tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post2219234176693155607..comments2024-03-29T02:07:08.222-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Wednesday, February 17 2020, Julian LimZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-51341065985441141582021-02-18T11:07:55.740-06:002021-02-18T11:07:55.740-06:00I agree that this puzzle is very difficult. Many o...I agree that this puzzle is very difficult. Many obscure items and poor clues. Not an enjoyable solve. Anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03909651659917317577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-61098172006748987402021-02-18T03:14:27.181-06:002021-02-18T03:14:27.181-06:00I'm down and dealing with STUFF. How that goes...I'm down and dealing with STUFF. How that goes with NONSENSE is beyond me.WinthorpeIIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730528038601386028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70605527520884744672021-02-18T00:19:52.467-06:002021-02-18T00:19:52.467-06:00I hope we hear from the rest of the Texas continge...I hope we hear from the rest of the Texas contingent soon, especially d-otto.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-52893081147219658812021-02-18T00:18:39.696-06:002021-02-18T00:18:39.696-06:00Anon-T:
What a relief to hear from you! I am glad ...Anon-T:<br />What a relief to hear from you! I am glad that you and your family are doing well (as can be expected) and hope your neighbors and other family are as well. My prayers for all of you will continue. I'm also pleased that you liked A Man Called Ove. It's different, I'll say that. <br /><br />Please STAY safe and warm. Our eyes are upon Texas! Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-14601729350932865592021-02-17T23:34:12.249-06:002021-02-17T23:34:12.249-06:00Hi All!
I'm back on the (rolling-blackout) gr...Hi All!<br /><br />I'm back on the (rolling-blackout) grid after the initial 48hr no-power (and boy did it get cold - 42F inside). House is now heated to 68F and we got to use the microwave -- DW was jonesin' for some popcorn :-). <br />Fortunately, the only plumbing problem I had occurred on that outside valve. Until it thawed we had water and filled every vessel in the house from the tap and two 5 gal buckets from the pool for flushing. <br />The pipe thawed yesterday around noon and I cut-off the water to the house. Surprisingly, my plumber showed this eve and fixed it. <br />What I really feared, plumbing-wise, was (before I cut off the water) nothing came out of the kitchen's hot-water side. Oh, if that was frozen / burst damage to counters and drywall!<br />Neighbor had 4 cracked pipes and lots drywall to repair; I got off easy by comparison.<br />But, the saga continues; today BIL, SIL, & MIL rolled into blackout...<br /><br />I want to thank everyone for their good wishes. It wasn't pleasant but we were prepared.<br /><br />LeoIII - we haven't heard from you yet... How you holding up?<br /><br />------------<br />Thanks Julian for the fun puzzle; I had no problems with FWIW, WOOT (I say it when I get a Sat), FOMO, WhatsApp, etc. <br />I printed your offering right after power returned and my computer area sufficiently heated. I like the progressively faster leg-work too.<br /><br />Fun expo mb. Thanks for the image of Kang and Kodos; got ETs but forgot the vacuum-tube headed hexapod.<br /><br />WO: HARoLDS<br />ESPs: ALEX, HOLM, NORMA, OZMA<br /><b>Fav</b>: Yesterday was <b>FAT</b> Tuesday and we feasted on the King Cake DW <i>was</i> going to take to her office. We warmed it over the fire in the fireplace and served w/ cowboy coffee.<br /><br />FOMO is akin to YOLO (You Only Live Once). <br />FOMO is you really wanting to be wherever someone says "hold my beer" and then yells YOLO. :-)<br /><br />{B+, A}<br /><br />Happy Birthday C. Moe!<br />Happy Anniversary HG & Joann<br /><br />BigE - If DW gets her way (read new house) I'm making damn sure there's room for a Generac on the lot. And it will be on stilts! (D-O, has yours ever failed due to high-water?)