tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post2792868123998040124..comments2024-03-28T02:28:44.292-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Saturday, May 11, 2019, Matthew SewellZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-34396319872487093072019-05-12T01:40:06.438-05:002019-05-12T01:40:06.438-05:00Decided to rest my eyes around 6:30 and my 5 minut...<br /><br />Decided to rest my eyes around 6:30 and my 5 minute nap turned into a 5 hour nap. Couldn't get back to sleep.<br /><br />Dash T, I bought the Rafferty "City to City" album because of "Baker Street" but another good song on that album was <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSfOB8ANdWU" rel="nofollow">Right Down the Line</a>. Used to sing that one to my girlfriend in Houston. <br /><br />Funny how you can tie everything back to Monty Python (in less than 6 degrees), but it was serendipitous that you should come across that line in your book after listening to the song and reading about Gerry Rafferty. You should create a Python Number site <a href="http://oracleofbacon.org/movielinks.php" rel="nofollow">like this</a> <br /><br />I also had Stealers Wheel "Stuck in the Middle With You" on one of those 8 track tapes of hit songs. Love that line, "Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am stuck in the middle with you."<br /><br /> TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-86686523874222895662019-05-11T23:40:18.372-05:002019-05-11T23:40:18.372-05:00He is a good booooy!He is a good booooy!Big Tunanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-22873142428266352672019-05-11T23:27:00.514-05:002019-05-11T23:27:00.514-05:00Big Tuna, LOVED IT! THX - love dogs! Now transla...Big Tuna, LOVED IT! THX - love dogs! Now translate that to a cat's thinking of responding to commands. My apologies to all Corner cat-lovers - mea culpa. TX Msnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-28097073400452633292019-05-11T23:12:43.638-05:002019-05-11T23:12:43.638-05:00Big Tuna - That's a Good Dog!Big Tuna - That's a Good Dog!Anonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-37693437793279144252019-05-11T22:53:27.428-05:002019-05-11T22:53:27.428-05:00File this under bizarre synchronicity in the unive...File this under bizarre synchronicity in the universe part deux <br /><br />So I was browsing Reddit just now and came across this. It's a day late and a sad choice for a beverage but it'll do. <br /><br />I submit for your approva for yesterday's readers.<br /><br /><a href="https://v.redd.it/0c2w199homx21" rel="nofollow">BEER ME and koozie</a>!<br /><br />p.s. I hope this works. First attempt to do from mobile and probably last. Lol. Phew I'm tired...<br /><br />p.p.s. here's the url just in case<br /><br />https://v.redd.it/0c2w199homx21Big Tunanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-33609750691699808442019-05-11T22:35:43.073-05:002019-05-11T22:35:43.073-05:00I tried Irish FLAG. I've got a new phone and I...I tried Irish FLAG. I've got a new phone and I'm not having any luck linking. Subtle OS differences. <br /><br />HORSE was not Saturday fill; LANCEMAN is noday fill. <br /><br />I see Mr COATES is a Capt Marvel guy.<br />The Capt goes all the way back to my day.<br />I was thinking of the Country Music Assoc. That wasn't Frank Gifford's wife was it?<br />Re. Racine...<br />I see it was “sans mentir”. “Sans doute” comes at the end. I used to love “Sans doute,”. <br /><br />WC<br />Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-12263639074929246402019-05-11T22:16:39.020-05:002019-05-11T22:16:39.020-05:00Thank you, Ol' Man Keith and AnonT, for your k...Thank you, Ol' Man Keith and AnonT, for your kind comments.<br />Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83641409231734195802019-05-11T22:07:20.965-05:002019-05-11T22:07:20.965-05:00TTP - File this under Bizarre Synchronicity in the...TTP - File this under Bizarre Synchronicity in the Universe...<br /><br />I looked up Gerry Rafferty b/c I didn't know that name (was he one-hit?) though I know the song. Here I am an hour later reading Eric Idle's "Always look on the Bright Side of Life" and there on page 163...<br />"I have known Salman [Rushdie] for some years, since we met at a Billy Connolly concert in Hammersmith, where his dates were four hefty guys from Special Branch, and we sat singing Beatles songs with Gerry Rafferty."<br /><br />So thanks for lining up the stars for me on Astronomy Day!<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-75017401173631671392019-05-11T21:06:23.792-05:002019-05-11T21:06:23.792-05:00Hi All!
