Theme: STRING THEORY. Things described are discrete collections of small, roughly similar items that are arranged on and suspended by a string, cord or wire.
17. A *Popular display after Thanksgiving: CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.
27 A. *Jewelry-themed treat: CANDY NECKLACE. I guess whether I would want to eat it or not would depend on who had worn it.
45 A. *Stereotypical fortuneteller's entrance item: BEADED CURTAIN.
59 A. Chamber groups ... and the answers to starred clues?: STRING ENSEMBLES. In the theme we get those collections I described above. At Berklee, we get this.
Hi Gang. JazzBumpa here to string you along. Let's get at it.
Across:
6. Virtual video game characters: SIMS. Because they are SIMulated.
10. Earn: MAKE. Receive as take-home pay.
14. Northeast speedster: ACELA. Amtrak Service
15. Cookie with a Red Velvet limited edition: OREO. The prototypical crossword cookie. Sadly, never any love for Hydrox - which was the original.
16. Gobi location: ASIA. The desert and it's continent.
20. Word that can be possessive or objective: HER. Give HER HER things.
21. __ moment: AHA. When that sudden realization happens
22. Easiest to kick back in: HOMIEST. Most comfortable and inviting. But does it really fit?
23. Sci-fi zappers: RAY GUNS. Hand held weapons that typically emit beams of energy.
26. "You've got mail" ISP: AOL. America On Line. Does anyone still subscribe?
32. 5-Down attribute: AROMA. Appetizing.
34. Have: EAT. Consume something edible.
35. Common quote "source": Abbr.: ANON. Anonymous - therefore highly reliable.
36. Dirt road feature: RUT. Wheel tracks.
37. Sty guys: BOARS. Male hogs.
39. Ecstatic shout: YAY. Hooray and yippee don't fit.
40. Negative start: ANTI-. For whatever you are against.
42. Torah holder: ARK.
43. Cabbage or cheddar: MOOLA. Slang terms for money - though cheddar is new to me.
49. Walgreens rival: CVS. Retail pharmacies
50. Highly intelligent dogs: POODLES. Arf!
52. Vacuum challenge: PET HAIR.
56. Strummed strings: UKE.
57. Petting zoo bird: EMU. Really? Anyway, the male does the incubation; during this process he hardly eats or drinks and loses a significant amount of weight. The eggs hatch after around eight weeks, and the young are nurtured by their fathers.
62. "That's enough!": STOP!
63. Cub pickup spot: NAPE. The scruff of the neck.
64. Market path: AISLE.
65. They may be fake: TANS. Potentially sprayed on.
66. Agile: SPRY. active and lively.
67. Caroler's selections: NOELS.
Down:
62. "That's enough!": STOP!
63. Cub pickup spot: NAPE. The scruff of the neck.
64. Market path: AISLE.
65. They may be fake: TANS. Potentially sprayed on.
66. Agile: SPRY. active and lively.
67. Caroler's selections: NOELS.
Down:
1. Eponymous physicist Ernst __: MACH. The ratio of an object's velocity to the speed of sound is its Mach number, named in his honor.
