tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post2064460741970597830..comments2024-03-28T12:03:01.699-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 Joe DeeneyZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-27787321326710849942023-02-16T04:33:43.262-06:002023-02-16T04:33:43.262-06:00Dash T, thanks for finding that Wake Forest calcul...<br />Dash T, thanks for finding that Wake Forest calculator link on The Wayback Machine. That was it. I tried it just a moment ago. Doesn't work. It was pretty nifty.<br /><br />Here's a link to another nutrition calculator for some fast food places.<br /><br />https://fastfoodnutrition.org/fast-food-meal-calculator <br /><br />There are some other tools at that link that allow you to compare offerings from different places. It had an extensive list of restaurants. I compared a Chick-fil-a chicken sandwich to McDonald's chicken sandwich. TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-12009803687878186152018-08-29T01:34:33.379-05:002018-08-29T01:34:33.379-05:00WC ~
You do have a point.
But favoring consisten...<b>WC</b> ~<br />You do have a point. <br />But favoring consistency (that hobgoblin), I'd rather see an abbreviated form like "B'way" followed by another abbreviation - rather than a nickname, which is, when all's said & done, a familiarity (LES MIZ). <br /><br />~ <b>OMK</b>Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-14888844348192983302018-08-29T00:54:00.767-05:002018-08-29T00:54:00.767-05:00Thank you again for all your good wishes for my gr...Thank you again for all your good wishes for my granddaughter but alas, I'm sorry to report she was not among the chosen. The competition is stiff!!! She was advised to get more training and try again next year. She is determined to continue as her goal is to be a singer.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-29923489767667851652018-08-29T00:45:39.321-05:002018-08-29T00:45:39.321-05:00Done for the day says...
D4 - Constructive Critic...Done for the day says...<br /><br />D4 - Constructive Criticism is fine by me - who knows? It could be Rich or Patti behind the nit :-)<br /><br />I'm keen on gimmicky puzzles early-week. Years ago, it was catching that gimmick that got me hooked on more x-words. If that's what it takes to bring new solvers into the fold to learn the rules of x-words (and just learn!), what fun! //BTW - I'd say the NYT or WSJ are one-day harder progression-wise than the LAT.<br /><br />BillG - so all the China is still in the cabinet, eh?<br /><br />More Paul Simon <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6VrKro8djw" rel="nofollow">Down by the School Yard</a></b> for sleepy-time.<br /><br />Nite! C, -T<br /><br /> Anonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-23859803479612493672018-08-28T22:44:43.535-05:002018-08-28T22:44:43.535-05:00We had a little earthquake about an hour ago. No b...We had a little earthquake about an hour ago. No big deal. If you had bought a ticket to go on the 'thrill' ride, you would probably have asked for your money back. Bill Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495413609545426668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43300774656617089982018-08-28T20:09:28.746-05:002018-08-28T20:09:28.746-05:00I enjoyed Bridge Over Troubled Waters and, of cour...I enjoyed Bridge Over Troubled Waters and, of course, the side panel with John Denver singing Country Roads, West Virginia.<br />I say uh REG uh no. My dad said oh ruh GAN oh. Today I learned his way is legit among the British.<br />Picard, thanks for Kodachrome. Lovely colors. I remember those fashions.<br />Lucina, is there any way we can tune in to see your grand perform?Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-69018840703426631272018-08-28T20:07:44.921-05:002018-08-28T20:07:44.921-05:00TTP, if the appliance guy is a good friend buy him...TTP, if the appliance guy is a good friend buy him a case of PBR. If he's just an OK friend, buy him TWO cases.Jinx in Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066853291104407732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-67519004977106589262018-08-28T19:52:00.956-05:002018-08-28T19:52:00.956-05:00Hi All!
