, unklefred)
Thanks Craig for the fair Saturday puzzle. Just 'cuz you're Canadian, you don't have to include RUSH in a puzzle -- but I'm glad you did. ;-)
Thanks for the expo, HG. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the markings on the railcar, but is 1/3 of load limit is the TARE of the car?
//I'm also curious what WC thinks of your pen(cil)manship.
WOs: ERATO in ageISM's squares, obit->VITA, sHaD(?)
ESPs: KIP, CHUB, LYS(thanks for the visual, HG!)
Cheat: I knew ('cuz, um, Saturday) we weren't going for USofA, so I looked at a map of Georgia - only ARMENIA fit 7 squares ;-)
Fav: As if you had to ask -- only one of the greatest drummers (in the greatest band!) ever. Talk about low-hanging-fruit to unlock the south.
{A, A+, B+}
Jinx - I can't spell so have to pause a while at homonyms and end up looking up the difference (again!). (Maybe that's why my posts take so long to compose? :-)) Even then, I screw things [see: FLN - wrong bass] up.
Picard - I didn't know there was another 'dead' city outside of Cairo. Thanks for the learning, the snaps, and for the expo of how you find them [wait, you paid her? Was this b/f matrimony? :-)]
A buddy of mine, while we were touring Cairo, drove me through City of the Dead and pointed out his family's TOMB. The bones of every male (and their wives) in his family (going back >1000 years!), were in there.
D-O: Geddy and Alex are still very much alive and well. But, yes, Neil has been performing an encore with the Choir Invisible since Jan 2020.
//After I'd heard the news of PEART's passing, I didn't think the year could get any worse.
Boy, was I wrong. :-)
TTP - That (Foo/Bushell) video is amazing! 11-years old playing to 30+k folks?!? That kid has poise. Thanks for linking.
The SUPERHUMAN algorithms at Google|YouTube|ABCco must have really been paying attention to my searches [to make sure I got it right] around The Rentals, Weezer and Ric Ocasek. Last night, after watching a clip from Real Time, YouTube suggested this SNL sketch.
I laughed my butt off imagining my Corner Cohorts as the uninterested dinner guests...
Cheers, -T
I liked this puzzle, which indeed was a "puzzlement."
ReplyDeleteGENDER --> SEXISM
FEES --> DUES
RUDER --> WORSE
THEREFORE --> AS A RESULT
ALBANIA --> ARMENIA
EXT --> TEL
LIS --> LYS
MOGUL --> BARON
Wrinkled my nose at PANDA BEAR.
Liked the clue for ACHES. "Smarts" led me off onto the ACUMEN, ABILTY, CUNNING path.
Liked the clue for MASON. I was thinking of some kind of machine.
Did not know Mr. REN and had forgotten SHE-RA.
Good wishes to you all.
AB OVO is one of my fave Latinisms.
ReplyDeleteEverything and everybody was an egg sometime.
I enjoyed this PZL from Mr. Stowe. My patience lasted through 75% of it.
I switched from personal exertion to cheating at 54A, with THERE'S THAT.
XWD persistence will only last for me so far. Life keeps an inexorable clock.
Congrats to Wilbur Charles, unclefred, MalMan, and all others who saw it through.
~ OMK
Late but here now. I did not know (or need to know) the new clue for REN and this is likely one I will forget. Our gas prices remain in the high $2.90s range for regular unleaded and I agree the little girl drummer is awesome and obsessed. I have worked with many successful profesional drummers who have raised incredible drumming kids. But beyond my world you have in the big star world Ringo Starr & Zak Starkey; John Bonham & Jason Bonham; Roger Taylor & Rufus Taylor; Phil Collins & Nicholas Collins just to name a few. I did not know NANDI's story but it is all very sweet and wonderful. My youngest has some of the same skills but nor her deciation.
ReplyDeleteHG, I watched part of the Illinois/Nebraska game and but for two horrible plays Nebraska looked very competitive. I also now understand why the pundits called UConn one of the 4 worst 1-A teams. But I do not get what you mean when you say, "even I get the extended right index finger."
Thank you Craig and Gary
Craig beat me up and took my lunch money today. A SUPERHUMAN effort wouldn't have helped. After picking up everything in the yards and putting all the hurricane shutters on every window and door I decided to tackle a puzzle to take a break. Hunkering down for IDA. We have a whole house Generac 22kW generator.