<br /><br />Ray-O: I second C. Moe re: DRAM bouy - LOL.<br /><br />During the power-outages we took shifts tending to the house. First, our fireplace is ornamental and really isn't meant to run 24/7, so there was watching that. Second you want to loop the house every hour or so and make sure faucets were still dripping and the "drapes" (read: blankets, sheets, any "tapestry" we could hang with painter's tape over the drafty windows & doors) were still hanging / holding in the heat. Anyway, I had the overnight shift. <br />After I read the corner (but couldn't post from my phone?!?), I read <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Man-Called-Ove-Novel/dp/1476738025" rel="nofollow">A Man Called Ove</a></b> by flashlight (I have <i>plenty</i> of hurricane batteries :-)). <br />Guys, will definitely like the book; no idea what DW would think.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-80769720916710905852021-02-17T22:18:58.918-06:002021-02-17T22:18:58.918-06:00Hi Y'all! Got thru Julian's puzzle with le...Hi Y'all! Got thru Julian's puzzle with less angst than usual -- just went with the flow. Last to fill were the crosses at BORE/ROVIO & ORZO/OZMA/FOMO. Had trouble coming up with THROB for ache. Most of my aches don't.<br /><br />Thanks, Melissa, for another fine expo. I can commiserate with you on your revving neighbors. I had one for two years that could not have been noisier -- and he tried. Thankfully, they moved. The guy that is there now has a souped-up Dodge Charger that roars, but he slips it out and doesn't rev it up until he's half a block away.<br /><br />Happy birthday, CMoe! Happy Anniversary Gary & Joann!<br /><br />Hoping sunshine & warm weather soon come your way, D-O & Tony. I think all the nasty stuff this year is giving us all a "what's next?" complex.PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-61478865152678672872021-02-17T21:24:30.665-06:002021-02-17T21:24:30.665-06:00Wonderful Wednesday. Thanks for the fun, Julian a...Wonderful Wednesday. Thanks for the fun, Julian and melissa bee.<br />I started with a sea of white in the north, but when I switched to doing the Downs, things got better. Then I saw the theme progression, and with P&P I finished.<br />No time to post any more but I wanted to say:<br />Happy Birthday to CMoe<br />Happy Anniversary to HuskerG and Joann<br />Thoughts and prayers for our Texas crew who are in distress.<br />AnonT might be wanting one of those sleeping bag coats! Seriously, I hope things improve quickly for you and you get some heat - and hopefully not too much water damage. <br /><br />Wishing you all a good night.CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-76747274200313612462021-02-17T18:49:52.950-06:002021-02-17T18:49:52.950-06:00I expected to be unable to solve this Julian Lim p...I expected to be unable to solve this Julian Lim puzzle and was surprised that I did solve it. Not without much gnashing of teeth, though. Last cell to fill was the wagged M crossing OZMA and FOMO.<br /><br />I mistakenly read the clue for 1a as "All That ___" so immediately filled JAZZ and patted myself on the back. Oops.<br /><br />I wanted BETA for the Kappa preceder, as in Phi Beta Kappa. Second oops.<br /><br />I wanted ROFL as the ecstatic internet shout. Third oops.<br /><br />Hand up for doing CHATS instead of TEXTS. Another oops out of many oopses.<br /><br />Also hand up for thinking of maltESE at first. As Splynter would say, that's 66.6% right.<br /><br />Got STEEL right, though. Agree it's nicely clued.<br /><br />"Sergeant, how many AWOLS we got today?"<br /><br />I learned that Kang and Kodos are ETs, and that they were originally characters from Star Trek.<br /><br />Happy birthday, Chairman Moe, and happy anniversary, Gary and Joanne.<br /><br />Best wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-6757972616887892892021-02-17T17:24:53.377-06:002021-02-17T17:24:53.377-06:00Good evening all. Always smile reading the blog wh...Good evening all. Always smile reading the blog when the puzzle is a challenge. I DNF. Ran out of guesses. HBD CM and HA Gary & Joanne. Thanks MB for the'splainin'. Texas is due for a warm up.