PLAGIARISM
Happy Hump Day~! Today's puzzle was relatively easy, but loaded with names; I find too many to be somewhat icky, and with two unknowns crossing, even more so. And then there was the reveal - maybe I was digging too deep, but I just did not see the connection until "CLONE" popped out, and when I reviewed the other theme answers, I finally saw the 'hidden' synonyms for COPY, both verb and noun, at the RIGHT end. Phew~!
18. *Bureaucratic obstacle to environmental projects: GREEN TAPE (vb) - a playful take on the classic "red" tape of governmental hassles
24. *Extreme winter-weather event: BOMB CYCLONE (vb) - never heard of this phenomenon
40. *Nickname for a Mozart work in C major: JUPITER SYMPHONY (n) - name #1/2
49. *Writer of the 2023 legal thriller "The Exchange": JOHN GRISHAM (n) - name #1
61. Protection of intellectual property, and what the answer to each
starred clue literally has: COPYRIGHT - parsed accordingly, COPY, RIGHT
EXIT, Stage LEFT
And Away We Go~!
ACROSS:
1. Mediterranean isle for which a style of pants is named: CAPRI
6. Periodic table's Pb: LEAD - from the Latin Plumbum, frequently used, in combination with other elements, to make organ pipes; due to its density and malleability, over the years, some pipes will actually 'sag'
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Note how the pipe 'curves' towards the bottom
10. Female lobsters: HENS - I knew this, but it filled via perps - and - 16A. Lobster catcher: TRAP
14. Butcher's garment: APRON
15. Killer whale: ORCA - oddly, my 'spellcheck' doesn't like this word....
17. Takes hold: ROOTS - verb
20. Portuguese greeting: OLA
21. "Call Me by Your Name" name: ELIO - Even after I looked this one up, I don't recall anything about this movie; name #2, and a Natick
23. Declined, with "out": OPTED
28. Before, in verse: ERE
29. Dolly Parton hit: JOLENE - You'll excuse me if I don't provide a link to this one....name #3
33. Nonpoetic writing: PROSE
36. Phobia: FEAR - Gephyrophobia - do you know this one~? ( Answer below * )
38. Daffy or Bugs: 'TOON
43. Pit: SEED - ah, that kind of pit
44. Tons: LOTS
45. Lather, __, repeat: RINSE
46. Aspirations: DREAMS
48. PC alternative: MAC
55. Tyler of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?": AISHA - I have seen the show, but I had no clue of the host's name, filled via perps - name #4
59. Cereal grain: OATS
60. Prefix with tourism: ECO
64. Boise's state: IDAHO - name~?
66. Couple of magazines?: ITEM - the juicy details of a romance between stars
67. Mayberry boy: OPIE - hey, I knew this one....name #5
68. When the sun rises in the west: NEVER - that'll be a cold day in hell....
69. Dishwashing brand used to clean animals after oil spills: DAWN - name~?
70. D.C. MLB team: NATionalS - name~?
71. Honking birds: GEESE
DOWN:
1. Chocolate substitute: CAROB - Dah~! I entered COCOA to start
2. Speed skater Ohno: APOLO - knew from doing crosswords - name #6
3. Many a charity tournament: PRO/AM - professional / amateur
4. Go bad: ROT
5. Behind closed doors: IN SECRET - I tried SECRETLY first
6. Puzzle solver's skill: LOGIC - and sussing
7. Former "CNN Newsroom" anchor Barnett: ERROL - my last WAG, and disappointing for me, two proper names crossing - #7
8. Blackjack card: ACE
9. Actor Daniel __ Kim: DAE - I did know name #8 - he appeared in "Lost", and the "Hawaii Five-O" remake; truly dismayed by the number of "remake" shows on TV - now I see "Frazier" is back :7P
10. URL intro: HTTP
11. Q.E.D. part: ERAT - I just read "Death of a Doxy" ( see 54D. ) - one of the characters uses the alias "Thales" but that did not fool Nero Wolfe - and it made me look the man up on Wiki, and then further to his mathematical proof - and there in the middle of the page, Q.E.D.
