tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post6562951649427154162..comments2024-03-28T08:19:54.646-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Wednesday, August 1st 2018 by Victor BarocasZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-92069661213896224012018-08-02T01:03:58.733-05:002018-08-02T01:03:58.733-05:00Winding down the day with the funnies says...
HG ...Winding down the day with the funnies says...<br /><br />HG & Spitz - did y'all see <b><a href="http://comicskingdom.com/curtis/2018-08-01" rel="nofollow">Curtis in today's paper?</a></b> And, the universe is now in order. Nite. -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-12630703603918556672018-08-02T00:26:36.995-05:002018-08-02T00:26:36.995-05:00Thanks to Packers and Movers, my other Tesla is no...Thanks to Packers and Movers, my other Tesla is now ready to ship to Mars. -E.M.<br /><br />//Don't click the link folks - I have a special sandbox I play in. I got their chat-bot and had a little fun w/ it. I'd love to watch whomever in India try to suss my "chat."<br /><br />Delete me too TTP :-)<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-45738585845274311522018-08-02T00:07:58.561-05:002018-08-02T00:07:58.561-05:00WikWak, we are heading up north next week as well...WikWak, we are heading up north next week as well; first to Susanville to visit a friend here for a few months from Ireland. Then to Yosemite Valley, God willing and the fires don't flare. We finally were able to garner 2 rooms and 3 nights. The webcams seem to show some clearing......well, just less smoke. We thought about Mammoth as a Plan B, but now there are two fires there as well. Plan C? Maybe Tahoe? Vacations in California...always an adventure!Maci45https://www.blogger.com/profile/07678580163776078289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-60988149203905910982018-08-01T23:54:46.056-05:002018-08-01T23:54:46.056-05:00Thanks, Wilbur--my cataract surgery was in early M...Thanks, Wilbur--my cataract surgery was in early May and I did indeed use prescription eye drops for six weeks with each eye. But this current condition came on a month later and is apparently viral, not bacterial, which is why they don't want me to use the antibiotic eye drops. But I'll keep you posted on how things go--many thanks for asking and caring. Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-10437270206925507682018-08-01T23:24:00.615-05:002018-08-01T23:24:00.615-05:00Misty, when I had my cataract surgery I had to pur... Misty, when I had my cataract surgery I had to purchase some very expensive eye drops which were to prevent infection. I took them for three or four days. <br /><br />I hope you were proscribed the same. I'd assumed so. <br /><br />I too hope it clears up soon. <br /><br />WCWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-7954779216932600062018-08-01T23:04:22.743-05:002018-08-01T23:04:22.743-05:00Thank you too, Spitzboov, for your kind and helpfu...Thank you too, Spitzboov, for your kind and helpful comments. I really appreciate your advice. Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-16375136141742356542018-08-01T22:23:33.218-05:002018-08-01T22:23:33.218-05:00Hi All!
I solved the puzzle 2x; first, online, du...Hi All!<br /><br />I solved the puzzle 2x; first, online, during a lab while waiting for the next exercise. Then, when I got my newspaper back in my hands; again in ink. 'Course, C, Eh! solved it first :-) <br /><br />Thanks Victor for the puzzle - IT was a lotta fun (a COUPLE of times).<br /><br />Thanks D-O for stepping in and the wonderful expo. I knew the tone was amiss from the start; then I recognized it and knew it was you! [reaching for the white-out clinched it :-)]<br />In my second reading of the write-up (when I have time to click; PIED Piper story was cool!), I see now that you'd already linked Jefferson Airplane (and that I typo'd it).<br /><br />WOs: Donno - they all happened on the lab's computer [oh, wait, FELT TIPped @1st]<br />ESPs: ELIA, MOTETS, EBRO, BARI, WADI, NOEL (as clue'd)<br /><b>Fav</b>: WHITE RABBIT; I had the earworm all day!<br />//Pop had a huge crush on Grace Slick, had that LP, and I, recognizing the drugs / Carroll connection, was warped very early on.<br /><br />Runner-up: Boldly go == SPLINT INFINITIVE; after Swamp had just said it Monday, I LOL'd.<br />Sparkle: what Jayce said.<br /><br />{B, B, A-}<br /><br />Nailed Lenovo - our company dropped Dell for Lenovo last year; I'm not sure that was a great idea. #tarrifs<br /><br />Swamp - thanks for the CA update. Good to know they're safe for now.<br /><br />HG / Spitz - 24 SCREENS/500 channels and nothing to watch. Reminds me of Pink Floyd's lyric in Nobody Home (from The Wall) - "I've got thirteen channels of shit on the T.V to choose from."<br /><br />WC - LOL; I was thinking along the same lines -- IT Couple == someone from the server team married to someone from the network team [and likely would have been a gay wedding :-)]<br /><br />Also WC: Aha!, Antioch - that makes sense now - it was one of the castles in Quest for the Holy Grail. (Then there was Castle Arrrrgggg, ascribed as a clue to where the Grail lay.... ["Maybe he was dying as he wrote it." "He wouldn't bother writing Arrrrrgggg if he was dying" "Maybe it was dictate"])<br /><br />@7:20a Anon - not all files are rough; some are manila and some are .pdfs :-)<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-2849700906302724062018-08-01T20:48:06.839-05:002018-08-01T20:48:06.839-05:00Let's try again