😎😎SansBeachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03929605017948252740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-40538310048485634952021-02-17T17:16:47.504-06:002021-02-17T17:16:47.504-06:00DRAM - Is about 1.5 ounces according to a whiskey ...DRAM - Is about 1.5 ounces according to a whiskey WEB site.Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-41704403441949377912021-02-17T17:08:46.199-06:002021-02-17T17:08:46.199-06:00The French Horn ain't for sissies. Good on ya...The French Horn ain't for sissies. Good on ya, <b>Hawkin</b>!<br /><br />HBD, <b>Chairman M</b>!<br /><br />Too many Naticks today. I guessed my way out of them, but is that a way to run a XWD?<br /><br />Good news: my 2nd Moderna shot is scheduled for this Friday. Thanks to my university!<br />~ <b>OMK<br />____________<br />DR:</b> We have a single diagonal on the near side, NW to SE.<br />It offers an anagram of a serious observation, using 13 of the 15 letters, a Warning--focusing perhaps on what happens when political rivalries become too heated:<br />"<b>TRIBALISM SANK</b>"!Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-27333586695636824852021-02-17T17:02:28.094-06:002021-02-17T17:02:28.094-06:00Thank you Julian and Melissa. This puzzle was ver...Thank you Julian and Melissa. This puzzle was very crunchy for a Wednesday, but I persisted and finally FIR for a change. Despite it not being exactly porcine PC, an old pal of mine used to say whenever I "got lucky", "Even a blind pig gets an acorn now and then!". <br /><br />Random rambles ...<br /><br />Had my doubts about "ALI G", but reluctantly accepted it on perpose. I've never seen any of Sacha's screen appearances, but it sounds like he's very funny. Just read that he nails his role as Freddie Mercury in a new biopic coming out. Anybody who performed duets with Montserrat Caballé (Freddie, not Sacha) is okay in my book. Doubt that anyone plays her in the pic, as NO ONE nails her voice.<br /><br />I did have a question about a DRAM (1/8 oz?) being a "Scot's Scotch order". Must be an awfully wee Scot!<br /><br />I'm with Melissa on 22A "Superman's makeup" being a really great clue. <br /><br />Happy Birthday CMoe, and HA Gary and Joann. <br /><br />Gary and Joann - you two must know Maestro Edward Polochick, whom I believe was/is the conductor for the Lincoln Philharmonic? For years he was the conductor of a superb group here called the "Concert Artists of Baltimore" and for many years has conducted and played harpsichord for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's annual Messiah. A real genius and a truly great guy!<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Billwaseeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01486819496295875624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-40018671337249755922021-02-17T16:07:15.517-06:002021-02-17T16:07:15.517-06:00I have heard of stuff and nonsense all my life. In...I have heard of stuff and nonsense all my life. Interesting how we all have different experiences with words.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-58912678121029301902021-02-17T15:02:28.689-06:002021-02-17T15:02:28.689-06:00As Lucina pointed out STUFF AND NONSENSE is in the...As Lucina pointed out STUFF AND NONSENSE is in the lexicon though somewhat old. Changing flUFF to STUFF and seeing that the PIE began with the ubiquitous O(REO) resuscitated the NE. <br /><br />I had begun the solve Tuesday morning and resumed Tuesday night when a lot of white space filled.<br /><br />WCWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83444219088418067262021-02-17T14:38:49.301-06:002021-02-17T14:38:49.301-06:00STUFF AND NONSENSE is mostly of British origin, I ...STUFF AND NONSENSE is mostly of British origin, I believe; I've seen it only in British novels.<br /><br />Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63894039789768879942021-02-17T14:22:56.561-06:002021-02-17T14:22:56.561-06:00
This Wednesday Lim was a toughie.
