Theme: Vowel Movement B*TT.
17. One of two rectangles next to home plate: BATTERS BOX.
25. Cartoon flapper: BETTY BOOP.
37. Last step, however difficult: BITTER END.
52. "Cheers!": BOTTOMS UP.
63. Called from the rear?: BUTT-DIALED.
Boomer here.
Do not put too much BUTTER on your popcorn. Bowling season is in full swing and my games leave a little to hope for and I have returned to coaching High School bowling for my alma mater. The high schoolers are fun to work with and the head coach appreciates my help and so do the parents of the kids. Makes me feel good.
Across:
1. Fried __, popular Chinese food order: RICE. I am a bigger fan of Minnesota wild rice. I think C.C. is also.
5. Coffee that probably won't keep you up: DECAF. No thank you. I need caffeine to bowl.
10. Engrossed: RAPT.
14. Tehran's land: IRAN. Many times when I hit a baseball, I RAN to first.
15. Norwegian king, 995-1000: OLAF I. In Northfield, Minnesota stands St. Olaf College. Very elite.
16. Other, in Oaxaca: OTRO.
19. New Mexico art community: TAOS.
20. Move like Miley: TWERK.
21. Butcher's cut: LOIN. Sir or Tender??
23. CD predecessors: LPS. I still have some of my old albums.
Chad Mitchell, Simon and Garfunkel and the Beatles. But nothing to play
them on anymore.
24. Absorb the lesson: LEARN. I am giving the High School kids a lesson in bowling.
27. Sick: ILL.
28. Corn serving: EAR. I thought it came in a can.
30. Dogie catcher: LASSO.
31. Youngster: TYKE.
33. Boxing match venue: RING. Around the Rosie. Please do not put one in your nosey.
36. First stage, as of an illness: ONSET. There still seems to be a lot of this Delta variant going around. C.C. and I wear masks whenever we go out.
40. Tut-tutted: TSKED.
43. ER doc's "Now!": STAT. Also the press keeping track of home runs or yards gained.
44. Glasses, in adspeak: SPEX.
48. Arcade pioneer: ATARI. Yup, I had a few games years ago. They were kind of primitive to what is out there today.
49. "Casablanca" pianist: SAM. Play it again. See also 68. "Casablanca" heroine: ILSA. 1942 - before my time. Humphrey Bogart.
51. NYC's Madison or Fifth: AVE. Grant AVE, San Francisco, California USA.
56. Fall flower: ASTER. John Jacob.
58. Divided Asian country: Abbr.: KOR. They make cars in the South.
59. Not worth debating: MOOT.
60. Prefix with face or faith: INTER. Or state or fere or change, or a lot more.
61. Falco of "The Sopranos": EDIE.
66. Egg foo __: YUNG. I always thought it was Egg foo YOUNG.
67. River to the Rhone: ISERE.
69. Fix, vet-style: SPAY.
70. Calif. NFLer: LA RAM. Curly horns on their helmets.
71. "Phooey!": RATS.
Down:
2. With extreme anger: IRATELY. Sometimes the puzzle may do it to you.
3. Fashion runway: CATWALK.
4. "Come in!": ENTER.
5. Nerdy type: DORK. Now there's a word I have not heard six sixth grade.
6. Raised city trains: ELS. Senior PGA pro Ernie.
7. Computer cord: CABLE. We quit our CABLE TV long ago and went to the Satellite dish.
8. In progress, as Sherlock's "game": AFOOT. In an old game of poker now and then I would get a hand like A FOOT.
9. Handy "Mr.": FIX-IT.
10. "Hogwash!": ROT. Poor hogs. They cannot take a bath without a nasty remark.
11. With "for," unable to think of, as words: AT A LOSS. Within the Sounds of Silence. Paul Simon.
12. Say, "Will you marry me?": PROPOSE.
13. Drunkard: TOSS-POT. I believe this is when you are stopped for drunk driving so you toss your marijuana out the window.