Well my guess was right . Her...Let's try again<br /><br />Well my guess was right . Here's a link to <a href="https://bearskin.org/2015/02/27/lemmings-the-plague-and-a-childrens-crusade-the-pied-piper-explored" rel="nofollow">The Children's Crusade</a><br /><br />WCWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66643824269900827632018-08-01T20:24:36.800-05:002018-08-01T20:24:36.800-05:00The PIED Piper... Was that an allegory of the Chi... The PIED Piper... Was that an allegory of the Children's Crusade? I guess LIU is in order. Except I hate Wikipedia. I don't like it because it's got opinions(though documented) mixed in with facts. )<br />However, said documentation can lead in interesting directions. Fe. There was a great Ist century St Ignatius of Antioch. The legend is that he was one of the children blessed by Jesus. And lo and behold tracking Wikipedia there was the source. <br />Anyway, let's track that PIED Piper-Childrens Crusade connection<br /><br />WCWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-2568672967493405412018-08-01T20:16:03.207-05:002018-08-01T20:16:03.207-05:00OMGoodness! Haiku Harry you are tooooo funny! L...OMGoodness! Haiku Harry you are tooooo funny! LOL!!SwampCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06893584705424353444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83191794292378127932018-08-01T20:06:24.180-05:002018-08-01T20:06:24.180-05:00A banana SPLIT
INFINITVE: you find it
To be really...A banana SPLIT<br />INFINITVE: you find it<br />To be really a-peeling?Haiku Harrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-61691857620469905062018-08-01T19:15:43.734-05:002018-08-01T19:15:43.734-05:00For those of you who inquired about my son and his...For those of you who inquired about my son and his wife in the path of the California fires, they seem to be fine for now. They are up in the mountains outside of Redding, and the city of Redding has contained the fire in its midst.<br /><br />Other more dangerous fires are now burning closer to San Francisco. <br /><br />It’s a mess all around! But thanks for caring .SwampCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06893584705424353444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-28821662892442982412018-08-01T18:37:41.075-05:002018-08-01T18:37:41.075-05:00Just got back from the (Orange) County (CA) Fair. ...Just got back from the (Orange) County (CA) Fair. I always enjoy looking at the new art on display, especially the work created by teenage artists. They are just starting out, and their appeal lies partly in the degree of technique they have already accomplished and partly in their choice of subject. <br />This piece caught my eye mainly for the latter reason. The young artist shows an unusual vision, treating the pattern of the girl's dress as an animated swarm. I was also taken by her choice to build the entire painting around a <i>real</i> "found object" - the swatch of denim jeans where the subject has her hand in the pocket. Please check out this <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Art_by_Sarah_Chung.jpg" rel="nofollow">Artwork by Sarah Chung</a>.<br /><br /> ~ <b>OMK</b>Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-8456400646959442532018-08-01T18:25:04.507-05:002018-08-01T18:25:04.507-05:00Jeopardy tonight has a category Geographical Redun...Jeopardy tonight has a category Geographical Redundancy. I never realized there are so mnay. Fun.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-20792753789369731942018-08-01T18:15:44.395-05:002018-08-01T18:15:44.395-05:00OwenKL at 11:38 AM
- - I'm reminded of my fir...<b>OwenKL</b> at 11:38 AM<br /> - - I'm reminded of my first 3 cars, all VWs, 2 beetles, and then a Rabbit. It had <b>"Hare conditioning."</b><br /><br /> - - My memory isn't what it used to be. Dudley explained Rabbit Rabbit <a href="https://crosswordcorner.blogspot.com/2018/01/monday-january-1-2018-ross-trudeau.html?showComment=1514821510983#c1685f720523150118228" rel="nofollow"><b>to me on Jan. 1.</b></a><br /><br />ÐaveD4E4Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10722279710961820843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-22319961518326575962018-08-01T18:12:46.553-05:002018-08-01T18:12:46.553-05:00Yes, Dave, the entire movie. It's in the publi...Yes, Dave, the entire movie. It's in the public domain now. Spoiler alert, to keep it suitable for a family audience, they added an ending where the piper relents and the children return.<br /><br />WC, I always thought it was FEED your head, but that the previous line was "and the Red Queen's off her head".billocohoesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3736973146302686622018-08-01T17:28:42.808-05:002018-08-01T17:28:42.808-05:00WC@4:45,
HeHe,
yes, I figured it out,
but I can...WC@4:45,<br />HeHe,<br />yes, I figured it out,<br />but I can't think of a way to tell you how without getting kicked off the BLog...<br /><br />Billocohoes@3:29<br />The entire movie?<br />(dang it! I gotta bookmark it for later...)<br />but it Kinda reminds me of a movie I saw when I was 6 or 7,<br />Gary Lockwood early role, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFnLqbDAlM0&t=133s" rel="nofollow">The Magic Sword.</a><br />Dang thing gave me nightmares...<br />but i never forgot it...<br />CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62633245634216007242018-08-01T16:48:17.048-05:002018-08-01T16:48:17.048-05:00Picard @ 12:43 -- "Learning moment! Did anyon...Picard @ 12:43 -- "Learning moment! Did anyone else think "It's A TRAP"?"<br /><br />Nope, I though it was 'It's a DEAL', then that NE side slowly went down in flames.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270740184766230842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-38966771005699457762018-08-01T16:45:51.737-05:002018-08-01T16:45:51.737-05:00CED did you figure out IGDIR?
