tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post5809240983873680933..comments2024-03-28T11:35:53.733-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Friday, July 15, 2016, Samuel A. DonaldsonZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-33392645099608436342016-07-16T11:46:52.788-05:002016-07-16T11:46:52.788-05:00The red-headed girl, Linus and Lucy
Peppermint Pat...The red-headed girl, Linus and Lucy<br />Peppermint Patty and SNOOPY<br /><br /> Had a SET DATE for their D&D gig.<br /> <br />Patty wouldn't START without Chuck<br />Lucy said "I KNEW IT, that knuck"<br /><br />He ain't worth a fat, flying ....<br /><br /> Fig"Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-55938255398657676622016-07-16T07:58:05.505-05:002016-07-16T07:58:05.505-05:00American Graffiti had a great cast. Well done Wilb...American Graffiti had a great cast. Well done Wilbur.Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-10679910090592822072016-07-16T06:29:32.724-05:002016-07-16T06:29:32.724-05:00I was at this all day. NE is all inkovers(sic). I...I was at this all day. NE is all inkovers(sic). I wanted TRACE and TRUSTSIN. <br /><br />But it was DOMO that got me a WIF and there was my video gamer son right there, not to speak of D&D(TSR)<br /><br />As I've said, one just has to keep on slogging<br /><br />And I guess I'll have to try to fill in for Owen on the limericks. Hey! I can hear that groan coming from the SNOWBELT.<br /><br />Oh. American Graffiti.Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-90890256152727860802016-07-16T06:04:27.658-05:002016-07-16T06:04:27.658-05:00Anon T and RhetFizz,
Whoa! How funny! Grammar ne...Anon T and RhetFizz,<br /><br />Whoa! How funny! Grammar nerds! My only copy is buried somewhere in a box here--maybe in the attic. Two Approaches to Grammar Instruction: A Yearlong Classroom Experiment is in the library at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. The author: Janice Ermilio Jenkins. Maybe it is accessible via Interlibrary loan. I no longer have the electronic copy which was probably on a 3" floppy disk! 2000 A.D. Ancient History!<br /><br />PS: Surely Splynter knows this: Mme Defarge is Mrs. M Defarge is Mr. <br /><br />Cheers! JE.J.Madame Defargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02003303114163633197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19384823677339217022016-07-16T02:07:24.717-05:002016-07-16T02:07:24.717-05:00M. Defarge - DW's dissertation was on post-col...M. Defarge - DW's dissertation was on post-colonial literature, "Whose desires are they?: The politics of subversion in works by Forster, Sarraute, and Rhys." I "helped" by listening/reading it 3,284 times over 6 years. I'd love to read your final draft :-)<br /><br />Seriously, where can one get it?<br /><br />I'm still calling foul at UN-SHY. I get the meaning and it falls w/in the symbolic construct but it's so clunky. If that's what's needed to get ENSLAVED, OK, but ouch.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-88059259079475689572016-07-16T00:53:09.010-05:002016-07-16T00:53:09.010-05:00Madame DeFarge:
Thank you for confirming the valid...Madame DeFarge:<br />Thank you for confirming the validity of RHET. I trust the constructors to research their fill but it's comforting knowing there is an actual use of a strange or unknown term.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-18024732256531138332016-07-15T23:53:14.308-05:002016-07-15T23:53:14.308-05:00Madame Defarge: I'm dying to read your thesis....Madame Defarge: I'm dying to read your thesis. I've always been amateurishly (?) interested in grammar (despite my usage below).<br /><br />The deal is, I'll read your thesis if you read mine. Email me a link at herbroyd@aol.com.<br /><br />Chairman Moe, I definitely LOLed, and almost ROTFLed, at your bull story.