Theme: YOLO (73. "Carpe diem" acronym spelled out by the starts of the answers to the starred clues)
20. *"I can't capture how amazing that was!": YOU HAD TO BE THERE.
35. *Fallible in very ordinary ways: ONLY HUMAN.
46. *Spend extravagantly: LIVE LARGE.
57. *Very rarely: ONCE IN A BLUE MOON.
Boomer here.
I
am pretty sure that James Bond lived twice! Well, as you are reading
this, I am probably at the big VA health center in Minneapolis learning
if my new chemo drugs are doing their job. So far the side effects have
been manageable.
Across:
1. Chocolate dogs: LABS. In the chemist's workplace.
5. Culinary plants: HERBS. Twins once had an announcer named Herb Carneal.
10. "Ready for my cat treat!": MEOW.
14. Zone: AREA.
15. Prefix with -phobia: AGORA. No, I do not have a fear of the crowded VA hospital.
16. Surfer's swell: WAVE. I remember the 1987 World Series when we all WAVED our Homer Hankies.
17. "The Great Pottery Throw Down" material: CLAY. Also great boxer Cassius.
18. Tag player's cry: NOT IT.
19. State firmly: AVER. AVOW did not work.
23. Form 1040 org.: IRS. Everyone's favorite government enemy.
24. Smell awful: REEK. In the old days - Outhouse aroma.
25. Museum-funding org.: NEA.
28. College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa: COE. Twins minor league team is also there.
30. Doze: NOD OFF. Not now. CC wants me to work.
39. Enjoy with relish: SAVOR. I SAVOR a hot dog or brat with relish.
40. Country star McEntire: REBA. "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"
41. Divided island of Southeast Asia: TIMOR.
43. Actress Hatcher: TERI. She played Sidra on Seinfeld. I think I've seen every episode. I cannot stand George.
44. With sincerity: TRULY. Opposite of Liely.
48. Household skills class, for short: HOME EC. I went to an all- boys high school. This class was not offered.
50. "That's __-brainer!": A NO.
51. Kristen's "The Good Place" co-star: TED. Danson.
52. "Mean Girls" screenwriter Fey: TINA.
55. Egg cells: OVA.
65. Winter fabric: WOOL. Time to stock up here. December is coming.
66. Water from France: EVIAN. They sponsor an LPGA golf tournament.
67. "What fun!": WHEE. Roller coaster word.
68. Periods of time: ERAS. Pitchers' stat.
69. First responder: MEDIC. I am still able to get to the VA
center. Don't need a medic. Just my Santa Fe. Can you believe I have
not turned the odometer to 10,000 miles yet?
70. Lively, in mus.: ANIM.
71. URL destination: SITE.
72. Coeur d'__, Idaho: ALENE. My cousin lives in Twin Falls.
Down:
2. "Alice's Restaurant" singer Guthrie: ARLO. "You can get anything you want" there.
3. Sweetheart: BEAU.
4. Greet casually, with "to": SAY HI. Hello there!
5. Distributes, as flyers: HANDS OUT. Halloween is October 31.
6. "Grand slam" earned by Jennifer Hudson, for short: EGOT. "E" must have got a Homer.
7. Piece in a LEGO helicopter set: ROTOR. LEGO display at our Mall of America, C.C. really likes that shopping mall, however gunfire there made the news last week.
8. Illegal payoff: BRIBE.
9. Shiny fabric: SATEEN.
10. "Kisses, dahling": MWAH. This does not seem like a word, or am I too fussy?
11. Gutter locale: EAVE. Ours get full of leaves. Looking at "Leaf filter"
12. Eggs __ easy: OVER. I like mine scrambled.
13. Used to be: WERE. My legs WERE better.
21. Curved part of a foot: ARCH. Big one in St. Louis. I saw it when I went to game 5 of the 1987 World Series, but I did not ride up.
22. Boxing ref's calls: TKOS. Technical Knockouts.
25. Toward the Arctic Circle: NORTH. Our "Land of 10,000 Lakes" is fairly NORTH.
26. Month before febrero: ENERO.
27. Photo book: ALBUM. We also used to call 33 1/3 vinyl Albums. I still have a few, but no record player.
29. Czech track legend Zátopek: EMIL.
31. Spreadsheet input: DATA. Lotsa work.
32. Out in the open: OVERT.
33. Make a fake of: FORGE. You're almost done. FORGE ahead.
34. Like tempura: FRIED. Or chicken, fish, eggs, and rice. I'm hungry.
36. Ivy League school in Connecticut: YALE.
37. "__ dreaming?": AM I. "California Dreamin'". Mamas and Papas.