12. Travel pillow spot: NAPE - I had NECK to start
13. Raced: SPED
19. Fielding of "The Great British Bake Off": NOEL - name #9
22. Caustic chemical: LYE - and - 55D. Caustic chemical: ACID - pure clecho
25. Next to: BESIDE - not "B side"
26. "Love Train" group, with "The": O'JAYS - name #10
27. Convention: NORM - a collection of entries by "Norm" from "Cheers"
30. Law school course: ETHICS
31. Midday: NOON
32. Geological spans: EONS
33. Comfy attire that's rarely worn out?: PJs - I have 'worn out' my PJs, when I go to check the mailbox sometimes....
34. Regretted: RUED
35. Abbr. on old phones: OPERator
36. Future soph: FROSH - Sophomore, Freshman
37. Contractor's fig.: ESTimate
39. "Science Guy" Bill: NYE - name #11
41. Red "Sesame Street" resident: ELMO - name #12
42. Lauding: PRAISING
47. Somewhat open: AJAR
48. "Rocky III" actor with a mohawk: MR. T - I pity the fool~! - name #13
50. Like three Justin Verlander games: NO HIT - no clue, but it sounded baseball - name #14
51. Stadium entries: GATES - or, say, airports....
52. Throw: HEAVE
53. __ and pains: ACHES
54. Boxing legend Archie: MOORE - not familiar with the boxer, but I am currently reading Rex Stout's "Nero Wolfe" series, narrated by "Archie Goodwin" - I even bought 43 books from eBay to proudly display on my future office shelves - and name #15
56. Little bit: IOTA
57. Gush: SPEW
58. Church song: HYMN - not quite a "hymn", but it made me think of this
62. Charged particle: ION
63. Transcript fig.: GPA
65. Dead end?: DEE - DeaD, correct on two counts~!
Splynter
* Fear of Bridges and Tunnels
While solving the puzzle, I had no idea that was going on, but after getting the reveal,
ReplyDeleteand staring at the puzzle for a while, I finally “got” the gimmick and what it was all about. Very clever. Anyway, FIR, so I’m happy. (And, by the way, “Errol” crossing “Elio” was just cruel.)
For the Crossword Corner:
FLN: I ’m always amazed at the rapier-like wit, along with the kindness and courtesy so evident among the residents on this Corner. Kudos to everybody involved!
By the way, you may call me a “troglodyte” but I just learned how to “copy and paste” stuff from my “notes app” to this site! That’s going to make things a lot easier, and more fun!
ReplyDeleteFIW, missing my WAG @ ELIe x ERReL. One of the names had to be an odd spelling. Erased joline for JOLENE.
ReplyDeleteToday is:
NATIONAL CHOCOLATE COVERED CHERRY DAY (most things are better when chocolate covered, but especially peanut butter)
NATIONAL DRINKING STRAW DAY (the oldest drinking straw known to be in existence was found in a Sumerian tomb dated 3,000 BC. The cancellation of straws lasted about as long as the Pet Rock fad)
Leave it to the APA to use a computer to determine whether Dolly Parton's music is fun. "Using linguistic analysis software, our analysis showed that, compared to the yearly top 10 songs on Billboard’s Hot Country and Pop charts, Parton’s lyrics contain a higher percentage of markers of positivity and elevation and that, unlike both country and pop songs, which have significantly decreased in positivity, her use of positive linguistic markers has remained consistent for the past 50 years."
There was a big hit in country music titled You Never Even Call Me by my Name, written by Steve Goodman and John Prine (Prine would later ask that his name be removed, so as not to alienate the Nashville "in" crowd.) Not quite Call Me by Your Name, but a lot more fun when you're drinking.
I liked all the old-timey names in today's grid. Parton, Mr. T, The Ojays, and Archie Moore gave us seasoned citizens a chance.
