tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post2494847612983560967..comments2024-03-29T06:59:14.073-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Sunday, Dec 27, 2015 Amy JohnsonZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-25495414683245647162015-12-28T02:21:39.092-06:002015-12-28T02:21:39.092-06:00SASHAY will always make me think of Lucina.
GLUT...SASHAY will always make me think of Lucina.<br /> <br />GLUTEN free makes it very difficult to make treats for a friend. Unfortunately, we know another little guy who is allergic to GLUTEN, nuts and dairy. His mother tries her best but he has ended up in the ER three times before second birthday.<br /><br />Jo, IMHO stands for " in my humble opinion" if you are still wondering.<br /><br />I liked GAZETTES, WHATS UP DOC, AND SO IT GOES included in newspaper theme puzzle.<br /> <br />If ever I allow myself to GLOAT, the next hammer is ready to drop and bring me back to my senses. <br /><br />Hope you see my late night post.<br /><br />Winter has finally come to Kansas. Icy roads now.Blue Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09670176636354786453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-9802550801678839032015-12-28T00:20:29.538-06:002015-12-28T00:20:29.538-06:00Synapsic Mom - Yep see point #2 @ 2:58p.
Argyle -...Synapsic Mom - Yep see point #2 @ 2:58p.<br /><br />Argyle - I love your new Avitar (yes it's a few day now, but I forgot to mention it). Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43391605425657116542015-12-28T00:06:44.111-06:002015-12-28T00:06:44.111-06:00I thought "nest" referred to what HUMAN ...I thought "nest" referred to what HUMAN women do prior to giving birth (though usually referenced as "nesting.")Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623683351504857578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46433017126877288192015-12-27T23:38:52.183-06:002015-12-27T23:38:52.183-06:00Yup, you missed it. It was in the write-up.Yup, you missed it. It was in the write-up.Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-1340617043116589542015-12-27T22:52:21.280-06:002015-12-27T22:52:21.280-06:00Unless I missed it along the way I can't recal...Unless I missed it along the way I can't recall anyone translating ORARE Ben Jonson. It's Latin and means "pray for Ben Jonson."Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-5150565041185541542015-12-27T20:57:04.384-06:002015-12-27T20:57:04.384-06:00CED @ 4:56 - I think your New Year's resolutio...CED @ 4:56 - I think your New Year's resolution should be to be more inclusive toward the canine community. How about some woof-woofs every now and then? 🐶 🐕 🐩. (I must admit the cat links are usually hilarious, 😻 😺 😸). Bow wow vs Meow?Irish Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527047622731333304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-57124793681748601652015-12-27T19:51:27.473-06:002015-12-27T19:51:27.473-06:00Dudley, I hope you had a good day and a great year...Dudley, I hope you had a good day and a great year to come!<br /><br />Picture a cartoon in the New Yorker. There's a psychiatrist's office. A dog is lying on its back on a couch. The dog says, "And then it hit me -- all this time I've been salivating over a goddamned bell."Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-69504476281623978802015-12-27T18:06:21.944-06:002015-12-27T18:06:21.944-06:00Hi all -
As I was going through the puzzle I got ...Hi all -<br /><br />As I was going through the puzzle I got hung up on SAMOAs (YUM!) - when I was selling Girl Scout Cookies many eons ago, they were called Samoas. But as an adult, they have been called Caramel Delites. And they aren't as good as I remember. As it <a href="http://graphics.latimes.com/girl-scout-cookies/" rel="nofollow">turns out</a>, it depends where you live as to which bakery you get your cookies from. So growing up in Long Beach, CA we had Samoas. But then I moved to San Luis Obispo, CA and now in Springfield, MO where I have Caramel Delites and the not as good version of Thin Mints.<br /><br />Now you know how much time I've spent thinking about Girl Scout Cookies...<br /><br />Wishing you all a belated Happy Holidays (whichever you celebrate)!!<br /><br />t.tawnyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07466346747643525821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-78843757265999021352015-12-27T17:49:05.693-06:002015-12-27T17:49:05.693-06:00Enjoyed the puzzle today, but haven't had time...Enjoyed the puzzle today, but haven't had time to comment since I've been in hand to hand combat with my pickup this afternoon. As Gary noted, were bracing for 10" of snow tomorrow, and I believe the forecasters. Gotta have that pickup ready as our 2nd 4 wheeler. Also got the tractor started and charged up. Might have to plow snow for the first time in 4 winters.<br /><br />As Gary also noted, the theme was hard to coax into the open. I must have looked at the completed grid for over a minute before I got it. The solve wasn't hard. the theme was. Thank you for the expo, C.C.<br /><br />And a very happy birthday to you, Dudley. May you always have a tailwind.<br /><br />I'm watching the Packers getting eviscerated by the Cardinals. Man! Whatever can go wrong has.Avg Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02301873113962640644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-72581701900306377722015-12-27T16:56:33.189-06:002015-12-27T16:56:33.189-06:00OK Irish Miss,
I will take your advice.