18. Sea eagle: ERNE.
22. Hosiery material: NYLON. Made of synthetic plastic and ladies wear them as socks.
24. Illuminated: LIT.
25. Telly watchers: BRITS.
26. Styx and Stones: BANDS. The Rolling Stones are coming to
Minneapolis this fall. I am not a big fan anyway, but it seems like it
could be a Covid event waiting to happen.
29. Paintings on a wall, for instance: ART. Paul Simon's buddy. Not anymore.
32. Film critic Roger: EBERT. Not anymore. He left us in 2013 - cancer.
34. Ping-Pong table divider: NET. It's only about 4 inches high but caught a lot of balls.
35. Comprehend: GRASP.
38. "Eat crow" or "talk turkey": IDIOM.
39. Expected-in hr.: ETA.
40. Indent producers, on a PC: TAB KEYS.
41. Got to one's feet: STOOD UP. Difficult for me in low chairs at bowling centers.
42. Catastrophic New Orleans hurricane: KATRINA. Too many letters for IDA.
45. Kneecap: PATELLA.
46. World's highest mountain: EVEREST. I wonder if mountain climbers EVER REST while climbing it.
47. Child of a boomer: XER.
50. Pedi partner: MANI.
53. Shell competitor: MOBIL.
54. "Stars and Stripes Forever" composer: SOUSA. "Hurrah for our flag of the free, May it wave as our standard forever."
55. Give voice to: UTTER.
57. Word with case or way: STAIR. I just call them STAIRS.
60. Footnote word: IDEM.
62. IOC country code between ECU and ERI: EGY. Egypt.
64. __-la-la: TRA.
65. Prosecutors, for short: DAS. District Attorneys.
Boomer
58 comments:
When MILEY CYRUS is on stage working
Shades of BETTY BOOP are lurking!
A scandalous miss
With twistable hips,
Who could BUTT DIAL at will when TWERKING!
At TAOS there's an Art Colony.
If it follows colonial history;
Native ways they'll upend,
The culture's BITTER END,
And Art will take over the country!
{A-, A-.}
After reading Boomers expo:
The flower in the fall is the ASTER,
No relation to John Jacob Astor
Who named a New York hotel,
An Oregon town as well,
And died in the Titanic disaster!
If a dweeb is also a DORK,
He may be an adorkable sort.
When ladies LEARN
How much he may earn,
They will willingly with him consort!
{B+, B.}
Hi Y'all! Fun & fast puzzle, KK, thanks. Thanks, Boomer for your humor.
No real unknowns today. Yay!
Boomer, in answer to your question: apparently some EVEREST climbers do forEVER REST there on that mountain. Don't know what the body count is tho.
Good morning!
Up early again. No prob with the puz. Wite-Out got a rest today. Thought at first the theme was going to be B-B. Nope. Thanx, Kurt and Boomer.
I never time a solve but my pen kept moving on this one until I worked down to the composer. I knew SOUSA BUTT typically couldn't come up with the name.
So, I looked back at the themes and saw the progression then inked the U for the cute clue "Called from the rear". Did SOUSA compose Semper Fidelis?*
WC
** I led the March at Parris in 1970 with sword and all. Previously at the Change of the guard I'd almost dropped the sword as the ivory hilt froze in my hand as the 3nd Louie froze on the one line he had to say. The leader of the band was the bartender at the OClub and we shared a laugh.
Ps, That March got my feet moving. You too?
FIR, but erased "about" for AFOOT. DNK TOSSPOT or ISERE.
I gave up on MLB about 30 years ago, but I used to enjoy seeing the first batter obliterate the back line of the batter's box. Hitters want that extra millisecond to react to the pitch.
My boss at a two-way business radio shop was named Bill. We jokingly called him Willy. Willy FIXIT. (Guess that's a business that has largely gone the way of the buggy whip. Probably relegated to niche applications, mostly for fire and police departments.)
