tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post1425139286807851173..comments2024-03-28T14:42:34.512-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Sunday July 21, 2013 Amy JohnsonZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-2401651861037993232013-07-22T12:01:50.201-05:002013-07-22T12:01:50.201-05:00C.C.: duh! we all know you're a leftist!C.C.: duh! we all know you're a leftist!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-53306133713877508422013-07-22T04:51:51.273-05:002013-07-22T04:51:51.273-05:00I finally saw the man after reading Lemonade's...I finally saw the man after reading Lemonade's comment. So according to Dave's link, my right brain is a mess. <br /><br />Also, I only see the girl spinning clockwise. Did any of you (other than D-Otto) see the girl moving counter-clockwise?Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-67925062559143116522013-07-21T23:20:06.853-05:002013-07-21T23:20:06.853-05:00Oh drat. Looks like Cruciverb is acting up again.Oh drat. Looks like Cruciverb is acting up again.Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587399549104728305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-947683849679007162013-07-21T21:32:29.428-05:002013-07-21T21:32:29.428-05:00YR, you are right. The CHI CHI clue was very cleve...YR, you are right. The CHI CHI clue was very clever. So clever that I didn't notice it at first. It went right over my head. (That's not so hard to do...)Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-28585234398706147152013-07-21T20:48:56.291-05:002013-07-21T20:48:56.291-05:00CED I found it interesting that if I scrolled down...CED I found it interesting that if I scrolled down so the spinning girl was off the screen, then if I imagined her spinning clockwise and scrolled up, she was spinning clockwise. Similarly, if I imagined her spinning counter-clockwise and scrolled up, that's what she did. I think I must be psychic...or maybe I just need a physic.desper-ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242581085713882677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-80143236525645611282013-07-21T20:34:34.505-05:002013-07-21T20:34:34.505-05:00I greatly admired the CHI CHI clue. I am surprised...I greatly admired the CHI CHI clue. I am surprised no one else noticed.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-24744270817536427412013-07-21T20:21:03.710-05:002013-07-21T20:21:03.710-05:00Evening Everyone,
Haven't had any time for the...Evening Everyone,<br />Haven't had any time for the puzzle or blog lately but glad I checked in today so I could offer this.<br /><br />CED, Were you a dairy farmer once?<br />No one can milk a job like you do! Two hours for a tree limb? :)<br /><br />Reminds me, Have about 3 cord to gather this week and I'm calling it quits for the year.Manachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904472091922069440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-5437884200544255322013-07-21T20:19:55.835-05:002013-07-21T20:19:55.835-05:00CED: We're supposed to use our brain? OOOh! No...CED: We're supposed to use our brain? OOOh! No wonder.<br /><br />BillG: I prefer the old unsophisticated musicals with the lyrics that make sense, are easy to sing, and touch the heart. Is there anything more stirring than "OOOOklahoma where the wind comes sweeping down the plain! And the waving wheat can sure smell sweet when the wind comes right behind the rain!" Paints such spectacular description.<br /><br /> ALW musicals ALWAYS leave me somewhat confused. I like the music, but can't ever remember the lyrics and think the tunes are harder to sing.<br /><br />AvgJoe, those spectacular clouds gave us a much-needed soaking rain. It's amazing how far clouds can be seen. PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-40896873720770973812013-07-21T19:14:41.971-05:002013-07-21T19:14:41.971-05:00desper-otto, good memory! Great lyrics.
