Creating a Bucket List for making a Bucket. A good Bucket should be able to Carry Weight, have a Handle and Hold Water.
Thus, each of the theme answers are characteristics that should be
on list of items for making a good bucket.
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20-Across. * Has significant influence: CARRIES WEIGHT.
44-Across. * Is able to wrap one's head around: HAS GOT A HANDLE ON.
26-Down. * Stands up to scrutiny: HOLDS WATER. But
what if there's a hole in the bucket?
28-Down. Enumeration of life goals, on which one should also find the
answers to the starred clues?: BUCKET LIST. A Bucket List refers to things one should do be for Kicking the Bucket. The term Kicking the Bucket means to die and is somewhat
disrespectful. It has a rather gruesome origin. The wooden frame used to hang animals by their feet for slaughter
was called a bucket. As the animals struggled and spasmed, they were
said to “kick the bucket.”
Let's move on to more cheerful topics. What else is in our puzzle today?
Across:
1. Emery board target: NAIL. Did you ever wonder what
exactly Emery is? According to Merriam-Webster it is "a dark granular
mineral that consists of corundum with iron oxide impurities (such as
magnetite) and is used as an abrasive."
5. Change as needed: ADAPT.
10. "F" on a gas gauge: FULL.
14. No-frills grocery chain that collects a deposit for a shopping
cart: ALDI. Is there a connection between Aldi and Trader Joe's? There is a Trader Joe's within walking distance from my house.
15. With a long face: SADLY.
16. Michigan neighbor: OHIO. Here's a cute little riddle for
you: What's Round on the End and High in the Middle?
17. Self-checkout sound: BEEP.
18. Batch of Brownies: TROOP. My favorite clue of the
puzzle.
19. Paper towel purchase: ROLL.
23. AirPods holders: EARS. I'd be afraid I'd lose them.
The pods could be considered 32-Down. Sci-fi getaway option: ESCAPE POD. People get "lost" in listening to their AirPods.
24. Nothing to write home about: SO-SO.
25. Small talk: CHAT.
27. Bubble tea "bubbles": BOBA. What is Boba?
30. Encapsulated ecosystem: BIODOME. Scandal in the
Biosphere.
33. Lead an orchestra: CONDUCT. It's not as easy as you
might think.
36. "Tutti," in English: ALL. Today's Italian lesson.
37. Ones who fail to keep up appearances?: NO SHOWS.
39. Margaret of "Fire Island": CHO. [Name # 1.]
Margaret Moran Cho (b. Dec. 5, 1968), is a comedian who makes makes
frequent guest appearances in the crossword puzzles.
40. Potluck contribution: SIDE. If everyone brings a side
dish, where is the main course?
42. Base for jam and clotted cream: SCONE. Yummers!
43. Hershey toffee bar: SKOR. Yummers!
47. Vessel in some Asian restaurant names: WOK.
48. __ favor: POR. Today's Spanish lesson, if you please,
and a nod to our Lucina.
49. "Do __ disturb": NOT.
50. [Shrug]: BEATS ME.
53. Boat pulling a fishing net: TRAWLER.
57. Play part that follows an overture: ACT I. We learned
last Friday that many modern plays lack an Act Two.
58. Footnote abbr.: OP. CIT. Today's Latin lesson. Op.
Cit. is a Latin for the phrase opus citatum or opere citato, which means the work cited.
60. Foolish talk: JIVE.
61. Nurses a sprain, say: ICES. Has anyone heard from
Tinbini recently?
62. Group of associates: POSSE.
63. "Make it snappy!" letters: ASAP. As Soon As Possible.
64. Word: TERM. The two are not interchangeable.
65. Touches up, as text: EDITS.
66. Range components: Abbr.: MTNs. As in Mountains.
Down:
1. Seize: NAB.
2. Smart __: wisenheimer: ALEC. A possible theory on the
origin of the term Smart Alec. [Name adjacent.]
3. Planning session offering: IDEA.
4. Comprehend without hearing, in a way: LIP READ.
5. Up and about: ASTIR.
6. Has the guts (to): DARES.
7. Noisy commotions: ADOs. It's probably just Much Ado About
Nothing.
