tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post263611474014305237..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: THURSDAY, January 7, 2010 — Robert W. HarrisOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-48598206192117622152010-01-08T20:32:31.969-08:002010-01-08T20:32:31.969-08:00I know this is a ridiculously late post, but Thurs...I know this is a ridiculously late post, but Thursday was a travel day for me and today was an errand day.<br /><br />Any puzzle I can do quickly w/out Googles I consider to be a good puzzle. However, I don't understsand 10D, ELLS.<br /><br />But, the reason I'm commenting is that I have a freezer full of stripers and black bass, and I'm going to try to modify the CLAMS CASINO recipe using bass. Either semi-puzzle wife or I will let you know the outcome. @redanman, you're my inspiration, (despite the fact that you didn't respond to @chefwen re your handle).<br /><br />Tx RWH for the puns and the recipe idea.<br /><br />(Apparently something wrong w/ my Google account.)Rubenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-60597652925511821112010-01-08T03:40:09.371-08:002010-01-08T03:40:09.371-08:00Don't know if anyone's still here? Helloo?...Don't know if anyone's still here? Helloo? Sorry, with my Time Zone and almost only having internet @ varsity, I'm out of sync with everybody most of the time...<br /><br />Just thought I'd add a postscript to the ANNUALPLANT dissing. I've done first year botany. The phrase is definitely used in a formal setting, like an introductory botany textbook... But I doubt very many people actually talk about them thusly... So it is valid...Gareth Bainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17770425154034935768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-60751195465585329342010-01-08T03:40:04.595-08:002010-01-08T03:40:04.595-08:00Don't know if anyone's still here? Helloo?...Don't know if anyone's still here? Helloo? Sorry, with my Time Zone and almost only having internet @ varsity, I'm out of sync with everybody most of the time...<br /><br />Just thought I'd add a postscript to the ANNUALPLANT dissing. I've done first year botany. The phrase is definitely used in a formal setting, like an introductory botany textbook... But I doubt very many people actually talk about them thusly... So it is valid...Gareth Bainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17770425154034935768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-87152221891398891282010-01-08T03:13:10.146-08:002010-01-08T03:13:10.146-08:00Three comment limit now in place.
I'll resta...Three comment limit now in place. <br /><br />I'll restate this in tomorrow's comments.Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-29530045845773912582010-01-07T20:01:48.487-08:002010-01-07T20:01:48.487-08:00Say goodnight, Gracie"
Don't forget tomor...Say goodnight, Gracie"<br />Don't forget tomorrow---<br />PUZZLE = SMILESJOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-58538199939952930562010-01-07T20:01:44.244-08:002010-01-07T20:01:44.244-08:00@JNH
You have no idea how interesting I find your ...@JNH<br />You have no idea how interesting I find your comments about botanical stuff really is. I LIKE IT.<br />I also smile whenever Rte.66 or a desert name or a S.W. something is in a puzzle. I know I am going to get an honest and informative comment from you.<br />Living here in Florida, in a Villa (Condo) I am not much of a gardener, more of a beach, book-nerd, gym person.<br /><br />@Crazycatlady<br />Funny thing is I love clams and todays CLAMS CASINO reminded me I need a day trip to my fav. seafood rest.ASAP.<br />Never acquired a taste for Oysters. Are they really SAPID?Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-57498553651091722862010-01-07T20:00:43.835-08:002010-01-07T20:00:43.835-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-20907395231953738622010-01-07T19:50:44.417-08:002010-01-07T19:50:44.417-08:00oops broccoli - and arugala too.oops broccoli - and arugala too.CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-26092378812356033012010-01-07T19:47:29.350-08:002010-01-07T19:47:29.350-08:00@Tinbeni - Thank you. Got my peas, lettuce, broco...@Tinbeni - Thank you. Got my peas, lettuce, brocolli and artichokes planted.CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-79535020411177838702010-01-07T19:46:05.672-08:002010-01-07T19:46:05.672-08:00I can't believe we're up to 90 something c...I can't believe we're up to 90 something comments... are we trying to break a record or what?<br />But I see HELIO being batted around and I just have to put my two cents in. The botanical name, genus for 52 species of sunflowers is Helianthus. HELIO means sun and ANTHUS means flower, so there you are. What makes this particularly interesting (to me only) is this---<br />Probably my most famous watercolor painting (and most recent) is entitled HELIOS. It is a sunflower superimposed on top of the distinctive BP logo (British Petroleum). The word "HELIOS" is in a BOLD yellow shaded green typeface. The BP logo itself is a green and yellow mandella (geometric pattern). My painting is really quite striking... it will be on my website soon. When it appears, I will give you all the link to it.JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-24602521013463052012010-01-07T19:43:59.506-08:002010-01-07T19:43:59.506-08:00@split infinitive: odd you brought up that term he...@split infinitive: odd you brought up that term heliophobia. I made that up for myself years ago: I hate to be in the sun.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-64283454190267089442010-01-07T19:43:00.431-08:002010-01-07T19:43:00.431-08:00For anyone who likes oysters - I have 4 words- Dra...For anyone who likes oysters - I have 4 words- Drakes Bay Oyster Ranch in Point Reyes CA. They shuck em, you eat em on the beach. The best!CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-39168197288490063742010-01-07T19:38:52.292-08:002010-01-07T19:38:52.292-08:00@Crazycatlady
I deleted those earlier comments a c...@Crazycatlady<br />I deleted those earlier comments a couple of hours ago.<br /><br />I agree we always like new commenters coming here to this blog. <br /><br />As Bob Marley said<br />"Every little thing is gonna be alright."<br /><br />ALL is GOODTinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-50831996583436690262010-01-07T19:24:04.659-08:002010-01-07T19:24:04.659-08:00@Crazycatlady
Awww ... I thought the Scotch is alw...@Crazycatlady<br />Awww ... I thought the Scotch is always good! Comment did need repeating.<br />Was wondering, did you get all your winter plants planted.<br /><br />I never did find out why 10-D "Wings w/ blueprints" which led us to ELLS answer was clued the way it was.<br />My thought process was I've been in building that have "wings' from the central structure, and the whole thing was built that way originally. So why "with blueprints."<br /><br />@ddbmc & lit.doc<br />Just google Hubble Images and there are web-sites about the American Astronomy Society's Jan.6, 2010 conference with the latest photo's ... they are kind of blurry but articles about even more knowledge of our Universe is what had my attention. Not ARCANE but fairly esoteric info.Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-18918372561788709332010-01-07T19:22:03.445-08:002010-01-07T19:22:03.445-08:00Mac! there is only one supreme way to eat oysters ...Mac! there is only one supreme way to eat oysters and clams--off the beach with an oyster knife.-you open up the shell, wash it in salt water and gulp it down. Of course, you chew it to get the full flavor.The same with clams, the only difference being with some strong clams[cockles for example] they still wiggle a bit as you chew.HUTCHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14722150630533336199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-47448716791130972832010-01-07T19:18:07.236-08:002010-01-07T19:18:07.236-08:00Sorry to be late to the "smackdown"!