PJs that are never worn out is such a pre-Covid concept. Don't wanna see folks out and about in them? No problem, just stay out of airports, restaurants and retail stores.
I used to know a lot of lawyer jokes. A young woman, who had recently begun practicing law, crewed with me on sailboat races on Lake Pleasant, AZ. She always had a few new ones. But today's ETHICS fill is just too easy.
Thanks to Emma for the fun romp (except for the Natick,) and to Steve for the fun review. You've made me appreciate CAPRI pants.
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteRecognized your style early on, Splynter, and your comment about organ pipe sag clinched it. No COCOA here, went wrong with CACAO, instead. That ELIO/ERROL cross was brutal, but an O in ERR_L worked best. Never noticed the theme until reading the full reveal clue. Really. Not the "noticed" but the "reading." Well done, Emma (Is this a debut?). Thanx for subbing yet again, Splynter. (Not sure what Jinx was thinking...)
FIR. We are starting the new year off with obscure proper names. I don't mind if the perps help, but when two cross, like Errol and Elio(?), it's just not right.
ReplyDeleteAs to the theme, I didn't get it till I got here, and frankly still don't see it. It seems a bit of a stretch to me. Ape and clone are logical, but phony and sham? Sorry.
Sorry Steve and Splynter (and thanks to DO). I blame decaf, since I can't (credibly) stretch the autocorrect excuse to fit this one.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning:
ReplyDeleteThe theme became more clear after reading Splynter's explanation of the themer's two nouns and two verbs gimmick. Elio, Jupiter Symphony, Errol, Noel, and O Jays needed perps. Elio and Errol, though, was not a Natick for me as I finally remembered Errol from other puzzles. I thought the clueing was a mixed bag of easy (Boise's State=Idaho) to specific (Fielding of TGBB=Noel).
Thanks, Emma, and thanks, Splynter, for shedding light on the theme and execution. I knew I was acrophobic and now I have a name for my other fear, i.e., of bridges and tunnels. The article mentions the Tappan Zee Bridge which I drove over numerous times, traveling from Connecticut to Troy. I don't remember any qualms about crossing over that bridge, so, apparently, my fear set in as I aged.
FLN
Ray O, no, I have never had a fried bologna sandwidge for dinner. Nor lunch, either! 🤣
Jayce, your mention of such an unusual name, "Dooky" Chase piqued my interest, so I Googled the restaurant and read the background story and found it very interesting and enlightening. I enjoyed perusing the menu, as well.
Moe, thank you for providing Keith's obituary. His scholarship, talents, and humanity were well highlighted in his final tribute. May he rest in peace.
Have a great day.
Too many names, 15.
ReplyDeleteThis was a a pretty fast run for a Wednesday. I had to come to the blog to understand the theme even though I FIR. Added layer was using the different definitions of COPY in the different theme answers. APE as in mimic someone else which is COPYING theme. CLONE a direct COPY from DNA. SHAM and PHONY as in COPY of an original artwork.
ReplyDeleteERROL was filled mostly by perps - but just harder cluing for ERROL than ERROL Flynn the old time actor. I looked Barnett up to know more about him, and as I googled ERROL he was the 5th or 6th one down. I went down the rabbit hole of one of them ERROL Morris - the prolific documentary filmmaker- he just put out a new film "The Pigeon Tunnel" on Apple+ about the life of John LeCarre' which looked intriguing.
FLN - Ray-O we had fried bologna growing up - we always had fun with the bologna popping up as the heat expanded the center but not the surrounding casing. We also had grilled peanut butter as well as the usual grilled cheese.
Thanks Splynter for the blog- once the organ pipes info came up I knew it was you instead of Tony. And thanks to Emma for the crossword.
And thanks CM for including Keith's obituary
Fairly easy puzzle today. My only backtrack was guessing GRISSOM for GRISHAM. Perps corrected my thinking.