8. Farm machines: PLOWS. Everything is bigger in Texas.
9. Like a universal donor's blood: TYPE O. Everything you
wanted to know about blood types, but didn't know to ask.
10. Permanently: FOR GOOD.
11. "I have a bad feeling about this": UH-OH!
12. Bouncy tune: LILT.
13. Texting guffaw: LOL. Textspeak for Laughing Out Loud. But you knew that.
21. Boca __, Florida: RATON.
22. 13-digit pub. codes: ISBNs. As in the International Standard Book Number.
25. Fine hairs: CILIA.
29. Hay fever sound: ACHOO! This has become the word of the
month.
30. Shindig: BASH.
31. __ Valuable Player: MOST. LSU's Angel Reese (b. May 6,
2002) was named the Most Outstanding Player after the Women's basketball
championship game last week.
33. Grifter: CON ARTIST.
34. "Marry Me" actor Wilson: OWEN. Owen Wilson (né Owen
Cunningham Wilson; b. Nov. 18, 1968) is a comedic actor who has been in a
number of films, many of which are somewhat off-beat. He is the older
brother of actor Luke Cunningham Wilson (b. Sept. 21, 1971). [Name # 2.]
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| Luke and Owen Wilson |
35. Unable to make up one's mind: TORN.
38. Jolly syllables: HO-HO.
41. Self-absorption: EGOTISM.
43. Smooth R&B tune: SLOW JAM.
45. Gives the go-ahead: OKs.
46. Subj. of Rosalind Franklin's research: DNA. Rosalind Franklin's (July 25, 1920 ~ Apr. 16, 1958) research was critical in the discovery
of the double helix structure of DNA. Sadly, she died young and never
received the recognition she deserved. [Name # 3.]
50. Can of worms, maybe: BAIT.
51. Latin "behold": ECCE. More of today's Latin lesson.
52. Wallow in sadness: MOPE.
54. Numbered hwys.: RTEs. As in Routes.
55. __ Williams bourbon: EVAN. [Name adjacent.]
56. Gym count: REPs.
59. Forensic series whose theme song is "Who Are You": CSI.
Here 's the Grid:
חתולה
I didn’t find this puzzle to be very difficult. It definitely seemed Tuesday-level to me. However, I certainly didn’t know we were making a “bucket “ before the reveal. Very clever! FIR, so I’m happy.
ReplyDeleteGood morning!
ReplyDeleteSeemed pretty easy for a late-week puzzle. What, it's only Tuesday? Theme? There was a theme? Reveal? There was a reveal? And so it goes... Went sideways with EGOTism and FORever, but Wite-Out made short shrift of those little snags. Do farmers still use PLOWS? Never saw the bucket, but enjoyed the saunter through puzzleland. Thanx, Adam and Hahtoolah.
MOST Valuable Player: We enjoyed watching the Womens' tournament on ESPN. So, when it came to the final, we found it on ESPN and set the DVR to record for later viewing. Bad idea! Turned out to be a split-screen affair with Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi talking about everything except the game. Disappointing. We should've recorded ABC, but we didn't know that at the time.
This was a fun and fast affair - I enjoy it when the themes are both horizontal and vertical and these were somewhat shaped like a BUCKET.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the movie "The BUCKET LIST" with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson taking the theme to the Nth degree.
The Women's bracket rivaled the mens in March Madness for excitement.
We supposed to be up to 80 degrees today- wild after the lingering winter days a week ago.
Thanks Hatoolah and Adam!
Clever CW, and just right for a Tuesday! Also really like how few obscure proper names there are. I saw the theme which helped; only theme clue that wasn’t an instant WAG winner was 44A. Anyway, fun! Thanx AV. And thanx too to Hahtoolah for the (as always) terrific write-up.
ReplyDeleteFIR, and I agree, not too hard for a Thursday puzzle. But it's Tuesday and this was a bit crunchy for my liking. Never got the theme, not that it would have mattered. Not a fan of this type of grid.