I'm a member of SAMs Club, mainly because Ocala doesn't have a Costco.
FLN - Spitz, thanks for the link to the light list. Brings back good memories. I used to keep a hard copy of that, as well as Coast Pilot and the latest Local Notice to Mariners, on board. Relevant charts too, but those rotated in and out depending on where I was going.
Thanks for the easy Monday puzzle, Kurt. And thanks to Boomer for another fun tour. You are really on a roll with your bowling stories.
Hey Boomer. I loved the Chad Mitchell Trio and had all of their LPs... some of their songs would apply today!!!
FIR today with a pretty grid, no WOs for a change. Must have been in tune with Kurt. Thanks for the good start to the week. Saw the theme early and also wondered if it was going to be a B B pattern, DO. How appropriate our Boomer was the reviewer! Thanks. And I am glad you are enjoying Bowling again, Boomer.
I changed from contact lens to SPEX last year, but had never seen that spelling before. Perps confirmed it though. PATELLA made my left knee wince, but it has come back to almost normal since surgery 6 mo. ago, for which I am grateful. Hope you all have a good start to your week!
This one filled itself in in 4:26, though I'm surprised to see Isere & OlafI on a Monday.
I don't like the clue "Dogie catcher", and I didn't know "toss pot."
Good Morning:
If I were a Newbie, I think solving this puzzle would hook me for life. A simple yet cute theme, easily discernible, straightforward fill, and no “junk.” Ditto, DO, on the B-B theme. I liked the Enter/Inter, Rot/Rat(s), ID Em/Idiom, and Sam/Ilsa duos. Particularly like the mini anatomy theme: Ear, Rib, Foot, Butt, and Patella. CSOs to Lucina (Otro, Mani), Owen (Taos), California contingent (LA Ram), and, sadly, Louisana contingent (Katrina).
Wilbur @ 6:44 ~ Thanks for the rousing Semper Fidelis. I love march music. Also, my brother is a Marine. Listening to it brought a scene from A Few Good Men to mind.
Speaking of movies, I watched one last night on Netflix with Greg Kinnear and ReneĆ© Zellegger and wondered, once again, why Miss Z changed her looks to such an extreme that she’s hardly recognizable. Personally, I prefer the original version.
Have a great day.
Oops, forgot to thank Kurt and Boomer for A+ efforts. Thanks, you two!
Did somebody mention that the B*TT vowels are in A-E-I-O-U order? D-o finally realized that.
Anon@7:54: What's wrong with "Dogie catcher?"
Good morning everyone.
Kurt always does a good job. Agree w/ D-O on not needing wite-out. I-M makes a good point re: Newbies. I liked the theme. The vowel progression made it anticipatory. I thought Dogie: LASSO was a very easy clue/fill. We've had ISĆRE often in the past. No help needed. FIR.
STAIRS - - On ships they're called 'ladders'.
DECAF - - Never drink the stuff.
We saw where relics of OLAF I are interred in the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway.
Thanks Boomer for another fine intro. It's great that you have the bowling/teaching gig and can pass on your knowledge to another generation.
D-otto: Yup, as an ex-computer guy, I really appreciate patterns and noticed (and loved) right away the AEIOU progression.
My favorite clue and answer was Called from the Rear? Back seat driver? Nope. Peanut Gallery? Nope. Haha Butt Dialed. When I got my first smart phone, I didn't know why tapping the phone icon wouldn't answer the phone and I had to swipe the circle. Oh--Butt Answering.
BTW. About 300 people have died climbing Everest. I read "Into Thin Air" long ago and after reading that you have to wonder why people still do it. (Yeah, yeah, because it's there)
Good morning. Thanks, Kurt. Thanks Boomer.
Your title, Vowel Movement, cracked me up.
Pattern solved this morning. Every other row, then every other column. Then tried to guess what the missing letters might be before reading the clues.