It took some t...<br />This Wednesday Lim was a toughie.<br /><br />It took some time to get the solve.<br /><br />Kang and Kodos are hysterical, and I love how the Simpson’s writers got them from Trek...Picard beat me to that factoid. <br /><br />And I just got a new date for my Vax...this Friday, and my second shot is already scheduled, all at Walgreens. Sure beats the April 7 date I had originally elsewhere. <br /><br />Stay safe. AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078186298428497941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-54592922710707925092021-02-17T13:59:15.013-06:002021-02-17T13:59:15.013-06:00Happy anniversary, Husker Gary and Joann! Happy Bi...Happy anniversary, Husker Gary and Joann! Happy Birthday, Chairman Moe! Prayers for the quick restoration of power to all who lost it.<br /><br />Thank you, Julian, for the nice puzzle, and to Melissa Bee for doing the legwork in guiding us through it. Kelly Clarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-27246464849937217042021-02-17T13:33:52.856-06:002021-02-17T13:33:52.856-06:00DNF. Never heard “STUFFANDNONSENSE”; never heard o...DNF. Never heard “STUFFANDNONSENSE”; never heard of an “OREOPIE”. I got all the theme answers but got stuck in the NE. Rats.unclefredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04184507029837978331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3625146180091584122021-02-17T13:26:46.707-06:002021-02-17T13:26:46.707-06:00Sorry for my faux pas, Gary. Happy anniversary to ...Sorry for my faux pas, Gary. Happy anniversary to you and Joann.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-49792453516583719412021-02-17T13:08:01.047-06:002021-02-17T13:08:01.047-06:00Big Easy,
How could you get both FOMO and OZMA by...Big Easy,<br /><br />How could you get both FOMO and OZMA by perps, when they are perp to each other?<br /><br />This was a difficult Wednesday. FIW due to the M in OZMA/FOMO. I have seen Wizard of Oz plenty of times, but I don't remember Ozma. I had heard of FOMO before, but my memory couldn't pull the trigger. Too many other acronyms clogging up the brain, lol (BOGO, YOLO, etc.)<br /><br />BobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-72165677244173002232021-02-17T13:06:58.891-06:002021-02-17T13:06:58.891-06:00My apologies to Gary and Joann. Happy Anniversary...My apologies to Gary and Joann. Happy Anniversary!!!Malodorous Manateehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03190184054027642643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-25432855447612497422021-02-17T12:49:33.194-06:002021-02-17T12:49:33.194-06:00Addendum
-Our Monday constructor Stella Zawistowsk...Addendum<br />-Our Monday constructor Stella Zawistowski sings in the Oratorical Society of New York that usually performs at Carnegie Hall. I wrote to her and asked her to link to some of their performances and she did so yesterday. This year Covid has forced them to perform the Messiah <a href="https://osny.org" rel="nofollow">this very unique setting and it is fabulous.</a> I posted this yesterday but am hoping more people see it and treat themselves to some wonderful music.<br />-Also, thanks for the lovely well wishes. We are off to Omaha with some lobster and crab in our gastronomical crosshairs.Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-9244229393798394242021-02-17T12:39:37.140-06:002021-02-17T12:39:37.140-06:00happy anniversary HG et al...
Happy birthday Chai...<a href="https://images.app.goo.gl/zfu9jUKYo8Px1tHBA" rel="nofollow">happy anniversary HG et al...</a><br /><br />Happy birthday Chairman Moe,<br /><a href="https://images.app.goo.gl/xH6tMqqSV93jJCY37" rel="nofollow"> (the other cake said "to my favorite stooge..."</a><br /><br />Based on the provided GPS coordinates,<br /><a href="https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/the-playground-trail" rel="nofollow">here 8s more 8nformation on Picard Playground.</a><br />CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-84661048997156659552021-02-17T12:20:44.197-06:002021-02-17T12:20:44.197-06:00Picard, you do the most amazing hikes and events!
...Picard, you do the most amazing hikes and events!<br /><br />BeckyBeckynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-37878882671589748222021-02-17T12:00:22.350-06:002021-02-17T12:00:22.350-06:00I feel very sorry for those who live in normally w...I feel very sorry for those who live in normally warm places that are getting the Arctic weather. Your places are not prepared for this. Burst pipes are horrific. I grew up in places that were cold and appreciate every day I don't have to deal with this.<br /><br />Unfortunately, climate change has the effect of diverting the Arctic air streams far south at times. These major disruptions and extreme weather patterns are going to be the new normal until we can fix the root problem.<br /><br />From Last Thursday:<br /><b>Alice</b> wrote "Can we describe Picard as 'a mere mortal'?"<br />I am honored by your generous comment.<br /><br />From Yesterday:<br /><b>Lucina</b> Thank you for the very kind words about my photos.<br /><br /><b>CrossEyedDave</b> Thank you for asking about the location of the cave where we saw the bats.<br /><br /><b><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/afDd9F6PbvNfc4JG8" rel="nofollow">Here is a Google Satellite Map of the approximate location.</a></b><br /><br />It is hard for me to picture the exact location this way, but that is within about 100 feet of it. There are no trails. You need a guide or a lot of luck! I am usually up for being a guide there. Where do you live?<br />Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401317669146538447noreply@blogger.com