But you...OK Irish Miss,<br /><br /><a href="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5bi28LEU21qb5gkjo1_500.jpg" rel="nofollow">I will take your advice.</a><br /><br />But you must know <a href="http://www.gotfunnypictures.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/885-18218-29183.jpg" rel="nofollow">My experience is limited...</a><br /><br />Hmmm,<br /><br /><br />CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-75011903010006489552015-12-27T16:43:55.692-06:002015-12-27T16:43:55.692-06:00Well,
I had to read the comments, even though I ...Well,<br /><br /> I had to read the comments, even though I have not yet read the write up.<br /><br />Still, I now know the puzzle was easier than usual.<br />This is good, I get to feel like I am smart as I sit in the back of the plane...<br /><br />PK, (@4:03)<br />I live my life based on the old adage:<br /><br /><br />Any landing you can walk away from is a good one...<br />CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-30028648304102361742015-12-27T16:17:21.830-06:002015-12-27T16:17:21.830-06:00Good afternoon, folks. Thank you, Amy Johnson, fo...Good afternoon, folks. Thank you, Amy Johnson, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, C.C., for a fine review.<br /><br />Happy Birthday, Dudley, and many more.<br /><br />Irish Miss, caught your ERIE note. You know, they never use a clue "Erie's Lake." It is always Buffalo's or Cleveland's Lake. Oh well.<br /><br />Got through today's puzzle a little quicker than most. That is OK with me.<br /><br />Theme was fine. I had heard that phrase or riddle the first time as a youth. And many times since. It is a good one. Glad Amy made a puzzle out of it.<br /><br />Thought LODGE for 20A was great! The cluers usually use Elks Lodge. About time the Loyal Order of Moose got in the game. I am a Moose, belonging to Ridgway #1183. I am an Elk as well, Erie #67. Where I live in Illinois is right up the road from Mooseheart, IL. The Child City. Have toured it many times. The radio station in Chicago, WJJD, got it's call letters from Mooseheart, where it was initially a radio station at the orphanage for the kids who lived there and who broadcast on that station. The letters stand for James J Davis, and early supporter of Mooseheart, and later a U S Senator and Secretary of Labor. during the Depression, Mooseheart could no longer afford to maintain the radio station and sold it. My TWO CENTS on that.<br /><br />That Ben Jonson answer O RARE was unknown to me. Perps all the way. I notice on the write up and picture that Jonson is spelled Johnson. They even had typos in the 1600's.<br /><br />I had VIEW for 106D. After a little work in that corner it was obvious that VANE was the answer. Very clever clue. Sure mislead me.<br /><br />Easily got RUNES for 75A. Read a book about the Kensington Stone in Minnesota once. The RUNES are how they proved the age and origin of the stone. Most interesting.<br /><br />See you tomorrow.<br /><br />Abejo<br /><br />( )<br /><br />Abejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-12006302300756424202015-12-27T16:15:15.761-06:002015-12-27T16:15:15.761-06:00Good evening everyone.
