tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post2667695725053466091..comments2024-03-28T18:45:22.098-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Sunday January 15, 2012 Peter A. CollinsZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-2561076531226678472012-01-15T23:48:56.359-06:002012-01-15T23:48:56.359-06:00Lucina - Lantana has a distinctive odor and it'...Lucina - Lantana has a distinctive odor and it's not very pleasant.CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-49345277716735864022012-01-15T23:40:21.552-06:002012-01-15T23:40:21.552-06:00Rube:
That's really interesting about the LOBL...Rube:<br />That's really interesting about the LOBLOLLY etymology.<br /><br />Re: LANTANA, are you sure that's what is growing in your yard? Mine has almost no scent of any kind.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-13174897533028182762012-01-15T23:22:15.558-06:002012-01-15T23:22:15.558-06:00eddyB - are you on the Monterey Peninsula?
The wa...eddyB - are you on the Monterey Peninsula?<br /><br />The waves really can be loud there. I'm sure you'll find Paso Robles way more quiet, unless you're staying on the 101.<br /><br />I did the puzzle today and liked it. Didn't have time to comment though.<br /><br />Funny story about the Pacific Ocean.<br /><br />After my MIL died in 2006, we encouraged my husband's sister to move to CA so she could be near what family she had left.<br /><br />We took her on several trips to visit our favorite places on the CA coast. After the fourth or fifth trip she told us she really "disliked" the Pacific because it was too loud. Bad Ocean!CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-91562188120697570512012-01-15T22:41:29.460-06:002012-01-15T22:41:29.460-06:00CONT'D.
The writer/teacher must have lived th...CONT'D.<br /><br />The writer/teacher must have lived that class 24/7. It's a true story by Erin Gruwell.dodo1925https://www.blogger.com/profile/14459382064630834395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-61900700439266100112012-01-15T22:39:56.775-06:002012-01-15T22:39:56.775-06:00Hello All,
Well I did work the CW today....on li...Hello All,<br /><br />Well I did work the CW today....on line since Sundays our paper has Merle Reagle. I got half done and then erased it.@#$$#%^! Since it had been going so well, I brought it back up (empty of course) and picked up where I left off. I have to call it DNF but it was fun, all the same.<br /><br />Speaking of disadvantaged students responding to a caring teacher, I just finished "The Freedom Writers' Diary" which I got for Christmas. Its a remarkable story about a first year teacher in Long Beach CA who is given classes of 'at risk' students for freshman English and how she gets them so involved that she sees them through all four years and all of them qualify for college. Idon't think it's a new book because it's a movie, which I now have on my Netflix queue. Great reading! I recommend it!dodo1925https://www.blogger.com/profile/14459382064630834395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-35031289823748097652012-01-15T22:31:48.879-06:002012-01-15T22:31:48.879-06:00Re. the videos again. I don't go out looking f...Re. the videos again. I don't go out looking for them usually; they seem to find me. I don't have a Facebook page so I occasionally look at Barbara's. I find some there. My son sends me some including these two. I think of myself as an editor. I throw away all the trashy stuff or things that don't seem that interesting. What you see are the ones I enjoy; maybe because they are clever or informative or emotional or ...? I'm glad you enjoy them.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-18565167073270488172012-01-15T22:27:26.477-06:002012-01-15T22:27:26.477-06:00Hello All,Hello All,dodo1925https://www.blogger.com/profile/14459382064630834395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-31407613967632154142012-01-15T22:27:26.150-06:002012-01-15T22:27:26.150-06:00Hello All,Hello All,dodo1925https://www.blogger.com/profile/14459382064630834395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62348522130953837042012-01-15T22:25:36.626-06:002012-01-15T22:25:36.626-06:00Did anyone else watch the Golden Globe awards? Sal...Did anyone else watch the Golden Globe awards? Salma Hayek and Colin Forth are spectacularly beautiful people! Jane Fonda as well and Sidney Poitier looks like a wise and elegant mentor. Yowza!<br /><br />In case you are interested some of the winners were Meryl Streep, George Clooney, Laura Dern, Jessica Lange and Madonna.<br /><br />Steven Spielberg, too.<br /><br />Bill G:<br />Those are some fascinating videos and my question is also where do you find them? The page turner is really funny.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-80281254483877997592012-01-15T21:38:34.962-06:002012-01-15T21:38:34.962-06:00I thought some of you might be interested to know ...I thought some of you might be interested to know that the moon, Saturn and Spica will be close together tonight, forming a little triangle. Nothing that special but Spica was mentioned in the puzzle. <br /><br />Len, I find these videos in various places. In these instances, my son thought I would like both of them. I figure if I enjoy something, maybe some of you will too.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-85770839146124251862012-01-15T20:42:53.554-06:002012-01-15T20:42:53.554-06:00Duh! Sorry, that was careless of me, as I have spe...Duh! Sorry, that was careless of me, as I have spent many hours in Worcester, living 27 miles due south in Putnam, Connecticut. Sometimes my hands do not listen to my brain, and we always would say WAR CHESTER to be silly when I was young.Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-7514265796034511612012-01-15T20:31:28.641-06:002012-01-15T20:31:28.641-06:00No Lemonade, it is
Worcester, MA.No Lemonade, it is <br />Worcester, MA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-15821461560634864282012-01-15T20:06:33.056-06:002012-01-15T20:06:33.056-06:00Worchester is the town pronounced "wustah&quo...Worchester is the town pronounced "wustah" as previously posted. YR, thank you for the kind words on my write up, but hopefully the best has yet to be.Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3748179017330362512012-01-15T20:02:57.138-06:002012-01-15T20:02:57.138-06:00Bill G. @ 7:04