2. Autumn tone: OCHER. A natural ferrous clay pigment. varying in tone from yellow to orange to deep brown..
3. Color that literally means "baked earth": TERRA COTTA. A brownish-orange hue named for the natural color of the clay.
4. He's "coming," in a Laura Nyro song: ELI.
5. Layered entrÈe: LASAGNA. Meat, noodles, cheese and tomato [usually] based sauce
6. Quite a lot of: SO MANY.
7. Golden yrs. fund: IRA. Individual Retirement Account.
8. Netting: MESH. A material of open texture with evenly spaced holes.
9. One-person shows: SOLO ACTS.
10. Gorilla of '60s cartoons: MAGILLA.
10. Gorilla of '60s cartoons: MAGILLA.
11. Queens stadium namesake: ASHE. Named for the famous tennis star.
12. Hobbyists' purchases: KITS. a set of articles or equipment needed for a specific purpose.
13. Right on the map: EAST.
18. Floor-hitting sound: THUD.
19. Reassurance heard after a crash from another room: I'M OK. Are you OK?
24. November tuber: YAM. Typically part of Thanksgiving dinner.
25. Prepare to surprise, with "on": SNEAK UP.
28. Shape of orecchiette pasta: EAR.
12. Hobbyists' purchases: KITS. a set of articles or equipment needed for a specific purpose.
13. Right on the map: EAST.
18. Floor-hitting sound: THUD.
19. Reassurance heard after a crash from another room: I'M OK. Are you OK?
24. November tuber: YAM. Typically part of Thanksgiving dinner.
25. Prepare to surprise, with "on": SNEAK UP.
28. Shape of orecchiette pasta: EAR.
29. "Last chance to speak up!": ANYONE ELSE.
30. Out-of-favor power source: COAL. Dirty energy.
31. "Orinoco Flow" singer: ENYA. Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin [b. 1961]
32. Speedy steed: ARAB. With a distinctive head shape and high tail carriage, the Arabian is one of the most easily recognizable horse breeds in the world. It is also one of the oldest breeds, with archaeological evidence of horses in the Middle East that resemble modern Arabians dating back 4,500 years. [Wikipedia]
33. Mystical video game symbol: RUNE. In the real world, runes were an alphabet used by Germanic-speaking peoples until they were replaces by the Latin alphabet. They were sometimes associated with mystical or magical significance
37. Dark clouds, say: BAD SIGNS. BAD OMENS also fits. Either way, events or observations believed to tell the future.
38. Tolkien villain: ORC. A fictional humanoid monster similar to a goblin. The goblins of THE HOBBIT are ORCS in THE LORD OF THE RINGS.
41. Implanted tracking devices, briefly: ID CHIPS. As described - a subcutaneous object that may include an identifying integrated circuit RFID device encased in silicate glass which is used to implant in the body of a human being. This type of subdermal implant usually contains a unique ID number that can be linked to information contained in an external database, such as personal identification, law enforcement, medical history, medications, allergies, and contact information.
43. Guy who's set for life: MADE MAN. One whose success in life is assured.
44. Olive extract: OIL.
46. "Dear __ Hansen": Tony Award-winning musical: EVAN. Dear Evan Hansen is a coming-of-age stage musical with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and book by Steven Levenson
47. Wrestler Ronda: ROUSEY. Ronda Jean Rousey [born February 1, 1987] is an American professional wrestler, actress, retired mixed martial artist, and judoka. She is best known for her time in UFC and her stint as a WWE wrestler. Her longstanding nickname, "Rowdy", was inherited from late professional wrestler Roddy Piper. Rousey has not wrestled since she took time off from WWE after WrestleMania in April 2019. [Wikipedia]
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48. Joint puff: TOKE. Mary Jane
51. One of the senses: SMELL. Can let you know if Mary Jane is in the room.
52. Whispered call: PSST. Attempted attention getter.
53. James with soul: ETTA.
54. 2010 sci-fi sequel subtitled "Legacy": TRON. In the original, Kevin Flynn, a computer programmer and video game developer who is transported inside the software world of a mainframe computer where he interacts with programs in his attempt to escape.
55. Collect, as rewards: REAP. By analogy to harvesting.
58. Trades on: USES.
60. D.C.-based airwaves org.: NPR. National Public Radio
61. Twitter profile info: BIO. Short for biography.
That wraps up another Wednesday. Hope you didn't end up beady-eyed.
Cool Regards,
JzB
FIRight, tho I had BURNT UMBER < TERRA COTTA. I thought it fit well next to OCHER, and think of terra cotta as a material or a texture more than a color. Don't think I've heard cheddar for MOOLA before. Are EMUs at petting zoos? I thought they were vicious. UKE should be part of the theme, so the clue for it shouldn't have used the word strings. "Hawi'ian themer" would have been great!