38. __ Scotia: NOVA. Old time Chevy compact.
42. Give up formally: RENOUNCE. Never give up without a fight.
45. Himalayan Bigfoot: YETI.
47. Rom-com subject: LOVE. Makes the world go 'round.
49. Movie house: CINEMA. We have not been since "Borat".
53. __ orange: NAVEL. Belly button.
54. Put up with: ABIDE.
56. Multilevel marketing giant: AMWAY. Home party brushes and stuff.
57. Has bills to pay: OWES. "I OWE, I OWE, so off to work I go.
58. Edible seaweed: NORI. I would not eat it!
59. Parka, e.g.: COAT. Parka has a hood.
60. Alternatively: ELSE. A coat usually does not.
61. Reclined: LAIN.
62. Dismayed cry: OH NO. Missed a four-foot putt!
63. Trompe l'__: optical illusion: OEIL.
64. Missing fish in a Pixar film: NEMO. Jules Verne creation.
Boomer
Notes from C.C.:
Gary and Joann and their family celebrated his mother-in-law Martha's 100-year-old birthday on Saturday. Here are a few beautiful pictures:
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| Everybody |
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| All of us watching Power Point |
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| Joann, Gary, her twin Jocye with husband Ron |
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| Martha and great-great granddaughter who is 99 years younger playing with a balloon. |
I must admit, although it sounds stupid, I didn’t grok the theme until the reveal. Other than that, smooth sailing, as befits a Monday. FIR, so I’m happy.
ReplyDeleteFLN re. IRS.. The formal fete is for the CPAs to finally relax after 4/15
ReplyDeleteAnd FLW, waseeley, I see your Orioles elected to wait until next year
But the Twins are still alive
Charlie COE won two US Amateurs and was runner up in the Masters in 1961
Some crunch to this Monday xword
WC
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteYay, a themeless Monday! Got 'er done in near record time. Missed the reveal, because it was already filled in. Missed the theme because... Thanx, Beth and Boomer. (We haven't been to a CINEMA since Avatar.)
Looks like Gary had a good time at MIL's birthday party.
ReplyDeleteFIWrong. Misspelt Coeur d'ALaNE and neglected to check the crosser. And one of the other crossers is a homonym.
I did like the theme, and caught the YOLO before I saw the reveal. Since the themers were all straight-forward in the language phrases, no help was needed.
An Idaho gal from COEUR d'ALELE
Had her house taken by a bank lien.
She got it back without rancor
From a lascivious banker
By agreeing by him to be LAIN!
YOU HAD TO BE THERE, I guess,
To help find the words to express
The blown kisses, "MWAH,"
From his mother-in-law
When he took her daughter to a new address!
{B-, B.}
FLN, thank you TTP.
ReplyDeleteThank you Boomer and good thoughts for today. Thank you Beth for reminding us of the reality of life.
Don't we have a Coe alumnus/alumna at the Corner?
Lemonade, I'm not aware of any Coe grad here at the corner. When I lived in Cedar Rapids back in the '70s, our radio studios were just a few blocks up 1st Avenue from the Coe campus. I've mentioned that before; maybe that's what you're recalling.
ReplyDeleteI finished this in 4:49.
ReplyDelete"OEIL" (?) (and on a Monday?) crossing "anim" should have been reworked. Like Boomer, I'm not a fan of "Mwah," especially crossing another onomatopoeia ("meow"). Also, seems my Czech track legend knowledge is weak.
Have a good week everyone.
Nice Monday speed run - definitely needed the reveal for the theme but it was clever.
ReplyDeleteI have gone to the CINEMA a few times in the last few years - there are some films that just need the big screen to fully experience them. This summer that was Top Gun: Maverick and Where the Crawdads Sing. Fortunately living in a small city - Mondays and Tuesdays the tickets are all 5$ and you might be sharing the movie theater with 10 other people at most.
Back to work today after 10 days in the PNW - not looking forward to it - but hopefully my covering partner did a decent job so it won't be too bad!
