Hello Cornerites!
sumdaze here with a "visionary" puzzle by Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi.
I am calling it
Today we have 4 phrases such that each end in a synonym for LOOKING. One might say the LOOKING part of the phrase is at the BACK end of the phrase. You know, LOOKING BACK. Let's take a peek:
17 Across. Excessive introspection: NAVEL GAZING. I know this term to mean "the contemplation of one's navel as an aid to meditation," but I did not know it had a science-sounding name: omphaloskepsis.
22 Across. Tourist's agenda: SIGHTSEEING.
35 Across. Consuming "Succession" in rapid succession, say: BINGE WATCHING. I like how they worked the TV show name into the clue.
49 Across. New England fall activity: LEAF PEEPING.
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| You can see why many people have a LEAF PEEPING trip on their bucket lists. |
And the unifier:
56 Across. Reminiscing, and what 17-, 22-, 35-, and 49-Across all have: LOOKING BACK.
Let's view the grid:
Kudos to Rebecca and Rachel for fitting 5 themed fills in a 15x15 grid. Well done!
1. Resistance unit represented by an omega: OHM. Named for Georg Ohm, a German physicist best known for his OHM's law.
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| V = Voltage I = Current R = Resistance |
4. __ and field: TRACK.
9. BBC cooking competition, to fans: GBBO.
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| BINGE WATCHING worthy, I reckon. |
13. Battery size: AAA.
14. "__ a Mi Mundo": Selena album: ENTRE.
15. Eddie __: apparel company: BAUER.
16. The Cardinals, on sports tickers: STL. St. Louis for baseball or Arizona for football
19. In-flight figs.: ETAS. After planes are in the air, they can better calculate their Estimated Times of Arrival.
21. Like many nouns ending in "s": PLURAL. It can get complicated. (See 19A.)
26. Bargain footwear chain: DSW. Designer Show Warehouse, a.k.a. Nirvana
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| The first store opened in 1991 in Dublin, Ohio. Today DSW operates more than 500 stores in 44 states. |
29. Outcast: PARIAH. I just realized I often confuse this word with "piranha". It seems I am not the only one guilty of this malapropism. Do you mean "a corporate PARIAH" or "a corporate piranha"? Read about the difference in their definitions at grammarist.com.
30. Bothers: GETS TO.
32. Trailing, as a trailer: IN TOW.
34. Horse coloring: ROAN.
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| a red ROAN and a blue ROAN |
40. Widely shared image: MEME.
41. Stony-faced: STOIC. 10 Stoic Rules from Marcus Aurelius
42. Container: VESSEL. also, an architectural structure in Manhattan (more)
45. Next up: ON DECK. baseball
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| This sailor is ON DECK. |
53. Brand of bottled water: DASANI.
55. Headliner: STAR.
61. Skating surface: ICE.
Peanuts Tribute - Skating by Vince Guaraldi Trio
I think you'll find this video quite calming.
62. Cubs legend Banks: ERNIE. In 2013, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his contribution to sports. Hall of Fame page
63. Reddish brown photo effect: SEPIA. You likely have a SEPIA filter on your phone's camera. This is what it can do.
64. __ out a win: EKE.
65. Suffix with nine- or ump-: TEEN.
67. Nine-digit ID: SSN.
Down:
1. Caravan rest stops: OASES. "Stops" is PLURAL, so we needed the plural of "oasis".
2. Gesture of recognition, physical or metaphorical: HAT TIP. Hand up for first penciling in "Homage".
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| Sam Elliott is as cool as a penguin on an ice floe. Oh, wait, that was last Monday! |
3. Spanish port town that's the namesake of a dessert wine: MALAGA. Known for its beaches, culture, and food, MALAGA is a popular destination in Andalusia, Spain. 15 Things to Do in MALAGA
4. Roman X: TEN.
5. Genetic letters: RNA. Ribonucleic Acid is a nucleic acid present in all living cells that has structural similarities to DNA. Unlike DNA, however, RNA is most often single-stranded. lots more info.
6. Off-rd. ride: ATV. Road is abbreviated, so is All-terrain Vehicle.
7. Thin pancake: CREPE.
Here is a (subtly humorous) video on how to make crepes. (3:14 min.)
8. "Law & Order: SVU" actress Giddish: KELLI.
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| Kelli on the "Law" side of L&O. Apparently there was some off-camera drama, too. She has left the show. |
9. __ strip: region that borders Egypt: GAZA.
