tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post7019831141216289384..comments2024-03-19T04:11:58.045-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Saturday, Jan 11th, 2014, Timothy, L. MeakerZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-53099204981407750702014-01-12T19:19:50.175-06:002014-01-12T19:19:50.175-06:00Good Sunday evening, folks. Thank you, Timothy Me...Good Sunday evening, folks. Thank you, Timothy Meaker, for a swell puzzle. Thank you, Splynter, for the fine review.<br /><br />Well, I could not get this yesterday. I was busy all day at a meeting, but worked on it on and off. Could not finish. So I hit it tonight during and after the Broncos/Chargers game and finally got it done. Probably spent 5 hours total.<br /><br />Lots of tough ones. Since no one will probably read this, I will not list all my thoughts. Good puzzle, though. Just a toughie.<br /><br />C.E.D.: I really enjoyed your daughters' singing "O Holy Night." They were great! Also enjoyed watching the priest go through his Communion Rituals during the song.<br /><br />See you tomorrow (Monday).<br /><br />Abejo<br /><br />68324998 11Abejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-38746923661905050722014-01-12T03:26:01.252-06:002014-01-12T03:26:01.252-06:00Owen,
Argyle does Answer Grids for Mondays & T...Owen,<br />Argyle does Answer Grids for Mondays & Tuesdays. I do the rest.<br /><br />Saturday's Answer Grid often highlights a long Answer I like. Other days, one of the theme entries is highlighted, often the reveal entry.<br /><br />For intricate grids like Lemonade's PANGRAM puzzle, all key entries are highlighted. I use Mensa website because I can include the constructor name in the grid. In days when there are circles or other gimmicks involved, I use my Compiler to highlight the Answer Grids.Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46454335792910415812014-01-12T02:56:44.841-06:002014-01-12T02:56:44.841-06:00Hi all...
DNF for me pretty much, um, everywhere....Hi all...<br /><br />DNF for me pretty much, um, everywhere. I did get DENMOTHER, SHEBOP and most of the south, but ABBA never came to mind as a married couple-couple.<br /><br />I used to think Cyndi Lauper was bubble-gum pop, but then I heard <a href="http://www.onthemedia.org/story/291229-brooke-talks-cyndi-lauper/" rel="nofollow">this interview</a> on OTM while driving on family vacation (don't worry, every one was already asleep). I'ts an hour interview, but worth the time.<br /><br />MamaLi - I think many of us feel we have had an UNADEPT gov't since the '70's. Afghanistan isn't a war anymore, it's a ?? fili-in the blank. My brother was there for two tours after IRAQ. So, you've noticed your over-politicalization post, 'nuff said. <br /><br />CED - talenet and beauty is there - keep cultivating. My eldest has been doing voice / choir since she was 8 - thank goodness. She loved to sing, but a bucket couldn't care that tune. She's now near angelic like your girls. <br /><br />kjinkc - we still read even this late / early.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-65260592590817361922014-01-12T01:28:36.525-06:002014-01-12T01:28:36.525-06:00I'm not sure if anyone ever answered the Train...I'm not sure if anyone ever answered the Training Systs clue today...a little googling returned a website for Recruiting and Retention School with this explanation: Train and develop agile leaders and Soldiers who provide recruiting and retention support to the force. Website is: WWW.RRS.ARMY.MIL Maybe the constructor will drop by and validate or some of our military folk?<br /><br />Owen - your entries today almost felt as if you were rapping...have you taken on a new talent?<br /><br />Okay, I know I'm late again and most won't read but I still enjoy. It's been a long hard winter for me and the temp finally was high enough to get me out of the doldrums today.kjinkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03785269427684459917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-34210798020570610522014-01-11T22:41:46.920-06:002014-01-11T22:41:46.920-06:00CED: Brava to your girls! Lovely voices! I'm s...CED: Brava to your girls! Lovely voices! I'm sure they have more common sense than the Kardashians! That comment was just insulting or ignorant.PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-33516861986880473402014-01-11T21:10:09.465-06:002014-01-11T21:10:09.465-06:00Thanks, Irish Miss, I've learnt my lesson...
...Thanks, Irish Miss, I've learnt my lesson...<br /><br />Don't mention anybody, unless you've read then up thoroughly. <br /><br />Sorry CED. Didn't want to offend you in any way.<br /><br />I faintly remember the kar dashing somehow, Either one of them won an oscar, or one of them had eight kids, all at once. Anyway, no big deal.<br /><br />The name kar... Has now been irradiated from my memory, so if anyhow of you constructors come up with kar dash as a clue, I am going DNF. Now to read up on Joan of arc.Weekend Readernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21681059831941980612014-01-11T20:55:14.480-06:002014-01-11T20:55:14.480-06:00Lucina, From last night...
