tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post4757442929015850549..comments2024-03-28T22:14:27.877-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Saturday, Jan 24th, 2015, Julian LimZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83913732572090235942015-01-25T07:03:35.150-06:002015-01-25T07:03:35.150-06:00Anonymous T, I've been off and on this blog fo...Anonymous T, I've been off and on this blog for a very <br />long time (Bill G, get your facts straight). Are you saying that the blog didn't know the "tenor" of the long-time blog residents in question, or that it was somehow determined that the "tenor" of the remarks was more offensive than a woman's "slit"? (And by the way, I enjoy Chairman Moe's posts very much).<br /><br />I enjoyed the repartee of the four "dearly departed" members even though I had several "disagreements" with one of them. I said it before, there's either a double standard or hypocrisy at play here.luxorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16890699797663469739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-77184685719530627102015-01-25T00:15:30.244-06:002015-01-25T00:15:30.244-06:00IM - I resemble lack of PII in my profile!* :-)
L...IM - I resemble lack of PII in my profile!* :-)<br /><br />Lux - I think sometime when we "know" someone's tenor we cut a little slack if a Blue is a bit blue. Also, we are self-policing - OKL cut back on the limericks after a few ribbings from others; his muse is still welcome here.<br /><br />Speaking of tenor - I'm guessing Ergo Chuck @943 isn't the Ergo we "know". If I'm wrong, I O Us.<br /><br />Cheers, -T<br />*I do have a profession to maintain, a mortgage on a DEED and kids to feed.Anonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-29210954787400973132015-01-24T23:51:20.723-06:002015-01-24T23:51:20.723-06:00Personally, I question anyone who doesn't put ...Personally, I question anyone who doesn't put the slightest personal information in her/his profile. Anonymity covers a multitude of sins. Just my personal opinion.Irish Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527047622731333304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-36948821124181741882015-01-24T23:28:00.758-06:002015-01-24T23:28:00.758-06:00Luxor goes way back. He liked trouble back then, t...Luxor goes way back. He liked trouble back then, too.Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-13358855029932922332015-01-24T23:21:45.675-06:002015-01-24T23:21:45.675-06:00Luxor, for a relative newcomer, you seem surprisin...Luxor, for a relative newcomer, you seem surprisingly quick to criticize. Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44022562497812987932015-01-24T22:06:58.247-06:002015-01-24T22:06:58.247-06:00Ergo, you make an excellent point. However, it st...Ergo, you make an excellent point. However, it still represents a double standard and hypocrisy, which I find disappointing on this blog. <br /> luxorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16890699797663469739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-47478992807597248022015-01-24T22:02:24.113-06:002015-01-24T22:02:24.113-06:00Thanks for the comments about the music video. We...Thanks for the comments about the music video. We covered about 1,200 miles of Nebraska territory to get the shots. Astute viewers will have noticed the electrical wire used to lace my shoes...shoes that were 4 sizes too big in order to enhance my shuffling 'drifter' gait.<br /><br />The tumbleweed shot was a creative accident. An empty potato chip bag fell out of the van, flew by the Producer and on down the road. The Producer bellowed: "Who did that!?" The cameraman confessed and the Producer hollered: "Well do it again! Only use those--pointing to tumbleweeds caught in the fence line. We then engaged in tumbleweed bowling until the shot was just right. <br /><br />Also cool; the church that let us use their message board told us to leave our passage on the sign. They would merely modify their Sunday sermon to match our posting. Good times. Ergonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-91993213492909061002015-01-24T21:43:38.855-06:002015-01-24T21:43:38.855-06:00luxor at 5:17 p.m. I looked back at yesterdays po...<br />luxor at 5:17 p.m. I looked back at yesterdays post by Chairman Moe and I would agree that it was in poor taste. Granted it was tagged with a disclaimer, but shouldn't the recognition that it could be offensive to a few be sufficient reason to defer sharing with all?<br /><br />Respectfully,<br /><br />Chuck Stepanek<br /><br />Ergonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-71168788087184659372015-01-24T21:38:10.371-06:002015-01-24T21:38:10.371-06:00AnonT, thanks. I have started watching the Ricky J...AnonT, thanks. I have started watching the Ricky Jay video. I thought I could find the show on one of our PBS stations but no luck. He is SO good!Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-38637432466871125912015-01-24T20:07:27.048-06:002015-01-24T20:07:27.048-06:00Also, never heard of TELESTO or BAY GRASS. 100% pe...Also, never heard of TELESTO or BAY GRASS. 100% perps.Big Easynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66980205887577257502015-01-24T20:05:48.101-06:002015-01-24T20:05:48.101-06:00I started this one at 6 am today, had to leave aft...I started this one at 6 am today, had to leave after 20 minutes to go watch a grandchild in a tennis tournament that started 40 miles away at 8 am. <br /><br />First pass-ZERO done. Guessed PXS, ARLES, and SRS. Then things started to fall into place. Wrote SIB instead of SIS, guessed DEED and HIP and mistakenly put PUG for PUP. Wanted IN A SEC instead of ONE SEC, YVES for COCO and pulled HYDROELECTRIC out of the blue. After getting back home at 4pm, I almost finished but got stumped at two crosses.<br /><br />NABE and ROEG- no way I would have ever gotten those two and I kept wanting to put IONS for IOUS but BURNED-NP made no sense, thinking maybe BURNING but HYDRO would fit.<br /><br />I gave up. DNF. Uncle. You win Mr. Lim.Big Easynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-50485061267865125062015-01-24T18:45:51.704-06:002015-01-24T18:45:51.704-06:00Good evening all.
