tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post6050364311175404172..comments2024-03-29T08:35:40.450-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Thursday, February 2, 2017 Chuck DeodeneZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19332243045918954812017-02-04T00:42:22.587-06:002017-02-04T00:42:22.587-06:00We saw "Hidden Figures" and highly recom...We saw "Hidden Figures" and highly recommend it for many reasons. As a math person I enjoyed that math people were heroes for doing math. As someone concerned about history and social justice it was an amazingly important piece of history that was never told.<br /><br />The history of the space program. The history of black women excelling at math to make the space program happen. And the history of states flat out breaking the law with regard to discrimination. And, from what I can find, the story is generally quite faithful to the facts.<br /><br />I always loved John Glenn as a child during the space program. It made me love him even more to know that he trusted the black woman's computations more than he trusted IBM.<br /><br />Hand up that the clue for Edsel was an attempt at clever misdirection, but it fell flat for being just wrong. Otherwise I very much enjoyed the puzzle!Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401317669146538447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-45012223379762834102017-02-03T00:47:04.355-06:002017-02-03T00:47:04.355-06:00Wolfman's third "Ya-Ya" should be ca...Wolfman's third "Ya-Ya" should be called "Dances with Pumpkins"!<br />Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270740184766230842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44821813678137543682017-02-03T00:31:42.520-06:002017-02-03T00:31:42.520-06:00MASH- FINAL episode ( Charles scene- Mozart - Clar...MASH- FINAL episode ( Charles scene- Mozart - Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581). <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCNEaYdjIkc" rel="nofollow"><b>Clip</b></a>. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TjjvRKyOKA" rel="nofollow"><b>Real deal</b></a>.<br /><br />A synopsis of his encounter with the N. Korean musicians <a href="http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2014/03/doctor-winchester-mozart-devil.html" rel="nofollow"><b>HERE</b></a>.Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-85457788525453855012017-02-03T00:00:53.667-06:002017-02-03T00:00:53.667-06:00CanadianEh, the way gutful worded it, I believe wh...CanadianEh, the way gutful worded it, I believe what she meant to say was, you named are obvious but the nameless try to be a tad more subtle yet they are known. Long story short, you are not subtle. No biggie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73962533826921427362017-02-02T23:36:41.454-06:002017-02-02T23:36:41.454-06:00Hello Puzzlers -
Late again, long day. Smooth sai...Hello Puzzlers -<br /><br />Late again, long day. Smooth sailing today, helped along by the theme which became apparent with the first such answer.<br /><br />Bill G, I recall that M*A*S*H episode, but not the piece Maj. Winchester was trying to get the musicians to play - it's been too long.<br /><br />Glad to see that others have commented on CT and CAT scans. I take them to be the same.Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587399549104728305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62956263769628199052017-02-02T21:43:23.234-06:002017-02-02T21:43:23.234-06:00Reading through the comments late- Jayce is totall...Reading through the comments late- Jayce is totally spot on- in medicine we use both CAT scan and CT scan for the same thing. Both are acronyms for the technology that was developed - CAT is just the longer one of the two.<br /><br />inanehikernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62023638728604297892017-02-02T20:57:04.523-06:002017-02-02T20:57:04.523-06:00Yup C'Eh! Thanks for being you.
That is a aw...Yup C'Eh! Thanks for being you.<br /><br />That is a awesome commercial with a poignant comment on what The United States is all about. It's as true today as it was back in the day. I'll enjoy it in the spirit it was conceived back in the summer of 2016.<br /><br />Sorry, I will not let your subtle opinion ruin my blog experience. Thanks to C.C. for her blog and her rules.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-80122829762387727282017-02-02T20:27:06.541-06:002017-02-02T20:27:06.541-06:00Because AnonT asked for it and because Gutful thin...Because AnonT asked for it and because Gutful thinks that I am subtle . . . <br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtBZvl7dIu4" rel="nofollow">BudweiserAd</a>CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26399190465897445272017-02-02T20:19:12.590-06:002017-02-02T20:19:12.590-06:00Yes CED! exactly.
Yes CED! exactly.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-84990476861209275492017-02-02T20:10:00.386-06:002017-02-02T20:10:00.386-06:00Stiff upper lip:definition...<a href="http://rlv.zcache.com/intestinal_fortitude_keep_a_stiff_upper_lip_poster-re2bf0c18944449eda8cf491a18ea694e_wvc_8byvr_512.jpg" rel="nofollow">Stiff upper lip:definition...</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-51553949783229777452017-02-02T19:51:34.102-06:002017-02-02T19:51:34.102-06:00Relax Andy! Have another and carry on.
