tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post3345976785861224781..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: T H U R S D A Y October 21, 2010 Ed SessaOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-32370583968249945102010-10-21T23:00:09.483-07:002010-10-21T23:00:09.483-07:00A Late post. Thanks Ed for the shout out to me at...A Late post. Thanks Ed for the shout out to me at 24D.Rubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773241241484881566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-17738329839369559532010-10-21T18:14:19.181-07:002010-10-21T18:14:19.181-07:00@mac Stock up on those pear tarts otherwise they m...@mac Stock up on those pear tarts otherwise they may disappear soon.<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdB7GDZY3Pk" rel="nofollow">Trader Joe's song</a>CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-751329026427616952010-10-21T18:10:25.726-07:002010-10-21T18:10:25.726-07:00@Fowler - Cuz that's the last one that was key...@Fowler - Cuz that's the last one that was keyed in. Just happens.Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-25585978838122473732010-10-21T16:30:36.175-07:002010-10-21T16:30:36.175-07:00I thoroughly enjoyed this one.
BTW, why is one ro...I thoroughly enjoyed this one.<br /><br />BTW, why is one row always filled in purple? Is it the first (or last) that PG filled in?Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-60234731583479687812010-10-21T16:19:07.240-07:002010-10-21T16:19:07.240-07:00Woohoo I finished today!!! Must be all the ginseng...Woohoo I finished today!!! Must be all the ginseng I drink in my 7-11 coffee finally paying off! Nice puzzle today, theme was fine, clueing was okay. My main beefs with the fill were......SUPE? Should be super, and SPEX?? Are u serious? We all know its (sexy) SPECS, DANGS. Other than that, meh. Oh yeah, 69A raid target should be nest, as in insect nest, not pest. CMON PG, can't I get some love for my Michigan Wolverines? They need all the help they can get. OSU SUCKS!!!!! Nice write-up as always. Go BlueTom in the Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14221811513153032014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-21629269590220452532010-10-21T15:54:27.492-07:002010-10-21T15:54:27.492-07:00@Lime D. Yea, I thought of that video too, but al...@Lime D. Yea, I thought of that video too, but also the recent flic gave it pretty good treatment. Plus, the "home made" vid of the Budokan concert doesn't exactly have the best sound quality. You can actually hear the words in the version from the flic. Here:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNNp5GyzlKc&feature=related" rel="nofollow">Cherry Bomb</a><br />But no doubt, the original footage has much more of the electricity the flic tried, with some success, but not entirely, to capture.Nighthawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898505137434147165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-91722182906773347672010-10-21T15:44:46.018-07:002010-10-21T15:44:46.018-07:00@JNH I'm more of a tart baker than a pie baker...@JNH I'm more of a tart baker than a pie baker. The crust process is easier. This a great autumn tart. <br /><a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/27/food/la-fo-sos27-2010jan27" rel="nofollow">Pear Almond Cream Tart</a>CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-59018068435474960812010-10-21T14:34:01.338-07:002010-10-21T14:34:01.338-07:00@CrazyCat - Re: last night's comment - He clai...@CrazyCat - Re: last night's comment - He claims he only slept 4 hours. He was allowed to watch tv, but decided not to because he was afraid the Yankees would lose again. So far, they've concluded his oxygen intake is low. <br /><br />Found the puzzle Googly for me for proper names - DRE, EULA, MRED, RICO, CARVEL, OHU, AMOCO. <br /><br />HAd Tony before RICO, tuLIp Before LILAC.<br /><br />Strangely, got the sports' names, CECIL and OLGA.<br /><br />@Pamela - I was thinking along sensory lines, too. But, don't grieve for Sonny.<br />The Sicilian-American, Sonny BONO, left his mark with the infamous Sonny BONO Copyright Term Extension Act, a.k.a., the Mickey Mouse Act. Oddly, he had very little of worth to copyright. As a shill for corporations, he dug a big hole in public domain. At least Pinocchio got in under the wire. My sister and I are particularly interested in that for children's books. <br /><br />@PG and Vans - after yesterday's NYT, I decided not to buy today's. Can't spoil mine.<br /><br />@Kevin - thanx for the chuckle!Sfingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-47714692442459113032010-10-21T14:28:22.477-07:002010-10-21T14:28:22.477-07:00@All good bakers