HE...Sorry to be late to the "smackdown"!<br /><br />HELIOphobic could be used to describe a vampire. The flowet HELIOtrope was referred to in Wilder's "Our Town" when Emily's mother invited her husband to "smell the heliotrope" in the moonlight. Performed in a highschool auditorium, that line in the play <i>always</i> gets a few giggles.<br /><br />Okay puzzle; I liked the clue for ANAT, but the theme as RP said was "incoherent." No big deal for me---because I tend to be oblivious to themes until it's too late anyway.split infinitivenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-50610463449524169802010-01-07T19:14:47.581-08:002010-01-07T19:14:47.581-08:00@Tinbeni - Perhaps we can be a little more gentle/...@Tinbeni - Perhaps we can be a little more gentle/kind with new commenters on this blog. I'm not trying to start a controversy, but really - the more the merrier. We want more commenters here. We need to play well with others. Just a thought. <br />Drink up my friend.CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-6539240235265651412010-01-07T19:11:00.767-08:002010-01-07T19:11:00.767-08:00The google, according to 'the Onion', has ...The google, according to 'the Onion', has one text box and two clearly marked buttons. In spite of this, some folks haven't the faintest in how to operate it.<br /><br />Google 101 is correct: in fact, some idiot a few weeks back misrepresented the number of hits by a factor of 3 on the basis that he/she didn;t understand the 'literal' aspect of providing quotation marks.<br /><br />I call this the 'chucklenuts' gambit: I can make the above string appear more often than most references to local celebs and other topic-specific shit. <br /><br />It was a defense last month, now it's being dissed. Suck or blow ....GLowenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-82402817035294195052010-01-07T19:06:28.290-08:002010-01-07T19:06:28.290-08:00Did someone say juvenile?Did someone say juvenile?SethG not SethGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-34467477792266493932010-01-07T18:54:43.621-08:002010-01-07T18:54:43.621-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-32291770818670912392010-01-07T18:54:16.911-08:002010-01-07T18:54:16.911-08:00@Tinbeni - of course, Scotch is always good!@Tinbeni - of course, Scotch is always good!CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-22063116712382392132010-01-07T18:46:40.919-08:002010-01-07T18:46:40.919-08:00@Crazycatlady
We can still consume the prodigious ...@Crazycatlady<br />We can still consume the prodigious amount of Scotch can't we?<br /><br />@Sfingi<br />scotchotropism - glass<br />(I have very bizarre plants ... they move toward any distillery)Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-73970276884571304062010-01-07T18:37:08.673-08:002010-01-07T18:37:08.673-08:00@Everyone - No cats for dinner, please!
@Sfingi - ...@Everyone - No cats for dinner, please!<br />@Sfingi - I worked in a restaurant at the Jersey Shore (Cape May) during college summers that served CLAMS CASINO and CLAMS Oreganata. Both were delicious. <br /><br />Next time in Vegas, I'll watch out for those Littlenecks.<br /><br />Wow! Is this a record number of comments for this blog?<br />I'm still trying to figure out how to add a hyperlink, but nothing seems to work. Again, maybe it's a Mac/Safari issue. Any ideas?CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-69003299041251481792010-01-07T18:35:14.351-08:002010-01-07T18:35:14.351-08:00Stolen from Googling:
Plants move, but they move ...Stolen from Googling:<br /><br />Plants move, but they move exceeding slow<br />Tropism - movement or growth of plant in response to...<br /><br /><br />aerotropism - toward air<br />chemotropism - chemicals<br />geotropism - earth<br />coprotropism - excrement<br />gravitotropism - gravity<br />heliotropism - sunlight<br />hydrotropism - water<br />phototropism - light<br />saccharotropism - sugar<br />thermotropism - temperature<br />thigmotropism - contact<br /><br />Make up your own!Sfinginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-20254704201890189832010-01-07T18:17:44.240-08:002010-01-07T18:17:44.240-08:00@mac
When I saw @Chefbea's menu, then thought ...@mac<br />When I saw @Chefbea's menu, then thought about it, CAT-ALA-POI started sounding SAPID with the rest of the menu.<br />Of course. there would have to be a period of prodigious Scotch consumption prior.<br /><br />Now if we were in Korea; Dog would be on the menu.Tinbenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661395078047234853noreply@blogger.com