tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post6863914098470609230..comments2024-03-29T08:35:40.450-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Friday, January 25, 2013, Kurt KraussZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-23575251874836401212013-01-25T23:55:01.644-06:002013-01-25T23:55:01.644-06:00I ran across this review of
TBBT. Unbelievable!I ran across this review of<br /><a href="http://www.tvguide.com/News/Big-Bang-Theory-1059493.aspx" rel="nofollow">TBBT</a>. Unbelievable!fermatprimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391014624435192426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-18850079350452252152013-01-25T23:11:26.150-06:002013-01-25T23:11:26.150-06:00Bill,
Loved the video.Bill, <br />Loved the video.downtonabbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02313583795050203810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-65386278460452906552013-01-25T23:04:45.072-06:002013-01-25T23:04:45.072-06:00HG:
I agree about the liver! Can't even smell ...HG:<br />I agree about the liver! Can't even smell it cooking. But now bacon....ah I fell off the vegetarian wagon for it. loldowntonabbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02313583795050203810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46164070334355994022013-01-25T22:06:39.379-06:002013-01-25T22:06:39.379-06:00Marti, there isn’t enough bacon, onions, grease, o...Marti, there isn’t enough bacon, onions, grease, or cooking directions, or Heinz 57 on this planet that would make liver palatable to this carnivore;-(Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-51899575552332672092013-01-25T21:09:45.848-06:002013-01-25T21:09:45.848-06:00C.C. I USE LOOKOUT ON ANDROID. Dont let them get ...C.C. I USE LOOKOUT ON ANDROID. Dont let them get to you because that is what they want by making rude comments. downtonabbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02313583795050203810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44059457434514600752013-01-25T21:07:23.952-06:002013-01-25T21:07:23.952-06:00Bill, Freaking Hilarious!
I missed the inaugurati...Bill, Freaking Hilarious!<br /><br />I missed the inauguration but did hear about the lip syncing.<br /><br />And no, not a grandpa yet but I did <br />tell my two daughters that they have my permission to Elope!Manachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904472091922069440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-5610163744276568372013-01-25T20:48:03.859-06:002013-01-25T20:48:03.859-06:00I saw this video on my wife's Facebook page an...I saw this video on my wife's Facebook page and it really brought a smile to my face. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4060075429353" rel="nofollow">Talking animals from the BBC.</a>Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-5380738400689111422013-01-25T20:39:33.372-06:002013-01-25T20:39:33.372-06:00Anony Mouse,
Yes, Both cats and dogs can scratch t...Anony Mouse,<br />Yes, Both cats and dogs can scratch the heck out of glass over time. Your feral cats reminded me of this. <br />Every spring with the thaw, two Mallards would swim out in the back of the house and Nicole would go out and feed them bread. If no one saw them they would fly to the front and the female would walk up the porch steps and quack at the door while the male stood guard til someone "answered" and fed them. Haven't seen them for a few seasons but am looking for some pics I have of them.<br />Still get ducks here in the spring but none as bold as those two.Manachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904472091922069440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-85414462085046893802013-01-25T20:22:45.966-06:002013-01-25T20:22:45.966-06:00Vine-ripened tomatoes. Yum. I usta grow some reall...Vine-ripened tomatoes. Yum. I usta grow some really good ones. Locally, there is a source called Lark Farms that grows great tomatoes (including heirloom varieties) in the soil in summer and almost-as-good hydroponic tomatoes in the winter. They taste and smell like tomatoes whereas the supermarket tomatoes look OK but are tasteless and odorless.<br /><br />Marti, I agree about liver, onions and bacon. Great stuff and, like you said, ought to be cooked just a little rare.<br /><br />Did anybody catch the recent Nova about drone aircraft. Really interesting and a little bit scary.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-54053726655909724952013-01-25T20:08:54.740-06:002013-01-25T20:08:54.740-06:00A fine puzzle. Many good ones this week; wish the...A fine puzzle. Many good ones this week; wish the site had been working so I could give my compliments. Glad you're back!Steven J. St. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05637269940859854578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-78940309931544344072013-01-25T19:53:45.053-06:002013-01-25T19:53:45.053-06:00CrossEyedDave Gotta love your Saudi Shriek link....CrossEyedDave Gotta love your Saudi Shriek link.<br /><br />BTW, those are Arabs, but I do not think they're Saudis. A couple of them are also carrying lil tomahawks .... on an airport tarmac (!). Maybe security is not a big problem out there, what with everybody being so heavily armed with Kalashnikov, AK-47's.<br /><br /> Good, strong, vibrant voices though - I thought they were practicing Crazy Horse's whoops.<br /><br />As Bob Hope once said, (in 1958, during the cold war - ), 'Russians also love to watch 'Cowboys and Indians', on TV, but they root for the Indians ...'.