tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post4919994219892897402..comments2024-03-29T10:16:07.295-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Monday, August 23, 2010 David W. CromerZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70780000155641370912010-08-23T23:50:40.549-05:002010-08-23T23:50:40.549-05:00Hello again,
Hmm. I've mostly felt like a X...Hello again, <br /><br />Hmm. I've mostly felt like a Xword Corner conversation killer, and perhaps I am. At 9:20, no less! Well, seein' as all is quiet on the Western (and Eastern, and Central/Mountain) Front, here's the original "Bad Poetry Day" offering that I would have made, had I been on the computer earlier:<br /><br />There once was a gent who was frisky<br />After he'd had a few shots of whisky<br />Until he pinched a girl's rear<br />And couldn't walk for a year.<br />After that, he said Scotch was too risky.<br /><br />Until some other time, <br />OTBOtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14696561237875258174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4669851806734920112010-08-23T21:20:12.602-05:002010-08-23T21:20:12.602-05:00Howdy,
Straight forward Monday puzzle, but perps ...Howdy,<br /><br />Straight forward Monday puzzle, but perps were needed for the sports clues. I wonder how many years it will take me to remember ESAI Morales? Never heard of annexed HERETO - I tried HEREIN first.<br /><br />One item on my bucket list is to hike the full Appalachian Trail and/or the Pacific Crest Trail.<br /><br />Clear Ayes - so glad to see you back. You were sorely missed.<br /><br />I got to the blog too late last week to contribute to 'Bad Poetry Day'. In honor of Aluminiumbeni's birthday, here's a belated offering:<br /><br />Tinbeni turns fifty and eight.<br />His thirst is a challenge to sate.<br />Forget the beer brewers, <br />Go straight for the Dewers, <br />Raise many a glass to celebrate.<br /><br />OtisOtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14696561237875258174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-89780736424028391152010-08-23T20:46:36.285-05:002010-08-23T20:46:36.285-05:00Here`s a joke from a favorite 10 year old: Where d...Here`s a joke from a favorite 10 year old: Where do you put a barking dog? In a barking lot!ARBAONnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73464734004472908082010-08-23T20:44:22.102-05:002010-08-23T20:44:22.102-05:00Thanks, everyone for the kind anniversary words. ...Thanks, everyone for the kind anniversary words. I can hardly believe that it has been 24 years already since we married. The time has just flown, but we are still as happy today as we were back in 1986.<br /><br />Bar Harbor is beautiful, but far more commercial than it was 20 years ago when we were here last.Hahtoolahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439791473590708547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4160185362869989602010-08-23T20:29:36.401-05:002010-08-23T20:29:36.401-05:00I liked today's theme idea.
Happy Birthday, T...I liked today's theme idea.<br /><br />Happy Birthday, Tinbeni - Raising my wine glass to you, as I type.<br /><br />And Happy Anniversary to Hahtool!<br /><br />MJ, I love your new avatar! It's so adorable. On vacation several years ago, I found an intersection in Jasper, Alberta Canada where one street was my sister's first name, and the crossing was her last name.Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02347232302896024104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-12529602380071635552010-08-23T20:17:24.093-05:002010-08-23T20:17:24.093-05:00Hahtool: The "Anniversary" dance was fo...Hahtool: The "Anniversary" dance was for you.ARBAONnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-58636541331448500222010-08-23T20:12:44.313-05:002010-08-23T20:12:44.313-05:00I'm sorry I haven't been participating tod...I'm sorry I haven't been participating today, but we spent the better part of the day farewelling our son, who is finally on his way to his German position with their home sold. His wife will follow in two weeks when she finishes out her job here. Meantime she'll stay with friends in Madison and be with us next weekend. Very mixed emotions today.<br /><br />My bucket list is vague at best, but I've already covered Alaska and Uluru (Ayers Rock). I'd like to cruise around South America some day, and also visit parts of Asia.<br /><br />Tinbeni,<br />Happy Birthday!kaziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761801803016465459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-47607657798036082342010-08-23T19:56:04.960-05:002010-08-23T19:56:04.960-05:00@ Clear Ayes,
Your reference to Pablo Narudo remi...@ Clear Ayes,<br /><br />Your reference to Pablo Narudo reminded me of one of my bucket list to dos: visit "The Heights of Macchu Picchu". I envy MJ's trip to the zip lines of Costa Rica, too!!<br /><br />@ Dudley,<br />Yes, indeed we are neighbors! I wondered if your avatar referred to the town, but now I think I am certain of it. If I ever see you at the "Big Bunny", I'll be sure to give you a "crossword-ese" greeting ;-DHeartRxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786026973246127946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-54299819740979963112010-08-23T19:18:24.849-05:002010-08-23T19:18:24.849-05:00Bill G. and Spitzboov, I guess it is the romance o...Bill G. and Spitzboov, I guess it is the romance of the Southern Cross that appeals to me....AND we really want to go to New Zealand... <br /><br />Chilean poet Pablo Neruda was really swept away by imagery of the Southern Cross.