tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post7577075065711194497..comments2024-03-28T11:35:53.733-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Sunday Octobert 21, 2018 John LampkinZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-89407529185411612922018-10-22T00:34:09.137-05:002018-10-22T00:34:09.137-05:00I remember watching Disneyland being built on some...I remember watching Disneyland being built on some early TV show called something The Wonderful World of Disney. I was a kid watching on my parent's black and white TV set. When I finally moved west, I was anxious to visit the place I had seen on TV. It seemed wonderful to me. The lines and prices weren't too bad. I thought it was great. I would go again every time I had company who wanted to go. Finally the glow began to wear off and it was becoming crowded and expensive.Bill Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495413609545426668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44288259390860162262018-10-21T23:34:10.336-05:002018-10-21T23:34:10.336-05:00Picard:
Re: Dizzyland
That is how I view it. Too m...Picard:<br />Re: Dizzyland<br />That is how I view it. Too many crowds, long lines, exorbitant prices. I took my daughter twice and this is all I ever want to experience of it. The "happiest place on earth"? Not for me. I'll take a concert, movie, stage play or other form of entertainment over that any time.<br /><br />Yr:<br />In Spanish, and other languages I suspect, the gender of nouns is defined by its article; e.g., la mesa, la casa, el comedor, el arbol, etc. To eliminate the gender I suppose one would have to eliminate the article but in Spanish that would be almost incoherent and it is so ingrained I doubt it would earn much purchase. I can't conceive of saying just mesa, arbol. Even the adjectives un, uno, una are distinguished by gender.<br /><br />Even in English we identify nouns by article, the table, the tree. The difference is that our articles are neutral and don't specify gender.<br /><br />I hope I've explained my meaning.<br /><br />It's surprising some don't know Anais Nin was a woman; I've seen references to her as "her writings", "she wrote", etc.<br />Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62623850662760605622018-10-21T22:54:49.336-05:002018-10-21T22:54:49.336-05:00Thanks all for your kind words about my mom’s dedi...Thanks all for your kind words about my mom’s dedication. Perhaps you’ll be amused by another example. Within a few years of the snowstorm story, which is to say around age 80, my mom broke her left wrist. The surgeon reassembled it with a plate and some screws, as usual; it would be some weeks before the immobilizing cast could come off. Still, mom had the use of her left fingers, albeit limitedly. Naturally, the chaplain just assumed she’d be off duty all the while. Oh, no, not my mom - she turned up the very next Sunday ready to work. The chaplain was stunned. He asked, “but how will you play with that cast on?!?” Her answer: “Oh, well, I just won’t play all those low notes.”Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587399549104728305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-69407438810919975332018-10-21T22:38:37.398-05:002018-10-21T22:38:37.398-05:00CED, WC's post reminded me that I always enjoy...CED, WC's post reminded me that I always enjoy your links but I seldom comment on them. So, thank you. Good stuff!<br /><br />I always thought Anais Nin was male. Live and learn...<br /><br />Rams and Dodgers. Keep it up!Bill Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495413609545426668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63801287623368186512018-10-21T22:20:11.373-05:002018-10-21T22:20:11.373-05:00Picard - Beautiful pictures of Dresden. Now I'...Picard - Beautiful pictures of Dresden. Now I'll have to reread the history - thought I remembered reading that the whole city was leveled in the WWII firebombing, but a lot of the buildings & a statue in your photos look as though they're from that era or earlier. I wonder if that big hole with all the concrete rubble is a remnant?Mike Sherlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420362294423320273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63467767401915510952018-10-21T22:16:24.639-05:002018-10-21T22:16:24.639-05:00Plus all the LEs that are dropped are at the ends ...Plus all the LEs that are dropped are at the ends of words.Mike Sherlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420362294423320273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-52533138407254924882018-10-21T19:59:24.266-05:002018-10-21T19:59:24.266-05:00The le in elements seems ok to me. The theme is n...The le in elements seems ok to me. The theme is not an le being in the fill, but dropping an le from an inferred word, apple becomes app.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68811652638238559062018-10-21T19:34:52.096-05:002018-10-21T19:34:52.096-05:00From yesterday:
CrossEyedDave Thanks for the furth...From yesterday:<br /><b>CrossEyedDave</b> Thanks for the further Tesla thoughts.<br /><br /><b>Lucina</b> Thank you for the kind words about my Disneyland photos! I am not clear what you meant in your other comment? What did you mean that twice was enough for you but that my photos were the only way you would see it? Have you been there?<br /><br />The Christmas music is fine with me. It is so old that most people would not even know it as Christmas music. It is like playing music from a foreign culture.<br /><br /><b>Jayce</b> Yes, my brother went to Stanford for his PhD and he stayed. Kind of like what happened to me and UC Santa Barbara grad school. So we get to the Stanford campus at least once a year. Quite an impressive collection of Rodin and other art!<br /><br /><b>Mike Sherline</b> Thank you for the kind words about our Early Music ENSEMBLE. And for the interesting historic bits on the instruments. Yes, those low instruments are a challenge to design and play. But they sound way cool!<br /><br /><b>Wilbur Charles</b> Thank you again for the kind words of appreciation!<br /><br /><b>WikWak</b> Thank you for letting us know what is happening with you! Good to know the nap thing was just a running joke! Good luck with the lungs. Glad they are on track to helping you!Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401317669146538447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-69053193131799607722018-10-21T19:34:12.936-05:002018-10-21T19:34:12.936-05:00Becky and Abejo, I'd bet Tuesday's Megamil...Becky and Abejo, I'd bet Tuesday's Megamillion ticket that Anon @ 1:34 has the original phrase for SNAFU, and "fouled" is a euphemism/bowlderization for the censors.billocohoesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83526277217391181992018-10-21T19:24:53.459-05:002018-10-21T19:24:53.459-05:00CC: Thanks for the Boomer update. Good to know tha...<b>CC:</b> Thanks for the Boomer update. Good to know that the pain was due to a fracture and not due to the cancer. Will send good wishes his way tomorrow. Thanks!<br /><br />Hand up I liked the ERASER clue and the YETI clue! Learning moment that ANAIS NIN wrote erotica. Learning moment that ANAIS NIN was a woman. I needed the NINS in order to figure out the NW corner. PITAS clue was tricky and GAWP was unknown.<br /><br />The LE in ELEMENTS actually did confuse me and slowed me down in getting the theme. And the FAB in FABulist also seemed wrong. Hand up for that.<br /><br />Some unknowns: BARRIE, SOPHIE, Breaking Bad/RICIN, ASTOLAT, STAD, TOE CAPS, The Americans/FBI.<br /><br />Good thing we have seen OCASEK before. Hand up: The ECO/OCASEK would have been a double Natick for me, too. I do know a few CARS songs, but not names of the group members.<br /><br /><b><a href="https://youtu.be/Z5-rdr0qhWk" rel="nofollow">Here is the CARS song "Just What I Needed"</a></b><br /><br />I think you would have heard this one if you ever listened to the radio in the late 70s and early 80s.<br /><br /><b>CrossEyedDave</b>Thank you for the humorous links!<br /><br /><b><a href="http://swt.org/crosswordcorner/dresden/" rel="nofollow">Here are some of my DRESDEN photos</a></b><br /><br />I have TEL AVIV photos. And JETTY photos. And I have more Burning Man TIT photos if anyone is interested. Perhaps another time!Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401317669146538447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70420370946461716162018-10-21T18:33:21.541-05:002018-10-21T18:33:21.541-05:00Boomer, good luck and keep the faith!
AbejoBoomer, good luck and keep the faith!<br /><br />AbejoAbejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63037547714996079822018-10-21T18:32:59.420-05:002018-10-21T18:32:59.420-05:00Good afternoon, folks. Thank you, John Lampkin, f...Good afternoon, folks. Thank you, John Lampkin, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, C.C., for a fine review.<br /><br />Big Easy: Anais Nin is a woman. FYI.<br /><br />Puzzle was mostly very doable. Some tough spots near the end. Caught the theme right away with MORTAR AND PEST. That did help me with many of the other theme answers.<br /><br />Got St Paul for 8D, but could not figure out the clue until I thought about it a while. As in Minnesota Twins ball team. OK.<br /><br />Since HIRO HITO would not fit I went with AKI HITO.<br /><br />Liked GUTENBERGS BIB. Good one.<br /><br />When writing things I always say SNAFU: Situation Normal All Fouled Up.<br /><br />I ate more KEBAB's than I can count. I always spelled it KABAB. Either way works. That is a major meat dish in Iran. Chelo Kabab. Kubideh and Barg. One is ground meat and the other steak type meat.<br /><br />Could not remember where the Gulf of Guinea is, so NIGERIA came slowly. Perps made it work. I will have to check my globe.<br /><br />Did not know RICIN for 101D. Had trouble with some of the crosses, so I texted my daughter, who gave me the answer. RICIN. She watched every episode of Breaking Bad. I watched some, but not all. Interesting series.<br /><br />Wanted EDGAR for 60D, but AGATHA fit. So, I stuck with her. Great writer. I read many of her mysteries.<br /><br />ASTOLAT was a tough word for me. GOT was not an easy answer. But after much deep thinking I stuck with them. Worked.<br /><br />Bears lost today, but it was an action packed game. Next week Browns against Steelers. Go Browns!<br /><br />MOLIERE? Easy. Seven perps and it was mine.