tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post5888106056178662055..comments2024-03-28T18:45:22.098-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 Kevin ChristianZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-35220255701832212482012-08-14T23:29:02.801-05:002012-08-14T23:29:02.801-05:00Arbaon:
Yesterday I meant to post that I had looke...Arbaon:<br />Yesterday I meant to post that I had looked at the list of 266 popes printed in the introduction to my Bible and there are no Ottos. Some of the unusual names such as, Formosus (891-96), Conon(686-87)and others might be interesting in a crossword puzzle.<br /><br />Chickie and Gralic Gal:<br />Thank you for the report on your sojourn to lunch with Dodo. I'm sorry to hear about CA's absence, however.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-45723330879024475172012-08-14T22:28:54.204-05:002012-08-14T22:28:54.204-05:00[crickets][crickets]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-30112052846683448272012-08-14T20:58:04.908-05:002012-08-14T20:58:04.908-05:00Kevin C., thanks for stopping by. We like the give...Kevin C., thanks for stopping by. We like the give and take of constructor feed back. GG, Chickie etc., glad you had a good time, and we too are sorry CA is not feeling better. I am sure you had some pointed comments on the commenters. Bill G. and Fermatprime, all of your posts are read by many, the fact we do not comment does not mean we do not read. When I blog a puzzle I make many comments and links read but all of the viewers and certainly most do not get commented upon. Relax.Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-45518835951813436662012-08-14T20:25:30.196-05:002012-08-14T20:25:30.196-05:00Ditto Chickie Above!
The South Bay Coven had a M...Ditto Chickie Above! <br /><br />The South Bay Coven had a Most Excellent Adventure. Our driver, JD, did a superb job handling her "precious cargo". Chief navigator. Chickie, shouted directions with authority (right? no left! no right!). And I got to relax in the very spacious back seat. <br /><br />Dodo looks fabulous and was as gracious as ever. Champagne, lunch, cobbler...it could only have been better if CA could have made the trip. Next time!<br /><br />Oh yeah...the puzzle was fun.<br /><br />And oh yeah...we talked about ALL of you! LOLGarlicGalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11311111741227061537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4072418860789927382012-08-14T20:13:58.784-05:002012-08-14T20:13:58.784-05:00If you can get past the decidedly Christian (not o...If you can get past the decidedly Christian (not our puzzle constructor) bent, "Leota`s Garden" by Francine Rivers is a well-balanced look at how the young treat the old, sincerely thinking it is the best and most caring way.<br />BTW: Mon and Tue puzzles were fun and easy...as Mon and Tue usually are.<br />I was amazed that I remembered how to spell "c`est la vie!" Isn`t that French for "Que sera sera?"<br />Yesterday`s "one horse carriage" (shay) reminded me of " a one horse open sleigh."<br />Wikki says "No popes named Otto" and we all know how accurate <i>they</i> are! Never knew thick crust pizza was Sicilian in origin but I can "Picture it, Sicily 1940." Knew Morino from the diet aid commercials. I, too, first put "abcde."<br />CC: If this is too long...I`ve been "out of pocket" <b>and</b> it is two day`s worth. <br />Fematprime: What is your sign, if I may ask?<br />I`ll end with a favorite quote: "You can teach the science of teaching, but you must be <i>born</i> with the <i>art.</i>ARBAONnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-31003254074266576942012-08-14T20:00:46.857-05:002012-08-14T20:00:46.857-05:00Fermatprime, I just read the late blog entries fro...Fermatprime, I just read the late blog entries from last night and I was hoping to have a report on how CA is doing. Dodo said that she is really upbeat, but had to take a pain killer today and couldn't drive. I do see her Facebook entries from time to time and she is seeing lots of her family. She also is caring for her husband who has Altzheimers. This can't be easy for her. <br /><br />Your walk in tub/spa sounds wonderful. I hope it will help with some of your aches and pains. They look like they would be a great help. <br /><br />Take care.Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116766478313653724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-29982544049015717082012-08-14T19:49:25.445-05:002012-08-14T19:49:25.445-05:00Evening all. Liked today's puzzle.