FLN, Unknown at 8:10, (reads like a comment from Bobbi - you should sign out and sign back in) - No comment was deleted. Nothing in the spam folder. Must have been operator error at your end. Besides, no one deletes comments just because they are negative. Otherwise, most of Emile's comments would be gone. The only comments that have been getting removed are spam.
Dash T, - I've never had a CrossEyedDave comment show up in the spam folder. I know Argyle used to have to publish them from time to time. And like you said, it may have just been the large number of links that he tried to post in a comment that triggered the filtering. But it could be that Blogger's AI has gotten better.
Butt-dialed: I normally keep the car fob in a front pocket, but since I carry dog treats there for my M-o-W routes, I decided to try the rear pocket. After repeatedly butt-dialing "open rear hatch" while cruising down the road, I gave up and moved it back to the front. And I'm still pondering, since there's a button near the window controls to open the rear hatch, why can't that same button be used to close an open hatch? The window buttons can do both functions.
Musings
-Speculating on a reveal only slightly diminished my fun.
-I am subbing in math today and, believe it or not, I could not find a pencil and so I used, gasp, an ink pen. Not a fan!
-Patrick Mahomes gets my RAPT attention when he plays
-Stalks are turning brown and the EARS are drooping. A record harvest will soon begin
-ART Garfunkel and Paul Simon could not have been more different
-The Olympics gin up a lot of interest in ping-pong, excuse me, table tennis
-Do you remember setting TABS manually on the old manual typewriters?
-EVEREST – Paying $60,000+ for a big risk of death, frostbite, apoxia and other assorted disorders? Not for me. However, this amazing picture shows that many are willing.
Marvellous Monday. Thanks for the fun, Kurt and Boomer.
I FIRed in good time, saw the B, vowel- movement (LOL Boomer), double T progression (hand up for wanting double B as well after the first two themers).
Only one inkblot to change BATTing BOX to BATTERS.
IM beat me to the duos. She always finds more anyway!š. But I did not ILL, ELS..
I am unfamiliar with TOSSPOT.
Wishing you all a great day.
A fun romp, clever Monday level CW! Thanx, KK, I very much enjoyed your offering. FIR in 12. DNK TOSSPOT, I have never heard that term. Had to wait on perps to fill PATELLA. I knew it was patella but words like this are one reason I am not a very good solver. Is it PATTELA or PATELLA? Had to wait for perps. There are many words like this, with one single and one double consonants. Boomer, thanx for the outstanding write-up. You have a picture of “cultivated wild rice”. How can that be? It is either cultivated or wild, how can it be both? I sincerely hope nobody watched the Green Bay Packer/New Orleans Saints game yesterday. On October 24 I will turn 77, and have been watching Packer games for probably 70 years, and have not seen them play worse. A real embarrassment. This is what happens when they don’t play their starters in the preseason games: disorganization, on both offense and defense. The Packers lost all the preseason games by embarrassing margins, averaging 7 points/game as opposed to opponents 23 points/game. But to lose 38-3 is even worse. What a disastrous start to the season.
Thank you Kurt for a welcome respite to a rough weekend. And thank you Boomer for another mature (as in fully groan) review.
I did notice that all the themers began with B*TT. As * could only be a vowel, I didn't bother guessing that. Does that count?
I didn't EXPECT SPEX, but I wasn't AT A LOSS for any FILL, although I did wait for the perps to flow into the RHONE, before filling ISERE.
I still have tons of LPS and even a multi-media VICTROLA to play them, but the only thing I use it for is to listen to WBJC when I'm peeling potatoes in the sun room. Which I'm actually going to do today to make Shepherd's Pie for the grandkids. My Son, DIL, and 2 oldest resident grandchildren are headed to Austin for a funeral for 2 1/2 days. Thus Teri and I are watching the remaining four (well shuttling them to/from school, etc. etc.)
I do hope to welcome the return of Hahtoolah (spoiler alert - it looks like she's got a puzzle scheduled for tomorrow).
After that it's TA TA til Friday (be merciful MOE).