ReplyDeleteThe theme entries were not the easiest things to fill but I got just enough down entries to give each a shot (see above)
Finally getting a day off today. Lately I haven't gotten time to do the puzzles and games in our local newspaper, so I haven't been able to participate in the banter here in the blog. I do look forward to at least reading the responses of our regular participants. Thanks you to you all
When in our lives we experience inclusion, savor it.
Outlook
Forgot to include kudos for Emma and Splynter for their entertaining offerings today. Thank you!
DeleteSplynter leads with PLAGIARISM. How ironic considering what happened to the Harvard President yesterday. After reading his review my thinking echoed his. Obscure unknown names that require LOGIC (usually a WAG for me) that cross. ERROL & ELIO- never heard of either. But I did know BOMB CYCLONE- took two meteorology courses in college.
ReplyDeleteAPE, CLONE, PHONY, SHAM- didn't notice the connection and filled COPYRIGHT completely by perps.
CAPRI- anybody remember the Mercury Capri automobile?
AISHA Tyler-unknown, never seen the show
NOEL and "The Great British Bake Off"- both unknown
Archie MOORE- you gotta be old to remember him; I do.
Jinx- you don't have to "Call me Darling, Darling"- I thought that was I remember the song as.
DAWN- DW ordered a custom made off-white sofa in Sept, which came in the week before Christmas. When all the wrapping was removed a large black smudge was noticed on the front. The next day the furniture company sent out a specialist who cleaned it using DAWN Clear Dish Soap. He said that's all he ever uses on furniture and carpets.
Thanks Emma for a clever puzzle.
ReplyDeleteSorry the editors allowed the natick Errol/Elio… that was just mean.
However there was some fresh fill with Green Tape and Bomb Cyclone.
An awesome recap Splynter.
….. kkFlorida
Thank you Emma for a Wednesday FIR. Loved the FILL but FERGOT the FHEME (D-Os of the Corner UNTIE!). I've been lurkin IN SECRET recently, prepping for upcoming cataract surgery -- things have been getting kind of fuzzy in the last few months. Still not sure who's going to do my reviews, it's still a surprise (please hold the applause 😁).
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks Splynter for the fun, informative review.
Just 2 favs:
6A LEAD. Sagging Pb organ pipes make sense because the material is very ductile. As I'm sure you're aware it's the pure Sn (TIN) pipes you've got to watch out for, especially if you live in a very cold climate. The pesty pipes will collapse into dust if they get too cold.
40A JUPITER SYMPHONY. I knew something was fheme fishy because I'm pretty sure that the COPYRIGHT for this work has expired. Fortunately the work itself hasn't: here's the finale (a.k.a. "The Rocket").
Cheers,
Bill
Musings
ReplyDelete-A successful spin of the vowel wheel gave me a correct fill for obscurities ELI_/ERR_L for a “got ‘er done”.
-Emma/Patti eschewed ERROL Flynn but had adequate help for equally obscure AISHA
-I thought TAPE was a gimmick as in we TAPE something to make a COPY
-Dental assistants no longer have to stand behind a LEAD shield to take x-rays
- I knew very few of the people who are an ITEM in People Magazine
-The Sun rises in the west on Venus but it is 900F there with clouds of sulfuric ACID, so…
-OPERATOR by Manhattan Transfer. You’re welcome.
-Are any New Year resolutions causing you ACHES and pains today? :-)
-Subgenius: All my posts here start on Word where I have all my html codes ready to use
ReplyDeleteFinished but didn’t see the theme. I do the puzzle in fits and starts on quick AM breaks at work and am happy just to get through the puzzle. That’s my excuse and I’m stickin’ to it.
“Capri” pants are what Moms call them when their growing daughters complain their pants are now too short.
“Ohno” shows up just rarely enough I never remember but perped. Plus among other things I learnt from the puzzles Female lobsters are HENS.