10. Uses as a foundation: BUILDS ON.
11. Jerry's dairy partner: BEN. A couple of months ago, the NPR podcast, Planet Money, did a piece on a shadow barter economy in Vermont where people use pints of B&J's ice-cream to pay for goods & services. This came about because each employee was allowed to take home 3 free pints every single work day. Pause and think about that for a minute. (The episode covers a few topics. Here is the transcript. Scroll down to "Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi". The B&J's segment begins there.)
12. Assn.: ORG. Association is abbreviated, so is Organization.
15. Storm (in): BARGE. Remember the New York garbage BARGE from 1987 news headlines?
18. __-ho: enthusiastic: GUNG.
20. Holy sites: SHRINES. This "floating" tori (gate) is part of the Itsukushima Shinto Shrine in Miyajima, Japan. UNESCO World Heritage site
23. High-pitched sound: TING. as in, "the TINGing of glasses".
25. Site for DIYers: EHOW. eHow website
27. Male deer: STAG.
28. Was victorious: WON.
31. Pushup muscles: TRICEPS. Practicing the yoga pose chaturanga dandasana (4-limbed staff pose) strengthens these muscles.
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| tri = 3 muscles Long, Lateral, & Medial. |
33. Used to be: WAS. The verb used to is a 'marginal' modal verb. Unlike the other modal verbs, it is only found in the past tense.
35. Pilsner, e.g.: BEER.
36. "This is the last straw for me": I'M SO DONE.
37. Roof option for some Camaros: T-TOP.
38. Convalescent puppy's accessory: CONE.
39. Conceal: HIDE.
40. Letters on a trophy, maybe: MVP. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has won the most career Most Valuable Player awards in the NBA, with 6. Look up your favorite player here.
43. "Eighth Grade" actress Fisher: ELSIE. ELSIE was born in 2003 in Riverside, CA. Her show was on Netflix. In 2018, she received a Golden Globe nomination for best actress. She also voiced Agnes in Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2.
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| ELSIE & Agnes. (Hi Irish Miss!) |
Bill Withers sings Lean on Me live in Chicago (1972).
I'd like to think that we are here for each other in this way.
46. St. Louis and St. Petersburg, for two: CITIES. In this case, "St." was a distraction.
47. Natural talents: KNACKS. This clue calls for another song...
My Sharona by The KNACK (1979)
50. Inner turmoil: ANGST.
51. Nutrient found in whole grains: FIBER. We're entering artichoke season. They are full of FIBER and delicious, too!
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| Click to enlarge. This is good gouge! |
52. "Bein' __": Kermit the Frog's song: GREEN. Alas, it's not easy.
It's Not Easy Being Green by Kermit the Frog
54. Similar (to): AKIN.56. Allow: LET.
57. Mine find: ORE.
58. Tailless primate: APE.
59. "Homeland" gp.: CIA. Group is abbreviated, so is the Central Intelligence Agency.
60. "WandaVision" actress Dennings: KAT. This is a Disney+ show. Earlier this month I Googled another WandaVision cast member, Elizabeth Olson, for my blog. Unfortunately, I failed to memorize the whole cast for future puzzles.
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| I prefer the candy bar but sometimes it's good to change things up. |
34 comments:
Satellites are not just SIGHTSEEING.
They have surveillance duty, orbiting.
Over land, it behoves
Them to watch army moves,
Over seas, they turn to NAVEL GAZING!
There once was a girl from MALAGA
Who felt that her life was a saga.
The feeling was thanks
To her TEEN-age ANGST,
And her longing to be Lady Gaga!
Ah, a marvelous Monday from RG&RF, thanx for this fun and entertaining treat. Actually FIR with only two W/Os: KELLY:KELLI & DESANI:DASANI. Perps fixed those pretty quickly. Not too many obscure proper names (thanx again RG&RF) made this CW a lot more enjoyable. And as Sumdaze said, fitting five theme fills into the grid is also quite the accomplishment. Admirable write-up, too, Sumdaze, thanx.
Good morning!
Dang, this was tough for a Monday. Learned that I didn't know how to spell Eddie BOWER, drink DESANI, nor visit MALACA. Got 'er done, but it took an inordinate amount of time for an early week pzl. D-o is definitely down in the abasement. Thanx, ladies: Rebecca, Rachel, and Renee (Sumdaze).
