tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post4418276595651739866..comments2024-03-29T03:51:31.793-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Thursday, March 1 2018 Craig StoweZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-1168548438243817022018-03-01T23:51:20.745-06:002018-03-01T23:51:20.745-06:00Late to the party today. Basically, my experience ...Late to the party today. Basically, my experience was the same as others. I did finish with a few alphabet runs.<br /><br />I saw all ten of the top ten movies in 1993 and 15 of the top twenty. Probably haven't seen a total of 15 since.xtulmkrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18316225637856636755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-54916465007384161302018-03-01T22:20:45.530-06:002018-03-01T22:20:45.530-06:00Ol'Man Keith, I'll pray that you get reall...Ol'Man Keith, I'll pray that you get really good results from your stress test.<br /><br />Wilbur, thank you so much. My good sleep may not last, but it sure had been wonderful! I wish you good sleep too!Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-64357515200459138542018-03-01T20:01:08.933-06:002018-03-01T20:01:08.933-06:00Well, I LIU'ed it and there's no OMAH .
Pl...Well, I LIU'ed it and there's no OMAH .<br />Plenty of Omaha talk .<br /><br />And I'm thrilled for Misty licking that sleep problem. I could lick mine by cutting back on that McDonald's iced tea.<br />It's literally the same as an alcoholic knocking down near beers. Whats your biggest vice Wilbur? " I drink too much Ice tea" . Yeah .<br /><br />WCWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-22421847996606117852018-03-01T19:49:33.458-06:002018-03-01T19:49:33.458-06:00Is "less" ingenuous like disengenuous?
...Is "less" ingenuous like disengenuous?<br /><br />As I said this morning, I played my annual 18 holes .Except the ranger "suggested" we skip a hole; probably because I had a bunch of shanks earlier.<br /><br />I did putt for birdie once, took bogey. Boy am I stiff <br /><br />I put OMAH . LIU Time . And of course, I said "Wilbur, how does YANNM anagram to MAN. As dad used to say "Stupid, stupid, stupid <br /><br />I too noticed a lot of those proper nouns but I had an advantage . When I left the course I went to McDonald's for a refill on my ice tea and forgot a pen . So I did a lot of mental fill. And... When I got the pen, it filled fast. <br /><br />Iwo Jima will always be a CSO to the brave Marines who fought and fell there.<br />My uncle who served in the Navy shuddered when he heard I was going OCS . <br /><br />I was thinking of that stuff my neice took and RITALIN finally popped. <br /><br />Lucina, that was a nice story about your mother. And Moe the Ku is back. And Rick P was hilarious . I had entered RASTA until ELM ST perped. <br /><br />And, I ECHO the kudos to owen and Steve<br /><br />Ho Chi Minh was a Confucian. When he worked at the Boston Parker House he was wont to say. " Man may be rich, but can he fill".*<br /><br />Phil says he'll hit some balls with me<br /><br />Enough already<br /><br />WC<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />* Ok .I'll explain the pun. Fill Boston cream pies and xwords<br /><br />Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46067765414174150892018-03-01T19:34:35.256-06:002018-03-01T19:34:35.256-06:00OK, back now from my stress test.