Happy Birthday to Dudley. ...Good evening everyone.<br /><br />Happy Birthday to Dudley. No VFR here today.<br /><br />WEES. Nothing new to add. Easy enough for a Sunday. Looking out on UTICA'S lights as I write this. Plenty of good perps to help with the stuff I was unsure about.<br /><br />Our Sunday paper runs the NYT puzzle a week later so I'll look for the CC-DG puzzle next week.Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-77713955973888598342015-12-27T16:03:00.737-06:002015-12-27T16:03:00.737-06:00Hi Y'all! Having been in the NEWSPAPER busines...Hi Y'all! Having been in the NEWSPAPER business for many years, I got the theme easily. I'd like to have a dollar for every time I heard this trite joke. But working all those theme clues into the puzzle can't have been easy. Good one, Amy.<br /><br />I had many of the misdirections C.C. mentioned. Thanks, C.C.<br /><br />Didn't know Ben Jonson, DuChamps, SAMOA (didn't know about that cookie. Haven't seen a Girl Scout seller in many years.)<br /><br />Chase is my grandson's name. The word wasn't a name in my mind when he was little. I called him "Cash" or "Chance" invariably. My SIL thought this was hilarious. I do better now, but usually hesitate to make sure I'll get it right before I call him anything.<br /><br />Happy Birthday, Dudley! May you have fair skies. May all your ups not be downers. CED: haven't you heard the old phrase they tell student pilots: "There are old pilots and bold pilots, but no old bold pilots."<br /><br />I had a mother cat whose NESTing urge led her to leap through a glass pane on an enclosed porch to get away from the tom cat. She cut her foot and I couldn't figure out why she was tracking bloody paw prints everywhere until after the birth when I found her by the YOWLing. PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-45401867137272031442015-12-27T16:01:29.330-06:002015-12-27T16:01:29.330-06:00Jerome - LOL!
Seriously, you see s*** in language...Jerome - LOL!<br /><br />Seriously, you see s*** in language I could only hope to play w/. C.C. has the same gift. Others here are just as fun (OKL & C. Moe, I'm lookin' at you).<br /><br />1. <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dk4WRhPQuyo" rel="nofollow">POLICE's STING</a> live.<br /><br />2. <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zhaZ3cRCKgk" rel="nofollow">Same song w/ the Moon's ARCS phases :-)</a>.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-48369567875244092952015-12-27T15:50:28.477-06:002015-12-27T15:50:28.477-06:00Hello Puzzlers -
Thank you all for the birthday w...Hello Puzzlers -<br /><br />Thank you all for the birthday wishes! I had hoped to take a birthday run down to Nantucket for a bowl of chowdah, but today's weather is on that part of the scale between grim and depressing. As it happens, I had to work anyway.<br /><br />CED - I'd like to think I walk a line right near the middle of those two, with a slight bias toward the wild & crazy so as to keep it fun. Plus I hate wearing ties. :-)<br /><br />Cheers All!Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587399549104728305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-89269625589573918622015-12-27T15:36:10.179-06:002015-12-27T15:36:10.179-06:00I'd like to experience a TSUNAMI... AM I NUTS?...I'd like to experience a TSUNAMI... AM I NUTS?<br />Few words are AS FUN as SNAFU.<br />POLICE STING. It's also a band and their lead singer.<br />My "Hey, that's not fair!" and "Huh?" and "I protest!" moment of the day. Rich once had me change a grid that contained RALE. "Ugly word", the boss said.Jeromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06174332800591939009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-87974381007446524702015-12-27T14:58:49.893-06:002015-12-27T14:58:49.893-06:00Hi all!
1st C.C. I can't wait until next Sund...Hi all!<br /><br />1st C.C. I can't wait until next Sunday's NYT in HOU's Chron... Thanks for the write-up.<br /><br />2nd, SwenglishMom is right re: nesting == prep'n' for baby. In addition to reading "What to expect when your expecting," DW went crazy-nuts cleaning the house one day... <br />I even got involved and had the garage spic-n-span. @1-ish AM, I'd finished the last dustpan of cruft, took my last drag from the cigar & sip of beer, and was ready to retire when... DW's water broke. At least our little nest was ready for Eldest.<br /><br />HBD Dudley! CED posited the Q - which pilot are you? :-)<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-13763685686827099142015-12-27T14:58:26.793-06:002015-12-27T14:58:26.793-06:00Fun puzzle. The process of discovering the theme w...Fun puzzle. The process of discovering the theme was much the same for me as it was for Husker Gary. Hand up for BOAST before GLOAT and not liking TEENER. Also FILM before BETE and CONE fefore HORN. I did immediately enter BED, though. Total unknowns to me include ORARE, RALES, and SAMOA as clued. Loved PED XING; immediately thought of C.C. when I saw "Xing." <br /><br />I've had kabocha but didn't know it at the time. Once was in a tempura dish at a Japanese restaurant; I thought it was sweet potato. Another time was when DW made a Philippine dish called pinakbet, where I thought it was butternut squash.