ReplyDeleteI didn't kick the bucket, but I did turn a little pail today. Took 9:36.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure why exactly, but I struggled in a few spots. "Forever" before "for good" was one such area.
I didn't know today's actress or her movie/show, but I did like "The Bucket List" movie.
FIR, but erased alda for ALDI, dish for SIDE, and forever for FOR GOOD (whew - at least I didn't have to use four consecutive fors).
ReplyDeleteBack from my annual golf trip to Myrtle Beach. Daughter and son visited with mom to give me a much-needed respite. I forgot to bring the power cable for my laptop, so I only turned it on long enough to print out my two daily crosswords and Sudokus. Now I get to go back and read 5 days of email, check my work on previous puzzles, and review Corner bloggers' posts and comments from the peanut gallery. My biggest concern on my return home is that it looks like they gave her my meds instead of hers, but she doesn't seem to have been affected by the mix-up.
Thanks to Ha2la for the fun review, and for explaining the clever gimmick that sailed over my head.
Thank you Adam for a fine Tuesday puzzle CONTAINING a clever theme, lots of fun fill, and a FIR to match. Let's see, this makes two like this in a row, so BEWARE Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you Hahtoolah for another stellar review.
A few favs:
1A NAIL. Rubies and sapphires are two forms of CORUNDUM that are found in nature and are 9 on the MOHS' hardness scale.
28D BUCKET LIST. Not to be "too gruesome", but let's face it, it's the final item on everybody's BUCKET LIST.
14A ALDI. TJ's is one of our favorite shopping destinations. In fact I plan to stop by there today after a doctor visit.
19A ROLL. The only place I know that you can buy a single ROLL (well maybe two) of paper towels is Trader Joes.
27A BOBA. Isn't he a bad guy in Star Wars Land?
36A ALL. As in Cosi Fan Tutti ("They All Do It"), Mozart's (somewhat sexist) opera about two woman and their main squeezes. Here's the overture.
29D ACHOO. Favorite cartoon.
46D DNA. Franklin probably wouldn't have gotten the Nobel anyway, even if she hadn't died you. Max is 3 and Watson, Crick and Wilkins were shoe ins, despite the fact that she performed the X-ray crystallography that actually revealed the double-helix structure of DNA.
Cheers,
Bill
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteThis was a quick and easy solve with only one w/o, Add To/Adapt and only one unknown, Evan. The theme was hidden, to me, anyway, until the surprising reveal. Props for the low three letter word count.
Thanks, Adam, for a Tuesday treat and thanks, Hahtoolah, for the usual potpourri of fun and facts. Favorite comics today were the Girl Scouts “scam”, and the Can of Worms. Your closing Cat refrigerator brought a chuckle, too.
Jinx, glad to hear you had a well-deserved respite.
Have a great day.
Musings
ReplyDelete- A very pleasant gimmick as an entire phrase was used for themers!
- My BUCKET LIST includes walking Augusta National golf course and seeing Normandy Beach
- My lovely bride carried many a bucket of chicken feed across the farm yard to the coop
- We tried ALDI’s twice. SO-SO…
- Fun write-up, Susan, and the JIVE interlude was a great addition! Gotta love a guitar-playing rocker fronting (CONDUCTING?) for a big band!
-LIP READ – Even with my high tech, Bluetooth hearing aids
-What? You’re going to put someone else’s blood into me?
-ECCE Homo is part of the Easter season
-PLOWS are pretty much a part of the past here. Minimum or No till are now common.
-It’s spring on the prairie and my partner has just returned from his winter on the Rio Grande. We are teeing off in an hour.
This took a while, but it had interesting clues, reasonable answers and the theme was clever. Stuck to forever “ fooreeverr”; then CARRIES WEIGHT gave me FOR GOOD. Never heard the term SLOW JAM. Misread Grifters as drifters so that was puzzling until CON ARTISTS was apparent. Thank you Adam and thank you Hahtoolah for the funny cartoons and especially the info on the BIODOME. I remember Buckminster Fuller and the geodesic dome of the 50’s. The smart ALEC info was amusing.