WOW Bill! Where do you find all t...Bill G. @ 7:04<br /><br />WOW Bill! Where do you find all these amazing videos! They're so, uh, INSPIRATIONAL!!!lennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-56643457517926546222012-01-15T19:33:57.621-06:002012-01-15T19:33:57.621-06:00Bill G's Rube Goldberg page turner machine wou...Bill G's Rube Goldberg page turner machine would try my patience as a reader. But it reminds me of the fun Mouse Trap game I played with my grandson when he was younger.<br /><br />From Groucho Marx's Duck Soup:<br />You try my patience.<br /><br />Don't mind if do. You must come over and try mine sometime.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-57431462796519916492012-01-15T19:26:08.029-06:002012-01-15T19:26:08.029-06:00Hello Spitzboov - I stand corrected, Nixon did app...Hello Spitzboov - I stand corrected, Nixon did apparently leapfrog ENS to be directly commissioned a LtJG. Thanks for checking. And I'm sure this puzzle's clever and thorough creator knew that, leaving the double n's as the only legitimate rationale for ENS. But sometimes, ignorance is bliss -- at least when the end result is correct despite faulty reasoning.Donnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-64334440605812457382012-01-15T19:04:29.661-06:002012-01-15T19:04:29.661-06:00Well, I watched the Packers go down in flames. Ev...Well, I watched the Packers go down in flames. Even the Bears could have beat them today. It is pretty bad when the quarterback is the leading rusher for the team.<br /><br />See you tomorrow.<br /><br />AbejoAbejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-85468177788246180542012-01-15T19:04:01.210-06:002012-01-15T19:04:01.210-06:00I went back and reread my previous post. It might ...I went back and reread my previous post. It might sound like I'm putting the guy down. Sorry, that's not what I intended. I very much admire his creativity.<br /><br />Here's another video of a guy who's either very skillful, very lucky or was willing to do a lot of retakes.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.yourdailymedia.com/video/watch/12212/" rel="nofollow">Video</a>Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-42484921354624488312012-01-15T18:43:41.650-06:002012-01-15T18:43:41.650-06:00I didn't finish.
But for me, 111A Big house...I didn't finish. <br /><br />But for me, 111A Big house local = Ann Arbor, MI.TinoTechiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04304997210390807237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-13089869865735803802012-01-15T18:22:26.098-06:002012-01-15T18:22:26.098-06:00A too-clever way to turn a page in the newspaper. ...A too-clever way to turn a page in the newspaper. Somebody's got a lot of imagination and a lot of time on his hands. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.mefeedia.com/video/48124017" rel="nofollow">Page turner</a>Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-41610089415035999592012-01-15T18:20:54.458-06:002012-01-15T18:20:54.458-06:00Why do some bloggers have a problem getting the pu...Why do some bloggers have a problem getting the puzzle? I get it from the first page of this blog. Under the list of contributors is a line that says "L.A. Times Crossword online." I click on it and follow the prompts on the next page. Beside the options tab, it has a tab to print. I haven't printed it because I work it online. I don't have an ink cartridge in my printer right now but I did follow the print procedure up to the "Print" command and it looks like it would work.Daffydillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-17515970457993354832012-01-15T18:18:50.276-06:002012-01-15T18:18:50.276-06:00To len:
OK, I read the Diddy ditty. Yes, it appe...To len:<br /><br />OK, I read the Diddy ditty. Yes, it appears he is highly successful. Good thing he can afford high-priced lawyers, otherwise he may have had a different ending. This is a free country (thank goodness) and I congratulate him on pursuing his free-enterprise interests.<br /><br />I am watching the Packers/Giants game. I am rooting for the Packers, since the Bears folded. However, they are not doing very well. See you tomorrow.<br /><br />AbejoAbejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-24833877322301828762012-01-15T18:17:56.657-06:002012-01-15T18:17:56.657-06:00Some more trivia today. I had heard of both the L...Some more trivia today. I had heard of both the Loblolly pine and also, from Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey-Maturin series, of a loblolly boy. Today I pursued the long-time nagging question in my mind, what do they have in common?<br /><br />Wikipedia, (of course), states, "A loblolly boy on a warship was a non-professional assistant to the ship's surgeon... The name itself comes from the serving of loblolly – a thick porridge... to sick or injured crewmembers... Loblolly, in turn, probably comes from the fusion of lob, a Yorkshire word meaning to boil or bubble, and lolly, an archaic English word for a stew or soup. Loblolly itself eventually came to mean anything viscous, such as a swamp or bog, and terms such as the Loblolly pine were coined from the muddy habitat of the tree rather than from any culinary use."<br /><br />So now you know.<br /><br />Have lantana in my yard. It smells so bad it helps keep the deer away.<br /><br />Wanted "long BaLl" off the B in the "Blast from Babe" clue... had not got the theme yet.<br /><br />All in all, a good, if easy, Sunday puzzle... good for a Sunday of watching football games. Go Giants, (I don't want my Niners to have to go to Green Bay)!Rubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773241241484881566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-20449388802845126362012-01-15T17:37:32.545-06:002012-01-15T17:37:32.545-06:00Dennis, a bit of a generation gap there, eh? I wa...Dennis, a bit of a generation gap there, eh? I was going to mention how much Hank sounds like Chubby Checker, but I see that it's all been addressed in the comments.<br /><br />Btw, I wanted to point out to you: someone posted a late-night blog entry a few days ago using the name of "D's 2 Squeeze" - which I thought sounded like a great name for your new endeavor (you know, if Jiffy Boob is already taken).anthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16643741985982080520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-5733894592060723442012-01-15T17:18:02.072-06:002012-01-15T17:18:02.072-06:00ant, I thought instead of this Ballard.ant, I thought instead of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWIH91sH1mI" rel="nofollow">this</a> Ballard.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05476669744435495547noreply@blogger.com