tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post1364887755182062818..comments2024-03-28T05:35:15.504-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Friday, May 3, 2019, Jeffrey WechslerZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-61944141439780687442019-05-04T01:26:30.559-05:002019-05-04T01:26:30.559-05:00Lucina - I was crackin' a joke with the McJob;...Lucina - I was crackin' a joke with the McJob; we had it last week in a puzzle. <br /><br />There's been a few docents [now I'm really going to remember the word!] at MFAH and one geologist/archaeologist (who's studied the Le Brea Brea pits) at the Sam Noble Museum in Norman, OK who gave me & the Girls a personal & very informational tour - that elderly lady was a hoot [dinosaur sex anyone?]<br /><br />Nite, -T<br /><br /> Anonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-541141276259007492019-05-04T01:08:18.869-05:002019-05-04T01:08:18.869-05:00And don't forget that it was one o' them G...And don't forget that it was one o' them German Idealists who thought of this:<br /><br /> Das Bling an Sich,<br /><br />which comes from a Middle Gothic verb, Blingen, meaning 'to overwhelm with gaudiness', as in--<br /><br />Ich blinge<br />Du blingst<br />u.s.w.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270740184766230842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4889705213501296232019-05-04T00:13:15.640-05:002019-05-04T00:13:15.640-05:00Docent is not even a McJob; it's usually volun...Docent is not even a McJob; it's usually voluntary though some museums hire docents. One of our book club members is a docent at the Frank Lloyd Wright museum. Some museums have programs whereby the docents visit classrooms to explain great art works. I recall that in Denver but never pursued it in the Phoenix area.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3808341737684555792019-05-03T22:08:40.748-05:002019-05-03T22:08:40.748-05:00Great to hear from you Fermat! We were starting t...Great to hear from you Fermat! We <i>were</i> starting to get a bit worried here at The Corner.<br /><br />Lem - I meant no disrespect. I heard DOCENT on a Rick Steves travel program a week or two ago and I was trying to remember it when the Museum clue came up. I didn't know there was a Museum hierarchy -- so it's a peon position; a McJob if you will :-)<br /><br />Cheers, -T Anonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-823913369692580372019-05-03T21:23:50.036-05:002019-05-03T21:23:50.036-05:00I think some of "youse guys" missed my p...I think some of "youse guys" missed my point on BLING. What normal people do you know who put on flashy jewelry to walk around in a park, either city, state, or national? More likely wear a T-shirt & jeans and a Fitbit. I do know what BLING is and I also am old, but I watch TV.<br /><br />Fermatprime: glad to see your post. I've been concerned about you. Thinking a hug for you.<br />PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66529574430656440732019-05-03T20:53:41.392-05:002019-05-03T20:53:41.392-05:00All curators would likely be insulted to be though...All curators would likely be insulted to be thought of as a <b>DOCENT </b> who is a person who acts as a guide, typically on a voluntary basis, in a museum, art gallery, or zoo. <br /><br />I am tired, I just took a few seconds to wonder what kind of mushroom was known as a Campbell's mushroom. Those soup cans hurt.Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-39994936237144731242019-05-03T20:26:43.109-05:002019-05-03T20:26:43.109-05:00I can't say the theme made it easier, I only g... I can't say the theme made it easier, I only grok'ed it after I FIR<br />I was thinking MALAGA but needed the G to makeNOG work. Getting TOP.. early helped<br /><br />I'm surprised she regulars found this relatively easy. Not me. I looked up and groaned when I saw it was JeffWesch<br /><br />Hbd D4-Dave, you're definitely back to your old self. There's a big Equestrian thangy going on (London?) and Betsy's been watching that. <br /><br />WC<br />Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-50645814302357732542019-05-03T20:05:52.791-05:002019-05-03T20:05:52.791-05:00Greetings!
Thanks to JW and Lemonade!