FILE UNDER FISH
Thanks Joe and congrats ...Hi All!<br /><br /><b>FI</b>LE UNDER <i>FI</i><b>SH</b><br /><br />Thanks Joe and congrats on the LAT debut. I found this a smooth solve all the way down until the SE (AKA 'showbiz' [Hi Jinx!]) corner. ALI, LEONA, LES MIZ - that was AGONY.<br /><br />Thanks TTP for the expo. I thought it funny when you said "A" and not "The" 'cuz I remembered your 8/7 expo! Oh, and there's one more in this crowd that enjoys Billy Idol (though I'm not keen on <i>Eyes Without a Face</i>; too down TEMPO).<br />Good news on the oven - who woulda guessed? And imagine how frustrating as the problem remained after replacing the thermostat, the thermocouple, etc. Get that man some better beer than Miller :-)<br /><br />WOs: I must be the only one that pronounces it a-REGANO; Dyslexia struck @ MEWo(?) b/f the Ballet showed up.<br />ESPs & WAGs: PAH, ALI / LEONA, RPGs - took all the perps before I could get D & D out of my head.<br /><b>Fav</b>: I like the word GULLIBLE even though it's not in the dictionary.<br /><br />{B, B+, B+}<br /><br />Thanks for letting us know you're alive CED!<br /><br />Lucina - any idea when your grand will know the results from America's got Idol?<br /><br />Picard - thanks for McGurk Effect - I didn't know that's what it was called. Oh, and Kodachrome - been singing it all day (to the chagrin of my office-mates).<br /><br />This URL works 1/2 like TTP described because it's from the <b><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180208205037/https://www.wakehealth.edu/Drive-Thru-Diet/" rel="nofollow">Wayback Machine</a></b> [Feb 8, 2018] You will not get the healthier alternative (at least for Arby's - I tried)<br /><br />I don't think I've ever GOT EVEN - that just seems like too much thinking about someone I don't care about anyway.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-82701466858372347062018-08-28T19:36:07.464-05:002018-08-28T19:36:07.464-05:00Lucina, will be rooting for your granddaughter!
Lucina, will be rooting for your granddaughter!<br />Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21419313290195965712018-08-28T19:34:16.067-05:002018-08-28T19:34:16.067-05:00Thank you, Jinx. I love 'Bridge over Troubled ...Thank you, Jinx. I love 'Bridge over Troubled Waters" too! A great musical era!Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-34671436415227037162018-08-28T18:33:22.428-05:002018-08-28T18:33:22.428-05:00WC, I am using my iPhone to post also as my iPad d...WC, I am using my iPhone to post also as my iPad died. No, there is not much room to post!! Deal with it!!! LOLSwampCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06893584705424353444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70494730522067676612018-08-28T18:31:03.748-05:002018-08-28T18:31:03.748-05:00Misty, yes Paul Simon wrote and performed Kodachro...Misty, yes Paul Simon wrote and performed Kodachrome. But not before he was famous - he became famous as 1/2 of Simon and Garfunkel. My favorite from the duo is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_a46WJ1viA" rel="nofollow">Bridge Over Troubled Water</a>. That song has helped me through a few tough times.Jinx in Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066853291104407732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-25582387260242163182018-08-28T17:33:32.986-05:002018-08-28T17:33:32.986-05:00I just tried a short post but the stuff below the ...I just tried a short post but the stuff below the box got me again . Apparently designer never considered cell phone usage. <br /><br />WCWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-55864415724123684072018-08-28T17:15:11.296-05:002018-08-28T17:15:11.296-05:00I got my lioness and my Bogie flame mixed up. Cold... I got my lioness and my Bogie flame mixed up. Cold+Sneeze=$&@$&<br />So, FIW on the easy ones and FIR on the weekend.<br />George Smiley* once said "Goethe is pithy". <br />MAKO-Shark; ORCA-Whale<br />Good luck with your granddaughter, Lucina<br />Oh my! OMK just pointed out GPA not GPS. I was thinking of a dismissive sound that's strictly onamatapoeia. Said sound extremely annoying, btw. PSH. <br />And thx, I thought the Broadway musical was Les Miserables. But... I now see the clue had B'way so hence MIZ<br /><br />WC<br /><br />* Tinker,Tailer,Soldier, Spy. Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-8283026637489149712018-08-28T17:15:04.221-05:002018-08-28T17:15:04.221-05:00PK and Misty, thank you for the good wishes for my...PK and Misty, thank you for the good wishes for my granddaughter. She made into the audition studio after waiting in line for 5 hours! It is a mob scene over there! I finally had to leave since I couldn't go inside anyway, just went to support her. Her mother, a niece and a friend are there, too. <br /><br />Interestingly, some people cut in ahead of the line because they received an FOL (Front of the Line) e-mail. Apparently it's some sort of connection with either a music school or some other source.<br /><br />When we went rug shopping yesterday we learned an astonishing fact (to me). We were told that most of the carpet fibers are now made from recycled plastic bottles! We also learned that plastic bottles are made from the polyethelene (sp) which is the strongest type of plastic because they hold consumable liquids.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-2952840405696687462018-08-28T16:59:48.482-05:002018-08-28T16:59:48.482-05:00A fairly challenging Tuesday, after my comments ye...A fairly challenging Tuesday, after my comments yesterday on how easy early week puzzles are...lol....But not a fan of circles in the grid and arcane words like MEWL and PAH.jfromvthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16864768391894999950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-39524063634795196092018-08-28T15:56:14.071-05:002018-08-28T15:56:14.071-05:00Lucina: Good luck to your granddaughter at America...Lucina: Good luck to your granddaughter at American Idol. Hope we all see her on the show.<br /><br />Becky & TTP: I don't believe anyone should be in an abusive relationship. However, women who make a play for a married man are inflicting abuse on both the gullible man & his wife. My husband wasn't the first married man she had tried to entice. I was pretty sure the "thing" hadn't become physical or I might have handled it differently. My friend said if he'd really wanted to go, he'd have packed up and left me a note and been gone. She thought he just wanted to see if I cared enough to try to prevent him from going. When I found it hilarious, he had an easy out. I never heard another word about it and I didn't ever bring it up. He decided we should go on a lovely two-week vacation shortly after that and we had a great time.PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-16045814278222545732018-08-28T15:47:32.124-05:002018-08-28T15:47:32.124-05:00Well,
Stumbled in different places PAH/GPA and POO...Well,<br />Stumbled in different places PAH/GPA and POOCH/ROT.<br />Stopped at mewl for a while, sounds unnatural for me. I know Leona, but I wish I did not. Terrible songs, radio was full of her 10 years ago. I know ALI from luke cage and he won an oscar two years ago.<br />I am a different generation, so I had no problem with Mario Karts or RPGs. The Witcher is an excellent example of a modern RPG game set in world full of eastern European mythology. Piece of art.<br />I have just watched Unbearable lightness of being and really am surprised it is such praised movie in the western world. It is completelly off the tone of the book and totally unCzech in tone. Such weird experience to watch a hollywood movie set in Czechoslovakia. There were however really good original scenes from the Russian invasion in 68.Krijohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12041412344864399100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-30241416583351783322018-08-28T15:31:52.401-05:002018-08-28T15:31:52.401-05:00Bill G and Misty: Glad you also both love Kodachro...<b>Bill G and Misty:</b> Glad you also both love Kodachrome with its NIKON reference. Yes, Misty it was a hit at the time in the 1970s. I remember my high school English teacher loved the opening lines:<br />When I think back<br />On all the crap I learned in high school<br />It's a wonder<br />I can think at all<br /><br />It is almost three separate songs in one for the different topics covered.<br /><br /><b><a href="https://youtu.be/G-lN8vWm3m0" rel="nofollow">Speaking of PAH: Are any of you familiar with the McGurk Effect? I learned about this through my current work. Way interesting.