Yellowroc...desper-otto, good memory! Great lyrics.<br /><br />Yellowrocks, the shortest distance between two great minds is a great circle.<br /><br />Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43936501172249180512013-07-21T19:06:11.444-05:002013-07-21T19:06:11.444-05:00Hi All, CC, Tx for the shout out to Daughter #1. I...Hi All, CC, Tx for the shout out to Daughter #1. I never got to do he puzzle today because we were having a birthday party for daughter#3. & I spent 2 hours in the AM getting the backyard ready because two of our Maple trees decided to drop branches after all this heat. ( one branch weighed over a ton.) I borrowed my neighbors electric chain saw & spent 2 hours reducing half a tree to firewood. (Manac would appreciate this...)<br /><br />YR @ 5:58, Yes I found out a way to "uncap" a line of typos by accident years ago, but for the life of me, I do not remember how I did it. If you find out pls let me know.<br /><br />CC, The original "Man IN The Coffee Beans puzzle" was designed to differentiate left brain people from right brain people. ( or how you use your brain...)<br /><br /><a href="http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/left-brain-right-brain-and-the-spinning-girl/" rel="nofollow">This website</a> explains it in more detail.CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-13876628450400413632013-07-21T18:55:10.118-05:002013-07-21T18:55:10.118-05:00I'm trying to write this from memory, so I'...I'm trying to write this from memory, so I'm probably misquoting. I always liked the verse of <i>Poor Judd Is Dad</i> which went something like...<br /><br />Poor Judd is dead,<br />a candle lights his head,<br />he's lookin' oh so peaceful and so nice.<br />He looks like he's asleep;<br />it's a shame that he won't keep,<br />but it's summer and we're runnin' outa ice.<br /><br />Great musical!desper-ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242581085713882677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-64294571854804020842013-07-21T18:53:59.951-05:002013-07-21T18:53:59.951-05:00Jayce, great minds run in great circles.Jayce, great minds run in great circles.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-79032358300500288942013-07-21T18:43:50.532-05:002013-07-21T18:43:50.532-05:00Bill G, the word "prole" was used a lot ...Bill G, the word "prole" was used a lot in Orwell's "1984."<br />Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-24081276257417593712013-07-21T18:42:51.357-05:002013-07-21T18:42:51.357-05:00I got stuck at ONESIES, OPAH, and ALLA, and had to...I got stuck at ONESIES, OPAH, and ALLA, and had to look up layette. Fun puzzle, though.<br /><br />It took me lots of looking before finally finding the man in the coffee beans.<br /><br />Like Bill G, I like only a very little bit of Weber's music, usually only one number out of an entire opus, such as "Memories" from Cats and "Phantom of the Opera" from you-know-what. IMO, The Music Man is a work of genius; too bad Meredith Willson never again wrote anything as good. One the songs I really like a lot from Oklahoma is "Poor Jud is Dead." <br /><br />Also looking forward to Endeavour tonight.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-18959390619836838352013-07-21T18:28:53.108-05:002013-07-21T18:28:53.108-05:00YR - Best wishes to your sister.
I am so happy fo...YR - Best wishes to your sister.<br /><br />I am so happy for Phil Mickleson.Irish Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527047622731333304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-50856963533369700782013-07-21T17:58:27.365-05:002013-07-21T17:58:27.365-05:00Late to the party. One of my sisters is in the hos...Late to the party. One of my sisters is in the hospital. Today my younger sister and I went to help her arrange her finances, personal possessions, etc.. It's scary to become incapacitated, even temporarily.<br /><br />I did the puzzle early this morning but have been gone all day.<br />My grandson has all kids of expensive toys, but his favorites are the few with which he can invent and act out stories.<br /><br />Bill G. PROLE is another of those literary words, not often used in every day speech.<br />"If there was hope, it must lie in the proles." 1984 Orwell<br /><br />I remember tie dye projects as a camp counselor. It was done by the preteens.<br /><br />CHI CHI "Ostentatiously stylish; deliberately chic," Free Online Dictionary. <br />CHI alone, only half pretentious. HAHA<br />Lemony, thanks for suggesting bottom left, now I see it.<br /><br />To all you techies: If I type a paragraph with the cap lock inadvertently on, is there a quick remedy, other than retyping?Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59408955445173690192013-07-21T17:50:26.802-05:002013-07-21T17:50:26.802-05:00PK, thanks for the input on PROLE. I don't thi...PK, thanks for the input on PROLE. I don't think I've ever heard it or read it except in CW puzzles.<br /><br />I am willing to agree with most everybody else in the world that Phantom is an excellent play. But I never cared for the music or most of the rest of the stuff written by ALW. Being a fogy, the music from Rodgers and Hammerstein, Loesser and their ilk is what does it for me. Oklahoma, South Pacific, Guys and Dolls, etc. and especially The Music Man.