You kill me ! More peo...Lucina, From last night...<br />You kill me ! More people should adopt your sense of humor! <br /><br />I Love It !Manachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904472091922069440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-40653752222888846412014-01-11T20:50:57.151-06:002014-01-11T20:50:57.151-06:00Weekend Reader @ 8:08 - The Kardashians make Paris...Weekend Reader @ 8:08 - The Kardashians make Paris Hilton look like Joan of Arc, if that tells you anything.Irish Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527047622731333304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-12749854620893527722014-01-11T20:26:21.412-06:002014-01-11T20:26:21.412-06:00CEDAVE:
Kudos to your daughters! What beautiful ta...CEDAVE:<br />Kudos to your daughters! What beautiful talent and poise. Yes, you should be very proud.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-55683134075556072472014-01-11T20:13:46.845-06:002014-01-11T20:13:46.845-06:00@ Jayce 2:45 p.m.
I agree wholeheartedly!
@ CED ...@ Jayce 2:45 p.m.<br /><br />I agree wholeheartedly!<br /><br />@ CED 3:32 p.m.<br /><br />Your daughters have wonderful voices! You should be very proud of them!buckeye bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851057586226995953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-47494880284533673382014-01-11T20:08:52.208-06:002014-01-11T20:08:52.208-06:00CED ... Your daughters are absolutely lovely, and ...<br /><br />CED ... Your daughters are absolutely lovely, and talented ... And have such perfect confidence, and resonant voices ... God bless.<br /><br />They're ...like the Kardasians ? n or, maybe not ... I really don't know who the k's are, but they're always I the papers. If they're ,anything like Paris Hilton, then they're evil.<br /><br />But I congratulate your wife and you on on such lovely DNA and the right genes and upbringing. I hope and trust this augers something even much better for the future.<br /><br />I would invest Ina double barrel shotgun and an Uzi, fer sure. Also see if you can hire Dennis on a pat time basis.<br /><br />Good luck.<br /><br />Weekend Readernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-71850402911221668062014-01-11T19:25:43.048-06:002014-01-11T19:25:43.048-06:00CED:
I could not stop laughing at your Thumbed To...CED:<br /><br />I could not stop laughing at your Thumbed Tomcat. That silliness dissipated when I watched and listened to your beautiful and talented daughters. They look very close in age; any musical careers in their future?<br /><br />Irish Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527047622731333304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70635161513008749102014-01-11T19:22:58.904-06:002014-01-11T19:22:58.904-06:00CED, your daughters are damn good; you have every ...CED, your daughters are damn good; you have every reason to be proud.<br /><br />MamaLi, I followed the movie's progress from the time Marcus announced it. I agree about varying a bit from the book, especially in shortening his solo trek across the mountains, which was one of the most harrowing ordeals I've ever heard of.<br /><br />And with no apologies to the PC set, I would've taken out the three 'captives' and worried about the consequences later. The mission was too critical, as was the safety of his men, and the only way to ensure both was to terminate the shepherds. Would've caused a lot of future angst no doubt, but that's what I would've done.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05476669744435495547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26243084302607827082014-01-11T19:16:25.579-06:002014-01-11T19:16:25.579-06:00CED,
Absolutely wonderful! Proud papa you have eve...CED,<br />Absolutely wonderful! Proud papa you have every right to be.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing that.<br /><br />( I'd fire the camera man though ) :)<br /><br />Pats game is starting.Manachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904472091922069440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-78091830248998707222014-01-11T17:54:37.720-06:002014-01-11T17:54:37.720-06:00CED,
Very impressive. My wife came upstairs as i...CED,<br /><br />Very impressive. My wife came upstairs as it was ending and asked me to play it again. She was rapt and said to tell your daughters that they have beautiful voices. TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-28149897178351978992014-01-11T16:58:58.881-06:002014-01-11T16:58:58.881-06:00Yeah CED. Wow!!Yeah CED. Wow!!Avg Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02301873113962640644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-15022456408652901182014-01-11T16:40:29.412-06:002014-01-11T16:40:29.412-06:00MamaLi: Your question about the highlighting pique...MamaLi: Your question about the highlighting piqued my curiosity, so I went back to check (this has probably come up before, but I've been here less than a semester). All our analysts except Lemonade and Argyle leave one word highlighted and one letter in yellow (Mensa site) or Khaki (LAT site). (I prefer the Across Lite format (from Cruciverb) which lets you select the colors.) Argyle highlights all theme words with what looks like a yellow hand-held pen. Lemonade highlights all theme words digitally in cyan, and a red outline on whatever letter his cursor was on. Thank you so much, Argyle & Lemon! Those highlights are great, and often helpful (e.g. that QUICK BROWN FOX the other day would have been clear for those without circles). How about sharing your methods with the rest of the solvers, so we can have the theme entries all highlighted every day?