Disagree...Greetings!<br /><br />Thanks to JW and Lemonade!<br /><br />Disagree about the mulch! Ever grow veggies?<br /><br />Spend a lot of time with health issues. Need a break.<br /><br />Happy birthday to Dave!<br /><br />fermatprime@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17552154324807006890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-51993821599598389282019-05-03T18:04:36.256-05:002019-05-03T18:04:36.256-05:00TTP - Missed it by that MULCH :-)
That mushroom m...TTP - Missed it by <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5dMqHqC4pM" rel="nofollow">that MULCH</a></b> :-)<br /><br />That mushroom mulch didn't miss though... I use shredded leaves and worm droppings. Gotta find me a Campbell's plant - I think they're still HQ'd in TX.<br /><br />Off to watch Youngest dance for the year-end thing. I hope it's short.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-50927878778461316002019-05-03T17:56:38.124-05:002019-05-03T17:56:38.124-05:00Missed the buzzer by that much.Missed the buzzer by that much.TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-13284574629484980782019-05-03T17:53:40.161-05:002019-05-03T17:53:40.161-05:00Java Mama, I just came in from the yard (birdbath ...Java Mama, I just came in from the yard (birdbath is level again !) and was getting caught up on the comments. I'll take Tour Guides for $1000. The answer is, "What is docent ?" <br /><br />Dash T, we used to have a Campbell's mushroom farm a few miles from here. Besides being able to buy button mushrooms on the cheap, they also sold their spent growing medium every other year or so. Tons and tons of the stuff. Would have filled a few large river barges, but for the local gardeners and landscapers that snapped it up. So sad when they closed up shop and moved elsewhere. It was one of those "inside deals" that you had to know about.<br /><br />TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-8276220107612945292019-05-03T17:50:10.772-05:002019-05-03T17:50:10.772-05:00Java Mama - YES! Docent(s) [we need 7 squares :-)...Java Mama - YES! Docent(s) [we need 7 squares :-)]. Thank you; now I can rest easy. <br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-56562486332091278652019-05-03T17:26:09.073-05:002019-05-03T17:26:09.073-05:00Anon T @ 4:27 - Were you thinking of Docent for th...Anon T @ 4:27 - Were you thinking of Docent for the person who shows people around the museum?<br /><br />Happy Birthday D4! Hope you're having a splendid day!Java Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03262932524822014846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-88844543128442490722019-05-03T16:54:44.886-05:002019-05-03T16:54:44.886-05:00Happy Birthday to D4E4H. Hope you are having a gr...Happy Birthday to D4E4H. Hope you are having a great day.Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4730201055874050332019-05-03T16:27:12.413-05:002019-05-03T16:27:12.413-05:00Hi All!
Whoot! I solved a Friday JeffWex w/o loo...Hi All!<br /><br />Whoot! I solved a Friday JeffWex w/o lookups, etc. Thanks Jeff for the perfect puzzle for a Friday AM.<br /><br />The Eastern-board seemed to fill itself and I got the UNIFIER [I don't think I had any perps yet - Hi TTP!] before any of the themers. AM-BUSH LEAGUE was the first themer and the game was afoot. Knowing the theme helped me fill some blocks I didn't know. //BigE - one man's easy is another man's doable :-)<br /><br />Welcome back to the Friday helm Lem. Great expo with more links than I can click in one sitting :-)<br /><br />PK - I had the same issues as you in the NW corner. I did know EPA and E[d|t]AMAM[e|i] and PINE NUTS (I make my own pesto from basil in the garden*) but didn't know the acrosses. For the AM gimmick and with HISTORY in place, I had to think hard - aha! ORAL. NW done :-)<br /><br />Alice - same hang-up on BELUGA but I couldn't cram Sturgeon in 6 squares. Perps won out.<br /><br />WOs: Around b/f AT HAND, Iran b/f OMAN<br />ESPs: TATAMI, APAI, FIE (didn't notice until expo), MER, DEES (thanks for 'splainin' Lem)<br /><b>Fav</b>: AMUSED AS DIRECTED really tickled me. Yes, I know it's a themer but...<br />OK, Fav non-themer: Yogi BERRA - good Italian boy, him. //Lem, from the clip - he talks like my Gramps did.<br /><br />{A+, B+, B}<br />Nice Haiku Harry. BTW, <b><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2018/12/01/george-hw-bush-love-baseball-dating-back-days-yale/2171698002/" rel="nofollow">H. W. loved baseball</a></b> (you'd see him and Barbara behind home-plate at Astros games) and W. had an ownership interest in the Texas Rangers.<br /><br />LOL on the DR OMK. There's another, fancier word, for CURATOR that I wanted but couldn't think of. It actually is closer to one who shows you around the exhibits. Anyone?<br /><br />Happy Birthday D4! Save a slice of that Pie-Cake for your friends at The Corner...<br /><br />Welcome Susan! I hope CED, Jinx, and I don't run you off :-)<br />I too like pen & paper; so much so that if I don't get a paper, I will print it out from Mensa's site.<br /><br />TTP, YR - as long as you don't you "bad" MULCH. Much of the mulch (esp sold in the South at BigBox-store) is <b><a href="https://www.gardensalive.com/product/ten-commandments-of-mulch" rel="nofollow">wood chips and bad</a></b>.<br /><br />*PK - Following-up on Pesto. A couple of years ago Pop was visiting and I built some pesto. He'd NEVER had it!?! He's 1/2 Italian and I know Gramps had basil in the garden. Anyway, about a month later we were talking and he said he made some for his DW - they eat it all the time now. LOL on BLINGin' in the 'hood. //YR - not in my language unless it's hip-hop speak.