They sure have ...OK, back now from my stress test. <br />They sure have made it fancier than when I last took one. They put me in a tube - like for an MRI but with my head sticking out the far end. I lay there for about 30 minutes while they took picture of my heart from the control room. When they shot the junk into me I felt my IV arm go cold, and then I needed to breathe harder. That was it.<br />When It was over, nurse Stacey came in to compliment me on "What a good job" I had done. <br />(Between us, I never did a thing.)<br /><br />Lots of fun exchanges today, especially in reacting to <b>Jayce</b>'s knowledge of Confucius & the ANALECTS.<br /><br /><b>Jayce</b>, I love saying out loud your phonetic transliteration of the <i>jirr jirr</i> proverb. <br />Does that include your final "<i>yeah</i>" as "yeh"? - or were you starting your personal commentary there?Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-75977108292546826332018-03-01T19:02:40.283-06:002018-03-01T19:02:40.283-06:00corporate head = type of exec
cat = type of pet
br...corporate head = type of exec<br />cat = type of pet<br />bridge = type of card game<br />aunt = family memberYellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26783538800592112982018-03-01T16:54:32.820-06:002018-03-01T16:54:32.820-06:00Had to Genie for SAM NEILL, but got everything els...Had to Genie for SAM NEILL, but got everything else with a lot of perp help. But this one wasn't much fun for me. I thought I had landed on the Hollywood Today crossword. Hand up for not liking GNP. And although YR says its OK, I also didn't like EXEC for "corp. head". May as well fill EMPL. All CEOs are employees. HR said I was an EXEC at GTE / VERIZON, but (like hundreds of other "execs") was FAR from being CEO. It was just a category for determining salary treatment and perquisites, and I had an "E" after my employee number. By the way, we ordered blank expense reports by the PAD.<br /><br />As a kid I giggled at the sound of Jim Nabors singing "Back Home in Indiana" before the Indy 500. My distressed parents couldn't change the channel to teach me a little respect - we only got one channel, and they had to keep the TV on because it was a draw for our restaurant.<br /><br />Hand up for Tape before TIVO and Exit before EMIT.<br /><br />I'll probably get my butt kicked worse tomorrow, but I hope it is at least fun. Are you there, Jeffrey?Jinx in Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066853291104407732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-28692171522795341992018-03-01T16:49:14.418-06:002018-03-01T16:49:14.418-06:00Man oh man, I sure do sometimes not know what I do...Man oh man, I sure do sometimes not know what I do not know. I've gotten into many a tight spot by asserting something as true when I really don't know what I'm talking about. Tough to extricate oneself from that. On the flip side, I've debated-argued-discussed with others who do that when I'm the one who does know what it is I know. One learns from experience as one navigates through life, and I believe I have (finally!) learned at least enough to avoid that pitfall most of the time, although I occasionally still fall into it.<br /><br />I'm reminded of another thing Confucius was recorded as saying, which I very loosely paraphrase here: As a youth I was adventurous and thought I could do anything; as a young man I began to appreciate listening and learning; at age 30 I was committed to learning, moderation, and temperance but did not yet know how to practice them; at age 50 I had gained a sense of how to steer myself; and now at my advanced age I can follow my heart's desire without transgressing the norm.<br /><br />I think these days we call it learning to be comfortable in your own skin.<br /><br />Confucius also taught "What you don't want done to yourself, don't do to others." Sound familiar?<br /><br />I love this stuff.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-40549497816650988452018-03-01T16:12:44.392-06:002018-03-01T16:12:44.392-06:00Jayce:
It's interesting to me that you actuall...Jayce:<br />It's interesting to me that you actually studied the ANALECTS as I had not heard anyone mention them nor have I read anything about them before today. My education continues. In Wikipedia I found the following about Confucius' motivation in teaching:<br /><br />"a ruler's sense of virtue was his primary prerequisite. His primary goal in educating his students was to produce ethically well cultivated men who would carry themselves with gravity, speak correctly, and demonstrate integrity in all things."<br /><br />We could surely use that in modern times. Only a handful of presidents comes to my mind and I've lived through many starting with FDR.<br /><br />Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63952312177152366692018-03-01T16:06:48.652-06:002018-03-01T16:06:48.652-06:00Hi All!