Another great Owen ...CED did you figure out IGDIR?<br /><br />Another great Owen poem today<br /><br />WC<br /><br />PS .I always thought Grace said "KEEP Your headWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-65330480770698113972018-08-01T16:34:14.345-05:002018-08-01T16:34:14.345-05:00Excellent write-up, desper-otto! I totally "g...Excellent write-up, desper-otto! I totally "get" and like your sense of humor and appreciate that you "get" mine as well.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-14895212495112319842018-08-01T16:29:29.369-05:002018-08-01T16:29:29.369-05:00I liked this puzzle. ZOMBIELIKE, SPLITINFINITIVE, ...I liked this puzzle. ZOMBIELIKE, SPLITINFINITIVE, and FELTTIPPEN are outstanding. Didn't see the two "IT"s in the answers because I was looking for specific names of specific IT couples, such as TomKat (now obsolete) or Brangelina (also obsolete?). Wanted It's A GIRL and KILOgram at first.<br /><br />Good wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-27609224856909778172018-08-01T16:26:45.653-05:002018-08-01T16:26:45.653-05:00FLN
Anon@958. It's me. I'm no fan although... <br />FLN<br />Anon@958. It's me. I'm no fan although I'd be glad to play golf with him. Phil's my son and no fan either. DW on the other hand and 12000 others....<br />Jon Brydel... We<br />Thanks for checking in and clarifying. I was thinking Dallas as NASDAQ indeed is simply a bunch of computers talking to each other. <br />And, Lucina you have our thoughts, prayers and sympathy. Yes, love to hear that Story sometime. <br />Thanks for the WR link and all the cool 60s music, D-OTTO<br />The late Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were an IT Couple, eh -T?<br /><br />Back to Wednesday. I found it a real quicky with no bumps. Never got IT though<br />D4-Dave, glad to see you're your old punny self. <br />I guess WASP=UNPC is an oxymoron. Like Coporate Ethics<br />No not oxymoron. I mean what true WASP would care to object? <br /><br />ELIA Kazan again, along with LYS. <br /><br />WC<br />Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66425834553960736112018-08-01T15:29:32.349-05:002018-08-01T15:29:32.349-05:00I remember Pied Piper as the 1957 TV movie that be...I remember <i>Pied Piper</i> as the 1957 TV movie that became a yearly special on Thanksgiving. Van Johnson in a dual role as the Piper and as romantic lead, Jim Backus as the king's Emissary, and Claude Rains as the Mayor, in the only singing and dancing role of his long career. Most of the dialogue was from Browning's poem, and Grieg's <i>Hall of the Mountain King</i> was the tune that lured the rats and children.<br /><br />The entire film is on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ2WdLTufcM" rel="nofollow"><b>YOUTUBE</b></a> (one hour, 27 minutes)billocohoesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-90466210599162594072018-08-01T15:25:02.279-05:002018-08-01T15:25:02.279-05:00Misty - Sorry about your lingering eye problem. A...Misty - Sorry about your lingering eye problem. A second opinion is a good idea like others have said, but it would work the best if you used someone totally separate from the clinic or office you normally use. The problem though is the wait time until you could be seen. If your primary can't fix you up with someone who can see you quickly, maybe the tack is to go to a totally different clinic for a referral. JM2¢.Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-50335409251012940322018-08-01T15:00:18.720-05:002018-08-01T15:00:18.720-05:00I think you're right, AnonPVX, and I will try ...I think you're right, AnonPVX, and I will try to ask for another doctor the next time I go to the clinic. Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.com