<br /><br /><b>O Southern Cross</b><br /><br />O Southern Cross, O clover of scented phosphorus,<br />with four kisses this day penetrated your beauty<br />and traversed my hat and the shadows:<br />the moon went turning round a coldness.<br /><br />Then, with my love, and my beloved, oh diamonds<br />of blue frost, serenity of Heaven,<br />mirror, you appeared, and night filled itself<br />with your four vaults of trembling wine.<br /><br />O palpitating silver of fish, pure and polished,<br />emerald cross, parsley of the radiant shadows,<br />glow-worm nailed to the unity of Heaven,<br /><br />rest in me, let us close our eyes, yours and mine.<br />Sleep with Man’s darkness for an instant.<br />Light, inside me, your four constellated numbers.<br /><br />- Pablo NerudaClear Ayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14463641770718104835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26820763471643738682010-08-23T18:27:52.051-05:002010-08-23T18:27:52.051-05:00Please dance the Anniversary Waltz with my good wi...Please dance the Anniversary Waltz with my good wishes!ARBAONnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-31522140430751744632010-08-23T18:22:20.231-05:002010-08-23T18:22:20.231-05:00CA, New Zealand sounds like fun but there's no...CA, New Zealand sounds like fun but there's nothing much special about the southern cross. The northern cross and big dipper are much brighter and nicer to look at.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46029552702002398112010-08-23T17:34:40.688-05:002010-08-23T17:34:40.688-05:00Dodo- Thanks for taking the time and effort to giv...Dodo- Thanks for taking the time and effort to give me such in-depth information. I copied it verbatim.and going to try it.<br /><br />Something told me to check yesterdays comments and there you were. Thanks again.creaturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16846674495447839466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11941737088100712462010-08-23T17:31:13.536-05:002010-08-23T17:31:13.536-05:00bestbird
I added "for Scotch Afivionados"...bestbird<br />I added "for Scotch Afivionados" to my favorites list.<br />Looks like lots of great reading.<br /><br />echeer? My favorite kind of answer.<br />(soon to find it's way to our grid).<br /><br />ARBAON<br />'Elevenbeni' ??? Good one.<br />This blog always has some great hoots.<br /><br />ONEK unparsed does look goofy.<br /><br />In the NYT there was an answer today 'I'm on' ... since I wanted to be in Jamaica, I commented that had I been there I could has said the answer properly 'I Mon' ...<br />Went past them completely.<br /><br />(They like to comment on changing the puzzle's answers ... "Hey that 'Yield Curve' could have been 'Yield Ahead' ... geez). <br />An adroit crowd without a sense of humor.Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-9469448169880408842010-08-23T17:24:20.473-05:002010-08-23T17:24:20.473-05:00Tinbeni: Hope you are having a great birthday, wit...Tinbeni: Hope you are having a great birthday, with many more to come.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03101397219611638842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-72382711593119196502010-08-23T17:16:58.166-05:002010-08-23T17:16:58.166-05:00First day back to school, so I'm late getting ...First day back to school, so I'm late getting around to today's puzzle, which was very easy. Only took 9 minutes to finish. Oodles of fun.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03101397219611638842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-86433288541034848812010-08-23T17:15:36.716-05:002010-08-23T17:15:36.716-05:00Clear Ayes: You don't have to go to the South...Clear Ayes: You don't have to go to the Southern Hemisphere to see the Southern Cross. It can be seen from the latitude of Hawaii near the times of meridian transit (ie. depending on time of day or time of year.)Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3496432116984361872010-08-23T16:38:40.125-05:002010-08-23T16:38:40.125-05:00Once the "body part to body part" theme ...Once the "body part to body part" theme was revealed, this one was easy. They were all common ones...haven`t seen some of the others mentioned.<br /><br />BTW, "rote" learning has the least amount of retention...so "they" say, but I learned my time tables playing jacks and still know them quite well.<br /><br />Had lots of trouble figuring out how "onek" was a kind of race until I finally saw "one k"<br /><br />My favorite type of walk is to "amble" but can`t even do that it`s so hot.<br /><br />Monday puzzles are confidence builders for some and speed runs for others...I fall somewhere in between.<br /><br />Happy birthday, Elevenbeni :)<br /><br />Bucket list:<br />Have a crossword puzzle published,<br />be a size two again, see the Canadian Rockies, visit the Holy Land, finish "War and Peace", eat anything I want without gaining weight, and have everything lifted and I don`t mean stolen!ARBAONnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-42071039355041443842010-08-23T16:35:08.466-05:002010-08-23T16:35:08.466-05:00Hi everyone,
As with everyone else, I found this ...Hi everyone,<br /><br />As with everyone else, I found this puzzle an easy go.<br /><br />Happy Birthday, Tinbeni! Here's an echeer for you! And a couple of "gifts":<br /><br /><a href="http://www.inebrio.com/thescotchblog" rel="nofollow">For Scotch aficionados</a><br /><br />There once was a man who loved scotch.<br />Crosswords he sometimes would botch.<br />But then he'd come here<br />Where the answers are clear<br />And he cheers us, just watch!bestbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17719102123518258956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-34272348270854785212010-08-23T15:50:27.866-05:002010-08-23T15:50:27.866-05:00Hi all!