Cheers,
Bill
Sunny today but had to mop up the back deck patio after last night's torrential rain before I could "unlax" (Dad loved to use that word) and take my time with the puzzle. First day of a week off so no need to assemble the puzzle during work breaks. Took my time, perpwalked, when needed and produced a no error no inkover FIR. Each letter carefully entered in the center of each square. To me a work of art. Suitable for framing. š
Obvious BATT, BETT, BITT, BOTT, BUTT (and why not "sometimes" BYTE?) vowel progression theme.
My fav. clue was "Styx & Stones" otherwise a typical Monday with no real issues. The PP, all known old friends, (EDIE, I'm looking at you) but I could definitely have done without IRATELY,š(Isn't ired bad enough?).OTRO was finally masculine. Rose Nylund's nonsense always comes to mind with (St) OLAF. Never have seen SPEX spelled that way š¤
A couple drove us on the precarious "High Road to TAOS" from Santa Fe, in a snowstorm, years ago, few if any guard rails. Yikes, A near death experience š„µremember thinking "It snows in New Mexico!!!"
Boomer: I LIUed, either egg foo YUNG or "young". In either case don't eat it when its egg foo OLD (OLDE).š¤¢
Some interesting stuff about Betty Boop.
Expert stance....PROPOSE
Pre Thomas Crapper "flush"...TOSSPOT
Alone at the prom...STOODUP.
What a Christmas Eve mouse isn't....ASTER
Hoping for a nice week for all. š
Re DECAF. I'm unclear on the concept.
Cute puzzle today. Nice expo and I liked the Vowel Movement.
Like most others I sailed through today's puzzle with ease, but had to wait for perps for TOSS POT. Never heard of it before and probably won't remember it. SOT is the usual answer.
I drink DECAF because of the effect caffeine has on my heart. I can tell when someone gives me regular coffee because I usually bounce off the ceiling and walls afterward. I've seen cases where a waitress doesn't want to make a pot of DECAF, so substitutes regular leaded coffee thinking the customer won't notice. I do.
I feel sorry for our friends along the Gulf coast. Now they have to deal with the rain and flooding that will be coming from Nicholas while still dealing with the aftereffects of IDA.
DO: I know what you mean about the key fob for the car. I seem to set off the alarm in the car because of all the change and junk I carry in my pocket. If I'm wearing jeans, I put the fob in the little watch pocket and then I don't set anything off.
Have a great day everyone.
Hola!
Merciful Monday! Just when I begin to doubt my solving skills, along comes an easy puzzle like his one by Kurt Krauss. Thank you, Kurt! And thank you, Boomer! Congratulations on volunteering to teach your skills to another generation.
MANI-pedi is what I need today. The weekend was not conducive to self-pampering. My telephone is still not working and won't be repaired until tomorrow but thankfully my car is now running. It has been a bleak home-coming.
At first I thought the theme would be BBs but was soon dispelled of that theory.
No DECAF for me either! Two cups of regular start my day.
I do not consider DORK the same as nerdy but crossing TWERK seems more appropriate.
Time to go. It's counting day.
Have a marvelous Monday, everyone!
CSO to my late friend, BETTY at BETTY BOOP. She was so much fun and in her youth did have a resemblance to the character. In her photos she was a knockout! She moved to Alaska to live with her daughter and died at age 88. We traveled together a few times including to NY and the World Trade Center one month before the disastrous 9/11 attack. Rest in peace, my friend.
This will go down as one of my favorite puzzles of all time--a total delight. I got every bit of it without a single erasure. Many thanks, Kurt. And always enjoy your Monday commentary, Boomer, thanks for that too.
As soon as I put in BITTER, I saw the vowel progression and that helped with the bottom part of the puzzle.
Loved seeing two "Casablanca" clues--got both SAM and ILSA.
My favorite moment may have been figuring out that Sherlock's game was often AFOOT.