ReplyDeleteThe top 2/3 and the SE filled fairly easily but I was dead in the water in the SW. USE UP was filled and that was it. SHE-RA, CHUB, ST. BEDE, EPOCHAL, THA & PEART were unknowns. I know geologic Epochs but epochal is a new word. I'd heard of CHUB SALMON but the only types of Mackerel I know are KING & HOLY Mackerels. HEREDITARY feuds, THERE'S THAT (must be common somewhere else because I've never heard it said), and AS A RESULT never had a chance with no perps to help. ATTU & ACE IT were lonely fills in the SW.
Hurricane Ida is moving NW with a compact eyewall. Wherever it hits it will do a lot of damage but usually anything on the west side gets less wind and damage. If the eyewall crosses west of you by just a few miles you get the most rain, heavy wind, and destruction. Storm surge affects differently according to how fast the storm is moving and the geography of the area.
KIP & REN were total unknowns solved by perps.
After a REALLY late breakfast, sat down with this toughie. Like many others here caved on the S.W.I really question the SMARTS/ACHES match. The former almost always refers to a quick sting whereas ACHES refers to a full, long-lasting pain. Yep, I AM being picky!
ReplyDeleteBigE - that you couldn't focus on the puzzle is understanding [that you never read my RUSH links...?].
ReplyDeleteI just looked at Ida's path. It's CAT2 now and, if the recent past is any indication of storms, it will intensify.
I'll be keeping you and all our S.Louisiana Conerites (where's Swamp been?) in my thoughts as Ida approaches. Stay safe.
Cheers, -T
Another day, another FIW. Heavy sigh. SW bit me with too many unknown names, so I couldn’t get a toehold. NE snafu was my fault because I insisted on KEATON/ASHTON and kept trying to remember what house Mary lived in, not what house she belonged to- Flat forehead moment!
ReplyDeleteFLN (thursday) AnonT, thanks for the shoutout. . I sometimes am intimidated by the “inner circle” and have been just reading the comments lately from the sidelines.
Onward to Sunday, using a Pilot G-2 07 in the LA Times.
-T, I didn't expand Gary's written xword. When they are printed off it's clearer. The newspaper itself has smaller squares and even smaller print. And…
ReplyDeleteThat snl sketch could have been Redsox fans arguing about whether Johnny Pesky "held" the ball in '46
No this xword wasn't "easy" just easier than most Saturdays and for me much easier than Friday*. Sometimes it's just being on the same wavelength.
WC
** The key Friday was in sussing the strange clueing. Veteran xwers may have seen that ilk before. Another big break is that I have the xword days ahead from the TBTimes Sunday insert
Ps, Wendy we are all of us, insiders. Glad you came and gave it a good run. Keep posting
Anon-T, I just looked at Gary's handwriting. Right up there with yours. Totally unlike my henscratching. I sometimes use small letters eg a/A,e/E. But where others w/o I O/W ie. Write Over. Imaginative changing of letters to make a new letter. Plus…
ReplyDeleteInk with no eraser or wite-out offers a unique challenge. To ink or not to ink, that is often the question
WC
WC - LOL. I'd love to see a pic of your puzzle :-)
ReplyDeleteWendybird - there are no 'insiders' beyond the folk doing the daily expo. And those 'folks' have expanded/contracted from the days C.C. first started The Corner.
Think about it like this...
Folks pop'd into the joint and started hangin' around.
Folks got to e-know other folks through a story or personal expertise in something [there's, like, real Thespians, Actresses, Lawyers, Knitters (and teachers), NASA dudes!, Engineers and other fun peeps that hang out here]
Some folks (e.g. Waseeley, C. Moe, & MManatee) [newcomers! :-)] ) were asked by C.C. to pickup the expo-baton after expo-ers passed [RIP Argyle], had to switch gears [love you Splynter!] or just didn't have time for the weekly grind [I still miss your wit, Steve].
//Note: I've never met any of these folks in real-life. I've only met LEOIII 'cuz we live in the same city and he has a cool gig that I visited one afternoon.
I found The Corner after LA Crossword Confidential went dark (in 2011 | 13?).