Thanks Boomer - hope today goes well and thanks for the puzzle Beth.
ReplyDeleteREgardind COE:: I am reminded of Lord Sebastian Coe, the middle distance runner and Olympic champion, from England, and Chairman of many IOC Committees. He was half-indian. Finally, he was made a Life-Peer.
Thank you Beth Rubin, for an easy Monday, which I enjoyed very much, and also got the theme answer, when I solved the final clue... Now, onto other chores.
Thank You Boomer, for a punny and pithy review. So glad to know that you are doing better.
Husker Gary, .... HBD to your MIL Martha, and the picture of her looking at her great great grand daughter, must have been a wonderful experience.
Nothing more to add .... Have a good Monday, and a great week, you all.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteWell, Subgenius, you have company in the shame corner as I, too, never saw the theme until the reveal. Even so, I enjoyed the solve and particularly liked the strong, in-the-language themers and, most of all, the surprisingly low (7) three letter word count. The only unknown was Anim, which I don’t believe I’ve ever seen before.
Nice job, Beth, and great write-up, Boomer. Good luck with your VA visit.
HG, thanks for sharing the photos of the family celebrating your MIL’s wonderful milestone birthday. What a lovely tribute to honor her on her very special day. BTW, just how tall is BIL, Ron? 😒
Have a great day
That emoji is an error. I’m having problems with my iPad keyboard. 🤔
ReplyDeleteWednesday come on a Monday this week. FIR, but too embarrassed to even mention the time. Well, O.K., 21 minutes. Should give everyone a smile on a Monday morning. I was sure MWAH was wrong, but perps demanded it. OEIL crossing ANIM? Czech track legend? There are many phobias that coulda fit, but for perps. Only W/O EONS:ERAS. Struggled to remember EVIAN then remembered it is, appropriately, NAIVE spelled backward. So I put NAIVE in there, backwards. Gonna ship water from France to USA? Oy. Put a good, high quality water filter under your sink, and enjoy water that is every bit as good as NAIVE. Oops, I mean EVIAN. I like that I didn’t get the theme until the reveal, and the reveal was the very last fill. Well done, BR. Thanx for this reminder of my poor solving skills. Thanx too to Boomer, you never fail to give me a few smiles in your write-up. Enjoy that V.A. cafeteria, and best wishes for your treatment.
ReplyDeleteMusings
ReplyDelete-I read the last words of ONLY the first three themers and got nothing. Doing that for the first words? Bingo!
-Lily can MEOW or simply keep tapping her treat plate
-TERI’S famous line, “They’re real and they’re spectacular!”
-Gasping and not saying WHEE means roller coasters may not be for you
-AN_M/OE_L was a near non-name Natick but the “I” seemed to be just right.
-My DW always asks me, “Is it EASY OVER or OVER EASY?”
-Got to get to my tee time on a beautiful breezy day with temps in the low 60’s. Where’s my jacket? :-)
Irish
ReplyDelete-Ron is 6’ 2” and his grandson at the far left of the picture is 6’5”
-FORE!
IM, I believe ANIM is the abbreviation for Animato, as the "mus." indicates.
ReplyDeleteIt was a pretty easy Monday,
ReplyDeletebut I may have mixed up a few letters...
Ouch!
that's too close to home...
Ah,
that's more like it...
Marvellous Monday. Thanks for the fun, Beth (one of our Little Women names!) and Boomer (hoping for good news for you today).
ReplyDeleteI FIRed in good Monday time, with just a few pauses.
The YOLO theme was very appropriate for HuskerG’s MIL photos. (Loved the photo of 100 and 1 year olds.). Congratulations to her. We are planning a similar celebration for my mother in September.
I entered Tibet without thinking, then changed it to Timon when AM I perped. No, Timon was in Lion King- I need TIMOR. D’ugh!
Similar brain-fog thinking the tempura clue was talking about paint. No, that’s tempera!
Any unfamiliar names (like EMIL as clued) perped readily.
HOME EC and Shop should have been coed. We can all use all the basics of those skills. HOME EC was renamed Domestic Arts in our area, and taught to all.
This Canadian will take a CSO with NOVA Scotia, although it is miles away. I had a roomie from the East Coast who loved Dulse, another form of red algae like NORI. I did not SAVOuR.
Wishing you all a great day.