So sad that we lost Roger EBERT so early--he was one of my favorite film critics of all time.
Have a great week, everybody.
Fun vowel run Monday theme! I remember asking CC if EGG FOO YUNG is really Chinese food in China. But I can't remember her answer!
Learning moment about TOSS POT. It seems that long ago people drank beer in a POT. A drunkard is one who TOSSes back many a POT in succession.
Did anyone else notice that the clue for XER is not really correct? I am a BOOMER and DW is GENX. No way she is young enough to be my CHILD. Speaking of DW... In our house ART is often not ON A WALL.
As you can see, Merlie's ART is arrayed across our living room floor.
She also kindly posed as she was PAINTING her ART.
From Yesterday:
Thank you all again for the kind comments about my DW Merlie!
Lucina Sorry we missed seeing you during your California visit. Yes, the Recall election is now down to the wire. It is an odd system where a person could become governor with just a few percent of the vote. 46 people running and it is only necessary to get more votes than anyone else. In principle one could win with just 3% of the vote.
I went to see a speech by the leading opponent of our governor and wrote this article.
Warning: My article offers fact checks and personal observations, so some may find it political.
Uncle Fred @ 9:35. I expected better from the Packers' defense with a new coordinater. Not so much from Aaron Rodgers. His bad attitude dates back a few years when the new 49er's head coach drafted Alex Smith instead of him because he already knew of it. Rodgers never forgot about it. Though Rodgers says that never bothered him, no one ever believed it. Got the puzzle theme after the third B*tt. That's when the a e i o u, dropped which helped me with BUTT-DIALED. BTW, I had already got my sports fix earlier in the day when the Brewers "edged" Cleveland 11-1. TC
Nice easy welcome back puzzle. The weekend puzzles were bears. We were down the shore this weekend at David's condo and just returned. Beach, boardwalk, biking, eating out twice, lots of fun.
There was a slight hiccup. On Friday I tripped on a cement panel on the boardwalk where two sections did not meet and landed on my head, resulting in a big gash on my forehead.
David took me to Urgent Care for six stitches. No concussion, very little pain today. Hard headed, I guess.
I enjoyed the vowel progression puzzle today. Very easy. Tosspot seems common to me. It seems it really isn't that common, after all.
I thought dogie catcher was cute.
This week I read the puzzles and blog but didn't do the puzzles. I find doing them on the phone is difficult. Also I do not like to type more that a couple of sentences on the phone.
Have a great day. It is sunny and pleasant here.
Thank you Kurt, for an easy puzzle ... it was too easy and I missed the struggle ... what do we call a puzzle thats too easy ... a nuzzle or a guzzle ?
Thank you Boomer, for your cheerfulness and tutoring the youngsters ... I'm sure you bowl them over, every time. Good, that it adds purpose to ones life.
I have never butt dialed in my life, my iPhone is quirky enough as it is. I'll never buy another Apple Iphone again.
1. What happens when after an election upset at the courts ... DAS boot. (german movie-)
2. German for 'please slice the meat' ... BITTE REND
3. Bisquick description .... BATTERS BOX
4. Black rice thats been taught manners ... Cultivated WILD RICE
I noticed the logo ... Indian Grown and Indian Harvested ...
.... they better have fed it lots of curry ....
Me, I prefer the scented variety from more personal parts ...
Jasmine rice from Thailand.
5. What generally follows De Cow to the meadow ... DE CAF
6. When two people try to do the job of one ... TWERK
7. What most African Elephants are .... TSKED
8. Inedible parts of the apple ...KOR
9. Elvis has not left the building, he ... ISERE
10. Kids requesting Dad to give Mom the bad news .... PA TELLA
11. What Biden tells his foreign visitors .... I DEM
Do mountaineers EVER REST while climbing the mountain ? Per Mointaineering Mag, it takes an average of 9 days from Base Camp at South Col. to the summit, for most experienced climbers.