ReplyDeleteI did get the theme before the reveal -- "things on strings". Figured the reveal would have STRING as either the start or end, so only needed a single perp, PSST, to correctly guess the entire reveal.
Recently looking over old posts, and notice I did an homage to ENYA's Orinoco Flow back on 1/2/2019
The Gypsy lady told a future certain,
Step to her table thru the BEADED CURTAIN.
Would the RUNES on the cards
Show of MOOLA and rewards,
Or BAD SIGNS of a life lost to bourbon?
(Hint: the more you pay, the better fortune!)
A POODLE may be the dog for you.
It sheds less PET HAIR, tho a few.
But if you're allergic
There's only one sure pick,
For a pet you must adopt an EMU!
{B+, B+.}
16a its, not it's!
ReplyDelete43. Guy who's set for life: MADE MAN.
ReplyDeleteA mafioso who has "made his bones" by performing a contract hit. If he's caught, he'll be set for life -- in prison!
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteThere were a few Wite-Out moments here and there. CVS convinced me that OMENS were SIGNS, and my vacuum was clogged with CAT rather than PET hair -- voice of experience. Didn't notice all the strings while solving, but found them after the fact. Nicely done Enrique, Steve, and JzB.
KITS: I really enjoyed the electronic HeathKits of my ute.
NPR: Morning Edition is streaming on my music server as I write this.
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS: Some folks around here keep 'em up year-round. (Have I ever mentioned that we live in redneck country?)
A long struggle for me to FIR in 30. I did get the theme (for a change). I, too, thought TERRACOTTA was a material, not a color, so I guess I learned something today. DNK MAGILLA, all perps after KINGKONG and GODZILLA didn’t fit. I too, like Owen, did not know EMUs were in petting zoos. Thanx for the CW, EHA & SM. And thanx for the terrific write-up, JzB.
ReplyDeleteFIW, missing fake TAtS x TROt Legacy. Erased ort for ORC, reflecting my indifference to the trilogy. Maybe "cheddar" was added for misdirection? The fill would have been obvious with just "cabbage".
ReplyDeleteRemember Sim City? It was popular about the same time as Leisure Suit Larry, maybe the late 70's.
THUD is also the nickname for the USAF F-105.
Like OKL, I think of "made man" in organized crime context. But Wiki says "To become "made", an associate first must be Italian or of Italian descent and sponsored by another made man. An inductee will be required to take the oath of omertà, the Mafia code of silence and code of honor."
Thanks to "Rick" and Steve for the fun challenge. My favorite was the fresh clue for ELI. Three Dog Night and The Fifth Dimension did great renditions. And thanks to JzB for 'splainin' it for us.
Quick solve for a Wednesday, no Naticks today. I didn't catch the STRING theme.
ReplyDeleteTwo clever l'icks from Owen
I'd forgotten LC's use of portmanteau. Wasn't that a humpty dumpty invention?
W/O was any/AHA
WC
Took me just under 8 minutes to string this one together.
ReplyDeleteHomiest and emu seemed awkward.
Musings
ReplyDelete-My dental visit yesterday involved this RAY GUN
-An EMU in a petting zoo?
-Several state parks in Nebraska claim to have RUTS left by covered wagons over 150 years ago
-Craft orbiting Earth travel at about Mach 23. For bullets, it’s mostly between .9 and 4 .
-AROMAS/SMELLS of my yute: Glue and Paint for model car kits!
-As soon as I saw Orinoco Flow, I started it playing in the background!
-The horrible weather that ripped through Omaha earlier this week had dark clouds called shelf clouds
-A “MADE MAN” in the mafia must be Italian, be sponsored by another MADE MAN and take an oath of omerta
YAY! Another FIR this morning. So far so good this week. As others said, I didn't know cheddar was a slang word for money but took time to LIU just now. Makes sense. It's been a while since the whole themer was the answer. My WO was sights/LIGHTS. Perp fixed that quickly and the reveal confirmed it. Nice puzzle, Enrique and Steve. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stepping up, JazzB. I always enjoy your reviews. I'm feeling SPRY today and I hope you all are too. Time for a walk before it gets hot.
