tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post7260940408145121151..comments2024-03-28T12:30:26.438-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 5, 2020): Informal Names of Body PartsBlainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger217125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-68649684731561116232021-04-25T14:29:34.056-07:002021-04-25T14:29:34.056-07:00Never mind, Blaine! I was only testing what others...Never mind, Blaine! I was only testing what others have said about copying-and-pasting their formatted comments.Wolfganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02700971115994061654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-27395400603643415452021-04-25T14:28:55.732-07:002021-04-25T14:28:55.732-07:00Roman type, lightface.
Roman type, boldface.
Itali...Roman type, lightface.<br />Roman type, boldface.<br />Italics, boldface.<br />Italics, lightface.<br />Roman type, underlined.Wolfganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02700971115994061654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-54049816898542030352020-01-12T06:31:19.743-08:002020-01-12T06:31:19.743-08:00Lorenzo and I must have come up with different ans...Lorenzo and I must have come up with different answers. Makes me wonder how many we'll find this time.<br />SuperZeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024610786525654860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-86665496344974941062020-01-12T06:28:44.451-08:002020-01-12T06:28:44.451-08:00I have a feeling it's not "three-point in...I have a feeling it's not "three-point interpolation".janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-4604715676141726942020-01-12T06:27:51.162-08:002020-01-12T06:27:51.162-08:00I must be on the wrong track. My answer seems to w...I must be on the wrong track. My answer seems to work only in French.Dr. Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13157699599935073938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-65245128428857178002020-01-12T06:25:46.268-08:002020-01-12T06:25:46.268-08:00Right on, Lorenzo!!
Like recent weeks, this puzzl...Right on, Lorenzo!! <br />Like recent weeks, this puzzle is also not challenging. Snipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976998203399531869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-8596501696718091422020-01-12T06:16:26.369-08:002020-01-12T06:16:26.369-08:00The first x letters of the first word followed by ...The first x letters of the first word followed by the last x+1 letters of the last word name something done excessively Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116815111532628378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-81983692359699203452020-01-12T06:15:41.788-08:002020-01-12T06:15:41.788-08:00It will be hard to write a clue that doesn’t give ...It will be hard to write a clue that doesn’t give too much information, earning a, ”Deleted by Administrator.”SuperZeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024610786525654860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-3002417147364035442020-01-12T05:42:27.066-08:002020-01-12T05:42:27.066-08:00Not too hard. Just a few steps necessaryNot too hard. Just a few steps necessaryBerfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01569731248228555267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-12978454714969980922020-01-12T05:06:03.396-08:002020-01-12T05:06:03.396-08:00This week's challenge: This challenge comes fr...This week's challenge: This challenge comes from listener Neville Fogarty of Newport News, Va. Think of a familiar three-word phrase that has the following property: The first word is a number. Let X be that number. Then the last X letters of the second word form, in order, a common abbreviation for the third word.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-74670292135172796552020-01-12T02:56:11.141-08:002020-01-12T02:56:11.141-08:00(... after than, James Holzhauer got it right.)(... after than, James Holzhauer got it right.)janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-76457621559132649822020-01-12T02:53:28.867-08:002020-01-12T02:53:28.867-08:00On the first day of this week's Jeopardy! Grea...On the first day of this week's Jeopardy! Greatest Of All Time tournament, the category was:<br /><br />ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN<br /><br />The $2000 clue was:<br /><br />This Boston-born architect designed the Massachusetts State House & from 1818 to 1829 served as architect of the U.S. Capitol<br /><br />And Ken Jennings said:<br /><br />Who is Latrobe?<br />janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-8167093991319032722020-01-11T22:52:40.100-08:002020-01-11T22:52:40.100-08:00I have friends who started NOGGIN and they actuall...I have friends who started NOGGIN and they actually hired me for some of the earliest marketing work. Alas, the channel (which was partnership of Viacom/Nickelodeon and Sesame Workshop) no longer exists.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09413159675811227325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-40709123309159968182020-01-11T21:11:08.883-08:002020-01-11T21:11:08.883-08:00Load MoreLoad Moreskydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-28281318282223811182020-01-11T20:33:01.084-08:002020-01-11T20:33:01.084-08:00I may not have anything to say, but I NEED to see ...I may not have anything to say, but I <b><i>NEED</i></b> to see a post here dated Saturday. C'Mon, 8:31PM (PST) and <b><i>NOTHING YET TODAY!?!?</i></b>Enya_and_WeirdAl_fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04099999127860055027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-68565875669838484862020-01-11T01:38:58.570-08:002020-01-11T01:38:58.570-08:00Charles Bulfinch (Harvard graduate!)/ set the stan...Charles Bulfinch (Harvard graduate!)/ set the standard for state capitol buildings, and was later the architect for the reconstruction of the US capitol. <br /><br />Simmons Hall is unfortunate, the architect for that, Steven Holl, has done some very good work, but I think he's taken an abstraction to an illogical conclusion. I haven't been to it; the interiors seem more intriguing than the exterior.<br /><br />There's a special place for MIT's Stata Center, aka Building 32, by Frank Gehry (Harvard dropout!). Reminds me of the old days when we'd degauss the computer monitor. Or maybe what happens when you hire the grandkids, with healthy doses of meth and Ritalin, as chief designers.ecoarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824602705492756728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-78330843755798411512020-01-10T20:21:40.812-08:002020-01-10T20:21:40.812-08:00I had to look up Aalto and Baker House, to make su...I had to look up Aalto and Baker House, to make sure you weren't talking about the monstrosity of Simmons Hall.<br /><br />Yeah, city hall is ugly. At first, I was confused and thought you were talking about the State House, but you wouldn't dis the Sacred Cod like that.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-74444435499076237042020-01-10T15:40:49.275-08:002020-01-10T15:40:49.275-08:00Jan: I thought I was trying to out-flip you.