</a></b><br /><br />From yesterday:<br /><b>Jayce:</b> Glad you also had the COYOTE experience in Tucson. When I went back to find my photos, I was thrilled to see they were so good. That was back in the film days.<br /><br />Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401317669146538447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-7265234154000768792018-08-28T15:18:39.006-05:002018-08-28T15:18:39.006-05:00My vision is finally clear after the dilation drop...My vision is finally clear after the dilation drops that were administered at 11:30 am. (I think the dose was stronger than usual.) I was put through a battery of tests (very uncomfortable) which showed nothing worrisome, except my doctor, as a cautionary measure, wants me to see a retina specialist because of my MD. Unfortunately, my specialist is on vacation, so I have to see someone else. I have an appointment tomorrow afternoon and I have to find a driver to take me. My usual chauffeur, sister Eileen, is in Maine, lucky lady! I'll keep you posted.<br /><br />I guess I found out where CED is, per his 11:05 post. Enjoy the sun, sand, and surf, Mr. M!<br /><br />Lucina, best of luck to your granddaughter. How excited she (the whole family!) must be.Irish Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527047622731333304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-23864860854176583422018-08-28T15:09:38.963-05:002018-08-28T15:09:38.963-05:00Picard and Bill G, I just listened to the Paul Sim...Picard and Bill G, I just listened to the Paul Simon Kodachrome song, and it's a delight, especially with the wonderful color images. Did he actually make that--maybe before he became a big star?Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68876564070576566242018-08-28T14:45:37.876-05:002018-08-28T14:45:37.876-05:00Becky, how true.
Stumped, et al, alas, my Wake...<br />Becky, how true. <br /><br /><br />Stumped, et al, alas, my Wake Forest edu link no longer goes to their fast food calculator. URL ROT ! Checked it the other day when I linked it for the review. It was there. Nuts !<br /><br />Searched their site just now but couldn't find it. Basically, it was an interactive tool that allowed you to select from among the popular fast food eateries, then select your meal choices and quantities.<br /><br />So you could select McDonald's, then a Big Mac, then a large fries, then a large Coke and an ice-cream cone for a dessert. It would then show you the total calories, sodium, fat, cholesterol, etc, and give you better selections from the same fast food drive thru. Sorry they took it down. It was enough to make me quit eating fast food, except in a pinch. <br /><br />Wake Forest must have had to remove the page under threats of litigation.<br /><br /> TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4369194228666616862018-08-28T14:11:27.718-05:002018-08-28T14:11:27.718-05:00Ta- DA! ~
A nice one today from Mr. Deeney. The t...<i>Ta- </i><b>DA!</b> ~<br />A nice one today from Mr. <b>Deeney</b>. The theme actually helped. <br />My only nits would be with the cluing. At 42A, it is pretty rare to see a grad's GPA on a résumé. If they want to brag, they may list honors (<i>cum laude, magna cum laude</i>, etc.). I think the "grad's transcript" is what's wanted here. <br />And at 48D, shouldn't "familiarly" be attached to the clue for LES MIZ? <br /><br />~ <b>OMK<br />____________<br />Diagonal Report:</b> Another day empty of diags.Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-87133031401369517082018-08-28T13:28:09.601-05:002018-08-28T13:28:09.601-05:00PK, I understand that you would be peeved with the...PK, I understand that you would be peeved with the woman who tried to coax your husband to leave. Good on you for not getting your revenge by firing her, but no one, woman or man, deserves to be in an abusive relationship. IMHOBeckynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-30740386135168009932018-08-28T13:21:33.008-05:002018-08-28T13:21:33.008-05:00I LOVE the Kodachrome song. The music makes me hap...I LOVE the Kodachrome song. The music makes me happy. Most other folks might disagree but it's my favorite Paul Simon song. Bill Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495413609545426668noreply@blogger.com