The pasta "ear" reminds me of the historic EAR TRUMPET ...
ReplyDeleteFLN, VIDWAN you are too kind.
We have today the first major venue collaboration for STEVE MOSSBERG who had his LAT debut on Wednesday Aug 28, 2019 and ENRIQUE HENESTROZA ANGUIANO who first appeareD with us on March 17 this year. If you follow the links you will learn they each have their own blogs providing lots of puzzle content.
I enjoyed the touring company of Dear Evan Hansen when it played in Broward.
Thank you Ron, Enrique and Steve.
I enjoyed the touring company production of
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteNice fresh puzzle from Messrs. A & M. No strikethroughs today, either. FIR. Got ROUSEY with 8 perps. OK theme. Reliance on the 4 long acrosses must have been a bit daunting. Liked the way ANY ONE ELSE, and TERRA COTTA were enMESHed and STRUNG in there, as well.
RUT - Lived the first 2 decades of my life on a 'dirt' road. Actually, 'washboard' roughness was more of an issue than RUTS ever were. They kept the gravel surface in good shape and graded it even several times a year. At least one could drive a tractor with steel lugs on it.
Off to play some bridge.
I liked the puzzle theme but didn't "get it," even with the reveal.
ReplyDeleteAren't ID CHIPS more common in dogs than humans?
EVAN and ROUSEY were unknown. Thanks, perps.
Quoting ANON or, even more often, "They say" is a way of inserting unproven ideas without taking responsibility for them. Brings to mind a prominent politician or two.
Jinx, I, too, missed with TATS and TROT. When I suspected it could be wrong, an alphabet run would have corrected it. N makes more sense.
I have been wondering why my screen jumps around lately and loses my posts. Today I realized the Geek Squad must have turned my mouse pad back on. I am not used to trying not to touch it.
HOMEY "(of a place or surroundings) pleasantly comfortable,
and cozy." Like the clue says, Easiest to kick back in/ homiest.
Instead of homey, the British say HOMELY, which in the US means unattractive in appearance.
STRING ENSEMBLES- never noticed them but the fills were pertty straight forward for a WED. DNK RUNE, EVAN, TRON, or BIO but they were easy guesses after a perp or two.
ReplyDeleteMOOLA- with most perps in place and 'Cabbage' as one of the clues it made sense but 'Cheddar'? Not familiar with that one.
RAY GUNS- they never run out of ammo.
ELI's Coming- by Three Dog Night; don't know who Laura Nyro
MAGILLA Gorilla- the speech teacher in my junior high school had that nickname from students- not to his face. His last name was BACILLA.
ACELA- anybody read how much money Congress is wasting on that train?
Wednesday workout. Thanks for the fun, Enrique and Steve, and JazzB.
ReplyDeleteI FIRed and saw the STRING theme, but had several inkblots. (Good catch re UKE and Strings dupe, OwenKL).
Hand up for BAD omens (and this Canadian had to dredge up CVS - our equivalent would be Shoppers, and we don’t have Walgreens either).
I thought Game might be part of the Vacuum challenge. Perps forced a change to PET HAIR. Am I correct that POODLES don’t create that problem?
ROUSEY was all perps.
Mini food theme today; we can MAKE and EAT LASAGNA or those Orecchiette EAR-shaped pasta. Both create a wonderful AROMA (SMELL), like AnonT’s Pop’s tomato sauce!
We had CHRISTMAS LIGHTS and NOELS.
Hand up for never hearing Cheddar meaning MOOLA.
65A “ they may be fake” could have been filled in many ways😮🤔😁
Orinoco was referring to crocodiles the other day.
We saw a great performance of Dear EVAN Hansen at Stratford Festival a couple of years ago. Hope to get back there in Sept.for an outdoor performance of Serving Elizabeth.
FLN, Ray-o- never heard of Debra for zebra
Wishing you all a great day.