BTW, the peak was discovered by an indian mathematician / surveyor R. Nath Sikdar,in 1852, based on trignometric calcs, and 3 years later named in honor of a long retired, british director of the Geological Survey of India, who was living in England. ( Wiki ).
have a nice day, and a good week.
Picard: I read your article linked in your 12:28 posting. The “no politics” rule forbids me from doing more than giving u a massive “thumbs up”. U R absolutely correct. I also love the quote from Mencken.
Inspired by Owen
Then there's the other, old Lady Astor
With the ascorbic wit, nothing got past her
But when to Winston she opined
"If you were mine I'd poison your wine"
He responded ' I couldn't drink it any faster'
Oc4beach, same here on DECAF. And Coca-Cola, too. I've never tried cocaine but I imagine the effect is the same. I'll sneak a mouthful of coke at McDonald's when getting my low octane iced tea.
Picard, not only politics but some religion. Exactly what I expected so "Link at your peril "
Akso….
Rah, rah, ree kick'em in the knee
Rah, rah, rass, kick'em in the PATELLA
WC
Ray - O @10:20 AM Another of Esther's artistic descendants was
Jessica Rabbit in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit".
I didnt hear a "dope slap" so assume that Anon just missed the difference between "dogie" and "doggie". I would hate to think of a LASSO on a doggie, but controlling a calf that way is fine in my book.
Surprised that so many of you never heard the word “tosspot”.
I am very familiar with it
(No,not for the reason you think…)
Anyone who ever watched the movie “Harvey” with James Stewart
Would know it immediately .
Hmm, in the interest of truth and honesty,
Tosspot was not used. However some
interesting synonyms were…
BTW, I learned by watching a tv series about Everest climbers that most deaths occur on the descent. Surprising at first, but it makes sense when you think about it. The climbers are cold, tired, dehydrated and it is usually getting dark.
Decaf for me due to my atrial fibrillation. If I get leaded joe I get very jittery. I'll still drink a little iced tea, and regular diet coke if caffeine free isn't available. If I drink to much of those, I get the jitters too.
CED, I get a 404.
BTW, "dogie catcher" is a LASSO in today's NYT cw too.
……Shakespeare employs in Feste’s hauntingly melancholy song at the end of Twelfth Night:
But when I came unto my beds,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
With TOSS-POTS still had drunken heads,
For the rain it raineth every day.
I liked this puzzle. I also liked Picard's article in edhat.
Sorry Jinx (et al)
I’m running around a lot these days and linked from my iPhone. Probably the wrong style “ marks, and I have no idea how to change the keyboard styles.
I’ll add the link when I get home to my PC.
It is the dictionary asking mr Wilson how he is
When he looks up “Pooka.”
(With references to rumpots and crackpots)
CED - I tried to help a pal out but...
I could only find this[#2] on short notice.
Oh, I also watched the whole Bar Scene thinking it was in there (and distracted me from work :-)).
Back at it. Cheers, -T
Cool Monday-level PZL from Mr. Krauss. Good follow-up from Boomer.
Congrats to Misty for sailing through it!
I have a problem identifying ILSA as a "heroine." As much as I adored Ingrid Bergman, I found it hard to see her as anything more than a pawn, a prize in Casablanca. The script doesn't give her any real "agency."
She is the goodie that Humphrey has to get over.
Wartime comradeship is valued above love in the end, and ILSA goes where she gets sent.
I thought TOSSPOT was archaic. I have only heard it in period plays.
~ OMK
___________
DR: One diagonal, this side.
Vulgarity Advisory! *** Discretion Alert!
The anagram (14 of 15 letters) of this diagonal is a British variation of a showbiz treat, something theatrical producers advertise to get butts into their seats!
I mean an ...
"ARSE TANTALISER"!
Doesn't TokenCreek trust our blockleiter to do his job?
Just askin'
~ OMK
TokenCreek - I'm not the moderator so take this with a grain of salt...