Pb: Latin plumbumital: piombo Fr: plomb now just try to find a plumber!. <Speaking of elements ELIO is “Helium” in Italian: and Timmy C. (back for a second day) was kind of an “airhead” in the movie. (BTW: a 24 yo with a 17 yo: I believe that is illegal). I also didn’t realize till the end of the film that it was set in 1983 when Helium called his mom from a pay phone (actually ELIO comes from an old Roman name Aelius for the sun or sunshine from the Greek Helios)
Now I see the “pit” SEED connection
Equipment delays testing patients and my patience today.
Happy Humpday
Hola!
ReplyDeleteBrr. It's a cold day here in the Southwest! 45 degrees.
Thank you, Emma and Splynter! The puzzle filled quickly and I failed to see a theme so thank you again, Splynter.
I liked seeing PRAISING and HYMN in this puzzle.
OPIE is always fun, too.
I have a mess where CACAO went in before CAROB. I, too, prefer ERROL Flynn but am familiar with ERROL Barnett on CNN. That's not my first thought, though.
I do know of Archie MOORE but there are so many others: Mary Tyler, Demi, etc.
Enjoy your day, everyone! It's the third day of this year!
Oh, no. I had a great post and something weird happened and it disappeared. Then I got tangled up in that ANNOYING Temu business.
ReplyDeleteYou’ll just have to take my word for it. It was great post. LOL
MY SIL suffered from Gephyrophobia.
Good Morning! Quite a nice puzzle today. Thanks, Emma. Although I didn’t slow down to suss the theme but the aha moment at the recap. Thanks, Splynter.
ReplyDeleteWO: Cacao (which, of course is pre-chocolate) -> CAROB, the substitute.
I didn’t have much of an issue with the names that the perps didn’t fill. I started with ER- - and thought of ERin, but too many boxes so I stopped there. Good thing because the last names are different (Burnett & Barnett) but I don’t know either of them so pfft.
BOMB CYCLONE – First thing that came to mind was Jim Cantore getting sooo excited on the Weather Channel explaining it. 😄😄
DAWN came to my attention at the time of the Exxon Valdez rescue operation of waterfowl in Alaska, and I’ve been using it ever since.
LEAD. Just a little while ago, we had a clue/fill (?) and one of the poster's mentioned he ate a Pb and another poster humorously noted, you had a LEAD sandwich? 😂😂. Sorry, I don’t remember the details, only the funny comment.
waseeley, that surgery shouldn't affect your activuties much, unless maybe you're having both eyes done at the same time. Then it may affect you for a couple of days. I had one eye done a few weeks back, and the second will be done later this month. Hasn't slowed me down at all. Of course, I was never all that fast...
ReplyDeleteHello, Corner friends! It's been a nice puzzle start to the new year. Had to stop a couple times to check for wrong letters when nothing worked but finished in good time. Theme? What theme? Thank you,Emma, for the entertainment this morning, and thank you, Splynter, for the expo.
ReplyDeleteSince I do the puzzle online I never remember where I had issues. Wish the paper would print the LA puzzle again, but, if wishes were horses........
Splynter at 68a. When the sun rises in the west: NEVER - that'll be a cold day in hell.... Today it is kinda chilly in Hell, Michigan, but not cold enough to change the rotation of the earth!
Today the holiday decorations get put away. Kinda sad to see them leave but it's time for some springtime items. Wishful thinking, it's still January, after all.
Hope everyone has a great day.
Big Easy - Yes, I had a Capri. I was shopping for a Mustang with a clearance price at a local Ford dealer, and the salesferret said "nobody has Mustangs left on that deal." I thanked him and drove to the Merc dealer 1/4 mile down the street, and they had a beautiful Capri (same thing as a Mustang with a different badge in that year,) with a 302 and T-Tops. IIRC, CAPRIs had their own body style in earlier versions, but changed to the Mustang platform later.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I likewise thought the tag line was the title of that tune, but it's not. Kinda like the song everyone knows as "Pina Colada" is actually titled Escape.
H.Gary, I'll see your OPERATOR and raise you a Smooth OPERATOR.