Nice puzzle with an interesting grid and nice, concise, recap JzB. Thanks for the history of Olive Oyl. She currently appears on MeTV on Saturday mornings.
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ReplyDeleteGot it done without too much trouble, but didn't get the theme until I was done.
Interesting puzzle from Enrique and Steve. JzB's grid tour was well done.
There were a number of perp-fills today where I never actually got to see the clue for EAR, ENYA, EVAN and NPR. Perps figured in for a number of other clues.
In my ute I made a lot of airplane models from KITS.
JzB: Yes, I still have AOL as my eMail provider but my ISP is Verizon DSL. AOL's been free for many years now and trying to change to another email system would require too much hassle informing everyone about a different email address.
Have a great day everyone.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeletePretty easy solve but several misleading clues spiced it up a notch. I didn’t have a clue about the theme until the reveal. Enjoyed the mini critter theme: Arab, Poodles, Emu, Pet, Gorilla, Boars and Ark. I can’t see Emu without seeing Limu and Doug and I’m not sure who is the most annoying. But they both may be replaced on the worst-commercials-ever list by the newest abomination in the form of an Afghan Hound with his lookalike owner, followed by the Wet Teddy Bear buffoon.
Thanks, Enrique and Steve, for a midweek treat and thanks, JzB, for the grand tour.
90+ today with stifling humidity. The dog days of Summer, indeed.
Have a great day.
ReplyDeleteThank you Enrique and Steve for a very nice Wed level puzzle, which I enjoyed solving, and Jazzbumpa for a charming and sonorous review.
I really had no serious problems, except for a few bumps at MAGILLA, MOOLA, ROUSEY and EVAN and HOMIEST.
When I got the reveal on the theme, I first thought of STRING THEORY - which is the ( fairly ) latest theory on particle physics involving quantum gravity... which gives theoretical physicists, one more new fangled concept to worry about.
But, that would have been a seriously Saturday, clue.
I think beaded curtains, are associated with Fortune tellers because, FTs were originally associated with gypsies and the Roma peoples, so the beaded curtains gave a certain Mid eastern / oriental / SE asian feel of the exotic. I have read that Fortune telling was always more about reading and manipulating human psychology, first and foremost.
BTW, the small city, in Ohio, that I live in, still has a 100 plus yr old law on its books about the prohibition and the criminality laws against the illegal art of fortune telling. The founders of the township ( what it was, then ... ) must have been a very superstitious and/ or a gullible bunch of pioneers .....
I wonder if JazB could have got into trouble with his predictions of the future on stocks and the economy, on his private blogs ??? ;-) ;-) Lol
In other claims to fame, the township claims that James Garfield ( ex-POTUS 1831-1881, Pres. 3/1881 - 9/1881 ) was born here, though the century house is no more.... only a remodelled replica remains.
Considering the manner of the assasination of Garfield, one wonders if he could have been helped by one or a couple of fortune tellers ?? .... maybe not. Anyway, the law is very much on the books, and has never been challenged.
Have a nice day, all.
IM, I agree the LIMU EMU and Wet Teddy Bear are about the most obnoxious ads, and both are from the same company. They turn me off so much I would never consider Liberty Mutual.
ReplyDeleteToday I again disabled my touchpad. Some people here were writing about covering their touchpad with cardboard. Here's what I did. It might help.
I clicked on the icon at the extreme bottom left. In the list above the on/off power button I choose settings. From that list I choose, touchpad. Next I clicked the on/off toggle.
We are beginning a days long heat way today. Stay cool.
Challenging Wednesday puzzle, many thanks, Enrique and Steve. And helpful commentary, JazzB, thanks for that too.
ReplyDeleteGot OREO but never heard of RED VELVET. Had to look it up, but there they were, all those various containers with oreos in them. Also never heard of CANDY NECKLACE--very pretty but have never actually seen one.
Have a good day, everybody.
I read today that calling money CHEDDAR comes from the welfare boxes of staple food that always contained cheese. I thought the boxes contained processed cheese, nothing as fancy as cheddar.