<br /><br />Spent the afternoon setting up the Early Voting Site in my town. We do that for the next two weeks.<br /><br />See you tomorrow.<br /><br />Abejo<br /><br />( )<br />Abejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44184449484612523932018-10-21T18:21:37.901-05:002018-10-21T18:21:37.901-05:00Only because it's a slow day and a certain Mr ...Only because it's a slow day and a certain Mr Carroll made a visit to the J I offer this piece of doggerel<br /><br />The time has come old boo boo said to talk of many things<br /> Of poison apps and rattle traps<br /> And whether a sty has swings<br />And why the French are Sensual <br />And what makes good wasps sting<br /><br />WCWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-28007070853948604592018-10-21T18:08:10.710-05:002018-10-21T18:08:10.710-05:00Lucina, thanks for your answer. Please expand on i...Lucina, thanks for your answer. Please expand on it.I am interested.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-88066099035976549232018-10-21T18:01:02.146-05:002018-10-21T18:01:02.146-05:00Anon @ 1:34 -- I believe the general interpretat...Anon @ 1:34 -- I believe the general interpretation of SNAFU is "Situation normal, all fouled up." I like the former better,however.<br /><br />BeckyBeckynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-36555054265796516952018-10-21T17:40:57.684-05:002018-10-21T17:40:57.684-05:00YR:
That is a very interesting article. Thank you ...YR:<br />That is a very interesting article. Thank you for posting it. I would hate to see Spanish drop its gender attributions; that is in response to the question at the end of the article. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73878059939383496572018-10-21T17:00:55.542-05:002018-10-21T17:00:55.542-05:00Re: Gender. What YR said. In German when a dimin...Re: Gender. What YR said. In German when a diminutive suffix is added, the noun becomes neuter. Frau, Puppe are feminine while Fräulein and Mädchen are neuter. <br />Most German rivers are feminine, Elbe, Oder, Mosel, Donau, but Rhein, Nile and Mississippi are masculine.<br />Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-77995470942089387462018-10-21T16:52:17.531-05:002018-10-21T16:52:17.531-05:00Yellowrocks, thanks for your loving concern for DW... Yellowrocks, thanks for your loving concern for DW Betsy. She didn't think much of a lil'ole wasp sting when it happened.<br />There's a program on NPR on Saturday mornings (The ? Doctor) where they talk about everything. Stings bee, wasp etc was the topic one morning. <br /><br />Mustard was one remedy. She had, finally, luck with milk. A trip to the ER was a close-to happening. <br /><br />WC<br /><br />Btw. That friend of mine, Jim, who had the stroke passed away. I had mentioned him in here because he was AT the Redsox game in 1967 when Tony C got beaned. He put the last piece into the Rashomian puzzle by telling me that Tony had hit his head trying for a ball in the RF corner earlier in the game. <br /><br />Rashomian you say. Well, the beaning was discussed in John Domick Crossan's book "The Birth of Christianity". ie I went to the Jesus Forum and a baseball game broke out.<br /><br />WCWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46056799034093973222018-10-21T15:56:07.463-05:002018-10-21T15:56:07.463-05:00I loved this clever puzzle, John. I saw the gimmi...I loved this clever puzzle, John. I saw the gimmick quickly, but I still spent longer than on a normal Sunday doing this puzzle, even though my only unheard of fill was OCASEK. OCASEK may have been used in xwords before, but it did not register with me. My first thought was that there would be much French here. I soon found that the letters of the French definite article LE were dropped from English words to form puns like TAB for TABLE. This had nothing to do with the French language.<br />As a native English speaker, I find the use of the gender of nouns, masculine and feminine in many European languages, and adding neuter in German and other languages, incomprehensible. Here is an article about this anachronism.<br /><a href="//www.k-international.com/blog/why-do-languages-have-gender/" rel="nofollow">masculine or feminine</a><br />The wasp's sting is his defense weapon and poor Betsy's wasp sting was her trauma. I am glad you are feeling relieved, Betsy. Language has so many nuances. I do understand that sometimes wasps may sting with little provocation, just as trolls do. Do they sting because they feel threatened?<br />I was IRKed with myself that it took so many perps for me to dredge up ASTOLAT.<br />WC, I hope that all is well. I am concerned about you.<br />Boomer, my hopes for your healing and pain relief are always with you.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-32115091944320786552018-10-21T15:23:59.951-05:002018-10-21T15:23:59.951-05:00Dudley:
I also loved the story about your Mom. Tha...Dudley:<br />I also loved the story about your Mom. That is real dedication!<br /><br />WikWak:<br />I hope you will be well enough to go home soon.<br /><br />CED:<br />Chuckle-worthy links! Thanks.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11970946826589899452018-10-21T14:48:04.510-05:002018-10-21T14:48:04.510-05:00CED, LMAO at your links today.