Matthew, it took me all day (on and OFF) ...Hi All!<br /><br />Matthew, it took me all day (on and OFF) and I still had to cheat my way to a DNF (5 cheats, that's my limit :-))<br /><br />Thanks HG for the help and the final solve.<br /><br /><b>Fav</b>: VR GOGGLES. I you have 45 minutes, check out the <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWTEknumiUo" rel="nofollow">Pilot to VR5</a></b> [45:04 - a cameo of Penn Jillette]<br /><br />{A, B+, A}<br /><br />Misty - until you said LOX was wrong, I didn't notice. +1 bad square.<br /><br />TTP - Thanks for Baker Street. I had to look-up Gerry Rafferty and found he also did <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjoqBaW6OMk" rel="nofollow">Stuck in the Middle</a></b>.<br /><br />Y'all have a wonderful night.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-25582669930421085832019-05-11T20:00:25.927-05:002019-05-11T20:00:25.927-05:00I guess everyone is out and about today but those ...I guess everyone is out and about today but those who are here have been interesting, highlighted by the fable by <b>Jean de la Fontaine</b>. I also have had time to appreciate all of HG's pics and links. I also realized that it is the absence of bangs which is the biggest difference in Lucy Lawless.Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-40775321446769357822019-05-11T19:04:42.453-05:002019-05-11T19:04:42.453-05:00It has been noted many times before: it's so i...It has been noted many times before: it's so interesting how different are our frames of reference. RAY CHARLES was my first fill, thought of him immediately.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-69552238596401965152019-05-11T18:34:31.870-05:002019-05-11T18:34:31.870-05:00Of course, OMK will directOf course, OMK will directWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-42464654587745326502019-05-11T18:32:28.386-05:002019-05-11T18:32:28.386-05:00“Can Saturday be any harder?”(than yesterday?) D... “Can Saturday be any harder?”(than yesterday?) Duh, yep<br /><br />Jayce , that's my favorite French poem “Sans doute” is in there somewhere. I can still recite it. Jr yr, HS<br /><br />How about Brian de BOIS Gilbert from ?*(see bottom)<br /><br />Yes, I struggled Phil came by and I pointed out the gamer clue. “ VR something, Dad” . Doesn't matter, after dreaming up the full NW,NE,and South in reverse order I left IS ONE and the non-sensical LISBOi . Aarrggghhh!!!<br /><br />I believe AVIGNON is near Tours where the big battle of 710 was fought with Charles (the Hammer) Martel vs the Moslem Army . Arabs were forever wary of Francs after that <br /><br />I can't believe it took so long to grok RAY CHARLES . It came to me at 4pm Mass and I couldn't wait to ink it in.<br />But it didn't help with LOX/LAX - AMO/OTO(RESTATE/REFRAME) etc.<br /><br />. Some of this was V8 material but the result of staring at the White Sea(there is one)<br /><br />WC<br /><br />*Ivanhoe He's the real hero. In my Musical the audience never sees Ivanhoe, essentially a minor character.<br /><br /><br />If the talent in here wants to write lyrics(Owen) and music (?) I'll finish the outline <br /><br /><br />Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-33025687701220326632019-05-11T16:01:21.674-05:002019-05-11T16:01:21.674-05:00Whew, quite a a trek through Solverville today. Ni...Whew, quite a a trek through Solverville today. Nice and hard but doable. I won't bore you with the starts and stops, erasures and rewrites, etc that I experienced. Suffice it to say it was a satisfying experience. I'm glad Mr. Sewell constructed and submitted it.<br /><br />(A little factoid: my wife went to Mankato State for a year.)<br /><br />I loved <i> The Twilight Zone</i> and the way Rod Serling enunciated it. He had an interesting way of speaking, and genius muse for writing.<br /><br />Speaking of geniuses, I think RAY CHARLES was one also.<br /><br />Every time see the term PANT SUIT I think of ... oh no! Get out of my head!