I loved this puzzle because it was ea...Hi all!<br /> I loved this puzzle because it was easy and fun. Getting head to head made it easy to get the rest of the theme words,<br /><br />Argyle, thanks for playing Michael row the boat ashore. I was hoping someone would, now it will remain in my head the rest of the day.<br /><br />When I read 52A I thought of the kind of a party where the hosts call on your phone and invite all the guests to "come as you are." So the people have to come as they are even if they are in their P.J.s.<br /><br />Paul Anka was just up at Wisconsin Dells Saturday at the Crystal Grande Theater. We didn't go. Sometimes we go when the Oak Ridge Boys are there, they always do a Christmas show.<br /><br />I noticed Clint Black didn't fasten his seat belt.<br /><br />Have a good evening everyone.<br />MargeMargehttp://Marge32@centurytel.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-41961263671317410422010-08-23T15:49:49.052-05:002010-08-23T15:49:49.052-05:00Most of my bucket list items have to do with trave...Most of my bucket list items have to do with travel. I'm not a mountain climber or a skydiver, so those things don't appeal. Some of the bucket list items I have checked off are more of the literary and romantic ilk, like strolling the Champs-Élysées from the Arc de Triomphe and then on to the Louvre, walking the Great Wall of China and having Sacher Torte at the Sacher Hotel in Vienna. Next is New Zealand in late October. I'm hoping for a glimpse of the Southern Cross.<br /><br />Argyle, LOL, I think of many things when I see "belly to belly". Husker Gary's version @ 8:37 featured an older, restaffed, and probably less flexible Kingston Trio.<br /><br />Bill G. GAH and I went to a Manhattan Transfer concert in Modesto about a year and a half ago. They are still sensational.Clear Ayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14463641770718104835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59959905005029647122010-08-23T15:08:01.565-05:002010-08-23T15:08:01.565-05:00Good afternoon Argyle, CC, et al., A speed fun spe...Good afternoon Argyle, CC, et al., A speed fun speed run with no complaints. Argyle, great job. You made me LOL twice - once with the Bill & Teds link...the greek guy in the phone booth? B & T called him So-crates not sock-ra-teeze..I use that link in class too. Funny stuff. <br /><br />The second time was with Orals! LMAO with that one! Yeah, Santa Baby! You do know I am a master at Orals! From Ok/Tex to SE Va, I have met Orals head on, never choked, always left feeling good and knowing that everyone was satisfied w/my efforts. They are one of those things that brings me to my knees (praying) but I've always been able to handle whatever came from them...a high level of success (thankfully). You do make me laugh! <br /><br />Dennis: Ride the wind day? You're going to be spelling Soar a different way tonight then, Buckaroo, after your wild ride today! Happy tails...I mean trails...to you! Gid-y-UP!<br /><br />Happy Anniversary, Hahtool! Wish you many many more and a great time in B.H. Close to Maniac? <br /><br />Tinbeni: Happy Birthday to you! I will toast to you and my friend Air Force Tom who turns 50 today. Two very fine people to salute and celebrate. I hope you have a wonderful day, evening, & night. Cheers...again & again & again! <br /><br />Like our Sweet Lemonade, I too understand the ferret...life can be so frustrating when batteries are not included!<br /><br />Bucket List? Mine is to meet more of you Blog friends. I feel a road trip comin' on. <br /><br />Enjoy your day.loishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03331538822790190512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-67556985673861868702010-08-23T14:53:29.532-05:002010-08-23T14:53:29.532-05:00Hello everybody, and Monday greetings. Yep yep, ea...Hello everybody, and Monday greetings. Yep yep, easy, but nice, puzzle today. My only slip-up was to put in SCAM instead of SHAM, but I fixed it really quickly because I knew that Michael didn't row the boat ASCORE.<br /><br />Because I had already put in TEXT, I had no trouble with SOX. Perhaps otherwise I would have.