CanadianEh!, are you ever going to reveal the guessing-game name? Or did you already reveal it, and in true d-o fashion, I missed it.
ReplyDeleteI usually don't pay attention to the theme but this one just jumped out at me. I liked the puzzle and theme alot until I got naticked at OEIL crossing ANIM. On a Monday?
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed the puzzle had issues with a few names: egot, Emil , anim, Oeil, Timor. The reveal helped with two of these.
ReplyDeleteD’o- as IM surmised, I am being coy re the name. And nobody has guessed it yet. (Gertrude sure was a popular wrong guess!)
ReplyDeleteI really don’t mind my name; I just never hear it much any more, and it has not come back into fashion (or been used for any of my granddaughters).
FIR, but erased korea, then samoa for TIMOR, and brio for ANIM. Was gonna bitch about the Monday Natick, but others beat me to the punch.
ReplyDeleteWorked the puzzle after waiting for my car to be reinspected at the dealership. It had a bad inner tie rod on the driver's side. Stealership wanted $1,500 + alignment, but got it done for less than $300, including parts, labor, taxes and alignment at a front-end shop I've used for 20 years. Actually, the lady at the front-end shop told me they got an incorrect labor quote from their estimating software too. It calls for dropping the whole rack, which she said they never do in real life.
YOU HAD TO BE THERE is the title of Jimmy Buffett's first ALBUM of live music. He has released 11 others.
Santa has to go south, not NORTH, with his load of toys to reach the Arctic Circle.
I had a friend who tried to get me into AMWAY. After he told me that the money was in recruiting others to sell the stuff, I said no thanks.
FLN - WC: Yes, I used the aluminum balls. Kept the meat above the juices, so it was slow baked, not braised. And I accidentally fixed my chronic slice by becoming aggravated and swinging the driver extra-hard. Voila - Straight down the center. Guess it made me complete my turn on the follow-through.
Lemony and TTP - Excel now does a great job with date (and time) arithmetic.
Thanks to Beth for the Monday challenge, and to Boomer for the chuckles. I thought of HERB Tarlek (WKRP) instead of that other guy.
Thanks Beth, Boomer, and Patti (for hearing the cry of us poor solvers and easing up a on a Monday). I was on a roll to the SE and got the reveal, but the final fill was stymied by a spelling error OVE -> OVA and thus not seeing AMWAY. After that fix everything fell into place.
ReplyDeleteSome favs:
1A LABS. We had a black lab (Neptune) and a yellow lab (Jupiter), both males. I wanted to get a chocolate lab and name her Saturn, Saddie for short, but Teri wouldn't hear of it. They are very loving dogs, but they're very intense and need a lot of TLC.
15A AGORA. The name of a wide open space in the center of ancient Greek towns where all the citizens could congregate. The anti-social ones had AGORA PHOBIA.
17A CLAY. I was sorry that "The Great Pottery Throw Down" wasn't on a streaming service I subscribe to. "throw down" is of course a pun on "throwing pots" on a potter's wheel. Some potters start this process by throwing a lump of clay on the wheel head (not a very efficient approach), but the term throwing didn't originate with this practice.
43A TERI. Here's her Sidra in the spectacular scene from Seinfeld that Husker mentioned.
48A HOME EC. I went to a mixed gender school and we took SHOP, but my Mother taught all my sisters and I to cook. It was smart of you to marry a good cook Boomer.
70A ANIM. "Animato" in music. Vivace ("lively") is probably more common.
73A YOLO. And maybe not. It's always good to have a Plan B just in case.
58D NORI. Used to wrap MAKI SUSHI. I'll bet your DW likes it Boomer.
Cheers,
Bill
Thanks for all the great pics of Martha's Birthday Gary. And a Happy Belated Birthday to you Martha! 🎈✨🎁🎉🎂 A great great grandchild is a great accomplishment!
ReplyDeleteSuper fast Monday, The long easy clue answers filled a slew of squares quickly providing rarely needed perp fodder.
No unknown Proper Names 'cept Czeck track legend but quite perpable.. Of course the obligatory Spanish terms. At least today's ANO was not AÑO starting with ENERO.
Inkover: babe/BEAU.
I "had" lots of phobias that would "phit" so had to perpwait. TIMORous (fearful) is a word but "timor" (shouldn't it mean fear ?) is not. When I was in school, girls:HOMEEC, boys:shop now they mix it up. Mom taught me how to cook and iron (actually an art form), sewing on a button etc.