<br /><br />Time for me to <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3HemKGDavw" rel="nofollow">rAMBLE On</a></b>. <br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-78038121535695422352019-05-03T16:07:47.420-05:002019-05-03T16:07:47.420-05:00After researching GUAR gum I learned that its prim...After researching GUAR gum I learned that its primary source is India and Pakistan; less is grown in Africa but it is problematic because of the many conflicts there. It's a cash crop for whoever controls it. Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-40865022244889451762019-05-03T15:36:51.758-05:002019-05-03T15:36:51.758-05:00Oops puzzle!Oops puzzle!gmonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06020777662723495399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44178303211639153922019-05-03T15:35:37.043-05:002019-05-03T15:35:37.043-05:00I really enjoyed todays pizzle. I new i would like...I really enjoyed todays pizzle. I new i would like it when i saw the author. Good job. Fun it was too.gmonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06020777662723495399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-37987589805987868122019-05-03T15:33:37.772-05:002019-05-03T15:33:37.772-05:00OMK (& Lemon)
I bought myself an electronic L...OMK (& Lemon)<br /><br />I bought myself an electronic Looper so I could play with myself,<br />(no jokes pls...)<br />and one of the 1st songs I learned how to play was Hang by Matchbox 20.<br /><br />I had a dismal time trying to learn how to get the timing right<br />on this (cheap) Looper without using a Metronome. & finally figured out<br />how to erase follow up tracks without losing the main track.<br /><br />Part of the learning process was countless YouTube videos,<br />and then I came across the above one man band,<br />and was dumbstruck by how he could co ordinate the video and sound.<br /><br />I did some research, and found out it took him 5 months to make this video!<br /><br />(I wish I had that kind of patience!)<br /><br />Yes, I questioned the 10 instrument count as well.<br />But I believe the following is correct:<br /><br />1) Guitar<br />2) 2nd guitar<br />3) Maracas (that Gourd thing he is shaking...)<br />4) 2 sticks (for the clicking sound)<br />5) Bass<br />6) Harp<br />7) Cymbals (mini)<br />8) Organ<br />9) Tamborine<br />&10) that dang stupid triangle he is holding under the Cymbals...<br />(different sound - different instrument!)CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-32480134121835126562019-05-03T15:33:01.877-05:002019-05-03T15:33:01.877-05:00guitar 1
guitar 2 ...guitar 1 <br />guitar 2 1:20<br />thing in his hand that he shakes 3 1:27<br />bass 4 1:48 <br />two sticks he hits together 5 1:59<br />harp 6 2:03<br />cymbals 7 2:19<br />piano 8 2:29<br />triangle 9 3:32 <br />Pedal Tambourine 10 3:40 <br /><br />I don't know music and I have no sound at work but I can count Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-2890505870787432462019-05-03T15:08:35.759-05:002019-05-03T15:08:35.759-05:00Hello everybody. Once I got the AM schtick (hi the...Hello everybody. Once I got the AM schtick (hi there, Spitzboov) it made things easier. Before starting to solve, just looking at the grid pattern, I thought "Holy Mackeral there sure are a lot of 3-letter entries." Nothing made my nose wrinkle, though. Nice job, JW.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-91747321808152662302019-05-03T15:05:44.151-05:002019-05-03T15:05:44.151-05:00CEDave ~
Brilliant! - your one-man band.
But I cou...<b>CEDave</b> ~<br />Brilliant! - your one-man band.<br />But I count 1 man in 7 avatars, and 8 instruments.<br />Nice to see the Irish Harp or (as my old grandma would have called it) the Welsh Harp. <br />I guess it is properly the Celtic Harp?<br />~ <b>OMK</b>Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19013921651414017402019-05-03T14:38:14.659-05:002019-05-03T14:38:14.659-05:00CED- I can always count on you to come up with an ...CED- I can always count on you to come up with an awesome link and your "one-man band" is very striking. Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83142722421411794362019-05-03T14:29:29.316-05:002019-05-03T14:29:29.316-05:00Fabulous Friday. Thanks for the fun, Jeffrey and ...Fabulous Friday. Thanks for the fun, Jeffrey and Lemonade.<br />This CW took a while to finish but it is Friday. I got the theme answer first and knew that I was looking for mornings at the top. Then I got AMBLING BLING; like <b>Oas</b>, I thought there would be a repeat word. Yes, <b>YR</b>, I hear BLING in Canada!<br /><br />NW corner and that centre themer were the last to fall. I was taking "court" literally in the clue "act like a court jester" and I wanted AMUSE A Sovereign (there is an ACT V in Macbeth!); getting that idea out of my head and parsing AS DIRECTED correctly held me up.<br /><br />Like <b>Misty</b>, I started with EIEIO?<br />Lightbulb moments with the trio of DEES in Divided, and BARCODE (I was thinking of the helpers at the Self-serve checkouts).<br /><br />Funny that I use Ize and not the British ISE, but still insist on other British spellings like -tre and -our.<br /><br />Yes, <b>Alice</b>, I wanted Irk before IRE too (but IRE can be a verb).<br /><br />Welcome <b>Susan</b>.<br />Happy Birthday, <b>Dave</b>. That Pie sounds delicious.<br />Wishing you all a great day.CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59602967662422025202019-05-03T13:54:24.608-05:002019-05-03T13:54:24.608-05:00JW is by far and away the most consistent construc...JW is by far and away the most consistent constructor I come across and I do five or six puzzles day (LAT, USAT, Universal, WSJ, New Yorker, Newsday). This was a steady march to the finish...just about what I expect for a Friday. Nice job! ⭐️CartBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105737955168150226noreply@blogger.com