ReplyDeleteJinx.@7:40 - Wondered where you were last week and glad you had a break and all Is well. My son just returned from MB after a week of golf. Perhaps you played some of the same courses.
Waseeley @7:54 - Thank for the CFT overture. Nice way to start the day.
Miss Irish - Did you get my gmail yesterday?
Happy day, all!
Fun puzzle and expo. I really liked the theme, but needed the reveal.
ReplyDeleteI, too like the movie, The Bucket List, and watched it several times on TV.
I seldom go to Aldi's although it has great prices. I like one stop shopping for groceries and Aldi's choice is limited.
I found the article about smart alec very interesting.
My bucket list has kicked the bucket. When my MIL got too old to invite Alan to stay overnight that was the end of it. I took many wonderful trips, thanks to mom. I also traveled some with Alan. We both enjoyed Costa Rica and the riverboat on the Danube. I
have been on my own for four years, but can no longer afford extensive travel. I live in a great place which offers life time care, but the price is steep. Also I am no longer willing to endure airports.
The picture of the gramophone brought back happy memories. My sibs and I enjoyed our grandmother's wind up one that she stored in her attic. It had a big bell and came with several old time records.
As employees we soon learned that some bosses take ASAP to mean STAT. Also what sounds like an off hand "take it or leave it" suggestion is actually an order. I prefer straight forward people.
I seldom hear expressions like "nothing to write home" about these days. They seemed so common in my youth. My youngest sister and called them "Momisms" and compiled a long list of Mom's sayings.
Jinx, I am glad you had a brief respite from care giving and an enjoyable time away,
A FIR Tuesday, thanks to Adam's appropriate puzzle. I was awake before ASTIR was indicated but most times I waited for perps when the clue was iffy. I wondered about JIVE and SLOW JAM but let it be. I needed the reveal to get the theme today. Well done, Adam!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Hahtoolah, for your excellent review. I read about Trader Joe's and Aldi with interest since I shop TJ's regularly (not across the street unfortunately but 3.5 miles away) and was familiar with Aldi's as a source for staples when we lived in Germany 30 years ago. I liked the cat refrigerator and smart-alec phone. Well, actually all the cartoons, to be honest!
Glad to hear of your holiday, Jinx. Looking forward to regular comments from you now.
Anon@7:36AM, " a little pail" indeed!
It's a sunny morning here, cool but warming up. The red rhododendron is blooming now, weeks earlier than usual, but I 'm not complaining. Enjoy your day, everyone!
Good Morning, Crossword friends: There isn't an Aldi's near me, but I have been in the store. I prefer Trader Joe's.
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked the Brian Setzer, Husker. I saw him in concert a few years ago and it was fabulous.
I thought Spring was here, but it seems pretty cool here today.
QOD: Loneliness is more fatal than a poor diet or lack of exercise, as corrosive as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Friendship literally saves our lives. ~ Marisa G. Franco, African-American psychologist
Hi Y'all! Thank you, Jon, for a better than SOSO puzzle. Thanks, Hahtoolah, for all your info & fun.
ReplyDeleteDNK: ALDI, OPCIT, EVAN.
I ran aground on PLOW as a machine. I looked it up and it doesn't really fit machine category, not having a motor. As an old farm wife, it was called an "implement" and fits that google definition. PLOWS are still used but may have many "gangs" or plow sections and be 20 feet wide. Depends on the type of soil & amount of rainfall whether "no-till" or plowing works best. No-till doesn't dry out the soil as much. But No-till leaves more weed seed on the soil and then has to be sprayed to get rid of weeds in the crops. My husband tried no-till several years then went back to plowing -- but that was 30 years ago.
I can’t believe I tripped myself up as I did, so DNF. I kept reading “range OPPONENTS” so left that little corner blank. I need my money back from my cataract surgery.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise fun and fresh puzzle. Hahtoolah regaled us with cute pertinent cartoons. I too really liked the can of worms.