Canada Eh you're the SAViOuR of Brit spell. 😃
Movie that won the Oscar the year I was born: "All About ____ "...EAVE
____ Havoc...REEK
On....NODOFF
What a knight does for a damsel in distress....SAVOR
Be obese...LIVELARGE
Me neither...NORI
Nice weekend, hot, unfortunately humid in town. 😥.
Great pictured but who are those folks?
ReplyDeleteGood morning. Thank you, Beth, and thank you, Boomer.
I seem to recall that Dennis used to close many of his comments with Carpe Diem.
Never heard of "The Great Pottery Throw Down." Waseeley would probably like that program. I would guess that Bill would probably like the Ceramics Museum in East Liverpool, Ohio.
Nice pics, Husker Gary
Has anyone suggested Penelope yet ? Or Nell ?
Boomer, I hope everything goes well today and that you get good news.
HG @ 8:55 ~ Ron looks taller than 6’2, maybe because of the close up photo. I never even noticed the tall grandson.
ReplyDeleteDO @ 9:03 ~ Thank you but Animato is just as unknown to me. 🤔
CanadianEh @ 9:48 ~ I think you should show some of that famous “Canadian Niceness” and spill the beans, or the tea, if you prefer, and satisfy our curiosity about your name. BTW, I’d also love to have a “real” name for Jinx, SS, Subgenius, and every other unknown regular poster.
Jinx, ok, but I no longer have Excel and didn't need it. In this case, I thought I needed to explain it step by step.
ReplyDeleteIt would be neat if I were able to export all of the comments to a spreadsheet or dump them into a database so I could run various queries and do things like get record counts, but unfortunately, no. I'd prefer the database.
I also mistakenly assumed that it would have been obvious that 300,000 comments was an all time count. I intentionally didn't want to suggest any daily averages when I initially gave that 300K number. The actual average is lower than the 56.5 by probably 2 or 3 when you consider that there are additional posts.
There are the interviews, the olio posts and some other non-categorized posts ... almost all of which had some amount of comments. So even though the denominator would be 5312 for # of days, it's some number between 5487 (total posts), and 5312 days. Again, with a database or spreadsheet, I could segregate the data to give me the precise counts, but... Who really cares ? 56.5 is close enough.
The big deal to me was the 300K comment milestone.
Also, I forgot to mention yesterday (and before) that I did pick up a Pork Butt a few days after you described the crock pot method. I was going to cut it in half and make both pulled pork one day and carnitas another day. Still plan to, but yesterday I watched an episode of America's Test Kitchen where Julia made Chile Verde con Cerdo, so I'm going to have to get another one. Thanks for the update that the crock pot high setting is the way to go.
TTP. @ 10:37
ReplyDeleteI was going to venture PENELOPE as well...., knew a girl from Toronto by that name "Penny"
😊
Hola!
ReplyDeleteI finished the puzzle at about 6 AM then went back to bed, slept, and now it is time for my volunteer gig at church.
Nice puzzle. Thank you, Beth!
No problems. Monday easy. I liked the long spans.
My sister is Yoli, not YOLO; it's from Yolanda.
Time to go. Have a marvelous Monday, everyone!
ReplyDeleteLucina, I too finished the crossword around 6AM and then got a few more hours of sleep. I feel much more rested now.
Ray-O, I like this game. One of my sister's friends was also a Penelope that went by Penny. I think it's a good guess.
Subgenius, I would suggest you delete your comment and only provide your first name if you want to share it.
Thanks, TTP, that's good advice. So, Irish Miss, in answer to your question, my "real name" is Darryl. Based on TTP's advice, I'll withhold my last name, at least at this time.
ReplyDeleteTTP @10:37 AM Thanks for the tip on the museum in Liverpool. If we can ever get a car delivered we plan a trip to Cleveland, and I bet it's on the way.
ReplyDeleteRay - O @10:53 AM My dad used to pronounce that name to rhyme with the melon.
BTW, in Saturday’s comments I mentioned that my maternal grandmother could “do whatever it’s called to make doilies”, and someone suggested “tat” as the skill. I suspect that is correct. Seems like an odd word to describe making something lacy. Someone else suggested “needlepoint”. I don’t know, maybe they are one and the same. Definitely not the same as knitting, though.