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-25971637692466059662013-07-21T17:48:29.213-05:002013-07-21T17:48:29.213-05:00PK, I saw something pretty amazing last evening. O...PK, I saw something pretty amazing last evening. Our sky was completely clear, but there was a line of towering clouds to the S & SW. I figured they were prolly on the NE-KS border. Then I took a look at radar...They were on and along a line right at I-70 from about Salina to KC. <br /><br />These clouds had to be at least 60,000' high and were as clear as if they were 20 miles away despite being over 100 miles distant. I've often said we can see KS from here, but had no idea it could be so far into KS. <br /><br />We enjoyed that sight, but sadly we got no rain.Avg Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02301873113962640644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21707185214745748022013-07-21T17:19:44.931-05:002013-07-21T17:19:44.931-05:00OOPs! Supposed to say "partner & I"....OOPs! Supposed to say "partner & I".PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-71064943769359721232013-07-21T17:18:20.072-05:002013-07-21T17:18:20.072-05:00BillG, I believe PROLE is short for "proletar...BillG, I believe PROLE is short for "proletariat", the laboring class in a capitalistic society. Think back to the old communist propaganda days. The word was more common then.<br /><br />I saw "Phantom" in 1992 when I was newspaper editor. After a busy writing week, we made deadline and finished layout which we did by hand those days. My best friend and writing partner and U grabbed the last of the pizza we had ordered in. Made a quick trip to the bathroom. Hopped in her DIL's van with her DIL & grand daughter & some of their friends. Drove an hour to see "Phantom". I can remember the chandelier above the area and maybe it lowering for the ball. I think actually I was so tired I sleep-watched the play. I can remember not really understanding quite what it was all about. Loved the music.PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-34531745976712927082013-07-21T16:50:39.486-05:002013-07-21T16:50:39.486-05:00Good afternoon, folks. Thank you, Amy Johnson, fo...Good afternoon, folks. Thank you, Amy Johnson, for a swell puzzle. Thank you, C.C., for the swell review.<br /><br />Got started with 9A PEPE. AROO was easy. ARAL also easy. Favorite word lately. ARMOR appeared. MT FUJI, EUNICE, and HOLES fell into place. I felt I had a good start. Things got rougher real soon.<br /><br />The theme answers started to appear. Helped with the puzzle in a few places.<br /><br />Wagged ARNE for 76D. I am guessing that he wrote the song about Alfred The Great. Alfred was the only English monarch to be given the title "The Great", according to a book I just read. Back in the late 800's. I am just surmising this. I really enjoy English history.<br /><br />LOM for 114D was my last to complete the puzzle. Had the LO and just started going through the alphabet until my IPad gave me the good news.<br /><br />MORAN was clever.<br /><br />Took me a while, but I remembered Mortimer SNERD. I had the "D".<br /><br />Well, I am home now from Normal, IL. Done with that for a while.<br /><br />My wife and youngest daughter are in NYC, along with my sister, watching some shows, etc. First time for them.<br /><br />My oldest daughter is 43 today. Makes me feel old.<br /><br />See you tomorrow.<br /><br />Abejo<br /><br />(intaae)<br /><br />Abejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63869456185096851552013-07-21T15:57:17.804-05:002013-07-21T15:57:17.804-05:00One example would be to AIR a grievance. "I&#...One example would be to AIR a grievance. "I'm not holding back. I'm going to put it out there. Don't care whether you like it or not. Working in this heat without more frequent breaks is dangerous. There, I said it." Cesar Chaveznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66509018181517922522013-07-21T15:27:16.119-05:002013-07-21T15:27:16.119-05:00I started the puzzle late last night and finished ...I started the puzzle late last night and finished it this morning. I had the same missteps as others. WEES. And, I really didn't understand "Put out there" resulting in AIR. <br /><br />I've never seen PROLE except in a couple of crossword puzzles. Is it in your speaking vocabulary? What's a sentence containing PROLE that you might have said?Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-38782173280857978402013-07-21T14:57:52.704-05:002013-07-21T14:57:52.704-05:00Well nuts. I see that when I deleted and repasted...Well nuts. I see that when I deleted and repasted my earliest post, I lost the embedded links. <br /><br />First, one story on Stanley Roberts. <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1027838/" rel="nofollow">the other 7 footer at LSU</a> I still have my LSU Tigers hat from that era, although it is a little worse for wear. <br /><br />Second, the link to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Maravich" rel="nofollow">Pistol Pete</a> <br /><br />Garlic Gal, <br />I always tune into the AT&T at Pebble Beach. Great television coverage of that event that showcases the beauty of Pebble Beach. We were there last year, but not for the tournament. I'd love to play that course. And a lot of others too, but Pebble Beach would be in my top 5 for sure. <br /><br />Lucina, you are welcome.TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-71534922267714485972013-07-21T14:10:26.262-05:002013-07-21T14:10:26.262-05:00TTP:
Thank you for that link. I did not realize th...TTP:<br />Thank you for that link. I did not realize that spitz was a dog! But not you, Spitzboov.<br /><br />Fermat:<br />I also look forward to watching "Endeavour."<br /><br />PK:<br />In the move, Phantom of the Opera, the MASQUERADE BALL is very obvious. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.com