<br /><br />Cheers to all.RetFizzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06808090259947239260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-30489612934296380732016-07-15T23:09:36.810-05:002016-07-15T23:09:36.810-05:00Easy for Friday...but I golf.Easy for Friday...but I golf.Paul in Montebellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17745565294434034976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-55755199472572171202016-07-15T21:41:03.898-05:002016-07-15T21:41:03.898-05:00Jayce: The Merlot clip from Sideways. Note, an ex...Jayce: The <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KXXDC5FarhE" rel="nofollow">Merlot clip from Sideways</a>. Note, an expletive will be heard. Ironic that at the end of the movie the character played by Paul Giamati was drinking a Bordeaux (Cheval Blanc) that's a blend of Merlot and Cab Franc Chairman Moehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830681893074853511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-67223629768590102192016-07-15T21:33:35.792-05:002016-07-15T21:33:35.792-05:00Glad I was able to provide a few smiles with my bu...Glad I was able to provide a few smiles with my bull story!<br /><br />Owen, thanks yesterday for answering my question about photo sharing; I'll try it soon<br /><br />Jayce, Moolow is a cute moniker for a wine aficianado! And it's such an underappreciated grape varietal - probably due to that line in the movie Sideways Chairman Moehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830681893074853511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44408412230365020182016-07-15T20:49:49.748-05:002016-07-15T20:49:49.748-05:00Just checked in again because I cannot end a day w...Just checked in again because I cannot end a day without knowing what brilliance I have missed since this morning.<br /><br />On RHET: I have a Masters in writing. It's really defined on my diploma as Rhetoric and Composition. It's generally called Rhet Comp, so as you might guess I had no trouble with that entry. To the Greeks, it was oratory. It later evolved into writing. The Greeks saw writing as a weakness--a crutch to the intellectual ability to make an argument. <br /><br />My thesis was on grammar and writing. I KNOW you are dying to read it!!!<br /><br />Bonne Nuit, <br />Madame DefargeMadame Defargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02003303114163633197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-58213588082348120592016-07-15T20:46:56.396-05:002016-07-15T20:46:56.396-05:00CrossEyed- I had an out loud laugh at the flower s...CrossEyed- I had an out loud laugh at the flower sniffer. And how many times do we avoid getting on our knees because you know what it's going to feel like getting up again. Come to think of it, I have no idea what it's like to get up again.Jeromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06174332800591939009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-20393045737595109142016-07-15T19:17:17.039-05:002016-07-15T19:17:17.039-05:00What time is it?
(Coming up for air!)
It took ...<b>What time is it?</b><br /><br />(<i>Coming up for air!</i>)<br /><br /> It took me this long to complete Mr. Donaldson's opus. It was my fault that I didn't pay more attention to the hint at 60A. I didn't "hear" the link between the gag answers, so I was pretty much working blindly (deafly?) to solve. I got them all in the end but missed my private Ta-DAH! because I didn't feel the fun of it. <br /><br />I liked Lemonade's AliG/Trump video. Happy it avoided politics, and also happy to see the Donald squirm. He sure wanted to get the *#@! outta there. The Man don't wanna play 'less he's in charge! Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-87486268227292009982016-07-15T17:53:28.080-05:002016-07-15T17:53:28.080-05:00Pretty much what Barry G said.