<br /><br />LW and I also love Shanghai cuisine and one of our favorite dishes at a local restaurant is fish gluten with seafood. The fish gluten look like <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/shanghai-garden-cupertino?select=KRIlDl8LebJMDre07y3huA" rel="nofollow">small collapsed tennis balls</a>. Delicious!<br /><br />By the way, just because I don't <i><b>like</b></i> TEENER does not mean I don't acknowledge its legitimacy as a real word and that it is listed in Merriam Webster. Quoting the dictionary at me won't make me like it.<br /><br />LW and I had the pleasure several years ago of seeing a performance of RODEO as choreographed by Agnes DeMille, performed at our San Jose Cleveland Ballet, as it was known then. It was pretty good.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59386282688927313792015-12-27T14:33:49.017-06:002015-12-27T14:33:49.017-06:00I just finished Don and CC's puzzle and what a...I just finished Don and CC's puzzle and what a delight it was. Truly original and fun, fun, fun! Those of you who have to wait until next week have a lot to look forward to. Bravo(a) to our Dynamic Duo! 👫<br /><br />CED @ 12:04 - Don't even THINK about giving up cat videos! 😿 🙀 😾Irish Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527047622731333304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-60421912414665615662015-12-27T14:03:30.845-06:002015-12-27T14:03:30.845-06:00Dang! it's hard to wait till tomorrow
to read...Dang! it's hard to wait till tomorrow<br />to read you guys, I feel like I am missing something...<br /><br />But, can't spoil the puzzle!<br /><br />Oooh! Bonus!<br />DW has a free drink coupon to go with the puzzle on the plane!<br /><br />(WooHoo!)<br /><br />CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-40275360224406172022015-12-27T13:59:59.863-06:002015-12-27T13:59:59.863-06:00Happy Birthday Dudley!
Hmm,
Posting without read...<a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b2/f3/22/b2f3227d7864a3a848f4f9feeeb1edde.jpg" rel="nofollow">Happy Birthday Dudley!</a><br /><br />Hmm,<br /><br />Posting without reading the Blog is like trying to fly on instruments...<br /><br />(But, there are not a lot of links where I am going...)<br />(So I need to get this posted now...)<br /><br />So, Dudley, are you a pilot like the above (neat & proper)<br />or a <a href="http://crazyhyena.com/imagebank/g/selfie-pilot-plane-crazy-photo.jpg" rel="nofollow">fly by the seat of your pants kinda guy like me?</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-87998185615159859642015-12-27T13:27:40.838-06:002015-12-27T13:27:40.838-06:00Bill G. good comments about the phases of the moon...Bill G. good comments about the phases of the moon last night. I think the clue was good because not all ARCs are crescents. Any part of the circumference of a circle or other curve, even 359+ degrees is an ARC.<br />Thesaurus says, "synonyms: curve · arch · crescent · semicircle · half-moon"<br />So a quarter of the moon's cycle would produce a half-moon, a larger arc than a crescent.<br />The lyrics I know for the Volga Boatman say YO HEAVE HO.<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Song_of_the_Volga_Boatmen" rel="nofollow">Link lyrics </a><br />It makes more sense that the Beatles’ OB LA DI, OB LA DA or Cher’s SHOOP SHOOP.<br /><br />Back to today's puzzle:<br />This is no nit. Although I don’t mind saying I am no spring chicken. I would hate to be considered over the hill. LOLYellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-76975544598396598312015-12-27T12:59:14.553-06:002015-12-27T12:59:14.553-06:00Hi CC and the gang! thanks for all the great puzzl...Hi CC and the gang! thanks for all the great puzzles and explanations throughout the year. Just wanted to comment on the "nest" clue -- this is something pregnant women supposedly do before giving birth, according to books like "What To Expect When You're Expecting." Being new in a foreign land and fairly isolated during my pregnancies I learned as much as I could via the books. Not sure they helped much. Naturally I can write my own now, not much help to me at this point though! As a friend once said, as long as you aren't locking them in the closet you're doing ok.<br /><br />God fortsattning! (Happy continuance [of the holiday spirit]) as we say here in Sweden,<br /><br />AnnSwenglishMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17567160718139603499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-10631404864311975122015-12-27T12:49:05.281-06:002015-12-27T12:49:05.281-06:00Jo, first you say IMHO and then you put your two c...Jo, first you say IMHO and then you put your two cents in.desper-ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242581085713882677noreply@blogger.com