WEES. Real stinker today.
HYD...Good evening all.<br /><br />WEES. Real stinker today.<br /><br />HYDROELECTRIC. Cluing seems like a mismatch. The fill is an adjective. I don't know what the clue is.<br /><br />I counted 12 cheater squares. Any significance?Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-85310217130447647142015-01-24T18:12:17.710-06:002015-01-24T18:12:17.710-06:00Indeed Cross EyedDave to Anon at 11:26. I am new t...Indeed Cross EyedDave to Anon at 11:26. I am new to the live participants here. You cannot feel intimidated by all the brilliant people here. I have recently signed on to participate. It's a very welcoming group. Everyone here has something to offer. I am loving how much I am learning. Don't leave!!!!!!Madame Defargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02003303114163633197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-14731242627606003272015-01-24T18:10:38.446-06:002015-01-24T18:10:38.446-06:00Come on! CANON? GO-GO? STN (not DEP, not STA)? TE...Come <i>on!</i> CANON? GO-GO? STN (not DEP, not STA)? TELESTO? WAVE <i>AT?</i> Mr. Lim needs disqualified.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73438170253724247202015-01-24T17:18:25.260-06:002015-01-24T17:18:25.260-06:00CED:
Tomatoes fried - yum; best ever was in Ashev...CED:<br /><br />Tomatoes fried - yum; best ever was in Asheville, NC. Pickles almost fit too! Where to draw the line on fruits / veggies & planets / dwarfs (looking at you Pluto!)?<br /><br />I'm a Pro, but not for x-words. I get paid by by my corp but not for this. They'd probably wouldn't be pleased if they caught ONTO how I waste my time here :-)<br /><br />Did anyone else giggle with LiBIDO and ROD in the same puzzle? I thought it was NOVEL(S).<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-53849072817079510972015-01-24T17:17:31.321-06:002015-01-24T17:17:31.321-06:00This puzzle gave me fits, and I needed a lot of re...This puzzle gave me fits, and I needed a lot of red-letter help to get it done. I agree with the anonymous poster who referenced 'nabe'. I've never heard that used.<br /><br />I was catching up on the blog yesterday, and I noticed something that made me wonder. Chairman Moe talked about a "woman's slit", and nothing was said. Three or more of the regulars a while back engaged in some double entendre talk and were ripped and basically told by the blog mother to go away. It certainly seems like a double standard now, doesn't it? I'm guessing there's more to it than we know.luxorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16890699797663469739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-36064259282181667882015-01-24T17:04:31.102-06:002015-01-24T17:04:31.102-06:00I attempted this puzzle early this am online as I ...I attempted this puzzle early this am online as I had no dead tree version due to the snow, red letters on, it was really pretty. The screen lit up like a pinball machine...<br /><br />My 1st thought was, I must ask Yellowrocks to explain all this because the cluing was really obscure. <br />(P.S.) Tx Yellowrocks for the GoGo explanation. <br /><br />Ergo@8:39 Very impressive video, I watched in HD/FullScreen & it really made me appreciate Hearth & home...<br /><br />Fruit Fried? Aren't tomatoes a veggie???<br /><br />GoGo take 2, thanks HG that was a good clip. It was just 2 days ago (before I wiped my browser history) that I found a side link to one of yr links that had the best GoGo dancers ever. (wish I had saved it) I will probably spend another 10 years searching the internet for it as it was a unknown song... <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXyI8zwQFyU" rel="nofollow">Here's another view in the meantime...</a><br /><br />HG (& Misty) Holy Cow! that Oceanus guy should stop trying for a son!<br /><br />Anon@11:26<br />Your post really touched a nerve.<br />You have to "try" to do the puzzles, so you can come here & bitch about them like I do... (It's half the fun...)<br /><br />P.S. Pro's? (I'm not getting paid... anyone else here getting paid?)CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-91650182772273191362015-01-24T16:46:29.293-06:002015-01-24T16:46:29.293-06:00Nothing to do with today's puzzle, PER SE...
