tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post1813385348286762565..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: MONDAY, Dec. 7, 2009 — Robert FisherOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-31254706320662622962009-12-12T06:47:45.296-08:002009-12-12T06:47:45.296-08:00NE flummoxed me. Should have done the across befo...NE flummoxed me. Should have done the across before the downs there.<br />Stupid struggle ...xyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287781952915413013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-17723510111363699652009-12-07T21:26:56.687-08:002009-12-07T21:26:56.687-08:00Having served as a provider of counseling services...Having served as a provider of counseling services for three universities, and a couple corporations, I can only say that there is no reliable or valid test to assess or predict a person's likelihood or ability to commit violence in thelr place of work/study. No amount of screening can provide any assurance that John Doe or Janet Smythe won't reach a breaking point in which s/he loses grasp of reality and nurses a grudge to the point of causing serious harm. Tragedies may occur in any workplace or academic setting. <br />Sorry to be a downer but I feel some ethical calling to say that none of us are truely safe. Laws are in place to assure that anyone who express motive/intent/plan to harm others to a mental health professional are reported and "held" for observation, but anyone who keeps such plans to themself will not be detected or stopped.<br />Best advice? If you hear/see threats, report them. Call in sick. Otherwise, keep your cellphone on and your eye on the emergency exit.<br />There goes my PSA for the day. Be well.911docnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-31135153905441654172009-12-07T20:37:30.507-08:002009-12-07T20:37:30.507-08:00@Anonymous 730-1 - Did you have a comment about th...@Anonymous 730-1 - Did you have a comment about the puzzle? What did we tell you about argumentum ad hominem? Consider outdoing him in comments if you actually have something to say. And, a coward again, heh?<br /><br />@Everyone re: Crazy grad students, etc. Normally, I'd point out that 95% of all state prisoners are male the "gone postals" are male and on and on; but, I think there is something to this idea that people (guys) in grad school too long because they never quite get their theses done, or get a job, or some such thing, are a problem. Someone at the top needs the cajones to tell them it's never gonna happen, or it's time to grow up and escort them out. The people I know who are fully recovered are those who knew when to call it quits and are all-but-thesis. Having said that, I'm convinced the guy across the street has bodies in the yard, but I wouldn't dare bring it up to a cop, since I can't prove it. <br /><br />Not to mention Mr. Wierdo 7:30.<br /><br />See yuns tomorrow!Sfinginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-67862863045997922082009-12-07T19:30:10.459-08:002009-12-07T19:30:10.459-08:00Rex, Orange and PG you need to change the name of ...Rex, Orange and PG you need to change the name of this section to the "JOHNSNEVERHOME Comment Zone".<br /><br />Alternatively, John could change his name to "JOHNNEVERSHUTS-UP", because he's appearently home all day, with nothing better to do than follow the comment section of this blog. <br /><br />I come here for puzzle insight, nothing more nothing less. If you want social networking join Facebook of MySpace!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-55937246675965862612009-12-07T19:25:09.153-08:002009-12-07T19:25:09.153-08:00@Rex: will you act differently, or act at all now ...@Rex: will you act differently, or act at all now this has happened at your university? Will you report students who behave in a strange manner, and is there a place to report this? One just hopes that something is learned from this horrendous occurrence.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-72736368223781702492009-12-07T19:02:55.662-08:002009-12-07T19:02:55.662-08:00I work at The Morton Arboretum as their photograph...I work at The Morton Arboretum as their photographer and I often shoot closeups of plants, so I use the Canon 100mm Macro lens for most of that. Of course the standard Canon 18-55 zoom lens is used for most landscape work, but I also use a Canon 10-22 mm wide angle zoom lens (especially for indoor architectural photos). I also have a fisheye lens for that. I used the fisheye for a lot of the Grand Canyon photos. The most versatile lens is the Canon 75-300 lens for telephoto and I also have a 400 mm lens that I only use for bird shots etc because it's so cumbersome. I hate carrying around a bag full of glass, so I usually take only two lenses for that day's shooting.<br />I just recently put up a website with over 10,000 plant photos for TMA.JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-46231004469081069382009-12-07T18:34:32.843-08:002009-12-07T18:34:32.843-08:00@JNH, thanks for the camera info. I do have a Can...@JNH, thanks for the camera info. I do have a Canon Power Shot and a Nikon D 80, with two basic lenses. What other lenses do you have?ddbmcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-41092049419794674752009-12-07T18:12:59.135-08:002009-12-07T18:12:59.135-08:00@ddbmc
Thanks
I use a Canon EOS Digital SLR (Rebel...@ddbmc<br />Thanks<br />I use a Canon EOS Digital SLR (Rebel) with several interchangeable lenses.<br />Sometimes I just use my P & S cam.<br />Its' a Canon PowerShot SX100-IS.JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-67653756141599719942009-12-07T18:02:59.995-08:002009-12-07T18:02:59.995-08:00@crazycatlady
Thank you for the Quiche receipt.