I...Jan: I thought I was trying to out-flip you. <br /><br />I give MIT credit for hiring Alvar Aalto to design a dormitory (Baker). Aalto was one of the greatest architects of the 20th Century, but only 3 projects exist in the US.<br /><br />Fun thing to do at The Mother Church: wander off from the directed tour and have nasty ladies with hard shoes chase you around. Most churches let visitors roam, but not this one. They did hire I.M. Pei for the Christian Science Center, some rather brutalist buildings that are rip-offs of Corbusier's Chandigarh capital. <br /><br />Speaking of brutal, how's that Boston City Hall? Top of the list with the S&M crowd.ecoarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824602705492756728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-14755587634811578872020-01-10T15:25:03.670-08:002020-01-10T15:25:03.670-08:00We are approaching the 200 comment limit. After t...We are approaching the 200 comment limit. After that, scroll down to the bottom and click on <b>Load more</b> to load more comments.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-2079558260867394562020-01-10T14:54:22.356-08:002020-01-10T14:54:22.356-08:00Sorry for the flippancy, eco. It was my son speak...Sorry for the flippancy, eco. It was my son speaking to his daughter that day, and as for which school <i>he</i> considers best, I'm sure he's loyal to MIT. Until Harvard comes up with a better offer, of course.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-10257720698032744902020-01-10T13:27:33.669-08:002020-01-10T13:27:33.669-08:00I thought all the ferries went to Provincetown?
...I thought <b><b><a href="https://youtu.be/EsofwhCA1sw?t=57" rel="nofollow">all the ferries went to Provincetown?</a></b></b> <br /><br />It's great being back in junior high school!ecoarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824602705492756728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-11530172052220575402020-01-10T09:52:37.811-08:002020-01-10T09:52:37.811-08:00If you are O blood type and you go to MIT, does th...If you are O blood type and you go to MIT, does that mean you are OMIT?Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-21686365491135803062020-01-10T09:50:12.097-08:002020-01-10T09:50:12.097-08:00Eco, that huge Christian Science building on Mass ...Eco, that huge Christian Science building on Mass Ave flabbergasts me every time I bike past it. (So, for that matter, does Mary Baker Eddy's mausoleum in Mt Auburn Cemetery.) Some day, I've got to learn the story behind that place.<br /><br />The best school depends on the student, the department, financial resources, etc. If you're thinking of applying, I'm sure many here at Blaine's would be happy to provide reference letters for you.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-58912145020369217482020-01-10T09:02:37.618-08:002020-01-10T09:02:37.618-08:00eco: I should have typed letter o but it was so sm...eco: I should have typed letter o but it was so small when I typed it I used zero 0 instead because larger. How could you tell the difference?<br />I am o positive. Have you donated blood because of being o negative and in a small population? Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139505187498448200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-48440180882464179762020-01-10T08:52:38.642-08:002020-01-10T08:52:38.642-08:00Small point, I thought it was O (letter) negative,...Small point, I thought it was O (letter) negative, not 0 (zero)? I'm O negative; some say I'm SO negative.<br /><br />I've never been on Jeopardy, never intend to make a fool of myself on national TV, but a high school girlfriend was a contestant about a year ago. Haven't communicated with her in many, many, decades. <br /><br />Jan, what do you consider the best school in your fair city? Sunday School at The Christian Science Mother Church? But that's in Boston.ecoarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824602705492756728noreply@blogger.com