No Aldi near me, in fact it’s only in the last several months that I became aware of this store. TJ’s unfortunately is too far for me.
Tuesday FIR. Basically, what unclefred said. Yellowrocks, I agree with you about air travel these days. Had to go from O'Hara to Hartsfield recently for a family funeral. If I can't go by car or train, I think I'll stay home. I remember the days when going by air was enjoyable. Not so much now.
ReplyDeleteHmm, bucket list Eh?
ReplyDeletePretty much covered the movie in that crossword a couple of months ago... so, what did I learn from todays?
Perhaps,
That the title from The Outer Limits episode "Behold Eck!" was a pun?
(I think it was the music and sound effects that made Outer Limits so creepy...)
Perhaps,
The Ancient Handbag of the Gods found carved in stone all over the world, supposedly carrying "the seeds of life," is actually just a bucket, to carry water, you know, water, the stuff of life...
Perhaps,
I need to reorganize my thoughts...
Thought I was going to escape...A mild cold on Saturday, like an idiot decided to take a covid home test that I happened upon in the medicine cabinet, Poz, as was the clinic PCR report today. ..obviously my excuse for FIW, just one letter B for BOBA not s ...(ISSBN?) Inkovers: dish/SIDE, bain/BAIT
ReplyDelete...Liked the "batch of brownies" clue too.
"Tutti" frutti "all fruits". Tutte is feminine plural of tutta "Così Fan Tutte".."What They (women) All Do" "Tutti Frutti", an aria I don't believe is from an opera
Indebt to....OWEN
When Broadway goes dark...NOSHOWS
Why a pot can be picked up...HASGOTAHANDLEONIT.
Prison Picasso....CONARTIST
Erratum...TYPEO
Coveting all the prizes....EGOTISM
Across from...OPCIT
Amazing how isolation cuts down on household ADOS... 😃😉
Hola!
ReplyDeleteThanks to Adam and Susan for today's fun! The grid filled quickly with no need to ADAPT.
There is an ALDI's here but it's quite far and I've never been to it.
My friend from OHIO sent me an Easter card and I was sad to see that her writing showed her hand shakes badly. She is only one year older than me.
Many years ago I visited the BIODOME but I don't know if it is still in existence.
I've received calls from a CON ARTIST who requested me to buy gift cards! Ha!
I never had an actual BUCKET LIST but did have some goals I wanted to accomplish and so far I have. Travel was a big item and I was fortunate to be able to do that though I have not visited all 50 states. I lack about 16.
Wishing you all a very good day!
Greetings! Enjoyed today’s puzzle. Thanks, Adam.
ReplyDeleteAnother clever double layered theme. Thought maybe BEATS ME would factor in, but no.
I found the North flowed smoothly, but the South was slower going.
One WO changing 32D from PaD to POD.
ESP: EVAN.
Enjoyed the fun OHIO jingle.
LOL to the whale sneeze.
Thanks, Hah2Lah, for your recap.
geoDOME didn't cut it
ReplyDeleteI had tees for that (driving) range component
Started out very easy but JIVE talk etc slowed me down. FIR
long fills like CONARTIST, EGOTISM, TRAWLER, CONDUCT helped a lot
Aldis doesn't bogo hence I prefer Winn Dixie(and even Publix)
US needs a national airline that does the basics well to keep commercial honest
Thx hahtoolah I was slow grok'ing BAIT but your can of worms was great
WC
Neat Tuesday puzzle, Adam, many thanks. And always enjoy your commentary, Hahtoolah, thanks for that too.
ReplyDeleteI always look for food and entertainment in puzzle answers, and found only a few today. We did get a SCONE and SKOR, and if we went to a restaurant we might have gotten something from a WOK. But a slow JAM is something to listen to, not to eat, I guess. So not much BAIT for a meal here. As for entertainment, there was a BASH with a little music, a LILT, guided by a CONDUCTor. And there might even be an ACT I of drama. So, no reason to MOPE today.
Have a good day, everybody.
ReplyDeleteI’m an old guy taking guitar lessons…watching Brian Setzer play makes my eyes water….there is simply no better guitarist IMHO.