ReplyDeleteHi All!
ReplyDelete:-( 63d xing 70a == FIW. I guessed an O.
Thanks Beth (I hear you calling) [Peter Criss] for the grid to help me procrastinate boxing up my work-bench.
Thank you Boomer for the post-puzzle expo. Good luck at the VA.
BTW, I was in a second-HAND shop in SFO and found this Twins rally towel.
Also, the kids love seasoned NORI for a snack. Me? It's OK, but it's weird that it draws all the salvia off my tongue.
WOs: RanK -> REEK, LAId, CINiMA
ESPs: COE|EMIL
Fav: I'll go w/ TED as clued. If you haven't see 'The Good Place', it's humorous and deep - esp. if you're deeply flaw'd #ONLY HUMAN
//Spoiler ahead! - this is my favorite Circle of Hell scene.
{B, B}
CSO to waseely @ Throwing CLAY.
Last time I was at the CINEMA was with BIL for Facing Nolan.
HG - beautiful to see the generations pass the LOVE. Thanks for sharing the pics.
AMWAY - Mom had friends into the scheme. Every cleaning product in their home was branded that. And they had tones of it.
C, Eh! - Pop taught me 'shop' at home. If I need it, and it's made of wood, I can build it; If it's broke I can fix it.
//Though, if I can't fix (or screw it up worse!) then I know who to call and I watch 'em for the next time.
Speaking of Pop, we had a Black LAB, Sinbad. He now has Tinker, a Chocolate LAB.
HomeEC - My first year at Public HS (#CEByrd), I wanted in that class (Girls!) but my schedule wouldn't allow it. So, I took typing (Girls!).
I was pulled out of typing and put into AP Chem 'cuz, they said, 'you're too smart for that.' ?!?
No, I think I was smart for picking typing 'cuz:
a) Girls!
b) how can one efficiently program a computer if you can't type?
//Mavis Beacon taught me later.
Back at it. Cheers, -T
Boomer, I didn't know that REBA covered that classic hit by Vicki Lawrence.
ReplyDeleteYOU ONLY LIVE ONCE is my motto so I enjoyed this theme.
ReplyDeleteHere I was at Club MWAH! in Manila
Sexy women dancers, looking like a Las Vegas show. Or, maybe something else is going on here?
East TIMOR achieved its independence from Portugal in 1975. Nine days later, Indonesia invaded and declared this newly independent country was actually part of Indonesia. Does this sound familiar? Eventually, over 200,000 civilians were murdered by the Indonesian government. How?
This Wikipedia history of East TIMOR explains that Jimmy Carter provided $250 million to carry out this massacre.
As Paul Harvey used to say "That is the rest of the story" of TIMOR.
Subgenius @ 11:21 ~ Hi, Darryl! First names were what I meant, but I should have been more specific. 🤭
ReplyDeleteDelightful Monday puzzle, Beth, thank you so much for this treat. And so great to get a Monday commentary from you, Boomer. Hope you get good results on your medical visits. And thank you for posting those lovely family pictures, C.C.
ReplyDeleteWell, fun for folks to take a HOME EC class today, with lots of things to try in the LABS, like SAVORing all those HERBS.
That kitty cat has a sweet MEOW, and lovely WOOL giving it a SATEEN COAT that everyone loves to pet.
I hope that guy who HANDS OUT all those BRIBES and FORGEs checks is OVERT enough that they tell him it's OVER and he should stop it. He claims he's ONLY HUMAN and just wanted to LIVE LARGE, but that's no excuse.
Neat poems this morning, many thanks, Owen.
And have a great week coming up, everybody.
Misty
ReplyDeleteYour rhetorical skills are entertaining! By chance, have you written any books or are you planning to do so? I'm sure they would be successful.
Time to finish packing and prepare to go to cooler climes. Ahhhhhh ........
ReplyDeleteNice puzzle, Beth -- thanks!
Boomer, praying that all went well at the VA today.
LOVE the photos of Ms. Martha and Gary's clan -- thank you!
Re: Seinfeld….
ReplyDeleteYou weren’t supposed to like any of the characters at all. They’re all “bad” self-centered people…thus the series ending episodes.
How long is the “guess my name” thing going to last?