CC, I'm sendi...CED, LMAO at your links today. <br /><br />CC, I'm sending prayers for a full recovery for Boomer<br /><br />WCWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11708182038003834772018-10-21T14:35:57.284-05:002018-10-21T14:35:57.284-05:00Dudley, that's a great story. My USMC chaplai... Dudley, that's a great story. My USMC chaplain story is full of irony but not inspirational like yours. I'll tell your story to my pastor.<br />Winston Churchill had an escape from the BOERS for the ages. Since his Avatar (Gandalf) had an escape aided by 'Eagles' I read this <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hero-Empire-Daring-Winston-Churchill/dp/0307948781/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540149746&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=churchill+boer+war&dpPl=1&dpID=51o0FdbOfoL&ref=plSrch" rel="nofollow">Book</a><br />Sadly, no help from LES Amis could be detected<br /><br />Anon@134:. There's no greater praise than to damn with faint criticism*<br /><br />Wikwak, get well, enjoy the nap. I' d nap except for that darn splash of regular<br /><br />WC<br /><br />How's that TTP @ and all. Yes, I've changed the original quote around. SO SUE ME.Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-22978868405534843992018-10-21T14:25:20.043-05:002018-10-21T14:25:20.043-05:00elements of sty?
Defensive tack is another curiou...<a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/lowres.cartoonstock.com/agriculture-pig-swine-farms-farmers-abuse-pjun645_low.jpg" rel="nofollow">elements of sty?</a><br /><br />Defensive tack is another curious one to find a silly link for,<br />I read that they often use water hoses to stop pirates from trying to board,<br />but to me, <a href="https://www.marineinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/piracy1.jpg" rel="nofollow">it looks like they wet themselves while running away...</a><br /><br />The origin of the word "Steeplechase" came about<br />because <a href="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d4/ba/90/d4ba90242f88f708cf75ace21e58685b.jpg" rel="nofollow">the horse often followed the rider...</a><br /><br />And the real reason for this lengthy post,<br />is the trouble I had trying to find silly links for <a href="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/funny-french-language-jokes-11-588f0d99d9f92__700.jpg" rel="nofollow">"Les."</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-71420125625535570092018-10-21T14:17:40.802-05:002018-10-21T14:17:40.802-05:00I loved this puzzle. So much fun to think it throu...I loved this puzzle. So much fun to think it through and find the beautiful and tricky nuggets of cleverness, imagination, and humor. PASSES instead of TOSSES and GAPE then GAWK instead of GAWP caused a SNAFU in that part for a while. MORTAR AND PEST cracked open the theme secret, which helped a lot further downstream. The last letter I filled was the C crossing ECO and the unknown to me OCASEK. In fact, at some point I had OCASE- and blithely filled in Y to make O'CASEY, but that turned out to be A NONO. How to spell KEBAB? Wait on the perps. As the Beachboys said, fun fun fun!<br /><br />I learned of Anaïs Nin many years ago when I was reading <i>Tropic of Cancer</i> and <i>Sexus</i> by Henry Miller and reading up about his life. Both of their lives are quite interesting!<br /><br />Best wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-36574044166716690222018-10-21T14:17:35.898-05:002018-10-21T14:17:35.898-05:00Belt Buck?
Round Tab was another toughie,
but it ...<a href="http://www.sandipointe.com/im/belts/funny-belt-buckle-1.gif" rel="nofollow">Belt Buck?</a><br /><br />Round Tab was another toughie,<br />but it got me thinking of <a href="https://veryfunnypics.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/funny-pics-knights-of-the-ikea-table.jpg" rel="nofollow">the knights trying to put the dang thing together...</a><br /><br />Poison App?<br /><a href="http://wanna-joke.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/snow-white-photo.jpg" rel="nofollow">MAybe a bad selfie?</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.com