All I could...Evening all. Liked today's puzzle.<br />All I could think of was cowabunga at first for Bart Simpson's saying.<br />H.G. & Jayce , I do the exact same thing when out with my wife shopping.<br />Barnes & Noble is my sanctuary. I think it is a conspiracy, they know exactly where to put stores to bring me in. Not sure if I should link this but this happened just two miles from me. This is rural country and just doesn't happen here. Just the work of an idiot or an a$$hole.<br /><a href="http://www.wmur.com/news/nh-news/Residents-wake-up-to-sound-of-gunfire/-/9857858/16115494/-/possyc/-/index.html" rel="nofollow">Idiot</a><br />Manachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904472091922069440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83487889534708303182012-08-14T19:47:17.853-05:002012-08-14T19:47:17.853-05:00Hola Everyone, I finished the puzzle before my rid...Hola Everyone, I finished the puzzle before my ride to Dodo's appeared at the door right on the dot of 9:30. We had a mini coven today, but still had a great time.<br /><br />I had whizzed through the puzzle with just a misstep for Tito instead of Tino. I see that this was also something others did as well.<br /><br />Our lunch with Dodo was wonderful. The food is always great and the company was even better. However, we were disappointed in the fact that CA didn't make it today. She was not doing very well and felt that the drive would have been too much. We were so looking forward to seeing her. It has been a year since we were all together the last time.<br /><br />I did give extra hugs to Dodo, though, as several of you had requested. <br /><br />Have a great evening everyone.Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116766478313653724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-33882072230025143662012-08-14T19:27:44.748-05:002012-08-14T19:27:44.748-05:00Gary, I don't quite understand what you meant ...Gary, I don't quite understand what you meant about Horshacks of the world.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26831603833029386902012-08-14T18:09:48.215-05:002012-08-14T18:09:48.215-05:00Must read, "Song of the Dodo"Must read, "Song of the Dodo"One armed Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16503355589001940283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-52026472674264919612012-08-14T17:55:15.511-05:002012-08-14T17:55:15.511-05:00Hi, this is Kevin, I constructed today's puzzl...Hi, this is Kevin, I constructed today's puzzle. I'm glad that most of you seemed to like it.<br /><br />I thought this was a Monday puzzle when I was making it. But I'm still not surprised that it felt harder than a Tuesday for some. Hard puzzles are easy to make, easy puzzles are hard to make.<br /><br />I didn't notice I had three different gambling references in there until someone else pointed it out to me.<br /><br />I originally clued I CLAUDIUS in reference to Derek Jacobi in the PBS miniseries. The editor changed it to refer to the book.<br /><br />See ya!<br />Kevin Christiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-56308592738554459802012-08-14T17:25:13.519-05:002012-08-14T17:25:13.519-05:00Mari: I thought Barnes & Nobles were everywhe...Mari: I thought Barnes & Nobles were everywhere. There are 2 within 4 miles of my house. I shouldn't buy anymore books until after I read the hundreds I already own. I use my nook a lot to check out books from my library. The nook isn't good for all books, though. I tried Game of Thrones on my nook, but because of the family trees depicted at the back of the book, I ended up buying the paperback. As Jazzbumpa noted, the books in that series are very entertaining. Hahtoolahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439791473590708547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-18617308271031183692012-08-14T16:57:14.923-05:002012-08-14T16:57:14.923-05:00Happy birthday to Nate.