The folks at The Corner were nice enough to let me play in their sandbox and I've grown to really like The Regulars (you being one).
Play with us and, more fun, enrich us with a story or two now and again. Then, you too, are an 'insider.' :-)
Cheers, -T
Lemonade, from the linked article: "It has been recognized that Rodin incorporated the actual gestures of the figures in two of Michelangelo's works: the right arm alludes to The Creation of Adam, the Sistine Chapel fresco in the Vatican; the left is borrowed from the dead Christ of the Pietà in the Cathedral of Florence."
ReplyDeleteERATO is the Muse of Erotic poetry?! No wonder she has me doing limericks!
Bren attends the St. Bede Episcopal Church here in Santa Fe.
Attu has more significance than just being the Eastern-most outcrop of the US. A major battle of WWII was fought there.
Musings
ReplyDelete-Malodorous – Glad to see you and I are using the same writing instrument. They are dirt cheap, write well and have a great eraser, which I’m sure I need more than you.
-Lemon1 - My link explained the Rodin/Michelangelo link and Owen did also.
-Lemon2- Husker coach Scott Frost has been plagued by turnovers, penalties and bad special teams play for all of three previous seasons and promised to fix all that this year. The Huskers outplayed Illinois but got beat because of the same three errors.
But what does the pointed right index finger mean in "The Creation of Adam, the Sistine Chapel fresco in the Vatican?" What did Michaelangelo mean?
ReplyDelete-Here ya go, Lemon. The short answer is that God is passing the spark of life to Adam.
ReplyDeleteSuper Saturday. Thanks for the fun, Craig (hello fellow-Canadian) and HuskerG.
ReplyDeleteI persevered for a FIR. The SE was the last to fall, but opened up when I got KARATE KID. (I did not know the British KIP🤔😮😮).
Wow, Craig; as a Canadian, you were brave to put that clueing for REN (I doubt Rich made that one😮😮).
Our American Cornerites are probably not aware of the political connections of that name. REN is the father of Meng Wenzhou, whose extradition from Canada to the USA has been made a bargaining chip in the release of the “two Michaels”, Canadian citizens jailed in China. I will let you read more for yourself.
NotACoincidence
And of course, I knew PEART. AnonT, the tribute concert for Neil has been postponed again to April 2022. But the new pavilion at Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie has been named in his honour last year.
Postponed
Lakeside Pavilion
Yes, Wendybird, please chime in often.
BigE and others in the path of Ida, take care. Thoughts and prayers for your safety.
Wishing you all a good evening.
OKL - Thanks for the Attu link... How do they not teach this in HS?
ReplyDelete//North Pole is the new geodesic shipping-route to fight over :-(
C, Eh! - That's why I knew REN. Too, Huawei's telephony equipment has been banned from 4 of Five Eyes. link. The Great Maple Leaf is the only hold-out (and reasonably so, all things considered). Thanks for the Lakeside Park link! [postponed was paywalled :-( ]
HC & Lem - I'm not an Art Historian nor any authority on anything but...
I see Michelangelo's Adam, in his blasé state, reaching out but kinda knowing, Really Knowing, that he'd be getting Knowing he doesn't want to get.
The finger is crook'd 'cuz maybe, just maybe, he (Adam) wanted to continue wallowing in his own ignorance/bliss.
Later, She "made" him eat the Apple to cement it.
In college, I had a buddy from Kuwait. We both EE majors.
On night, after a 'WTF is prof talking about?' study session we got to talking over a pack of Camels.
"So, I know all religions have an origin story." [puff-puff, inhale] "What's Islam's?"
"Well, you see. [puff-puff, inhale]
There was this man called Adam and he had a wife, Eve..."
I'd seen the film before and scales fell from my eyes.
God's gift of Life is Knowing*.
Cheers, -T
*there's no way that's an original thought :-)
Dear C-Eh! @ 10:28:
ReplyDeleteI knew about those two Michaels, poor Canadians, ensorcelled by the PRC's machination. As so often these days, there is absolutely nothing I can do for them (besides pray for them, of course). I suspect that this inability, this frustration it gives birth to, is what drives much of the wackiness in America today. People can't affect most decisions, are getting tired of this situation, and go looney.