SSN: On medical forms I enter NYB in the "SSN" field.
SHRINES: I recall visiting a shrine of Torii gates in Japan -- Nara, methinks, but I could be misremembering.
FIBER: Fiber of what? I was quite old (actually already retired) when I learned that fiber isn't a "thing." It's basically anything in food which cannot be broken down in the digestive tract. It provides bulk.
This puzzle has two entries that have never appeared in a NYT crossword!
...And I'm talking about GBBO and DSW. Seriously, GBBO BAUER DSW all crammed in the NE is very anti-Monday. The Bake-Off came to mind quickly from the clue, but with "familiarly" rather than "for short" or something, it took some time to see that the initials were the answer. I guess that's what happens when you have a 13-letter themer in the middle and a Z to deal with. (Side note - the word count is 74 and there are still a ton of black squares, I don't know whether Patti actually allows that many)
On the other hand, IMSODONE was a great bonus. TEEN took a bit of thought (in a good way) because I don't think I've ever seen "umpteen", just "umpteenth".
I suppose, as some others have said, we can’t count on a particular level of difficulty on any particular day anymore. Still, in the interest of continuity, I would say that this puzzle had more obscurities than the usual Monday puzzle, including GBBO and DSW. Still, I managed to FIR, so I’m happy.
FIR, but erased annoys for GETS TO and etsy for EHOW. If I need advice about how to get something done, I google the "something" instead of going to a dedicated site like EHOW.
CSO to Jimmy Hatlo, who created the comic strip They'll Do It Every Time. His sign-off was "Thanks and a TIP of the Hatlo HAT" to readers who suggested topics for his cartoons. In those pre-identity theft days, Hatlo inked in the full name and address of contributors.
Is FIBER a nutrient? If it doesn't provide nutrition to the body, isn't it a stretch? Also, it is spelled FIBRE, right, C-Eh?
I've been to our local DSW several times. Where do I surrender my Man Card?
Thanks to Rebecca and Rachel for the tough Monday workout. And thanks to Sumdaze for the summary.
FIR. Not fond of the use of GBBO, DSW, and Bauer. These aren't in my daily use, or anyone's for that matter. And proper names as well! Kelli and Kat! Thank heavens for the perps.
Took 4:20 today for me to see the light.
I didn't mind Bauer or DSW, but my complaint with this puzzle was some former Law & Order actress crossing some foreign word in a Selena album title, but Kelly gave way to Kelli. Not a fan of Ernie (which I knew) crossing Elsie (no idea of her or the title). So, a couple actresses had me stumbling.
I didn't know Malaga, but those perps/crosses were fair.
Good Morning:
I don’t mind an amped-up Monday as long as the perps are fair, which actually should be the standard for all puzzles. Today’s challenges were Entre, as clued, DSW and Elsie, as clued. The cow is more of a Monday clue, but fair perps did their job. The theme was obvious after entering Gazing and Seeing, but the reveal was still an Aha moment. No w/os as the fill was pretty straightforward .
Thanks, Rebecca and Rachel, for a smooth, quick solve and thanks, sumdaze, for the dazzling review and commentary. I didn’t take the time to click on every link (will be back later) but the ones I really enjoyed were the irrepressible Peanut’s gang, the Stoic’s philosophy, and the Hudson Yard’s structure, even though it was anxiety-inducing to this acrophobic, especially the Sky Deck. Thanks, also, for the CSO.
Snow coming in this evening, 5-8” possible, the last I heard. ☃️
Have a great day.
FIR today, with two WOs due to careless fill: ATm and DAnANI. But it could have been worse. So, thanks for a puzzle with a fun theme, Rebecca and Rachel.
Sumdaze, your review today was dazzling (Hi, IM!): so full of fun cartoons and additional information! Thanks.
LOOKING BACK at the puzzle, I see where perps helped to fill the most likely word where I had unknowns. ENTRE was one with that particular clue as well as ELSIE, which seems like an old fashioned nickname to me.
I finally shopped at DSW this winter and found a comfortable pair of sneakers, so that fill was familiar to me.
Nice work today, OwenKL. I liked both. And I hope everyone sees some sun today!
Hola!
How nice! A somewhat challenging Monday puzzle which took a little more time han usual to finish. Thanks to the constructors and to sumdaze for a sterling analysis.
I have been LEAF PEEPING, once many years ago with my friend, Kathy.