As...@crazycatlady<br />Thank you for the Quiche receipt.<br />As you probably have figured out, I'm a breakfast/brunch saveur. I love trying different things, but I've never made a quiche. The goat cheese and onion quiche sounds yummy.<br />And yes real men do eat quiche!<br /><br />I'm sure you noticed my spelling of recipe as "receipt." That's the way my mom, Julia Childs, and Shakespeare spells it... so it's good enough for me too.JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-86526978270062404022009-12-07T17:54:41.494-08:002009-12-07T17:54:41.494-08:00Domestic violence is an apples/oranges comparison....Domestic violence is an apples/oranges comparison. <br /><br />I don't know that Universities are any different than any other workplace when it comes to people snapping violently. That is, it's super rare. I will say, though, that I have had reason to be at least moderately concerned about That Student (that is, a scary student behaving erratically) at least a handful of times in my decade as faculty. We (profs) are sitting ducks for disgruntled / emotionally disturbed students. Still, it's not like there's a rash of violence on campuses (compared to anywhere else). As I said, I imagine every workplace has its odd eruptions of violence.Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-12475699066786867182009-12-07T17:47:14.206-08:002009-12-07T17:47:14.206-08:00@JNH, lovely picture of the Gate Way Arch. What k...@JNH, lovely picture of the Gate Way Arch. What kind of camera do you use? <br /><br />@CCL, your quiche recipe sounds yummy.<br /><br />@Orange-- the sequel could be "The Full Metal Monty Python." :) (Left out an "s", so I wouldn't be too randy.)ddbmcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-71707031705969992172009-12-07T16:00:26.976-08:002009-12-07T16:00:26.976-08:00Sorry Gruyere cheese. My bad!Sorry Gruyere cheese. My bad!CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-66136800637830833822009-12-07T15:58:34.366-08:002009-12-07T15:58:34.366-08:00Great puzzle for a Monday as it was a little more ...Great puzzle for a Monday as it was a little more challenging than usual. I am amused by the confusion between Full Metal Jacket and the Full Monte. When I lived in Westchester County NY and my husband worked in Manhattan, there were always guys on the streets of NYC doing the three card monte usually set up on a cardboard box. <br /><br />@JNH - for quiche you need a good pie crust which you should partially bake first using a piece of foil with pie weights or dried beans. Then basically it's 3 eggs and a cup of cream or half & half. Then you can add cheese usually gueryre, but you can use anything. You can add bacon, ham or shrimp and if you want some veggies you can add leeks, spinach, chard, or brocolli. Whip up your eggs and cream thoroughly and cook your bacon before adding. I usually saute or blanche the veggies a bit. Add a dash of nutmeg and bake for about 50 minutes to an hour in a 350 oven. Just make sure your additions go together. For example shrimp, feta cheese and spinach would make a great Greek Quiche. Classic French is Gueryre, ham or bacon and parsley. A favorite of mine is goat cheese and onion. Sorry to go on. Perhaps I should be on a cooking blog instead LOL.CrazyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245025301434920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-32399494145107289842009-12-07T15:02:44.577-08:002009-12-07T15:02:44.577-08:00@Sfingi
I agree with @Orange And @Joon about the i...@Sfingi<br />I agree with @Orange And @Joon about the ineffectiveness of doing psych tests for grad students.<br />If I recall, there was another horrible act of violence in Binghamton NY last April. A crazed gunman fired 98 shots and killed 13 people in an immigration classroom. I don't think he was a graduate student either... so where do you start and end psych tests?JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-10869629188322156892009-12-07T14:34:17.872-08:002009-12-07T14:34:17.872-08:00GATEWAY ARCH<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/11311958@N06/3639904335/in/set-72157619930334274/" rel="nofollow">GATEWAY ARCH</a>JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-15361347945632967642009-12-07T14:27:38.544-08:002009-12-07T14:27:38.544-08:00@Glowe
Funny you should say that. I just talked w...@Glowe<br /><br />Funny you should say that. I just talked with Moonbeam McSwine and she says she misses you too.<br /><br />You said pirates only say "Ar!" and yet your keyboard has no "A" key.<br /><br />I believe the story, as it goes, about salting the mines, has nothing to do with salt mines.<br />I loved your Twain quote.JOHNSNEVERHOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447455788629988277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-77409070327716275632009-12-07T14:20:02.564-08:002009-12-07T14:20:02.564-08:00@ Sfingi, cf. Catch 22. If you want to go through...@ Sfingi, cf. Catch 22. If you want to go through the Medieval guild hazing of grad school, you must be crazy (been there several times), so a psych eval would only serve to screen out the sane. Even if a sane person squeeked by, their doctoral committee would soon enough drive them crazy.lit.docnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-37190461454975422492009-12-07T13:49:39.863-08:002009-12-07T13:49:39.863-08:00sfingi, anybody who's been a grad student can ...sfingi, anybody who's been a grad student can tell you that psych exams <i>before admittance</i> wouldn't stop the violence. it's after you've been in grad school for 3, 5, 10 years that the wiring starts to come undone.<br /><br />in all seriousness, though, grad students commit violent crimes ... what, once every decade or so? i'm not trying to diminish these incidents, but they are hardly frequent (especially, as orange points out, as compared with domestic violence).Joonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825085755390339668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-90635513441029371072009-12-07T12:41:07.497-08:002009-12-07T12:41:07.497-08:00I was told that the oldtimers salted a mine by loa...I was told that the oldtimers salted a mine by loading gold pellets into shotgun shells and shooting a few into easily noticed and strategic places for show and tell before selling shares in the mine.JIMMIEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-64136184645414756122009-12-07T11:29:08.582-08:002009-12-07T11:29:08.582-08:00@Sfingi, there's far more violence in the home...@Sfingi, there's far more violence in the home. Maybe psych tests should be required before marriage licenses are dispensed.<br /><br /><i>Full Metal Jacket</i> = war movie. <i>The Full Monty</i> = unemployed Englishmen stripping. <i>The Full Metal Monty</i> = porn version of <i>Iron Giant</i>.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-52430215141493975472009-12-07T11:25:10.403-08:002009-12-07T11:25:10.403-08:00Sorry about goofy typos in previous comment.