A Big Fat could-not-finish (CNF?). I had...Hi All!<br /><br />A Big Fat could-not-finish (CNF?). I had to lookup names just to keep moving through the grid and even that wasn't enough. You stump'd me Craig but I had fun. I got your theme enough (after copies Googles) but there was still fill outside of my wheelhouse. @38d, The Art of War was right-out (it fit! but for the perps).<br /><br />Thanks Steve for the Cleaver, er, clever, expo. Love me some Python. Safe cooking & travels.<br /><br />WOs: misspelt Souix [sic], Uber b/f TAXI, Tape->TIVO, Eon->ERA which nix'd Nora b/f ANNAS<br />ESP: <i>right</i><br /><b>Fav</b>: Tell target == APPLE; I was so hung up on poker-players' tics or some such -- Big smile when the V8 hit.<br />Runner-up: END GAME. Hand up if you like placing a few chessmen at random on a board (not so random that they're on the wrong spaces) and then play both side's end-game.<br /><br />{}{groan, chuckle/nice, ha!}<br /><br />HG - S'sList?<br /><br />What IM said about C-PAP; glad I don't have that issue. Good wishes to all who do.<br /><br />A buddy worked at SGI and all I got was this lousy [Awesome!] <b><a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/i2Bmo9Y2ad9ah2JD3" rel="nofollow"> souvenir Jurassic T-SHIRT</a></b> [found on the web - mine's lost somewhere - Caption SAYs "Helping build a better dinosaur"]<br /><br />Jayce - and then there's the "unknown unknowns."<br /><br />Play more later, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-42509720258395777622018-03-01T15:34:27.309-06:002018-03-01T15:34:27.309-06:00Thumper, thumper. Too many unknown names for me t...Thumper, thumper. Too many unknown names for me today but I appreciate the effort. <br /><br />I couldn't imagine how to pronounce ELMST. Oh. ELM ST. Duh!<br /><br />Maybe tomorrow....<br />SwampCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06893584705424353444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63576450552589011702018-03-01T14:29:17.625-06:002018-03-01T14:29:17.625-06:00Crunchy munchy puzzle today. I liked it. We all ha...Crunchy munchy puzzle today. I liked it. We all have different wheelhouses; I knew ANALECTS, SAM NEILL (although I misspelled it NIELL at first), JOHN AMOS (loved him in <i>Roots</i>), and JIM NABORS immediately but did not know YANN MARTEL or IAN MCEWAN. It also took me 7 perps to get CLEANSE. Hand up for too-quickly entering UBER as "Lyft alternative" and then having to change it. My other hand up for wondering about AVIS as "driving" company.<br /><br />In grad school I studied the Confucian ANALECTS. Despite its (deliberately?) scary name, the English translation is really easy and fun to read. It is a collection of his teachings as recorded by his students, mostly in the form of aphorisms, examples of which Yellowrocks has posted. One of my favorites is the Rumsfeldian "To know when you know something, and to know when you don’t know, that’s knowledge." It's fun to say it aloud in Chinese (知之爲知之、不知爲不知。是知也). Pardon my very non-standard spelling, but here's more or less how to pronounce it: jirr jirr way jirr jirr, boo jirr way boo jirr, shirr jirr yeah. Fun stuff.<br /><br />Best wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-78687755333401443482018-03-01T13:35:41.834-06:002018-03-01T13:35:41.834-06:00Dudley: Glad to recall the joy of the Tribbles and...Dudley: Glad to recall the joy of the Tribbles and other Star Trek memorabilia!<br /><br />I meant to note that RITALIN today was a throwback to the memorably creative Star Trek episode "Requiem for Methuselah".<br /><br /><b><a href="https://youtu.be/RItVtPr6sLE" rel="nofollow">Here is a clip of their urgent search for RITALIN to save the crew from Rigelian Fever.</a></b><br /><br />What (rather who) they find living on the planet was the true treasure.Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401317669146538447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-6905728483196897462018-03-01T13:29:30.323-06:002018-03-01T13:29:30.323-06:00HI Y'all! Thank you for the stress test withou...HI Y'all! Thank you for the stress test without the expense, Craig! Good one, Steve, fly safe!<br /><br />WEES. Gomer was the only name I knew and it took a second pass before that surfaced. <br /><br />Never played Scrabble enough to learn the point system.<br /><br />"Full Sail Amber" had nothing to do with the "Amber Alert". However, if I drank ale, I would cease to be alert.<br /><br />ATE AM had nothing to do with breakfast. A TEAM! Silly me!<br /><br />YR: I knew the pronunciation of NENE because a basketball player had legally changed his name to that, according to game announcers. I wondered whatever prompted a big strong man to take the name of a silly goose. Goose Tatum he is not.PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-29517021817915159002018-03-01T13:09:48.602-06:002018-03-01T13:09:48.602-06:00In a hurry, off to my stress test. So, so to be b...In a hurry, off to my stress test. So, so to be brief:<br /><br />Thanks to <b>Craig Stowe</b>. <br /><i>Ta- </i><b>DA!