Picard provided a link and a warning. No one had to click (see my links - Rock & Roll is not some folks' bag and I'm sure WC stayed with BOTTOMS UP for <20 seconds :-)).
Seeing how he, Picard, didn't view-rant on the blog it technically doesn't break the rules.
Whereas, OMK just jumped into vulgarity!?! Think of the children!*
Now, with respect to his DW's art... It's so peaceful and hippie-ish. #Leftie!
//I like it - the ART.
Cheers, -T
*if no one knows that's a joke...
Fun DR, OMK
-T @5:22 I'm with you on Picard's post (which I didn't read). If TTP had to recursively check out all the URLs linked to a link, he'd go crazy (or is that crazier?). š
Thanks Anonymous T, yes #2 was it.
Seems a bit lost out of context.
The whole movie is available from time to time,
But right now somebody wants money for it...
(Really should be in the public domain)
Did you know Josephine Hull won an Oscar for her performance?
Anywho,
All this talk of tosspots is making me thirsty, (for knowledge...)
Speaking of linking, I hereby link once again to a fascinating television interview about Earthquake Early Warnings: Days instead of Seconds?. I do so because I think many of you skipped it, but I still think you might find it interesting. As far as I know, only waseeley viewed it. Be forewarned, it is NOT political or religious, but is IS slightly more than an hour long.
Thanks for the nice puzzle (Kurt) and nice review (Boomer). I too saw the progression of vowels.
Alas, I knew neither OTRO nor TOSSPOT, and I incorrectly stuck in an E.
I switched to decaf many years ago, and I really cannot remember why, nor can I really tell the difference. Probably a good thing I did, though, because after one or sometimes two cups of decaf coffee, I switch the REAL Diet Pepsi with caffeine for the rest of the day. Had to switch to DIET, to get rid of the sugar. Thought I’d hate it, but I don’t, but I’m drinking way too much of it!
My brother ended up with all of the family LPs. Many years ago, he put them all on CDs. One of my photo buddies recently GOT INTO LPs. Asked my brother if any of ours had survived, so that I could donate them to my friend. Nope! They’re history! Too bad. We had some GREAT stuff, as I’m sure many of you did.
Picard:
Thank you for posting your article. It's interesting and objective. I can't wait for tomorrow's election results.
Yellowrocks:
Your fall sounds serious and I hope you had yourself checked. Those kinds of falls sometimes result in internal bleeding with dire consequences. I think of Natasha Richardson who brushed off her fall as inconsequential and later died. I hope you will be all right.
OK , -T, I'll give you 20 seconds on Bottoms up. and same same for the other one.
That is if you listened to semper fi
WC
A nice unbiased account of a very biased political event. Thank You!
Styx, OK. Van Halen , maybe a minute until the gyrations started.
Jayce @6:10 PM I'll second that. I watched it when Jayce first posted it. It's very informative, fascinating, and worth the time, ESPECIALLY if you live in earthquake country (and even if you don't). Also check out Jayce's profile email for his name, as he gets a credit at the end. He did a lot of the major engineering work for the chain of seismographic stations described in the video.
Anyone who arrived late to the Corner may wonder what the fuss was about concerning TokenCreek's mention of Picard's 12:28 posting.
TC's post has been removed--either voluntarily, or...?
Free speech prevails--sorta.
~ OMK
Token Creek removed his own post
I really hope TokenCreek didn't take down his post 'cuz he felt unwanted.
I thought he had a good point well reasoned re: rules and I simply offered a counter-point (as did others).
CED - Thanks for the Harvey extra play.
I'm only 10 min into the Earthquake video. I'll watch 20 more min tonight and save the rest for tomorrow's Zoom meeting ;-)
Anyone want a funny (peculiar, not ha-ha)?
Youngest was at Aunt's 80th B-day bash in SFO while I was at (Army) Bro's ret. in SPI.
She met and danced [a congo-line] with a certain former Disney CEO.
Aunt S. knows people :-)
Cheers, -T
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