Chairman Moe, good ...Pretty much what Barry G said.<br />Chairman Moe, good story. By the way, with regard to your nick being based on MOE vedre, A former friend of ours called herself MOOLOW on line because her favorite wine was Merlot. I always got a kick out of her online name being two cow sounds.<br />Best wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-55469608486904051202016-07-15T17:46:41.612-05:002016-07-15T17:46:41.612-05:00YR - A day w/o CED is a day w/o beer. All! A toas...YR - A day w/o CED is a day w/o beer. All! A toast to CED - you in Tin? Ok, time to MINGLE...<br /><br />Crash & burn again. Thanks Sam, but <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr_YVQctXVg" rel="nofollow">throw me a frikin' bone here</a>. I got the non-ESTE side, but EL ORO-ring was out of reach in the NW. <br /><br />Wedge no, shanK (right out), CLEEK (?) WTF. I needed the KEY provided by Lem to finish. DOMO arigato to both of you. [Yes, I went to STYX instantly]. I can't even see though the ink what I was "thinking" in the NE.<br /><br />29d was taxI for much to long so I had Xen-x((?) Who is 25d?)) TEENS [kind of sounds like Zen or gen-X TEENS <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps317u9Rhl0" rel="nofollow"> who are Zen. </a> [<-link]] We're not all bad. I never un-knotted that mess.<br /><br />WiFi? What security-unconscious HUNK hooks to open networks? I'll TAKE my laptop to IAH tomorrow @<a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wuk8AOjGURE" rel="nofollow">07:45 (what does the '0' stand for?)</a> to start my vacation with Pop in SPI but will not connect to an open net. Duh.<br /><br />Fav - ALI G. Cohen is funny but makes one squeamish with his characters. Those w/ grandkids may know him from <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hdcTmpvDO0I" rel="nofollow">Madagascar's King Julian</a>. As I recall, his brother/cousin helped him SCORE [yesterday, I know] the movie.<br /><br />Oc4 - LOL. C. Moe +1<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-33563310196248176772016-07-15T16:47:15.697-05:002016-07-15T16:47:15.697-05:00C E Dave, I love your daily dose of humor. It alwa...C E Dave, I love your daily dose of humor. It always brightens my day.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-6454027573077811932016-07-15T16:46:00.600-05:002016-07-15T16:46:00.600-05:00Hi Y'all! Man, I thought a CLEEK was a group o...Hi Y'all! Man, I thought a CLEEK was a group of mean girls in high school! I did get the tee for too theme only after I GET DONE and study it awhile. That NW corner was the last to fill. I COUNTS ON red-letter help. Hand up for "pen" before KEY (I never graded papers). SWE was about the 5th guess. Too much obscurity bunched up there. <br /><br />First pass through the top was mostly SNOW, but I found the bottom 2/3 easier.<br /><br />Thanks anyway, Sam & Lemonade.<br /><br />Ho ho, Moe! Good ones, CED!<br /><br />PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66841358930840466752016-07-15T15:49:13.718-05:002016-07-15T15:49:13.718-05:00Forgot to add that I found the inclusion of TINAME...Forgot to add that I found the inclusion of TINAMELTS (tuna melts) in the puzzle ironic because that is what we are having for dinner tonight. Food Network recipe on challah bread toasted on one side, Caesar pasta salad and fresh corn on the cob. I'm ready.Bluehenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11215040742633388939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-28424987220819980282016-07-15T15:10:30.415-05:002016-07-15T15:10:30.415-05:00Thanks, Sam and Lemon. Because of insomnia, I fina...Thanks, Sam and Lemon. Because of insomnia, I finally get to post in time for someone to read it. Got the theme right away but got hung up by HE-MEN for HUNKS, RHET (ugh) and a few others. Actually remembered VENTNOR with a few perps, also the very unpopular RHEE, but had to go to red letters to finish (FWH - thanks, IM).<br />I'd also like to repost my post from last Saturday (which I just now posted, so no one will read it) regarding wind instruments:<br />I had always assumed that brass and woodwinds were a subset of wind instruments. I knew, for instance, that Stravinsky wrote a Symphony for Wind Instruments, so I looked it up. Turns out the title is slightly different, but here's the relevant part of the program note for the LAPhil's scheduled performance next year:<br /> Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments<br /> Composed: 1920, rev. 1947<br /> Length: 12 minutes<br /> Orchestration: 3 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons (3rd = contrabassoon),<br /> 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, and tuba<br />Wind ensembles also occasionally include a double bass (don't ask). Here's a link to a Swedish wind group image:<br /> http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/981/MI0000981679.jpg?partner=allrovi.comRetFizzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06808090259947239260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21125618622888639352016-07-15T15:09:42.742-05:002016-07-15T15:09:42.742-05:00How I became anonymous is beyond me...How I became anonymous is beyond me...Jeromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06174332800591939009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-64822676657548301422016-07-15T15:08:26.807-05:002016-07-15T15:08:26.807-05:00"SO, MIKE, why don't ESKIMO girls kiss yo..."SO, MIKE, why don't ESKIMO girls kiss you?" <br />"I SMOKE"<br /><br />Lucina- Are an oaf's cojones lug nuts?<br /><br />Pharaoh's oxen- King Tut's TeamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-29737559176105371232016-07-15T14:44:13.372-05:002016-07-15T14:44:13.372-05:00This was a tough Friday slog. Hard to believe that...This was a tough Friday slog. Hard to believe that it was finished, I had to check to make sure, it was that hard. So many scratch-outs that it looks like my pen threw up, especially in the NW where I finally finished. Geez. <br /><br />Can't wait til tomorrow. AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078186298428497941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-38118887038497108782016-07-15T14:28:47.261-05:002016-07-15T14:28:47.261-05:00Abejo: Stupid computer let me down again. The em...Abejo: Stupid computer let me down again. The email address is bluehen2789@gmail.com. Talk to you later.Bluehenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11215040742633388939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43110492388713480602016-07-15T14:19:06.586-05:002016-07-15T14:19:06.586-05:00DNF today,
I would like to call a foul at crossin...DNF today,<br /><br />I would like to call a foul at crossing Rhee/ses,<br />(but C'mon Dave, you should have got it. How many vowels are there?)<br />I guess I am still trying to catch up after yesterdays 5 hour power failure...<br /><br />(trees cracked like toothpicks everywhere...)<br /><br />Anywho,<br /><br />I got the theme ok, & I had 9D right in my head, but could not ink it in<br />because 10D Sudden Movement = Surge<br />(as in power surge after a massive storm caused blackout..)<br />(plus I could not get exam marking aid = pen out of my head...)<br />C,mon, "surge"should have worked! (except it had no perps...Sigh...)<br /><br />Forward, unshy? (Ouch!)<br /><br />Tuna Melt made me <a href="https://www.offthemark.com/image/data/cartoons/2001-03-08C.gif" rel="nofollow">go looking for the "how to" video...</a><br /><br />Garden tools made me look for <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/lowres.cartoonstock.com/gardening-garden-gardeners-flowerbeds-flower_beds-flower-cman95_low.jpg" rel="nofollow">something to ease my bad back...</a><br /><br />Fine tuning <a href="https://i.imgflip.com/klc4y.gif" rel="nofollow">is best left to the younger crowd...</a><br /><br />& for Anon @8:24, <a href="http://www.titanic-model.com/dc/user_files/8167.jpg" rel="nofollow">Yea, I didn't believe it was possible either...</a><br /><br />Finally, Lemon, I thought your snoopy/sneepy reference was quite witty,<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm53CzqgWow" rel="nofollow">But you can't mess with a national icon...</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62760895729522914382016-07-15T14:06:53.103-05:002016-07-15T14:06:53.103-05:00This was like two puzzles in one. The first two t...This was like two puzzles in one. The first two thirds were fast and simple (OK, in my wheelhouse) and took less than 12 minutes even with my huntin' pecker typing. The remaining third was excruciatingly difficult and took up the rest of an hour. Too many unknowns and false starts to list here. WEES. While most of the answers were legitimate and sometimes even sparkly, there were also some stinkers, IMHO. Yes, I'm talking about you RHET. Curious puzzle, and if this is symptomatic of Mr. Donaldson's efforts, I look forward to learning his style and getting better at solving his tests.<br /><br />Personal to Abejo: I have told this stupid computer to include my email address with this post. I would like to chat with you privately. I am surprised that anyone on the corner knows people from my little home town, but what is really surprising is that I may know one of them as well. Let's chat.Bluehenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11215040742633388939noreply@blogger.com