</b> - almost had to cheat because of the spelling of RITALIN, but managed with only a confirmation.<br /><br /><i>Atonement</i> is one of my favorite contemporary novels. I liked <i>Life of Pi</i> as well, but it comes down to taste in the end, a personal preference for subject & style. <br />And I think Steve will agree that "bleak" doesn't mean bad. Sometimes it means a healthy acceptance - or confrontation.<br /><br />____________<br />Diagonal report: Two sub diags on the mirror side, NE to SW.<br /><br /><br />≠Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3172309516395910002018-03-01T13:03:46.214-06:002018-03-01T13:03:46.214-06:00Well, another crunchy puzzle, I guess this is beco...Well, another crunchy puzzle, I guess this is becoming Crunch Week. <br /><br />Never saw ANALECTS before, new to me. Had TAPE b4 TIVO, ala others. Also agree NAG was a bit of a stretch. <br /><br />But a solve is a solve. <br /><br />Funny how now, years and years later, Jim Nabors sexuality isn’t even mentioned. A good social trend, minding one’s own business. AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078186298428497941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-6993052043708121072018-03-01T12:46:51.834-06:002018-03-01T12:46:51.834-06:00Related to Tribbles, and the like:
The city of Sp...Related to Tribbles, and the like:<br /><br />The city of Springfield MA is home not only to the Basketball HOF but to a solid symphony orchestra as well. The conductor is a friend of mine; he’s an energetic fellow of about 50, and a confirmed Trekkie/nerd sort of person. Last year, after concluding the normal classical music season, he dedicated an entire performance to the compositions of John Williams. There was a particular emphasis on Star Wars background music, of course. The whole thing was spectacularly well received by the public, and the Maestro was obviously having one hell of a good time!<br /><br />This year, he decided to do the same thing with Star Trek music. This is going to be fun, and it’s two days from now. Boldly we go!<br />:-)Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587399549104728305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-23927140285592341162018-03-01T12:18:59.705-06:002018-03-01T12:18:59.705-06:00Picard 11:24 - it’s been a long, long time since I...Picard 11:24 - it’s been a long, long time since I last watched Trouble with Tribbles. I sure didn’t recall the quote.Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587399549104728305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-79206068452752616482018-03-01T11:56:45.640-06:002018-03-01T11:56:45.640-06:00Lucina! Thanks for the compliment. My mom, now 93 ...Lucina! Thanks for the compliment. My mom, now 93 years old, also used the product, and that smell? I can't say I ever liked it so much but memories are memories. My wife uses Cetaphil, no discernible odor. Dial soap. Unscented and for sensitive skin.<br /><br />Mr. CrossEyedDave, a most ironic comic. Ricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-54888267255783305652018-03-01T11:55:09.068-06:002018-03-01T11:55:09.068-06:00PS:
Steve: Thanks for the Monty Python anagram vid...PS:<br />Steve: Thanks for the Monty Python anagram video!<br />Husker Gary: Thanks for the Jurassic Park video!Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401317669146538447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-85756435851352176782018-03-01T11:44:35.946-06:002018-03-01T11:44:35.946-06:00Fun Thursday puzzle, Craig--many thanks! I actuall...Fun Thursday puzzle, Craig--many thanks! I actually figured out the theme pretty early, but had trouble with some of the names (got JIM NABORS, but never heard of YANN MARTEL or SAM NEILL)and saw a picture of ANNA KENDRICK when reading US magazine yesterday, so got that. I too thought of UBER before TAXI and TAPE before TIVO. But in the end I had to look up ANALECTS--don't know my Confucian texts, I'm afraid. But lots of fun with an always delightful write-up by Steve. Made for a good Thursday morning.<br /><br />I've had four solid nights of sleep in a row, without any meds, thank goodness--a huge relief after my last week of insomnia.<br /><br />Fun poems, Chairman Moe, and fun crazy story, Rick.<br /><br />We haven't heard from Fermatprime this morning, have we? Worries me a little.<br /><br />Have a great day, everybody!Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-58499477618641331892018-03-01T11:38:56.416-06:002018-03-01T11:38:56.416-06:00Ditto, Uber/taxi, Tape/tivo etc...