<br /><br />"... si votre ramage se rapporte à votre plumage, vous êtes le Phénix des hôtes de ces BOIS!" Jean de la Fontaine<br /><br />"Sur le Pont d'AVIGNON<br />L'on y danse, l'on y danse..." Traditional chidlren's song<br /><br /><i>The Post</i> was actually a pretty good movie. At least my wife and I enjoyed it greatly. It took us two viewings to fully see and appreciate all the detail.<br /><br />Yep, I think Cherry Garcia is Ben and Jerry's most famous flavor pun. I think it's actually pretty good ice cream.<br /><br />Got our new garage door installed yesterday and we like it. It looks good and works perfectly. LW has stopped flitting about and has settled down. She even slept the whole night last night.<br /><br />I just finished editing a short story our bald-headed, chemo-infused DIL wrote. I hope she can get it published.<br /><br />Good wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-47936835789669233102019-05-11T15:30:57.819-05:002019-05-11T15:30:57.819-05:00My great great granddaddy was a cavalry trooper, b...My great great granddaddy was a cavalry trooper, but I doubt he was a LANCE MAN--or ever wielded or even saw a LANCE. He served with the Union army and then was an Indian fighter (in the days when that was, sadly, a real thing) and a quartermaster sergeant. He retired to become a Missouri state representative. <br />Fittingly, his daughter married the son of an ex-CSA lieutenant, and the rest is...<br /><br />I did not know today is Astronomy Day Thank you, <b>Husker G</b>!<br /><br /><i>Ta~ </i><b>DA!</b><br />Tough but doable. Not nasty, like yeterday's. <br />I so wanted 49A to be EX-PLAYERS. I resisted for the longest time but finally caved (SPELUNKed?) to RE-CAPPERS. <br /><br /><b>Misty</b> ~<br />Glad you slept well last night. We were worried. Do you know the rhythm trick for getting to sleep? I saw it in a TED Talk. It was a percussionist, a drummer, who figured it out.<br />~ <b>OMK</b>Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-47099874789802745772019-05-11T15:16:13.597-05:002019-05-11T15:16:13.597-05:00Hi Y'all! I was not on Matthew's wave-leng...Hi Y'all! I was not on Matthew's wave-length but thanks for keeping me occupied at midnight. Always a treat, Gary.<br /><br />I had only GRADS & DEGAS on the top half after the first pass. Looked up COATES. Finally got XENA. The bottom half went better and I worked back up. Resorted to red-letter runs on a bunch of words including GRAVLAX (never heard of it. Sounds like something you'd spend time in the bathroom after eating.)<br /><br />On the Georgia clue, I tried Neil Diamond. Nope. Had to wait until I had enough perps to attribute it to RAY CHARLES.<br /><br />Another gray rainy day in our usually sunny state.PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-89027369826697847132019-05-11T14:54:15.841-05:002019-05-11T14:54:15.841-05:00Anon PVX: TONS of people pronounce it DYE-UH-LATE-...Anon PVX: TONS of people pronounce it DYE-UH-LATE-ED. 4 syllables. Drives me nuts to hear that. ,WikWakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873144164842777944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-49154264121333824002019-05-11T14:45:04.768-05:002019-05-11T14:45:04.768-05:00
Wow. This Saturday grinder was really tough. No “...<br />Wow. This Saturday grinder was really tough. No “gimme” today for sure. <br /><br />And for whatever reason, no bad cells today. <br /><br />But plenty of markovers....AGLOW/AFIRE, WAIL/YOWL, OWLS/ERNS, PEONS/SERFS. <br /><br />I’m a sports fan, but SIZZLE REEL was new to me.<br /><br />And where is everybody today? And why is it mentioned that “DILATED” is 3 syllables? How else would it be pronounced?<br /><br />Have a great weekend....see you Monday. AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078186298428497941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-81310458446539645792019-05-11T13:52:06.589-05:002019-05-11T13:52:06.589-05:00Hola!