...Nothing to do with today's puzzle, PER SE...<br /><br />Bill G. - You turned me on to Ricky Jay and I caught the latest on <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/ricky-jay-deceptive-practice/watch-full-film-ricky-jay-deceptive-practice/3680/" rel="nofollow"> PBS's American Masters</a>. I thought you'd enjoy. Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-28039536559741718462015-01-24T15:22:39.838-06:002015-01-24T15:22:39.838-06:00Here's a nice video of a concert by Pearl Jam ...Here's a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1421914688&v=M6z_6uGo63E&x-yt-cl=84503534" rel="nofollow">nice video</a> of a concert by Pearl Jam in Wrigley Field. Frontman Eddie Vedder from Evanston is a big Ernie Banks fan.<br /><br />Make sure to watch Mr. Cub at 6:15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-28705854516048815522015-01-24T14:41:14.637-06:002015-01-24T14:41:14.637-06:00Hi all!
Wow! It only took me the better part of ...Hi all!<br /><br />Wow! It only took me the better part of two hours, but I almost got a Sat Lim! The NW was my fail. I had SIB and wanted SCAR / Skin / Scab?, but wouldn't commit for a long time. 2d was I hEAr YOU thus 19a was rEnt (I didn't know how to spell 4d, my fav c/a pair).<br /><br />Another fav: PXS. I thought of BX at first, but the P turned on the LAMP.<br /><br />Other than that, the E in 41d was my only bad cell. Not that there weren't many write-overs (HYDRO powered__), hides before COCO COATS me in fashion. That helped change 11d from asea (clueless) to ON TO. I guess both make sense.<br /><br />Thanks Splynter for fixing the NW and your writeup. STOATS are now something I'll forget by Monday :-)<br /><br />Did anyone else read 39a and PEN funnels? One L short I guess.<br /><br />Ergo - cool.<br /><br />Today it's finally back in the 60s! I'm going to prep the garden for spring tomatoes for my HOME MADE pasta.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-61990057853182233612015-01-24T14:28:17.408-06:002015-01-24T14:28:17.408-06:00That would be the Bambi clip I was thinking of. T...That would be the Bambi clip I was thinking of. Thanks, Argyle!Barry G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17875477509288463142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-75178325928144869342015-01-24T14:04:29.932-06:002015-01-24T14:04:29.932-06:00I can't believe I almost got this one--a Satur...<br />I can't believe I almost got this one--a Saturday Julian Lim puzzle! I got SIB and SCAR immediately and that let me fill in the NW corner. After that the West filled in, and then the South and Middle--only the NE corner just eluded me. I tried and tried and finally looked up Oceanus only to discover that he had 3000 daughters! What! Finally found a site that listed only a couple dozen and found TELESTO, but even that didn't help because I read the clue for 11 down wrong. I thought "More than not sure about" meant something like "knowing nothing about" rather than "knowing." Aaarggghh. But this still turned out to be one of the best Saturday mornings I've had in weeks--so, many thanks, Julian. <br /><br />Have a great weekend, everybody!Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-36675656330482133942015-01-24T13:29:26.773-06:002015-01-24T13:29:26.773-06:00I agree with those who prefer WAVE OFF to WAVE AT....I agree with those who prefer WAVE OFF to WAVE AT. I think there is an etymological mix-up behind the connection of "wave" with the act of dismissing. It sounds like "waive," which can be used alone to mean 'dismiss" or "substitute something for." Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4251828639486663082015-01-24T13:23:12.974-06:002015-01-24T13:23:12.974-06:00Got this one!
But only after Googling to find more...Got this one!<br />But only after Googling to find more cathedral features than I ever thought to acquaint myself with. That NW corner was a doozy, wasn't it? - and it gave in only after I stopped thinking of architectural parts. CHANCELS was my provisional answer, even though it required a plural form to fit the boxes. It enabled two of the perps, one of which turned out to be correct (SCAR instead of SNIP) and one other that fit (I HEAR YOU instead of I READ YOU).<br /> Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-72117093929875475842015-01-24T12:59:30.460-06:002015-01-24T12:59:30.460-06:00Hard to enjoy a puzzle like this one. I've bee...Hard to enjoy a puzzle like this one. I've been doing them for 30+'years and I've never ever heard " nabe" as a theater reference. <br />Mr. Lin seems to take pride in clues of the most arcane sort. Not really enjoyable when you see the answer and it still doesn't make much sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com