I enjoy "hanging out...Happy birthday to Nate.<br /><br />I enjoy "hanging out" at our local Barnes & Noble. I just wish they had more chairs and couches. Funny about that, Husker Gary, my wife spends lots of time in the nearby arts & crafts store, which is what propels me into the B & N. <br /><br />Argyle, very cool.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-27417838889303292992012-08-14T16:51:34.240-05:002012-08-14T16:51:34.240-05:00Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary has ad...Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary has added "aha moment" to it's online dictionary. <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/Chunk-HT-UI-HomePage-Books/REVEALED-New-words-added-to-dictionary/Article1-913405.aspx" rel="nofollow">Link</a>Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62131076007221699252012-08-14T16:38:39.435-05:002012-08-14T16:38:39.435-05:00Musings 2
-Tin, I showed Huddie your DDAC membersh...Musings 2<br />-Tin, I showed Huddie your DDAC membership blurb at Hu Hot and it brought a smile to his face. He got $350 in cash for his birthday. Cash is always the right size!<br />-Jazz, HBD to Nate<br />-Barnes and Noble has a store next to the Kohl’s in Omaha and so I get to go there when Joann is “looking at cloth”.<br />-I am not sure about every citizen has an obligation to vote, especially if they have no idea on the issues.<br />-There are different ways to react to the Horshacks of the world. The best ones don’t involve anyone losing face. “Never let ‘em see you sweat”!Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74883486147928226152012-08-14T16:11:33.366-05:002012-08-14T16:11:33.366-05:00Hi gang -
This puzzle felt like a Monday offering...Hi gang -<br /><br />This puzzle felt like a Monday offering, but still took me over 10 minutes.<br /><br />Totally missed the theme.<br /><br />Today is Nate's 10th birthday, too. How 'bout dat!<br /><br />Don't know if I have any must reads. I love the Song of Ice and Fire series, speaking of 1000 page books, but it's sure not for everybody. Rereading GAME OF THRONES now. There are lots of aha! moments, now that I've read all 5 current books. <br /><br />We went car shopping today. The new Dart looks pretty inviting.<br /><br />Cheers!<br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59774736211495895752012-08-14T15:52:49.572-05:002012-08-14T15:52:49.572-05:00This should bring back memories. Horshack raising ...This should bring back memories. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd4VkBcG2PQ&playnext=1&list=PLAA73F4EBDD2FBBD6&feature=results_video" rel="nofollow">Horshack raising his hand.</a>Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-54543440928074484632012-08-14T15:43:51.894-05:002012-08-14T15:43:51.894-05:00PK, let me know which books you tried since and we...PK, let me know which books you tried since and were dissapointed with. I'll avoid 'em. My plan is to go back and finish the Liam Campbell series (I read the first 2) after I finish all the Kate Shugak books. After that I think I'll try the two books Hahtoolah and HeartRx liked.<br /><br />Never having been a teacher, other than an RA for a year, which I very much enjoyed, I can't speak to that. However, I sure know a bad teacher when I see one, my high-school band teacher being an excellent example. One time I was passing throught the school's gym-cum-basketball court and came across a set of kettle drums that I guess had not yet been put away. I picked up the "sticks" and had a blast banging away on them, actually playing little "tunes" with them (since there were four drums of different sizes and pitches). The band teacher apparently heard the noise, came rushing out, and yelled at me to get get away. "Hey kid, do you know how expensive those are? Who do you think you are, Gene Krupa?" It seems to me a good teacher would have taken an approach more like, "So you like those, eh? Would you like to learn how to play them?" Not to mention that Gene Krupa did not play the tympani.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66611967637727737522012-08-14T14:52:35.694-05:002012-08-14T14:52:35.694-05:00Jayce, I finished the Shugak series and have been ...Jayce, I finished the Shugak series and have been disappointed in several books I tried since. I may go back and pick up her Liam Campbell series.PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-58468553712154229652012-08-14T14:50:01.192-05:002012-08-14T14:50:01.192-05:00Great puzzle, Kevin! Another great presentation, A...Great puzzle, Kevin! Another great presentation, Argyle!<br /><br />Yesterday's link to "One" had a side link to "Eye of the Tiger" which I played. This prepared me for today's puzzle nicely. Before playing it I hadn't known Survivor did the hit. Spooky coincidence.