Puzzling thoughts:
ReplyDeleteHG, I pictured you as being taller ... as someone who is likewise, vertically challenged, I hate being photographed with "giants" - fortunately most of my relatives are also short. As like you, I am a golfer; and as I like to say when I out-drive my 6' tall+ golfing partners, "The (golf) ball doesn't know I tall/big I am"
FIW with a wrong vowel or consonant somewhere. Have I mentioned that I really don't like solving puzzles on-line, and prefer paper and pen?
The AHA moment appeared when I went back and saw YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE
As much as it is fun to be back home, I miss the cooler climate in the NORTH; especially the mornings when it's fun to go out for a hike or power walk
Thanks to Beth and Boomer for a fun Monday
I thought I would never utter this phrase, but I wish I could be in central Florida on August 29th. I would love to see the launch of the maiden flight in the Artemis program. (I did see one of the last shuttle launch, but the weather was more temperate.)
ReplyDeleteThe picture of Grandma with her Great-Great Grandaughter is just lovely ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
ReplyDeleteJust read...one of my favorites
ReplyDeleteOlivia Newton John RIP
Passed.
ReplyDeleteThank You Ray O Sunshine, for the sad news about Olivia Newton John ....
.... she was a wonderful person, a wonderful singer, a very polite and sensible, in public, ..... and speaking about DW and me, about our age.
Really hits close to h-h-home.
I have many of her albums as LPs, .... and my rather expensive record player still works .... though I havent played it in 15 years.
At my (current ) age, I would rather not watch the news, so as to avoid unpleasant news, as above .... ;-o)
Ray-O
ReplyDeleteThank you for that sad news. She was a brave soul throughout her cancer fight. R.I.P. Olivia. Rest with the angels.
A fine Monday week opener from Ms. Rubin, parsed for us by Boomer.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this one, with its salute to life in the YOLO theme.
Very sorry to learn of the passing of Ms. Newton-John. I had to tell my wife the sad news.
She had been following the news reports of her battle with breast cancer.
~ OMK
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DR: Four, count 'em--Four! Three diagonals on the near end and one in opposition.
The near side main line offers a short anagram (just 10 of 15 letters) that counts as real threat in any Frisbee tournament.
I speak of the dangerous, hefty, (and illegal)...
"IRON WHAMMO"!
(Try taking that for a spin!)
I liked this puzzle. Although we have had Trompe l'OEIL before, I always forget how to spell it. I liked the YOLO theme, but I only saw the first letters, totally missed seeing the whole first words.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of outhouse aroma, Edinburgh, Scotland, used to be called Auld REEKy because, well, you can guess why. London, England, had the same problem for years.
I don't understand why some POLs (another frequent crossword entry here) think hiring more staff at the IRS is a bad thing.
Picard, that tragedy with TIMOR definitely sounds familiar.
I just learned from my MEDIC (aka "Primary Care Provider") that all the stress, worry, and anxiety I have been suffering for the past 6 months about getting an MRI with what I consider insufficient sedation was because of "policy." Apparently, Kaiser Permanente's policy is, and I quote, "the policy is to have documentation of a failed attempt at a wide more MRI with mediation first." (I think she meant wide "bore" and "medication", specifically what they call oral medication, i.e. Valium or Ativan.) But, wow, the policy is to first go for a failure?! It seems what the doctor(s) and the patient himself know what is needed in the way of care doesn't matter; they are constrained by "policy" from providing it! And apparently they feel the only way to hide this fact from the patient is to lie; I quote, "the MRI center is not equipped to do IV sedation; it is not possible." That is blatantly untrue. As Vidwan pointed out, an anesthesiologist is routinely assigned the duty of going down to the MRI facility specifically for the purpose of providing exactly the IV sedation (what they oddly call "adult sedation") that I had been requesting since February. The MRI technician told me they give IV sedation routinely "all the time."
Sorry to keep writing about this, but SHEESH!!
Loved seeing the photos of you and your family, Husker Gary.
Misty, I enjoy the way you put the puzzle answers together to tell a story.
Good wishes to you all.
I, too, am sorry to learn of the passing of Olivia Newton-John. Some types of breast cancer are very aggressive. Our son's wife died from it just over a year ago, at age 52, after being gravely ill and undergoing grueling therapy for two years.
ReplyDeleteGary, I forgot to comment on how charmed I am with that photo of your family.