Okay, we need one really really ...@All good bakers<br /><br />Okay, we need one really really great pie recipe today (or a link to one).<br />I'M DROOLING!JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-14600233458035322942010-10-21T13:43:27.432-07:002010-10-21T13:43:27.432-07:00The rare puzzle that I didn't finish, but wasn...The rare puzzle that I didn't finish, but wasn't frustrated by. I knew the answers in the SW corner would make sense, I just couldn't figure them out.<br /><br />MINCE PIE made me realize I hadn't had a savory pie in quite awhile. Or a banana creme pie. Or...gotta stop or I'll be thinking of pies all afternoon.John Wolfendenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07759716236594908137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-56425525409239924302010-10-21T12:35:46.477-07:002010-10-21T12:35:46.477-07:00Thought I wasn't going to finish today. Stuck...Thought I wasn't going to finish today. Stuck with about half the puzzle done, then I got LAYLA and the rest of the puzzle fell. Did have SKIHUT/DUNGS though...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-70257721046852057162010-10-21T11:47:55.837-07:002010-10-21T11:47:55.837-07:00What a food FEST we have here today with all those...What a food FEST we have here today with all those pies, TRUFFLE, chop SUEY, gumbo, PANINI and CARVEL. Sadly all of the above are NO NOs on my current low carb regimen. <br /><br />Like PG I had a real challenge in the SW due to that PEST RICO whom I had to Google. Had Tony first. Liked CRANIAL across from SKI HAT and PIE ETY too. Lots of good music with both BONOS, LAYLA, NORAH Jones and those CHERRY BOMBs. I had no idea what MR. ED's real name was. Male swans/COBS=WOTD.<br /><br />PG great write-up. Loved the pic of Bill Murray and the GOPHER HOLE.CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-5853371641310741172010-10-21T11:13:10.083-07:002010-10-21T11:13:10.083-07:00@ PuzzleGirl --
Sorry about the spoiler. Suffice...@ PuzzleGirl --<br /><br />Sorry about the spoiler. Suffice it to say that I noted an interesting coincience between the puzzles today and wondered of Norris and Shortz had conspired. As I should have, I will leave to you discovering what that coincidence might be.<br /><br />As for this puzzle, I enjoyed it despite that it starts 1A with the sad partial INON.<br /><br />In my opinion, COB should be addeded to the crosswordese glossary. I have seen it often.Van55https://www.blogger.com/profile/15904942044695917615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-76782482312088866292010-10-21T10:42:25.916-07:002010-10-21T10:42:25.916-07:00Nice puzzle and great write-up. This puzzle remin...Nice puzzle and great write-up. This puzzle reminds me to never go more than six days without pie because seven would make one week.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01869272092929533405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-9452913680365407602010-10-21T10:03:09.188-07:002010-10-21T10:03:09.188-07:00Thanks, @Anon, for the explanation.
Is PIE FLOP, ...Thanks, @Anon, for the explanation.<br /><br />Is PIE FLOP, then, a compound verb, as it is an action that occurs? Some of the food shows make reference to it. I can see that PIE TASTE TEST SITE is a creative way to clue CHOCOLATE LAB. I guess I should leave this parsing to all the language mavens! :)<br /><br />...Then there is Warrant's "Cherry Pie.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjyZKfdwlng&ob=av2e" rel="nofollow">Cherry Pie</a>ddbmcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-70834189873566504872010-10-21T09:48:53.020-07:002010-10-21T09:48:53.020-07:00Only discovered the blog recently, and am really e...Only discovered the blog recently, and am really enjoying it. I love seeing the ways we all think differently, and then the ways we think the same. <br /><br />#56 "Like auditory and optic nerves" had me confused for a bit, because SENSORY would have fit. Finally got it when I remembered (woefully, because that tune!!) that Rico wore the diamond. <br /><br />But I'm still very bugged that there's a picture of Bono, and not Sonny on this post. :-/pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03517661299399355933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-11265887942315242672010-10-21T09:46:16.679-07:002010-10-21T09:46:16.679-07:00Enjoyed this puzzle. MUDFLAP had me giggling (than...Enjoyed this puzzle. MUDFLAP had me giggling (thanks Spinal Tap!). <br />The only issue I have with your write-up is that you used JCM's "Cherry Bomb" instead of The Runaways: <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMDn6V7ZLhE<br /><br />(just kidding, it didn't really bother me that much, but The Runaways song is just so...awesome)Lime D. Zezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13761921798135076146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-33366519357169377572010-10-21T09:44:06.374-07:002010-10-21T09:44:06.374-07:00I liked this puzzle, the theme is interesting, goo...I liked this puzzle, the theme is interesting, good answers, competing ear worms, pie, mmmm, pie. Good continuation of a Buster Posey type LAT puzzle week.