ALDI is the ONLY store that sells Chocolate Whipped Cream in a can….but it’s not whipped cream…it’s Chocolate Mousse in a can and I love it.
I fly to get to where I’m going, the idea of enjoying that does not compute. Get me there is all I ask.
Parsan @ 9:16 ~ Inexplicably, your email was in my Junk folder. I replied a few hours ago. 😉
ReplyDeleteRay O @ 11:35 ~ Sorry to hear you’re a COVID victim. Hope that it’s a mild case and you feel better soon.
From all the horror stories I’ve heard about unruly, unbalanced passengers and numerous crash near-misses, I’m glad flying is in my past.
Puzzling thoughts:
ReplyDeleteFIR with a few k/o's, but nothing that prevented me from solving in "normal" Tuesday time
Interesting puzzle and theme; as you'll notice the puzzle grid is assymmetric. I'm guessing that that's because of the non-matching pairs in the entries (two were 10-letter; one was 13-letter and one a 15-letter). This is the aspect of construction that I am still getting my head around - maybe C.C. can respond to this
Susan, as always you delight us with your cartoons and videos
Aldi vs Trader Joe's --> I've shopped at both; won't go out of my way to. Except maybe Trader Joe's; they have some wine labels there that are pretty amazing values for the price. And no, it's not "two buck Chuck"!
ReplyDeleteVery cool theme, wonderful write-up, Hahtoolah. (Although, sheesh, I didn't know the origin of the term BUCKET LIST!)
Get well soon, Ray-o-Sunshine!
AnonymousPVX,
ReplyDeleteBrian Setzer? Never heard of the guy, thanks!
hmm, not bad! (could use a better wardrobe though...)
I must have a thousand songs on my bucket list because of YouTube.
If You have some experience, and know at least your chords, you must check out Shut Up And Play Guitar Tutorials.. Just type in the song you want to learn + shut up, and you will probably find it.
When you get better, I suggest you play along with sites like my twangy guitar.
If you can't keep up, just go to YouTube settings and slow the dang thing down...
Another great resource is Guitar Pilgram, can you play this riff...
Whatever you do, don't look at Justin Johnson until you master you instrument. This is a guy with a passion for guitar, and you just cannot equal his enthusiasm. I watched him, and now, whenever I look at my guitar, I think, Why do you hate me?...
WC, I'm sure you had your tongue planted firmly in the corner of your cheek:
ReplyDelete"US needs a national airline that does the basics well to keep commercial honest."
I'm sure you know that Amtrak's cost (not price, which is much lower) for a hamburger is $16. Here in Norfolk, the DOT is spending $1.6 million just to create a plan to remove a racist off ramp downtown. They also subsidize every one of our light rail rides to the tune of $7. But they make up for that by offering discounts to the people who ride the system the most. And you and I are old enough to remember when Federal regulation kept routine air travel out of reach for most people.
The government simply can't compete on cost, but they are great at competing on price via heavy subsidization. And I suspect that going to a US-run airport terminal would be as pleasant as a trip to the Social Security office. (I've been there, and would rather go to the dentist than go back there.)
PVX, I first read "Brian Selter" and thought that it might be good that he has a path to a second career. Setzer can really play.
I liked this puzzle. It is what I think a good crossword puzzle should be. The following names were gettable:
ReplyDeleteMargaret of "Fire Island": CHO
"Marry Me" actor Wilson: OWEN
__ Williams bourbon: EVAN
although it took me a while to get EVAN because I didn't immediately get JIVE and MTNS.
Thank you again, Hahtoolah, for your entertaining and informative write-up. I not only smiled and chuckled, I also learned some things that I feel were worth learning, e.g. smart alec, emery, and term vs word.
Ear buds have always fallen out of my ears also. One nice thing about my relatively new hearing aids is that they don't fall out, of course, and they work like ear buds in that they connect to my iPhone and PC via Bluetooth. I have not yet tried connecting them to the TV via Bluetooth to see if that helps me understand the dialog better or not. One of these days I'll get around to it, though I don't consider it to be a bucket list item.