<br /><br />Add me to the group who thought RUN TO, TOTEBOX & UNADEPT were, well, unadept. RRS & ORAL I think Rich just got mixed up on, and gave them the wrong clues.<br /><br />CED: you tell a good LOL story!OwenKLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709695380239557575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-55644805208741231942014-01-11T16:17:18.581-06:002014-01-11T16:17:18.581-06:00Wow, CrossEyedDave, your daughters sing beautifull...Wow, CrossEyedDave, your daughters sing beautifully! And not one of them swallowed at an inopportune time :)Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-23871266273518194772014-01-11T16:10:24.008-06:002014-01-11T16:10:24.008-06:00CrossEyedDave - WOW! Beautiful AND talented, what...CrossEyedDave - WOW! Beautiful AND talented, what lovely voices.chefwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999206352243329280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-91679979710008705092014-01-11T15:51:25.791-06:002014-01-11T15:51:25.791-06:00CED, your daughters are very talented. You have ...CED, your daughters are very talented. You have a right to feel very proud.desper-ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242581085713882677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11739306279629671182014-01-11T15:32:49.519-06:002014-01-11T15:32:49.519-06:00Not to harsh your buzz, YR, but from everything yo...Not to harsh your buzz, YR, but from everything you've said about that shoulder, I'd guess you'll need rotator cuff surgery if you ever want full range again. It took me 6 weeks completely out of commission and another 8 weeks of rather grueling PT, but I'm extremely glad I had it done. Avg Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02301873113962640644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59803369113076853662014-01-11T15:32:02.439-06:002014-01-11T15:32:02.439-06:00Hmm,, Yellowrocks, you just reminded me. DW made m...Hmm,, Yellowrocks, you just reminded me. DW made me take down the tree before our trip a week ago, but would not let me put it at the curb due to expected high winds while we were away. So I stuck it under a tree in the front yard, where it promptly froze to the ground until today.<br /><br />Raining all day, but I braved it to put the unfrozen tree at the curb, being extra careful to step over the upside down garbage can lid collecting water all day.<br /><br />Of course I kicked the dang thing, water went straight up my pants as I fell into the tree...<br /><br />Unadept,,, hmmm, why does this word follow me around....<br /><br /><br />Oh well, at least my daughters are not unadept, from left to right, daughters #1, 2, & 3 singing <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyVeI3uLiB0" rel="nofollow">O Holy night</a> this Christmas.CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-9518768105534911382014-01-11T14:57:56.780-06:002014-01-11T14:57:56.780-06:00CED,I loved your cat with thumbs. It is interestin...CED,I loved your cat with thumbs. It is interesting that "all thumbs" means awkward and UNADEPT, when the more common problem is NO thumbs.<br />My problem is half an arm.<br /><br />Today I was able to take the ornaments off the tree, using with my left hand more than usual, and then put them on trays on several tray tables.This would have been impossible a few days ago. Alan is unadept at helping with this. He did unscrew the stand while I held the tree and then he lifted the tree onto a plastic tarp. We dragged it to the garage and he took it to the curb. Alan will drag the boxes from the closet and bit by bit I will stow away all my decorations. It will be impossible for me and probably impossible for him to get the full boxes back into the closet in a compact way that enables the door to close. At least the very dry tree is out of the house in time for pickup on Tuesday.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-89994009828156428912014-01-11T14:53:37.823-06:002014-01-11T14:53:37.823-06:00Chick Corea is among my favorite jazz pianists. Wh...Chick Corea is among my favorite jazz pianists. What really blew me away once (at least 10 years ago) was seeing him play Mozart's Piano Concerto #20, which I have a feeling he did only because Bobby McFerrin persuaded him to. He did very well indeed! The top-off to that wonderful concert was an amazing rendition of Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue by Marcus Roberts and a large ensemble. Wow.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-37483762662762855732014-01-11T14:45:19.998-06:002014-01-11T14:45:19.998-06:00I can think "meh" about something AND le...I can think "meh" about something <i>AND</i> learn from it too.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.com