Thou...Sorry about goofy typos in previous comment.<br /><br />Thought the Full Monty was a movie about the Vietnam War. Now I know.<br /><br />Read a wonderful book about the Meadowlands by a guy named Sullivan who hangs out there- included visits to people who actually live there, and of course flora and fauna. Made you want to go there. Utica has a marsh some of which is reclaimed. It's the reason we have no flooding, as it's expanded the flood plain near the Mohawk River and canals.Sfinginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-26291090628272766602009-12-07T11:03:20.971-08:002009-12-07T11:03:20.971-08:00@Glowe,@Parsan - Thanx - love the devinitions and ...@Glowe,@Parsan - Thanx - love the devinitions and comments fore than the puzzles!<br /><br />@Martha - I didn't know that or several other things about cw until this year. One learns a lot here.<br /><br />@Rex - Don't understand your comment. You're both from CA.<br />Also, did you know that professor who was stabbed? What's with these graduate students? Maybe they should get a psych exam before admittance to any grad school.Sfinginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-40173489405699521542009-12-07T10:58:06.168-08:002009-12-07T10:58:06.168-08:00Puzzle was rather quick for me today, but ONLY bec...Puzzle was rather quick for me today, but ONLY because I've been reading this blog and learning my CW 101. Add, too, my MUG of java!<br /><br />Knew "keened," from Irish wakes, where people "keened over the dead," sounding like BANSHEES. Irish aren't the only people to do that.<br /><br />Maddoff's stock schemes were "akin" to our scheme theme here, just higher stakes!<br /><br /> LOVED seeing SEVE mentioned. <br />Not a Yankee fan, but definitely a Jeter fan! <br /><br />Is Ray Parker, Jr. @Rex's brother? ;) I liked Ray's other HIT, too- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4uxIo4t7xM" rel="nofollow">Ghostbusters</a><br /><br />@Glowe, Moonbeam McSwine was a hottie. My dad was a huge Lil' Abner fan. Seems a lot of Al Capp's words came from Yiddish.<br /><a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,857290,00.html" rel="nofollow">MOONBEAM MCSWINE, NJ</a><br />Well, we USED to have pig farms there, no longer. But there is a dump, which is too bad, because the Meadowlands actually is a breeding area for all manner of flora and fauna. No essence of "Attar," there!<br /><br />@Shrubb5, thanks for the Lou Rawl's song. Nice memory!<br /><br />@JNH, also grateful not to see the FULL MONTY!<br /><br />@PARSAN, Happy for you, sad for my Knights! Their Bowl prospects diminished sharply, after that loss. But what a great game! At least it's warm in St. Petersburg! Problem is, it falls in the middle of the RU exam schedule. Lots of scrambling to be done.ddbmcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-38483947251003758712009-12-07T10:34:24.393-08:002009-12-07T10:34:24.393-08:00@Martha,
Born and raised in CA. Stow your regiona...@Martha,<br /><br />Born and raised in CA. Stow your regional prejudice. Thanks.<br /><br />rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-26262378768754565822009-12-07T10:31:52.227-08:002009-12-07T10:31:52.227-08:00Nice Monday puzzle.
SALTING THE MINE was easy for...Nice Monday puzzle.<br /><br />SALTING THE MINE was easy for me as, like @Martha, I'm from California. Have panned for gold in the Feather River and actually found a few flakes (very tiny ones).<br /><br />SCRIM was a new one. Love new words.<br /><br />@JNH - what kind of coffee this morning? As far as quiche recipes, I'm lazy and use the basic "impossible pie" recipe from Bisquick and use whatever I have on hand. Most popular with my family has been cooked chicken, chopped green chilis, with sliced black olives. Also ham, spinach, & mushrooms. Whatever cheese you have on hand. Have used everything from pepper jack to cheddar. For veggie pie, parboil zucchini, carrots, whatever before adding to basic recipe.Carolnoreply@blogger.com