Delightful Wednesday puzzle, doable but with a few challenges here and there, many thanks, Emma. And your commentary and pictures were a pleasure, thanks for those too, Splynter.
ReplyDeleteCAPRI was my favorite clue and answer--a great way to start the puzzle. And I liked the PJS later on too,
Good that we have COPYRIGHT laws.
Always like seeing sweet OPIE turn up in a puzzle.
Have a great day, everybody.
Another quick and easy FIR. The 2024 streak lives! Three in a row for the new year.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Emma, for today's puzzle. I enjoyed it but had a FIW at ELLIa/ERRaL. I overthought it this way: If it was ERROL then the clue would be about Flynn. Since it was not about Flynn then it is likely someone who uses an atypical spelling. Bzzt!
ReplyDeleteFAVs: GREEN TAPE, JOLENE (I love that song), and Dead end?
Thanks, also, to Splynter for bringing his style to Wed. I did suss the theme but I thought HAM was iffy. Thanks for showing me that it was SPAM. LOL!
Interesting about the Pb pipes sagging. Does that affect the sound?
"Worn out" Haha. Good one!
Puzzling thoughts:
ReplyDeleteFIR but needed Splynter's help in understanding the COPYs of SHAM and PHONY. APE and CLONE were easy to see in the reveal (as was PHONY, even though I had no idea of how it fit). I saw only HAM as the COPY RIGHT ...
Thanks Emma (and Splynter)
Lucina @ 10:31 -> yep, it's been rather chilly here in the Valley ... been great though for our neighborhood walks and desert hikes
[spoiler alert] - Friday's puzzle is sure to be a bit polarizing ... I hope more will like it than not ...
"Puzzle solver's skill" is no longer LOGIC these days; it's whether you happen to know the name or you don't. No logic involved whatsoever. Fill the perps; move on.
ReplyDeleteWonderful Wednesday. Thanks for the fun, Emma and Splynter.
ReplyDeleteI FIRed but missed the theme. Thanks for explaining if, Splynter. (Did we need those oft-maligned circles?)
Several inkblots. Eras changed to EONS.
Hand up for Cacao before CAROB.
I WAGged the O in that ELIO/ERROL cross.
Somehow AJAR and OJAYS caught my eye.
I had never heard of BOMB CYCLONE before the Dec 23 2022 storm that left homes on the northern shore of Lake Erie coated in thick layers of ice.
BombCycloneCost
Wishing you all a good evening.
They teach ETHICS in law school?
ReplyDeleteExcellent write-up, Splynter.
ReplyDeleteIrish Miss, thank you for appreciating Dooky Chase. (Speaking of unusual names.)
C-Moe, thank you for posting the link to OMK's obituary last night.
I hope and trust that your cataract surgery will go well, waseeley.
Monkey, I believe you.
Good wishes to you all.
I had to finish the puzzle before finally getting the theme.
ReplyDeleteHusker Gary Hand up I was sure it was TAPE not APE. Is there any way to know for sure?
Here is the famous Memorex ad where ELLA Fitzgerald shattered a glass with a TAPE of her singing.
The COPY was effective. I did some searching and I see it was real. Watched by lawyers.
From Yesterday:
Chairman Moe Hand up, thank you for the obituary for Old Man Keith Fowler. Many impressive bits, including "A Fulbright Grant in 1960-61 took him to the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon, where he directed his first play."
Lucina Thank you for the explanation about your daughter and Santa Barbara. No one in my humble circle has ever had a destination wedding!
Anon at 7:07PM Thank you for the comment that I assume was about my CROSS SECTION photo. Yes, domoic acid is a regular thing that kills sea life. But I have never seen such an extraordinary effort to preserve a sea creature. It showed so much detail without being creepy.
Picard
ReplyDeleteAlmost everyone in my family loves to travel so if a destination wedding or other destination event is announced we are up for it!
My late niece who recently died is the one who was married in Kauai 13 years ago. I can't stop thinking about her. She is the last person I would have expected to die and so young.