I very much enjoyed following the links you provided, Hahtoolah, waseeley, and CrossEyedDave.
Jinx, I add my gladness to others' gladness that you had a well-deserved respite.
Rosalind Franklin was deliberately left unrecognized by Watson and Crick. Mostly Watson. I've seen several interviews that Watson has given and from them it is abundantly clear that he is a first-class self-centered S.O.B. who doesn't give the slightest sh*t about anybody else.
And with that I wish you all a good day.
Jayce, This was the informed opinion at U Chgo in the 1960's. Everyone in our cancer lab HATED Watson! Said he was a self-absorbed p---k!
DeleteThe super-hero Electo-Elf
ReplyDeleteIs a gentleman, above ALL else!
When he's required,
He flows thru wires --
He knows how to CONDUCT himself!
Mr. Mist was adept at ADAPTATION.
He could shift to any occasion.
He could be a ghost,
Or a plume of smoke,
Or a fog rolling in from off the ocean!
Hi All!
ReplyDeleteThank you Adam for a pleasant Tuesday morning puzzle to pass the meetings.
And, Hahtoolah - LOL! I can only thrive to be so good //add that to my Bucket List.
Brian Setzer is great - I have the CD (along w/ George Thorogood's). Rocky Horror is too much fun.
WOs: ecoDOME, dish ->SIDE, EGO trip->TIST. I also put REP in CSI's squares.
ESPs: N/A
Fav: JIVE. [Airplane]. Barbra Billingsley interview.
ALDI was the generic store Mom would frequent back in the day. I remember (CEO) Bro and I laughed so hard 'cuz the can just said "soup" in yellow letters on a white label.
CED - (CEO) Bro took drums (I had to take piano) and can also play guitar. Guitar's on my BUCKET LIST (as well as getting better at card-tricks & chess). Thanks for links!
Ray-O: I've been down all weekend too (Youngest got home from NYC and all her buddies are C+(?!?). Home Covid test was negative but...
Get well soon eBuddy.
There's more to say but another meeting is in 5 min.
Cheers, -T
Covid is still with us. We had tickets to see Moulin Rouge this weekend. Moments before the doors to the theater were to open, the show was cancelled. The reason given was the cast had tested positive for Covid. Double bummer because this show had already been postponed from 2020 during the Covid lock-down.
ReplyDelete-T, there used to be a sailboat racing out of Oxnard, CA named Plain Wrap. It was all white - no waterline stripe, no cove stripe, no name paint. For decor it had a supersized UPC on the transom, and "boat" in black paint on each side, written in that distinctive font used on generic products.
ReplyDeleteJayce @4:14 PM Your comment about Rosalyn Franklyn brought to mind a play about her (a copy of which is hidden somewhere in my library). It's called Photograph 51, which refers to the X-ray crystallographic photograph of DNA that made the light bulb go off.
ReplyDeleteI'm checking out that Photograph 51 play you referenced, waseeley. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteHahtoolah, bummer.
ReplyDeleteRay-O-Sunshine, I hope your symptoms are mild and you recover fully soon.
OwenKL, thanks for the verses.
It is possible to fly comfortably with Southwest. They greet you wl a wheelchair, escort you thru the checkpoint, preboard you, and seat you in the front row. Arrivals are the reverse - escort you thru the terminal, pick up luggage and departure on a taxi.
ReplyDeleteWhat's all this rant about flying? I fly at least twice a year and sometimes more often and have never had a problem. Now that I require a wheel chair, the attendants are courteous and friendly. The San Francisco airport has been remodeled and is now easy to navigate though, of course, it's long, very long but I enjoy my ride. The lines are also long, of course, but that is because more people are flying and the secret is to arrive early. Also, tip generously.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone else see a happy face in the grid?
ReplyDeleteThanks to Adam and Hahtoolah for a nice way to end another long day....
Susan, I'm sorry to hear you missed your show but perhaps it will be available in the near future. We saw Moulin Rouge in Paris and enjoyed it very much.
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