And MALAGA was the first city I visited in Spain on my first trip there. Story later.
In case anyone is interested, the translation to Selena's song is: Inside my world.
Now it's time to go do my voluntary duty at church. Later.
I wish you all a wonderful day!
Thank you, Rebecca Goldstein and Rachael Fabi, and thank you, Sumdaze
I found this puzzle to be super easy.
The only unknowns I would have had were MALAGA and KELLI, and they were filled in. ENTRE too, I guess, but, entre nous, I had ENTR and threw in the final E w/o looking at the clue for KELLI.
GBBO - We've watched every episode of every season of the Great British Baking Show that has aired on our PBS channels. And reruns when they are on. A favorite here. Prob should subscribe to Roku and Netflix to see all of the seasons. Also knew that it's titled differently here than in Great Britain. DW can BINGE watch the Mary Berry cooking and baking programs on the Pluto streaming app.
ehow - my opinion ? Mostly good for beginner DIY'ers, but the site is not very well ORGanized. Here's my latest fav DIY channel on YouTube. Another channel that would be worth the time is Project Farm.
Irish Miss, sorry to hear that you are getting more snow. I took the snow blower out to the shed yesterday. I've only used it one time this year, and it's unlikely that it will be needed anytime soon. Weird weather here this winter.
Tax appointment later today. Everything is ready. Except cutting the checks.
Fairly easy, some clues where unknown , Gbbo & Elsie, for two but filled okay. The clue that threw me was meme. Never heard of that one.
What a lovely walk in the park this CW was. I filled the long answers right away, and somehow everything fell into place. To me this was a Monday level puzzle.
Ive been guilty of NAVEL GAZING, I’ve enjoyed SIGHT SEEING, I don’t care for BINGE WATCHING, and one autumn, I visited the New England states for some glorious LEAF PEEPING, although I’ve never used that expression. Now that I’m older, I do some LOOKING BACK.
Fun info from Sumdaze as usual.
OwenKL. I like your clever twist on NAVEL GAZING.
Anonymous@5:57. Good info!
Thanks for your kind words, everyone.
Good Morning! Nice Monday puzzle with a little crunch. Enjoyed it! Thanks Rebecca and Rachel. Fun theme.
Perps for KELLI and EHOW
WOs: BuRst -> BARGE; ANGer -> ANGST; As IN -> AKIN. Ah me...
IF only I could learn to slow down & verify before BARGing ahead!!!
If IFS and BUTS were candy & nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas! Out of season, BUT applies :-)
Thanks sumdaze for a fun review. Sweet tribute to the Charlie Brown gang.
Musings
-Rebecca Goldstein has a PhD. in pharmacology, and now leads a small group supporting immuno-oncology drug discovery efforts at Merck in the San Francisco area. Rachel Fabi, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Humanities at SUNY Upstate
-I had three bad cells due to haste and stubbornness with this fun puzzle by the bicoastal doctors.
-If I gazed at my navel, I’d see a group of scars from laparoscopic entry points in the last 4 years
-A girl where I sub took up TRACK and FIELD on a whim as a junior last year and has become a STAR including state championships in two years and still has this spring to go
-Stay STOIC and don’t let naysayers GET TO you
-Golfers simulate a HAT TIP in response to applause
-After abdominal surgery, you soon realize how important TRICEPS are to getting up
-I’M SO DONE – Our wall phone got the heave ho last year. Bye, Spam Risk, whoever you are
-Chuck Howley, in 1971, is the only player to be named the Super Bowl MVP from a losing team
-It was torture watching Joann use the snowblower on the day after my surgery! She did it once before 25 years ago when I had 125 kids at Kennedy Space Center.
-Lovely job, Renee!
Easy Monday with a very Nosy theme
NAVELGAZER...with NA tried NArcisisisisst but couldn't spell it and luckily perpwaited. (Do they really call it GBBO?). For as many years that I've been doing CWs it's the only place I've seen/heard the term TTOP. Etsy (Jinxy) became EHOW: new one on me. I'M SO DONE (stick a fork in me? 😄)
If you've followed "Succession" (One of my favs) from the beginning each season it is not binge-able à la Netflix. There's a week between each HBO episode.