That time in Molokai was such a blast! I have good memories of it. My three sisters and I stayed in a lovely condo and every day visited my niece and her husband who graciously cooked the meals. We each paid our share, of course, and it's a good thing we took our own supplies because there is not much of a shopping area on Molokai. However, there is a Catholic mission church there with a resident priest! That was a surprise and we attended Sunday Mass there. I should mention that lepers no longer exist there. The last one died many years ago is what we were told.
I have been lucky enough to visit each of the Hawaiian Islands except Lanai. It's a beautiful place for a vacation.
ReplyDeleteLanai is one of the Hawaiian Islands owned by a billionaire. Larry Ellison bought it from Murdoch of Dole Pineapple. Molokai is 40% owned by a Chinese company that closed the resort and golf course. Natives on both islands have been left without resources to earn a decent living. I have just read that the US left the natives of the Phillipines in a similar economic situation, relegating them to family farming.
DeleteHi All!
ReplyDeleteFIW @7d xing 21a by choosing the wrong vowel.
Thanks for the copy-cat grid, Emma. Thanks for the spot-on expo, Splynter -- and you gave me a new word, gephyrophobia, ta-boot!
WOs: CACAO (Hi D-O!), NE(AR BY) @25d
ESPs: [see: FIW], AISHA
Fav: I'll go with JOLENE's clue - ask my Sis and she'd say "all of them" for Dolly's "hits" :-)
OK, nobody heard her name as 'Erin' Barnett when listening to the news? Maybe DW's right, I need me ears cleaned out.
FLN:
HG - Deli and/or sandwich meat. Or, just call it by name - salami, ham, turkey, peperoni, provolone, swiss (top it all w/ stone mustard, lettuce, & tomato - that's a sandwich! // w/olives and dill spears on the side :-))
Ray-O's Fried Bologna: It makes a little hat (like the one the man with a yellow one wore [Curious George]) when it sizzled. //inanehiker knows!
[Obligatory Weird Al]
C.Moe - Thanks for the link to OMK's final words. He will be missed.
Sumdaze - I didn't really care but, oh my!, the iPhone15's camera is all that with a bag o' chips. I was amazed at how much I could zoom in and make out every window of Alcatraz (different snap) from the same vantage point / vista. Inre: my pic - I really do like the glistening water right to the bridge - is dope.
Back to today:
Nice to read you Pat! Having our decorations out only a few days b/f our vacation to SFO, DW is determined to make the (live-dead) tree stand until Epiphany.
Jinx - all the straws we got in CA were paper / bamboo based - they're fine for about 20 min (then pulp-y at the base). I was thinking of the same country(ish) song at 21a
Lee - yep, sometimes life gets in the way. But I enjoy your take when you make it to The Corner; especially your one word "philosophizing" at the end.
BigE - DW used Oxyclean on the carpet. Oy! I'll try Dawn to smooth out the coloring :-)
I'll see HG's OPERator and Jinx's Sade and raise ya both a Jim Croce.
Picard - I used Memorex for all my "steal from the stereo for mix tapes" even though I found TDX -- 4 to a pack for the same price at the hardware store(?!) :-)
Waseeley - I've never had the surgery and I'd be apprehensive too. Read emails - us young rockers have your back.
We got back from SFO this morning at 2am, slept until 10a, and then I got everything ready to return to work tomorrow. What a fantastic trip! Turns out the AirBnB we stayed at was Janis Joplin's home for a while and she frequented the restaurant just down the street - had her own table there, she did! //and we ate there twice! Anyone interested in groovy pics, I snapped most the posters in the joint - hit me up.
Cheers, -T
Waseely: several members of this august blog have had cataract surgeries, all successful. The worst part is having to remember to administer all those drops. If you have a mate who is willing to do it for you, so much the better.
ReplyDeleteAt least one of us, Jayce, was brave enough to get both eyes done at the same time. My ophthalmologist told me he preferred not to do that.
By the way, Jayce, thanks for believing me.