<br /><br />I knew C'est La Vie but let perps help me spell it.<br /><br />In 1985 as a H.S. graduation gift, I took my daughter to Asbury Park on the Jersey Shore. We learned of a Bon Jovi concert. I wanted to go but decided it was too costly. I regret not going.<br /><br />Fermatprime, is Harvey your son or a friend?<br /><br />PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-51686828423904432462012-08-14T14:24:13.648-05:002012-08-14T14:24:13.648-05:00Bill G. @ 1:45, I guess it would depend on just ho...Bill G. @ 1:45, I guess it would depend on just <i>how</i> excited she was...<br /><br />Hahtoolah, I will definitely put Wilkerson's book on my list. Lucina - I already have "One Thousand White Women", and will start it as soon as I finish my current one. Thanks to both of you!<br />HeartRxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786026973246127946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-13995150266057302172012-08-14T14:00:58.938-05:002012-08-14T14:00:58.938-05:00Warning, the attached link of Esoteric Homophones ...Warning, the attached link of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jANsRdVRqZs" rel="nofollow">Esoteric Homophones</a> is not necessarily funny (but better than volume one), & the only reason i include them here is because i do not wish to suffer alone...CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-52718599251332540912012-08-14T13:50:11.216-05:002012-08-14T13:50:11.216-05:00Hi,
I wondered about the word caret used as the na...Hi,<br />I wondered about the word caret used as the name for the keyboard/calculator ^ symbol. I ran into the spelling "carrot" for this symbol. The person spelling it like the vegetable -- I guess because of the vaguely carrot-shape -- seemed unaware of the "caret" spelling.<br /><br />Has anyone else run across this usage, especially for the ^ key on a calculator?<br /><br />Thanks for a great blog.<br />GailAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-85384838303962466372012-08-14T13:45:04.496-05:002012-08-14T13:45:04.496-05:00Good puzzle and writeup. Seemed harder than usual ...Good puzzle and writeup. Seemed harder than usual for a Tuesday.<br /><br />If Michelle were excited, wouldn't she go 'Whee!' instead of 'Wee!'?<br /><br />I was sorry to see teaching ranking high on the list of jobs that made people unhappy. I always enjoyed getting up and going to school. I was teaching a subject I liked to students I enjoyed. I liked most of the principals in my schools. Maybe I just got lucky being employed in a district where families valued a good education. I had the occasional run-in with bratty students or with parents who were convinced if there was a problem, the fault lay with me instead of their precious child. Since that was the exception rather than the rule, I was mostly happy with my environment. I too got frustrated near the end when teaching to the standards became over-emphasized.<br /><br />I'm guessing if I had been teaching at inner-city schools, I would have been less satisfied and experienced more frustration. Maybe I just got lucky.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66419065941022057122012-08-14T12:34:20.680-05:002012-08-14T12:34:20.680-05:00Hello everybody. Well, starting off with a Roman n...Hello everybody. Well, starting off with a Roman numeral made me wonder what the rest of the puzzle would be like. I guess first impressions are indeed influential, as my expectations started off rather low. Fortunately I felt better and better about the puzzle as I continued on through it. Wanted to put in some variation of "have a cow" for the Bart Simpson phrase, but it was not to be. I didn't grok the theme, but I think if I had it would have made AY CARAMBA a slam dunk.<br /><br />Then CEST LA VIE came along and I once again had inner musings about the use of non-English words and phrases (and even full sentences!) in an English language puzzle. I know, we've had this discussion before, which is why my musings were internal.<br /><br />Hand up for noticing and liking WIE and WEE. Wanted NONE instead of NARY at first, and blithely entered TITO instead of TINO.<br /><br />Can't think of any must-reads, but I am very much enjoying the Kate Shugack series of mysteries by Dana Stabenow. I think as I read more of Stabenow's work I realize more clearly how she sometimes too-obviously tosses in "canned" wording from her toolbox of similes and metaphors. I mean, does everybody *always* drink a whole bottle of beer, soda, or water in one long swallow? Is every cup of tea *always* hot and sweet? <br /><br />Best wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.com