<br /><br />Or, maybe its their national Anthem, complete with 'Over the Ramparts we watched, ....'.<br /><br /><br /><br /> Marti,<br /><br /> if you can see this .... my feral cat gang has now increased to three, all black, all blue eyed. They have taken to caterwauling on my front sloop front steps, and have already broken one of my twin front lights. I wonder if the insurance company will accept liability by cat damage as an acceptable covered risk.... They are also using our front door as a scratching post. Can cats scratch plate glass windows ??Anony Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048397266788343933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-51738681010742670692013-01-25T18:36:56.026-06:002013-01-25T18:36:56.026-06:00Good puzzle today. Luckily my (American) wife was ...Good puzzle today. Luckily my (American) wife was with me today, so she helped with Captain Kangaroo. I'd heard of the show, but it never made it across the pond.<br /><br />Didn't anybody else have a nitette about AMS for Pro-? It seemed a little bit like sneaking a 2-letter word into Scrabble by making it plural.<br /><br />I hate CAPTCHA! (CAPTCHA is in capitals because actually it's an acronym, but one of those pseudo-acronyms where the name was thought of first and then they made up what it stands for - "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart"). There's a much more user-friendly technique to cut down on Spam called reverse CAPTCHA. Rather than making humans prove their not robots, this technique is invisible to the user and instead tricks the robot into revealing it's not human. I don't know if that is an option on Blogger.<br /><br />There was an item on NPR a while back about tomatoes. It seems that someone found a strain of tomatoes that had a gene that caused it to be a uniform red color without a greenish area around the stem. Shoppers preferred these so they became by far the most prevalent variety sold in shops. However, they subsequently found out that this same gene also makes the tomato lose most of its flavor. Some growers are trying to re-introduce the older varieties, but shoppers need to be convinced that the tomatoes that don't look so nice will actually taste better. PedantTheBritnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-42414905649536760012013-01-25T18:33:24.129-06:002013-01-25T18:33:24.129-06:00Avg Joe, I just saw that story 35 minutes ago, and...Avg Joe, I just saw that story 35 minutes ago, and I agree. That was a great story. TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3456561156462555832013-01-25T18:05:55.225-06:002013-01-25T18:05:55.225-06:00Anyone west of CST, make a point to see the "...Anyone west of CST, make a point to see the "On the road" finale to CBS Evening news today. Great story!!<br /><br />Marti, I agree on cooking liver....and for that matter, most things. Nothing is good when overcooked. I grew up with grey beans, so I speak from experience. A good Vet could save most meat that I cook.Avg Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02301873113962640644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63444024832329254742013-01-25T17:58:43.952-06:002013-01-25T17:58:43.952-06:00Hmm, ok, this may go over like liver & onions,...Hmm, ok, this may go over like liver & onions,,, but here goes!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?start=262&hl=en&tbo=d&biw=1280&bih=899&tbm=isch&tbnid=IoCmnPzukqDrUM:&imgrefurl=http://www.fark.com/comments/5678289/CHiPS-star-caught-up-in-a-Ponchi-scheme&docid=yvrV2r7etHEUjM&imgurl=http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/0812/fonzi-scheme-demotivational-poster-1229729298.jpg&w=640&h=812&ei=4AYDUcftHITH0QG3yYCwCw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=958&vpy=339&dur=2259&hovh=253&hovw=199&tx=107&ty=144&sig=111855278414712460168&page=8&tbnh=148&tbnw=114&ndsp=41&ved=1t:429,r:87,s:200,i:265" rel="nofollow">Fonzi Scheme</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r57czOs1Zo" rel="nofollow">Sleepy holler</a> @ the 1:00 mark there are some good "sleepy hollers" but the rest is a cautionary tale that you really do not need to see...<br /><br /><a href="https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/4847717888/h1B8792B7/" rel="nofollow">Booster Shot</a><br /><br />& <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbm0_3xSbpk" rel="nofollow">Saudi Shriek???</a> I have no idea what the heck this is, i just hope it is not some secret ritual of terrorists that i have unwittingly posted.. CC: Maybe you should delete this post for me...<br /><br />why do i post this stuff???<br />( i blame the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LBeHTXpzSA" rel="nofollow">liver & onions...</a>)CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-6740192977509917772013-01-25T17:50:00.034-06:002013-01-25T17:50:00.034-06:00Fermatprime, I loved the Braun Cat books. You'...Fermatprime, I loved the Braun Cat books. You're right, though, the characters and cats never aged.<br /><br />Several years ago a library bond allowed our city to remodel and build several new libraries in local neighborhoods. However, three of those brand new buildings never opened because of financial problems. Yesterday our local paper announced that one of the three libraries will open this weekend. The other two later this year. Sad that these buildings couldn't be opened because they couldn't stock them or provide personnel for them. The people in these neighborhoods have had to travel quite a distance to get books to read.