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14900988170432327664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-45186192176430872642010-10-21T09:39:47.209-07:002010-10-21T09:39:47.209-07:00WOw! This puzzle was a little CRANIAL for me. Well...WOw! This puzzle was a little CRANIAL for me. Well done though and I'm glad I stuck it out to the end. I solved it at the cafe, so I had no Google to lean on, but it's always a good feeling to come to this blog and see that you got it all correct, despite lots of write-overs. I think the thing that threw me the most were all the names of famous people... I counted 10 that were a challenge. Then when I saw NO NAME in the puzzle I just about ROFLMAO!<br />For 22A I wrote in LUGGAGE... nope, tried BAGGAGE, and eventually got to VALISES because of the V from CARVEL. Now I'm an old geezer, but you'd never catch me calling my luggage VALISES.<br /><br />Thanks Puzzlegirl for explaining the MR ED / Bamboo Harvester thing.<br /><br />All in all I thought this was a very creative puzzle and it also had lots of fresh fill.<br /><br />Enjoy your Fall FEST and your HAY rides because the time for donning your SKI HAT is coming soon. Today I'm taking a day off just to go for a nice long leisurely walk at the colorful arboretum... usually I'm working there.<br /><br />Have fun y'all!JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-90439210643273739502010-10-21T09:34:55.771-07:002010-10-21T09:34:55.771-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-86710752982643426752010-10-21T09:16:56.887-07:002010-10-21T09:16:56.887-07:00Flavorful puzzle today. Seeing those CRANIAL nerv...Flavorful puzzle today. Seeing those CRANIAL nerves takes me back to anatomy class where we med students learned any number of inappropriate mnemonics to remember all twelve.<br /><br />@PG, your pi is tasty but has a typo -- 3.141<b><i>5</i></b>9 is correct.<br /><br />BTW, the current Guinness World Record holder for memorizing pi is a Chinese grad student named Lu Chao, who took just over 24 hours to recite 67,890 digits without an error. There's also a Ukranian neurosurgeon who has claimed to have memorized the first 30 million (!) digits of pi.KJGoosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035128999739297677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-14960532576757887892010-10-21T09:11:58.778-07:002010-10-21T09:11:58.778-07:00Pie flop isn't an actual phrase, cherry bomb i...Pie flop isn't an actual phrase, cherry bomb is. Pie taste-test site isn't an actual phrase, chocolate lab is. But pie charts exist. The clue could have been [Pie feats?], for example, and it wouldn't have been a problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-83815829483358627402010-10-21T08:41:39.126-07:002010-10-21T08:41:39.126-07:00Ok, I'm a tad confused. APPLE RECORDS was the...Ok, I'm a tad confused. APPLE RECORDS was the Beatle's record company and a MUD FLAP is one of two flaps on all the trucks I ride behind, on the way to college (and other) hockey games. They aren't made up. They exist. Or am I being too literal?<br /><br />That said, enjoyed the theme and desperately need to have a slice of some sort of pie, with ice cream!<br /><br />Prefer Bono's music to Sonny BONO's, fer sure.<br /> <br />Great bit of trivia on MR ED!<br />America had a song "Horse with NO NAME." MR ED had two! (trying to change the earworm...) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRY361U3A5Y" rel="nofollow">Horse with No Name</a><br /><br />@Tin, the Evil Empire lives another day! ( THEY...MAY...GO...ALL...THE...WAY)<br /><br />Loved the 3.14169..! Never could remember beyond the 3.14, tho'<br /><br />My uncle was Tom CARVEL's attorney! Yum, Fudgie the Whale! Lot's o' good eatin' in today cw.ddbmcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-19405941158705972912010-10-21T07:57:50.899-07:002010-10-21T07:57:50.899-07:00@Van55: I deleted your comment because it containe...@Van55: I deleted your comment because it contained a spoiler of today's NYT puzzle, which some people (like, for example, me) might not have gotten to yet.PuzzleGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06835502266781516627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-61723778250184333202010-10-21T07:46:17.780-07:002010-10-21T07:46:17.780-07:00What is 3.14169...? Nice try, PuzzleGirl, but I...What is 3.14169...? Nice try, PuzzleGirl, but I'm onto your numbers game.<br /><br />You should remind PuzzleDaughter that 8 days of presents means like 5 days of socks and underwear, a calendar, some small chocolate coins, and maybe one bigger gift.<br /><br />LILA C. CHERRY PIE? What's Rich's middle name?SethGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com