I am sooo...Relax Andy! Have another and carry on.<br /><br />I am soooo tired of all the complaining, whining and name-calling that seems to be the soup du jour lately. Whatever happened to the stiff upper lip of prior generations? It has infested our society at breakneck speed. It appears on the nightly news, Hollywood award shows and inevitably will rear its ugly head this Sunday during an entertainment performance. Several bring it to a supposedly immune venue like our little corner. <br /><br />Stop. Please stop.*<br /><br />*OKL, OMK, C,eh!, HG and others who try to be subtle. Gutfulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-91303372269309225732017-02-02T18:37:29.990-06:002017-02-02T18:37:29.990-06:00D-N-F ... put it down ... picked it up ... 4 times...<b>D-N-F</b> ... put it down ... picked it up ... 4 times ... <br />I was never on the Constructor's wave-length.<br /><br />Thank You, Irish Miss, Misty and Lucina ... as I remember my Mom once told me:<br />"If you haven't got something nice to say ... maybe you should just <b>NOT</b> say it!"<br /><br />I have always been impressed with the Constructor's ability and often, humor, in creating these "Joys for our mornings!" puzzles.<br /><br />Anon @8:03 Why don't you google <b>OD'ED</b> and learn that it is an acceptable spelling before you say it isn't ... <br /><br />I totally agree it is (occasionally) OK to "nit-pick" about a clue or answer.<br />But to do it <b>(always)</b> as an "anonymous" is gutless!<br /><br />Oh, BTW ... I enjoyed my "Toast-to-All" at Sunset ... <br />(Of course the idiot Anon's are never included ...) <b>LOL</b><br /><br />Cheers!<br /><br />Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-2970028422052875952017-02-02T17:59:24.777-06:002017-02-02T17:59:24.777-06:00Hi all!
Back in Houston [C,Eh! - link the ad! &am...Hi all!<br /><br />Back in Houston [C,Eh! - link the ad! & watch SB-LI if you can; the aerial photos during the SHOW will have EPIC H-Town pix.]<br /><br />Thank you Chuck for the distraction while I drove 3h back from San Antonio. I did a bit in ink b/f I left and then noodled each corner (in my head folks!) whilst passing semis. Knowing SEEYA, "Seeing" KENya and parsing it for a few miles I thought BURNS! Aha! GAME afoot(di'n't fit)! <br />[for MJ - Ken is a documentary film maker on matters of Base Ball and the <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ_2nAbZJv4" rel="nofollow"> Civil War</a> if you have 2h+. <br /><br />Fun expo Steve - Loved the music; quota/limit? We don't have to click... Keep it coming. Thanks Wolfman! ('Cept for that vanilla stuff :-))<br /><br />WOs: Mostly in my head; I was thinking SLAtEd for a spell. GO(ya)GETTE'm too. Had REPEAT in my head until I finally put ink to paper.<br />ESP: SLAKES; new to me.<br /><br />While OCEAN, CAP'N, and WURST (knew 'tain't 'Merican w/ a WU combo (wouldn't that be a Triple-U?), were pretty <b>good</b> c/as, my <b>Fav</b> is DATE NITE xing GAME ON for Whoopee!<br /><br />{A,B+,A+,B-} {Nice!}<br /><br />Kazie - Never been OVER to AU, but I interchange Bro and MATE depending on situation & needed tone. E.g. "'Sup Bro"; "Look MATE, I love YA, but you're wrong on [insert political opinion here]"<br /><br />IM - LOL@10:07 your PEDANTIC response :-)<br /><br />Spitz - you beat me to "it's a lemon" 'cuz "It sucks! [one]."<br /><br />If you're in the BIZ, you sell <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wrqW_BZu5Xk" rel="nofollow">ALBATROSS</a>. It's what you do* <br /><br />Cheers, -T<br />*Apologies to GEICO commercials Anonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59628966088635570912017-02-02T17:55:02.103-06:002017-02-02T17:55:02.103-06:00Old Man, I am not hunkering down in profound denia...Old Man, I am not hunkering down in profound denial. I just tend to skim over your posts due to past turgid ego I sense in your writings. But perhaps I can help you here with this impotent quandary.<br /><br />Think Occam's Razor. Cialisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-47055815200809423022017-02-02T17:49:08.400-06:002017-02-02T17:49:08.400-06:00Keith, just solve the last part first and you won&...Keith, just solve the last part first and you won't have that problem ;>)TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-54764770263632818642017-02-02T17:45:36.375-06:002017-02-02T17:45:36.375-06:00CeDave and Yellowrocks,
You both recognize the ...CeDave and Yellowrocks,<br /><br /> You both recognize the problem and the depth of pondering it demands. (Others are probably hunkering in profound denial.) One (of the many) mystery/ies to be weighed is whether the problem is inherent in the pzls themselves, and therefore to be found consistently in the same sector for each grid, or something triggered inside our brains. It might be a combination, with a changeable ratio, and might also vary from solver to solver. <br /> Ah, but we mustn't let ourselves be mired in a single branch of the tree of possibilities. I am not abandoning the problem, but I shall give it another ten minutes this afternoon and then resume the rest of my life. Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-60304350169372813252017-02-02T17:23:26.463-06:002017-02-02T17:23:26.463-06:00Some tuneagement meant to rejuvenate this crowd:
...Some tuneagement meant to rejuvenate this crowd:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWgvGjAhvIw" rel="nofollow">hey YA!</a><br /><br />O.K., I know very few around around here will appreciate that Grammy winning performance so...<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FShhBW-NBPQ" rel="nofollow">Get your YAs YAs out</a><br /><br />Still too dark fer y'all?<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEr7NcU8cHw" rel="nofollow">YAa YAa</a>?<br /><br />Ok...Ok...here's one more at your speed...<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5LnpErE6f4" rel="nofollow">YA YA</a>Wolfmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4137329815573404672017-02-02T16:58:27.209-06:002017-02-02T16:58:27.209-06:00Nice puzzle. I enjoyed the YA addition, especially...Nice puzzle. I enjoyed the YA addition, especially I RECKON SOYA, at which I laughed. Like Lucina, seeing that 1 down was SIKHS averted the entering of BEER at 1 across. And GOUT at 6 down saved me from putting in YUCCA at 5 across.<br /><br />I think the reason the hard parts of the puzzle come last is related to the fact that a lost item is always found at the last place you look.<br /><br />I believe CAT SCAN meant "Computerized Axial Tomography." Now it is CT (Computed Tomography) scan. It seems medical terms can change over time. My doctor once asked me what my father died of. When I replied, "Emphysema," she responded, "Oh! COPD!" I don't like that they combined emphysema with asthma under the rubric of COPD. What killed my father had nothing whatsoever to do with asthma or bronchial obstruction; it was emphysema, which affects the elasticity of the alveoli (air sacs), not asthma, which affects the bronchii (air pipes). That's like lumping, say, glaucoma, myopia (nearsightedness), and maybe even macular degeneration as "Eye Problems Syndrome." The causes of and treatments for those different conditions are not the same.<br /><br />Best wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-38054031006549500422017-02-02T16:58:02.140-06:002017-02-02T16:58:02.140-06:00Lots of writeovers and it took me forever to get A...Lots of writeovers and it took me forever to get ALBATROSS, but I finally got it all. I figured out the theme quickly and it helped a tad.Hungry Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465905817770134952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70002115326280354122017-02-02T16:57:04.420-06:002017-02-02T16:57:04.420-06:00"33. Bro : MATE. Hmmm. Transatlantic synonymi..."33. Bro : MATE. Hmmm. Transatlantic synonymia. I think I just invented a great new word." I LIKE it! I had the same sentiment about the clue but didn't know how to describe it. Great word!Steve Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710962863603938402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59314843935044592962017-02-02T16:55:31.268-06:002017-02-02T16:55:31.268-06:00I thought this one was fairly tame for a Thursday....I thought this one was fairly tame for a Thursday. I also had trouble in the far north. I got Edsel, which made me erase KENYABlaze for BURNS, which gave me GOUT, then AGAVE, then ALBATROSS. Those made APR and VENTED easy.<br /><br />I also immediately thought of Radar getting SLAKEd in Korea.<br /><br />Thanks Steve and Chuck for your fine efforts today.Jinx in Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066853291104407732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-91969767217737084652017-02-02T16:53:28.179-06:002017-02-02T16:53:28.179-06:00CE Dave, yes, I believe it is the unknown part you...CE Dave, yes, I believe it is the unknown part you have been avoiding all along.In a puzzle that has been easy I am chagrined to meet an impasse at the very end.<br />I loved Mash and watch the reruns over and over. Thanks for the memories.<br />Fun puzzle and expo.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-72817143917622956002017-02-02T16:40:19.448-06:002017-02-02T16:40:19.448-06:00Speaking of MASH, one of my favorite episodes is w...Speaking of MASH, one of my favorite episodes is where Major Winchester teaches a rag-tag group of Korean musicians to play Mozart's Clarinet Quintet. I liked the show and that became one of my favorite pieces of classical music. Does anybody else remember it? Can you find it? I'd love to watch it again. Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-6809568698002438382017-02-02T16:08:16.671-06:002017-02-02T16:08:16.671-06:00Why is the toughest part of a crossword at the end...Why is the toughest part of a crossword at the end?<br /><br />Wow,this could get deep...<br /><br />Personally, I just find it's the unknown part you have been avoiding all along.<br /><br />When stuck for philosophical answers, I refer to the internet.<br />So I typed in Google "Why is the toughest part of a crossword at the end?"<br />& you know, that stupid thing had diddlysquat on the subject...<br /><br /><a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicamisener/tips-to-help-you-solve-the-new-york-times-crossword-puzzl?utm_term=.fhlbmoQJO#.ynL27y9b8" rel="nofollow">The closest I got was this...</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-12875001669337115662017-02-02T16:05:16.524-06:002017-02-02T16:05:16.524-06:00I didn't fall into the BEER trap at 1A because...I didn't fall into the BEER trap at 1A because I saw that SIKH was 1D. For anyone just starting crossword solving, I highly recommend checking the downs to see how they agree with the crosses. It could save you a major pitfall.<br /><br />IrishMiss:<br />You go, girl! And I agree with Misty that criticism is fine but should be accompanied by praise, as well. Why be completely negative? I applaud constructors for all their efforts and am always impressed with the final product even with a few clunkers in them.<br /><br />Those who tear down should try constructing. I would like to see a "perfect" puzzle from one of the anons. Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.com