Thank you, Matthew Sewell and Husker Gary! ...Hola!<br /><br />Thank you, Matthew Sewell and Husker Gary! Three-fourths of this was fairly gettable and I filled it in record time but the NW did me in. I no longer watch cooking shows because I can't eat what they promote so GRAVLAX is completely unknown. The same with DUROC, VRGOGGLES and I, also, had HORSEMAN before LANCEMAN. COATES is also unfamiliar but it perped. <br /><br />I abhor looking up things but was forced to and results in an unsatisfying finish.<br /><br />ROD immediately came to mind but not BOIS. I would have known Du BOIS. LISBOA made perfect sense.<br /><br />Meryl STREEP, as she is in everything, was superb in The Post.<br /><br />Today is my daughter's 42nd birthday!<br /><br />Have a happy day, everyone!<br />Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-29737082691817744262019-05-11T13:51:40.618-05:002019-05-11T13:51:40.618-05:00OwenKL,
I tried to find you a Business Bikini,
B...OwenKL,<br /><br />I tried to find you a Business Bikini,<br /><br /><a href="http://www.toonsup.com/users/g/genevieve/business_bikini_160617_160208.jpg" rel="nofollow">But H.R. didn't approve...</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66062607423799733422019-05-11T13:45:41.335-05:002019-05-11T13:45:41.335-05:00Never seen LANCEMAN used instead of Lancer, but I ...Never seen LANCEMAN used instead of Lancer, but I suppose it's a real word.<br /><br />Knew BOIS means wood, because old friend oboe comes from the French haut bois ("high wood")billocohoesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-38828706866530082522019-05-11T13:10:51.305-05:002019-05-11T13:10:51.305-05:00I feel like I’ve been rode hard and put away wet. ...I feel like I’ve been rode hard and put away wet. Took half an hour and lots of skull sweat to get through this one. SO many unknowns! Thank heavens for perps. Thanx to Dr Sewell for a real workout and to HG for ‘splaining things. <br /><br />Gotta go. Got places to see and people to do. Have a great day, all.WikWakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873144164842777944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19721777537980268712019-05-11T11:57:57.340-05:002019-05-11T11:57:57.340-05:00Well, Saturdays are always toughies for me, and th...Well, Saturdays are always toughies for me, and this one was even a little tougher than usual. I did start off with XENA which gave me LOX (didn't quite work, it turned out). Also got LUAUS, on my first run. But lots of struggle after that, although it was a miracle that I actually got MIRACLE after a while. Nice to see RAY CHARLES in the puzzle, and also PANTSUITS. So, still turned out to be fun--many thanks, Matthew. Great pictures in your commentary, thanks for that, Husker Gary.<br /><br />Finally got a good night's sleep and look forward to a good weekend. Have a great day, everybody. Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62154978865777661642019-05-11T11:00:37.341-05:002019-05-11T11:00:37.341-05:00Good morning everyone.
DNF. DUROC was unknown, a...Good morning everyone.<br /><br />DNF. DUROC was unknown, and I BROODED over PRIDE FLAG. Had Sonoma before MADERA, Hearst before HERALD, and howl before YOWL; all auguring for a cranky solve. I never could get a good cadence going.<br />First entry was BOIS; 2nd was TRENCH WARFARE, which turned out to be the theme of trying to get it solved.<br />Interesting that STREEP crossed STREET.<br /><br />Happy Mother's day to all the fine Moms out there.Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-90120542888940485622019-05-11T10:41:25.944-05:002019-05-11T10:41:25.944-05:00Good Morning:
I was surprised to see my completio...Good Morning:<br /><br />I was surprised to see my completion time of 23 minutes because I struggled in several areas until the perps came to the rescue: I never heard of Madera, VR Goggles, Sizzle Reel and, as clued, I had trouble with Duroc, PSU, Bois, and Lisboa. Coates was a gimme as I've seen him on TV and Gravlax is ubiquitous in delis and on cooking shows. I had Yelp/Yowl and Peons/Serfs and, although Rod filled itself in, I had no idea who or what it referred to. Liked the Street/Streep crossing, probably because my husband always pronounced Meryl's name as Street, no matter how many times I said it's Streep, with a P.<br /><br />Thanks, Matthew, for a challenging Saturday and thanks, HG, for your usual enlightening expo and fun links and visuals.<br /><br />Have a great day.Irish Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527047622731333304noreply@blogger.com