<br /><br />My whole comment disappeared when I tried to edit a misspelled word. I hope this one doesn't just evaporate, too.Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116766478313653724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-77171922086303687112013-01-25T17:47:37.378-06:002013-01-25T17:47:37.378-06:00Sorry, Lemon, didn't mean to interrupt your co...Sorry, Lemon, didn't mean to interrupt your comment!HeartRxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786026973246127946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-27966300231805776442013-01-25T17:46:36.911-06:002013-01-25T17:46:36.911-06:00Oh, and she always served it with mashed potatoes....Oh, and she <i>always</i> served it with mashed potatoes...HeartRxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786026973246127946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-31825066445702486742013-01-25T17:45:45.330-06:002013-01-25T17:45:45.330-06:00Fun day, thank you all for your comments.If anyone...Fun day, thank you all for your comments.If anyone, anon or otherwise has a topic to discuss with me unrelated to the crossword, my email addresses are accessible. I have received many interesting emails over the years from the commenters and some constructors. It is all good, I know who I am. <br /><br />Nice catch on the War Dance and Ganagman; and while <i>Walking with a Dead Man</i> may be the signature OB, the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25q3hxlgvw4" rel="nofollow"> MOVIE</a> made the song more famous.Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-69295603517548102212013-01-25T17:45:30.970-06:002013-01-25T17:45:30.970-06:00Avg Joe @ 5:09, try it...you'll like it!! I ...Avg Joe @ 5:09, try it...you'll like it!! I think she would fry the bacon first, and then do the onions in the bacon fat, with the liver going in for the last minutes. It is important to get the right cut of liver, and not to cook too long, otherwise, it just becomes rank tasting shoe leather. "Almost" pink on the inside, for me, is the best.HeartRxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786026973246127946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59664785197735634732013-01-25T17:16:58.940-06:002013-01-25T17:16:58.940-06:00Does your shoe have a boy inside?
What a funny pla...Does your shoe have a boy inside?<br />What a funny place for a boy to hide.<br />Does your shoe have a dog there, too?<br />A boy and a dog, and a foot in a shoe.<br /><br />Well, the boy is Buster Brown,<br />And the dog is Tige, his friend,<br />They're really just a picture,<br />But it's fun to play pretend.<br /><br />So, look, look, look<br />in the telephone book<br />for the store that sells the shoe<br />with the picture of the boy and the dog inside,<br />you can put your foot there, too. Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-91197662387848575702013-01-25T17:10:00.503-06:002013-01-25T17:10:00.503-06:00Hola Everyone, When I filled in the entire NW cor...Hola Everyone, When I filled in the entire NW corner with hardly a pause, I thought this was going to be a fast Friday puzzle. Was I ever wrong!<br /><br />I had Pro (Tem) instead of Ams and Prison(Cell) instead of Yard and like Dennis had a D at the end of praise. That threw off the intire rest of the puzzle. I was looking for synonyms for cry and had scream and holler, but with my mistakes the other two theme answers eluded me.<br /><br />With the help of my CW dictionary I finally finished the entire puzzle but not without going South in several places and having a great deal of unrest. I had to put the whole thing aside and come back to it several times before I finally finished up.<br /><br />It was a good experience for me as I always consider it learning for next time!<br /><br />It was interesting to see dear again today. Yesterday clued with Hon and today with Beloved.<br /><br />Loved Cupid's boss clue as well as "I" strain. Both very clever and misdirecting.<br /><br />Have a great weekend everyone.Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116766478313653724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-39234694346128295922013-01-25T17:09:46.269-06:002013-01-25T17:09:46.269-06:00I struggled with about 6 clues but once I got the ...I struggled with about 6 clues but once I got the theme I rolled with this one, a doable challenge. Nice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-34931134308148879692013-01-25T17:09:34.023-06:002013-01-25T17:09:34.023-06:00OK, now you've done it Marti.....reignited the...OK, now you've done it Marti.....reignited the variety meats conversation. I really like liver and onions, but can't say I've had it with bacon.<br /><br />FWIW, I use Norton AV. No problems here.<br /><br />Capcha is ccours. I think that one was meant for Tin.Avg Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02301873113962640644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-28049103354679004852013-01-25T17:03:59.172-06:002013-01-25T17:03:59.172-06:00I have Norton Antivirus. I was only blocked from ...I have Norton Antivirus. I was only blocked from some links, not from the blog. I think it was the antivirus.<br /><br />Sfingi, See my 11:15 blog at the bottom as to why I must pay. Our library's digital books are easy to access but they allow only one patron at a time to read a particular book. Madness!<br />Here is the Boy in the Shoe jingle:<br /><br /><a href="www.optiboard.com/forums/showthread.php/32123-Does-your-shoe-have-a-boy-inside" rel="nofollow">Link text</a>Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.com