Dizzy or ditsy (var.)....GIDDISH
Helen, Ray, and Stevie's disability....SIGHT SEEING
Martin's partner....ROAN
"My ___ back!"....AKIN
Just between wildebeests : _____ gnu....ENTRE
When I was a kid my family would visit the SHRINE of our Lady of North American Martyrs every year about an hour away in Auriesville NY. On the grounds there is an enormous circular church (upper left in the picture). Mass times were announced by loud speakers in the trees. "Dear pilgrims mass will start at"...etc
Ray: "Mom, pilgrims!! (Thinking, the Mayflower crowd) let's go see them.!"
Mom: No, Ray, WE are the pilgrims, people who go to shrines are called pilgrims.
So..we go to mass. It's sung in the Mohawk language by a choir in full Native American dress...Now I'm certain, Mom is wrong, if there are Indians there gotta be pilgrims somewhere.
SD loved the 'toons.....Sunny now but like IM said snow on the way, likely another storm. Seems March is "coming in like a lion" 🌨🦁
FIR and got the theme also on a mostly Monday puzzle. But, GBBO, GSW, ENTRE? Sheesh! ESP. Liked seeing Ernie. Had a strange desire to look for another xword to do. "Let's play two!"
Fun, if a bit tough, Monday--many thanks, Rebecca and Rachel. And really enjoyed your comments and pictures, Sumdaze--especially that cute little navel gazer.
Owen, loved your second Lady Gaga verse!
Keep yourself warm, Irish Miss.
Have a good start to the week, everybody.
Puzzling thoughts:
FIR; perps to the rescue!
Cute limericks, Owen
Decently fun puzzle though I wasn't "thrilled" by the theme reveal
Good job sumdaze with the recap
HG, I too have a few "navel area" scars as a reminder of a couple of surgeries. The ones from 19 years ago are barely noticeable
We are escorted by sumdaze through this Monday PZL by the Goldstein/Fabi team.
We are getting greater challenges with recent Monday XWDs; not just filled with gimmes anymore.
I wonder how to pronounce GBBO.
I thought "Homeland" was dealing with the NSA. Live and learn.
~ OMK
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DR: Just one diagonal, near side.
Its anagram uses 13 of the 15 letters.
It focuses on a noun that, when spelled differently, refers to being tied up in a sort of sexy behavior, but in this sense is simply worthy of a Boy Scout.
Give up?
It is often preceded by the phrase, "Oo la la!"
But here, refers only to its own Merit Badge complexity.
"O LA-- KNOTTINESS"!
Thank you Rebecca and Rachel for a throwback to days when Monday puzzles were fun.
And thank you sumdaze for another fun, informative review: omphaloskepsis? I guess that's an INNIE right?
A few favs:
14A ENTRE. I only was only vaguely aware of Selena, mainly through crosswords. Sad that her life was tragically cut short at such an early age.
35A BINGE WATCHING. We do a lot of that in the evenings, mostly British whodonits.
5D RNA. In 1957 Francis Crick proposed the central dogma molecular biology, that "DNA makes RNA makes protein" and that this process flows in only one direction. However in recent years the new science of Epigenetics has shown that not only can environmental factors affect gene expression, but that certain types of changes can be passed onto offspring.
33D WAS. MOI?
38D CONE. ROTFL sumdaze!
43D ELSIE. Finally a new clue for for Borden's spokescow.
Cheers,
Bill
FLN
Renee, I really appreciated your detailed description of the value and logistics of using small herds of sheep to control grass growth in California communities endangered by wild fires. What a creative solution to a serious problem. Your Basque friend is quite an innovator.
Marvellous Monday. Thanks for the fun, Rebecca and Rachel, and sumdaze (loved your title!).
I FIRed and saw the LOOKING BACK theme.
A couple of inkblots to correct to the unknown KELLI (I was WAGGING a Y before I had SEEING, and had a possible Natick cross of ENTRE ( I thought of Entre as French not Spanish and wanted Entro or Entra). (Hello Anon@7:30)
We can go LEAF PEEPING around here in the fall (but I have been to New England at that time also. But some of the best colours (and the most tourists) are found farther north at Algonquin Park.
This Canadian has done enough CWs to hold my nose and enter FIBER not fibre. (Hi Jinx)
I was misdirected to movie trailers until IN TOW appeared.
I smiled at BINGE and BARGE.
GBBO perped, and then I saw it as Great Britain Bake Off.
I didn’t know DSW or EHOW either, but wrote them off as Canadian disadvantage. I see some of you Americans didn’t know them either.
Favourite today was the clue for TEEN.