<br /><br />Hardest one for me was 32D: Annexed ... Sounded legalesey, made me think of Lemonade. Did you fill that one in with one hand tied behind your back, L714?<br /><br />Wow, it seems a lot of us have fond memories of the Kingston Trio at the Hungry i. I loved that album. It wasn't until we moved out here to San Jose that I learnind the Hungry i is/was a club right up the road from us in San Francisco.<br /><br />Very happy birthday wishes to you, Tinbeni. May you heartily enjoy at least 21,185 more days!<br /><br />Lurker B, thanks so much for the photos. Those sand sculptures are amazing! Thank goodness for photography, which can preserve the sight of such short-lived art.<br /><br />Had a sort of frightening experience last night. I got a very bad headache and went to bed extra early to try to sleep. Head hurt like heck all night, and of course all kinds of worrisome thoughts (stroke? salmonella?) were coursing through my mind. It turns out that my wife had been making decaffienated coffee for the last 2 days and fully caffienated coffee for the week before that, and I think I was suffering caffiene withdrawal. Yes, it really does happen. I'm really relieved.<br /><br />Best wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-47460628001928884662010-08-23T14:50:05.687-05:002010-08-23T14:50:05.687-05:00KQ, I had a niece that just graduated last May fro...KQ, I had a niece that just graduated last May from St. Benedict’s nursing program. Both campuses are really pretty and as far as I can tell not that far from St. Cloud and civilization.<br /><br />Hahtool, I forgot to give you a shout out for your 24th anniversary. That’s wonderful!!<br /><br />Lemonade, does shaking work too?<br />Lo-li-ta.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14901963533031920633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-36738120630065210992010-08-23T14:45:22.376-05:002010-08-23T14:45:22.376-05:00A fun Monday puzzle. I do OK through about Wednesd...A fun Monday puzzle. I do OK through about Wednesday and then I turn on the red letters as a little crutch. I had SCAM instead of SHAM at first.<br /><br />Thanks to CC for yesterday's shout out for my love of the Manhattan Beach weather with the nice sea breeze. We still have a sea breeze today but it's a warm one, temperatures up to about 81. That's too hot for me but I know others have it much worse. I'd be happy to trade weather with some of you where it has been raining. We probably won't get any rain until November.<br /><br />I remember Zombie Jamboree. Not one of my favorites though. Two of them would be Sloop John B. and Scotch and Soda. Later on, we went to a Limelighters concert at Cornell. The funniest folk song I can remember was Have Some Madeira M'dear. The absolutely best concert was my introduction to folk music, a concert by the Weavers. Later on, another favorite concert of a different sort was by the Manhattan Transfer. They are super singers and put on a great show too.<br /><br />It's tough to be a Dodgers fan lately.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-17719316546555116692010-08-23T14:42:25.896-05:002010-08-23T14:42:25.896-05:00Argyle: I 'clicked' on the 'belly to ...Argyle: I 'clicked' on the 'belly to belly'... but we were apparently on a different wavelength ... what I got was a youtube song of a west Indian calypso....<br /><br />Anyway, the reason I am fulfilling my 'daily quota', is that Bill Millin, a Scottish bagpiper who energized D-Day troops, died in Devon, England, yesterday. His courageous actions were immortalized in 'The Longest Day'. He was 21 ( died at 88 ... ) , when he waded ashore off Sword beach, 6/6/19444. he was in 1st Spec. srvice Brig. led by Simon Fraser, better known by his Scottish clan title, Lord Lovat. He played rousing renditions of 'Highland Laddie' and 'Road to the Isles' all day, that day.<br /><br />When the German snipers, later captured, were asked why they did not shoot him, they said because the man making all that noise, seemed to be on a suicide mission and was clearly mad. <br /><br />He was the only bagpiper to take part in Operation Overlord.Vidwan827https://www.blogger.com/profile/04334379183042040924noreply@blogger.com