ReplyDeleteBreast cancer is so pervasive! My niece died from that very disease at age 52. She never knew her latest granddaughter who is such a cutie at age one. At the reception on Friday, she kept us entertained with her adorable antics. Between her and the Mariachis who sang, it was a lovely afternoon after the funeral. I think I mentioned that I got home at 12:45 AM.
I'm still packing and waiting for my laundry to dry so I can finish. It reached 101 degrees so I have no doubt it will dry. I'm so looking forward to a few days in cool California.
Lucina, headed to Redlands?
ReplyDeleteJayce and Lucina, thank you both so much for your very kind words about my posting--especially when both of you have many other issues to deal with.
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you for your kind question, Lucina. Yes, I'm a retired literature professor and so have written a number of books, most of them on the work of James Joyce. But I'm not sure Joyce would be amused by my silly comments. So that's why I'm especially thankful to you and Jayce for your kind words.
JAYCE @ 5:15
ReplyDeleteRE: MRI...I didn't follow your MRI misadventure completely so I may be unaware of what you've tried short of IV sedation. Most claustrophobic patients can tolerate An open MRI..I don't mean a "large bore" magnet. We offer folks the opportunity to take a look at the scanners first to allay fear of the unknown before they formally schedule.
Although there have been numerous successful exams with oral sedation I see no reason if necessary not to go the IV route.
I've stopped being surprised at the disparity of US health care insurance coverage . One patient can injury a shoulder on a Monday and get approval for an MRI by Friday. Another has a company that makes them jump through all kinds of hoops and wait months.
Good luck.
55 comments Ha Ha
ReplyDeleteAn average day
Be well all
Jayce, I am a patient of Kaiser and was allowed to have a friend in the room to get help in case I became upset. It took much of my stress away to have her next to me.
ReplyDeleteMisty - you gotsta tell us just one book you wrote. DW has PhD in English and I'm sure she'd love it.
ReplyDeleteFun DR, OMK.
Jayce - American heath care... always a Catch-22. Good luck eFriend.
Xanadu is never clued as RUSH.
R.I.P. Olivia Newton-John.
Cheers, -T
Had another Monday one-square FIW. Didn’t know the I in ANIM/OEIL. Guessed O. For someone who played trumpet from fourth grade through high school, I can honestly say that I cannot remember EVER seeing ANIMATO or ANIM on a single sheet of music.
ReplyDeleteChocolate LABS: We had two of them. Both were our best dogs ever. Unfortunately, both passed away very young and very tragically. No, not from cars. I still miss both of them.
We just got leaf filters for our gutters a few months ago. Have now erased another manner I can potentially maim myself. I’m glad!
Great photos, Gary!
Thanks Beth and Boomer!
The new puzzle is up, so I guess I'll go ahead and print it out and see how I can mess up that one.
RIP ON-J. I LOVED YOU!
C-Eh! @ 9:16 -- Yes, yes, YES! Basic life skills -- gender neutral -- need to be taught somewhere in junior high. And that might include such things as balancing a check book, basic first aid, automobile basics, (maybe even some real easy statistics?), etc, as well.
ReplyDeleteI know schools, in the States at least, are overloaded and underfunded, but if we don't invest in the future today, there will be even more idiocy tomorrow. It is good to know 'whose woods these are,...' but knowing how to make bread cannot hurt.
Jayce @ 6:52 -- Nope , Needles is 'way, ah, er, "livelier," than Redlands.
ReplyDeleteMichael @11:50 - Boy Scouts taught me all of that and knots. Girl Scouts did the same for my very independent daughters.
ReplyDeleteDon't get me started on underfunded schools. Asshats who we vote-in want to dumb down the populace so they can maintain office...
Oh, and there I go.
Lucina - I was remiss. Have a wonderful 'cool' trip.
Cheers, -T
My goodness, another kind request, Anonymous T.
ReplyDeleteHow about "Suspicious Readings of Joyce's 'Dubliners'". Published by University of Pennsylvania Press in 2003.
For all I know, it may be possible to check it out of a library, if they still have it twenty years later. And thank your wife for her kind curiosity.
Misty - It's still available on Amazon.
ReplyDeleteExpect a royalty check in the mailbox :-)
Another busy day tomorrow... Time to NOD OFF. -T