ReplyDeleteAnyhow, Poeple said, "We are almost out of everything. Glad the cheddar is coming today."
OC - Verizon only lost half their investment when they sold AOL (and Yahoo.)
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteNo issues filling in this Wednesday grid.
Write-overs…HOTEL/MOTEL…I hate to start with a write-over.
The Wet Teddy Bear ad is just stupid. They used to call this “high concept” I think. I don’t believe it’s funny even after a toke.
I don’t know if Emus are vicious but for sure you want to avoid the Cassowary…the deadliest bird I do believe.
See you tomorrow.
Hi All!
ReplyDeleteDidn't see the theme until STRING filled. Nice Enrique & Steve. Thanks yous two for the puzzle.
Nice to see you back in the expo chair, JzB. Thanks for the post game analysis.
WO: BAD omeNS (hi D-O!)
ESPs: ELI, EVAN, ROUSEY
Fav: Surprised TOKE got through as clued. Usually it's clued as a tip to the dealer.
{B+, B+}
I knew cheddar as cash but I don't know from where.
HG - what is that spacey-looking gun at the dentist's office?
C, Eh! - Um, yeah... with T__S inked, I was also thinking along those lines @65a. See: Seinfeld [0:27]
I think what Ray-O was asking is: when you say 'zebra' does it rhyme with Debra or is it more like 'zEE-brah'
Play later! Cheers, -T
Yes, they have EMUs and Ostriches at the Sydney Zoo (at least when I traveled there back in the 1980s). I learned that they have 3 toes per foot while ostriches have 2. You hold out your hand palm up with hard corn kernals, and PECK! they snatch it. Most disconcerting to have that giant beak peck your palm from about a foot above it!
ReplyDeleteAlso, you can feed the Roos. They have HUGE nails for digging, and hold your hand in their paws as they eat. The big kangaroos sharp nails are as long as your fingers! Please give me my hand back when you're done, mr. roo!
Anyone remember the TV show Skippy the Bush Kangaroo about a boy and his pet roo? Aussie version of Lassie I guess.
Hola! Amigos y amigas, I have missed you!
ReplyDeleteI'm back after a two week vacation in the beautiful and cool northern California climate where I stayed with my friend of 70 years! We met when we were 14 and have remained fast friends ever since. Her birthday precedes mine so we celebrated and I shall return for another celebration later in the month. It was glorious!
Though I was home yesterday my newspaper failed to appear and I tried finding it online but had no luck. Anyway I was tired and had much to do but am happy to be here now. I hope there is not too much news to catch up on. Tony and I tried to meet in San Francisco but it just didn't work out.
The puzzle today was lovely and easy. Thank you, Enrique and Steve! It's rare to have a Latino constructor. How nice!
It's so early to start thinking about CHRISTMAS LIGHTS but actually some people with elaborate displays start now to construct them and have them ready by immediately after Thanksgiving.
Thank you, JazzBumpa, for your always detailed analysis. What a great commentary to come home to.
I have a friend who has three e-mail services and AOL is one of them.
Two items in the puzzle were a surprise for me, Red Velvet OREOS and CANDY NECKLACE. I have not seen either of them.
I have been on the Acela once; it was a fun ride with my sisters and we talked to some lovely people who were also passengers. Train rides can be fun!
Market path is a nice, fresh clue for AISLES. AROMA and SMELL in the same puzzle along with BOARS make for an interesting combination!
It's really nice to be home but I can't say the heat is appealing after the cool California climate I enjoyed. We attempted to go north and visit the Redwoods but a landslide had obstructed the road so we were forced to turn around. Still, it was a lovely drive.
I hope you all have been well with no serious issues.
Have a fantastic rest of the day! It's great to read you all.
Ah, a lovely humpday PZL from the Anguiano/Mossberg Team!
ReplyDeleteIt's the kind of XWD where you get to build long fills based on the slower piecing together of perps. It is fun to see a familiar expression emerge in this manner.