What the chang...Ditto, Uber/taxi, Tape/tivo etc...<br /><br /><a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/33/43/81/334381546937ad30adb980128b6e60ff.jpg" rel="nofollow">What the changed man can expect...</a><br /><br />Actually, <a href="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQMJ6n--Y4BX5vXWvdtl2l12_UzT7NvT-9xwbRjyM77PMzfIniWBQ" rel="nofollow">things haven't changed that much...</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/15-AOL-travel-days-work-fsl.jpg" rel="nofollow">In truth, we haven't changed at all!</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59131539421297248972018-03-01T11:24:34.846-06:002018-03-01T11:24:34.846-06:00This was tough for me. The only MAN I knew was JIM...This was tough for me. The only MAN I knew was JIM NABORS. Never heard any of those other names. I puzzled for a long time when I was done to figure out the theme. Since I did not know the other names, I thought maybe they were anagrams. But JIM NABORS was solid as-is.<br /><br />Also, <b>GNP has not been used in decades</b>. It has been replaced by GDP. Did anyone else get held up by that? There also were a lot of Js in this puzzle. Did anyone notice that?<br /><br />After all that, I thought I FIR, but I was wrong. Had SLYER/YAN MCEWAN. I have never seen it spelled SLIER and YAN seemed as good as IAN. A sour note to end on. Too bad, as I liked most of the puzzle and the theme was a good idea.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://swt.org/crosswordcorner/jerkchickencaribbeanfest/" rel="nofollow">Here is JERK CHICKEN being prepared and served at our Caribbean Festival.</a></b><br /><br />Sadly, this and most of our other Ethnic Festivals were shut down when the city got greedy and tried to increase the park rental fee. The result? They got nothing.<br /><br /><b>From Tuesday:<br />Roy</b> wrote "In "The Trouble with Tribbles", Korax refers to Kirk as "a tin-plated dictator with delusions of godhood": in my opinion, a TIN GOD."<br /><br />This Star Trek fan also immediately thought of that scene! But I did not figure out how to turn it into TIN GOD.Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401317669146538447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-55153429675280338752018-03-01T11:13:08.639-06:002018-03-01T11:13:08.639-06:00Rick:
I love that story! The end made me laugh.
E...Rick:<br />I love that story! The end made me laugh.<br /><br />Earlier I forgot to mention that my mother used PONDS cold cream all her life both to remove make up and as a moisturizer. She was loyal to certain products including Lux soap. Both scents remind me of her whenever I smell them which I sometimes do at the store just to remember her. Jergens lotion, too. Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-35044416101504603822018-03-01T11:08:03.902-06:002018-03-01T11:08:03.902-06:00Thank you, Craig Stowe (any relation to Harriet Be...Thank you, Craig Stowe (any relation to Harriet Beecher?) I am now a CHANGED woman because of the things I learned in this puzzle.<br /><br />ANALECTS, I can't believe I've never heard of this and I haven't played Scrabble in such a long time that when TILE emerged that didn't occur to me. Thanks, Steve.<br /><br />The top of the grid was quick except for UBER/TAXI and I noted the two X's and a V. The Life of Pi was one of our Book Club selections and though it's a good story I thought I would never be DONE. Too long.<br /><br />It's nice to recall JOHN AMOS, I loved "Good Times" and JIM NABORS who died not too long ago. What a voice!<br /><br />As for Jurassic Park, I saw only the first one and it was too long ago to recall who was in it except Laura Dern.<br /><br />I've been trying to memorize the Jewish calendar months but my memory is no longer as agile as it once was so it's a slow process. Since ADAR is at the top I got that one.<br /><br />Oops. I see that I have SLYER which bodes ill for IAN. <br /><br />Again, thank you, Craig and Steve. Safe travels, Steve.<br /><br />Everyone, have a fantastic day!<br />Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.com