Wishing you all a great day.
Yes IM, we have snow again too. I can barely see across the road outside my window!
It’s never too soon to plan your fall visit to Algonquin Park for LEAF PEEPING
FallColours
Waseely @ 3:13. I appreciate your comments -- and your humor! I hope Picard signs up for that docent program. He'd be fabulous!
C-Eh! @ 4:12. The website link you sent is so detailed! I like the peak graphs!
I liked this puzzle and all your comments, to which I have nothing to add.
After reading about the Stoic philosophy, I realize that it is quite likely I am one.
Good wishes to you all.
Hank BAUER was the Yankees right fielder of the fifties
Chris Kirk who outlasted Cole at the Honda is a recovered alcoholic. He'd last won in 2015
And his opponent was the son of Laura Baugh a standout in the 70s. I hope some of the golf aficionados caught the back nine and ot. Btw…
One of the Ad themes is about golf 'scuses ie …
"If There's NAE 'scuses
There's NAE Golf"
A couple of slowdowns but difficulty can be measured by the amount of clues I never saw as I was solving horizontally or vertically and didn't need perps
Enjoying sumdaze Mondays
WC
Jayce, as I read through Sumdaze's link about the Stoic philosophy, I realized I have a lot of room for improvement. My wife would agree.
Wilbur Charles, entre nous, I agree about reading Sumdaze's reviews. Bright and cheery, not laboriously long, and she doesn't bring up past political events just because there's an opportunity to do so...
Wait, what was that Stoic philosophy again ?
Still learning.
Well, as mentioned, this puzzle wasn’t the easiest Monday puzzle, but the perps were fair. I almost left PARIAH misspelled, but I had a, “Wait a minute, Dummy…” moment when proofing. I’ve found that since I no longer “write” for a living, my spelling skills have diminished. Of course, it might also be that I’m just getting more senile.
I don’t remember why, but I knew Eddie BAUER. Don’t think I’ve ever run across LEAFPEEPING, but I got it and the other theme answers.
Thanks, Rebecca, Rachel and sumdaze!
We have a few comments on the STOIC link so I'll add some background. DH's mentor gave him the book "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius. He rereads it every year or so. He also studies, "The Art of Living" by Epictetus (Marcus Aurelius' teacher). Yes, TTP, it works for me (a spouse).
= )
Hi All!
Thanks Rebecca & Rachel for the fun puzzle packed w/ themers.
Sumdaze - What TTP @701p said ++excellent expo.
WOs: misread 4a as failed and entered TRied, misspelled BowER and SITE->SIGHT.
ESP: MALAGA, KELLI
Fav: MEME just 'cuz of what sumdaze did with it.
{A+, B+}
20th anniversary, DW & I went to Vermont. We toured the BEN & Jerry's creamery and just so happened to be there at the height of LEAF PEEPING season - the hills were on fire! We stayed at Round Barn Farm and had fresh pressed apple juice at breakfast. So bucolic.
LEAN (on) had The Traveling Wilburys playing in my head all day.
Nice to see you at The Corner today, LeoIII. Speaking of, where's PK been lately.
TTP - Thank for the link to the JSK-koubou channel - I'll be BINGE WATCHING this weekend 😉
Sumdaze @9:55p - I prefer this book for my Stoic meditations :-)
Enjoy'd reading y'all today!
Cheers, -T
Anon-t.@ 10:34 Hmm. I’ll have to check out your version of stoicism.
Dash T, I was going to order his (JSK-san) plans for the workbench. They were only 659 JPY or something like that. I don't read or speak Nihongo, but I think the PDFs can be ordered in English. Then I realized that his material lists and links to products would also be to Japanese suppliers and Amazon Japan. D'oh !
I've made a couple of his tools already and am probably going to make his drill press fence next. So simple and yet so versatile. It's on the Videos page of his channel. Here's a link to one of his videos that I couldn't find at his channel: 34... Valued woodworking Tricks & Hacks. The first tool I made was the hex head cutter made from a coupling nut (#15 in the vid).
I previously didn't link anything from Project Farm, but this guy Todd does some really creative and thorough product testing of tools, hardware and supplies. They can be a little bit drawn out, but he seems to cover all the bases. As an example, you'll see what I mean in this video: Project Farm - Which Drill Bit Brand is Best? Let's find out!
Sumdaze, I just ordered "The Art of Living"
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