And a fine job from our Jzb!
~ OMK
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DR: Three diagonals on the far end.
The central diagonal offers an anagram (14 of 15 letters) referring to the unpleasant effect of swearing that causes the speaker to engage in the automatic expulsion of waste matter in a hasty fashion.
I mean, of course, an...
"OATH DIARRHETIC"!
Thank you Enrique and thank you Steve, for a slightly crunchy Wednesday FIR. And thank you JzB for an excellent review with lots of good tunes. I really liked what the Berklee ENSEMBLE did with STRINGS and thanks for giving us more ETTA than just crosswordise.
ReplyDeleteFor once I got the theme without too much effort, albeit being a STRING THEORY skeptic. It's one of several modern physics theories, including the MULTIVERSE, DARK MATTER, and DARK ENERGY for which there is as yet no actual evidence. In the case of STRING THEORY this is particularly problematic, as the predicted size of STRINGS are many orders of magnitude smaller than subatomic particles. Most of what we know about subatomic physics is gained by colliding particles in particle accelerators and examining what they do to another. Doing this with STRINGS sounds like trying to hit a grain of sand with a house sized boulder. Easy to do, but not likely to give you any information about the grain of sand.
19D "I'm OK". I majored in Psych in college and my favorite therapeutic modality was "Transactional Analysis", as presented in Thomas Harris's best selling "I'm OK, You're OK". He presented a simplified, practical approach to analyzing dysfunctional and healthy interactions between people and suggesting concrete ways to improve them. Harris's work was based on the Eric Berne's ground breaking book "Games People Play", a detailed, clinical analysis of dysfunctional and functional transactions between people.
21D DNK orecchiette pasta. We always called them SHELLS, as in CLAMS, as in MOOLAH.
31D Although I've listened to a lot of her musicI never knew ENYA's Gaelic name. JzB, thanks for showing us why she goes by ENYA!
Cheers,
Bill
AnonT- LOL, i did not understand the Debra question. Of course, it is zeebrah🤔😁. Do people really pronounce it like Debra, or am I missing a joke? I thought perhaps it was a play on the D in ZED.
ReplyDelete😂👍 that Seinfeld classic
Welcome back Lucina. Glad you had such a good vacation.
OMK- you do find some “interesting” DRs😮
I liked this stringy puzzle. After I had finished it I didn't get the tada and the clock kept running so I figured I must have made a typo. I searched and searched but couldn't find it, so resorted to clicking on Check Grid, which showed the O in MOTEL was wrong. Long story short, apparently I had inadvertently typed a zero in that cell rather than the letter O. Sheesh.
ReplyDeleteNice puzzle, though.
Lucina, welcome back. I'm sorry you were unable to go up to the redwood country. They are so calmingly majestic!
Well, this evening is our monthly family TEAMS (used to be Zoom) meeting. There was some strife in the last one regarding vaccinations. I hope we can avoid that topic today.
The first time I heard Orinoco Flow I immediately bought the CD. It turns out there are some other pretty good compositions on there too. No regrets at all.
Good wishes to you all.
Hi everyone. I really liked this puzzle today, such miscellaneous clues and answers. Just great. However never saw an emu at a petting zoo and didn’t get cheddar. Great job everyone, thanks. Stay well everyone. Virus is still out there. Dear friend who is vaccinated was just diagnosed. Her husband is now self quarantined. Oh boy. Be careful. Have a great night.
ReplyDeleteCanadianEh! ~
ReplyDeleteI don't think you have rec'd an answer to your Zebra question (I couldn't find one posted by anyone else.)
But, Yes...
While we in No. America say "ZEE-Bruh," the Brits pronounce it as "ZEH-Bruh"--to rhyme with "Debra."
I sometimes slip because I watch nature shows narrated by David Attenborough.
He also says "Oh-ran-'GOO-tan"
instead of "Oh-'RANG-a-Tan."
~ OMK
So nice to have you back Lucy and great to hear of your positive adventures
ReplyDeleteThat's one streatchy DR, OMK :-)
ReplyDeleteWaseeley - do you think they came up with STRING theory 'cuz we kept calling it the space/time fabric?
//I think of String Theory as just a mathematical model. Not a real 'tiny threads vibrating making particles' kinda thing.
Welcome home Lucina!
Your comment re: AISLE made me think of a NYT article I read today: Why Do American Grocery Stores Still Have an Ethnic Aisle? Even funnier was a link showing the 'American Aisle in other countries.
C,Eh! - in case OMK's print didn't help... Brit v. Amer. zebra.
Cheers, -T
From Wiktionary on the pronunciation of "zebra":
ReplyDeleteWhile the word was traditionally pronounced with a long initial vowel in standard English, during the twentieth century a vowel shift occurred in regions of England, with the adoption of an initial short vowel.[1] This pronunciation is now used throughout the UK and most Commonwealth nations. The long vowel pronunciation remains standard in Canadian and American English.
Pronunciation
(UK, Commonwealth) IPA(key): /ˈzɛbɹə/, /ˈziːbɹə/
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Hyphenation: zeb‧ra
(Canadian, US and traditional British English) IPA(key): /ˈziːbɹə/
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ReplyDeleteLucina !! You have been missed !
I kept meaning to ask anybody for youe whereabouts, and why no posts from you.
Clue in Rex Harrison singing, I've grown accustomed to her face ....
Oooops, thunderstorms powerwent out at 601 pm ...
Came back at 9;40 pm.
Lucina, you're like a handkerchief, in the front lapel coat pocket ... you dont need to use the hanky, but when it is missing, something is just not right.
You've been on the blog so long, its high time you did a blog review, preferably with one of the regulars....
Its always nice to hear of your family. When I saw the latino constructor on today's CW, I thought of you. Enjoy your rest.
The thing most of the American tourists I met in Japan were jonesing for was pizza. They planned to get some ASAP after they landed on American soil. I missed beef and bread. My first American food was a roast beef sub.
ReplyDeleteOMK, AnonT and Roy- thanks for the info on zebra pronunciation. I did not know there was a different British pronunciation. This is one case where Canadian and American pronunciation (and spelling😁) is the same.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the words of welcome, Jayce, Vidwan, Lemonade and Anon-T. With so many commenters posting, I did not think I would be missed but I am pleased to know that I was. I love this Community and I did miss you and being able to post. My hostess does not subscribe to newspaper and uses her telephone instead of a computer so my options were limited. I do not have internet on my phone but I am reconsidering that.
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The NYT wants me to subscribe to their newspaper before I can read the article!
I forgot to mention that my 11-year old granddaughter contracted Covid-19 two weeks ago, about the time I left and I am happy to report that she has recovered.
Although we did not go to the area where the Redwoods are located, we did drive to many other places. We had the privilege of a "driver" who chauffeured us everywhere. Actually he is a friend of ours, a member of the Christian Brothers in Napa and was visiting at the same time as I was. He graciously took the wheel for the entire two weeks.
A while ago while watching PBS, I saw a lighthouse being moved! It was absolutely incredible and a masterful feat of engineering!
Welcome back Lucina
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Been reading 'The Chamber" by Grisham. Apparently the Klan had a similar omerta policy
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Not too many issues today, and I FIR. I too had BADOMENS first.
ReplyDeleteI always seem to go off on tangents. Today’s was spending the afternoon reading the Wiki article on the ORINOCO River, which begat moving on to the Amazon, and since there were passages in both articles about which is longer, I had to move on to the Mississippi and the Missouri. Then, of course, I had to add the headwaters of the latter two to my Places to Shoot spreadsheet. And, of course, since the article on the Missouri mentioned Lewis and Clark and Sacajawea, I had to stop by there for a while too.
Those (and other interruptions) are why I’m just getting here!
Duh!
And now, Thursday’s puzzle is available. Might as well start on it now.
Welcome back, Lucina!
Thanks, Enrique and Steve and JazzB!
Later….