tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post842669345338931268..comments2024-03-28T18:08:45.225-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 16, 2018): What's on Your Bookshelf?Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-1171443142796393852018-12-23T06:10:26.525-08:002018-12-23T06:10:26.525-08:00No bones to pick with this week’s puzzle. No bones to pick with this week’s puzzle. Snipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756899374006781682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-87547373871185035902018-12-23T06:09:55.587-08:002018-12-23T06:09:55.587-08:00Loosely related to last week.Loosely related to last week.ecoarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824602705492756728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-29929478986884591662018-12-23T05:25:45.874-08:002018-12-23T05:25:45.874-08:00This week's challenge: It's a straightforw...This week's challenge: It's a straightforward puzzle. Think of a place you can find coins, in two words. Put the second word first, and you'll get a compound word describing most holiday cards. What words are these?SuperZeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024610786525654860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-78242602338611069952018-12-22T15:16:22.933-08:002018-12-22T15:16:22.933-08:00It seems the time has come for a slight re-wright ...It seems the time has come for a slight re-wright of some of the lyrics to Handel's Messiah with our new messiah, Trump, kept in mind. <br /><br />Tenor<br />Ev'ry folly shall be exalted, and ev'ry counsel and shill made glow; the crooked great and the rough places strain. <br /><br />Sorry, but I don't have time to finish, perhaps you do.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-57744220542077778752018-12-21T16:25:43.601-08:002018-12-21T16:25:43.601-08:00Yeah, I once had a 401k... Thanks Ann Coulter &am...Yeah, <a href="https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/10303177_1410050185949412_8630479275314056115_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&oh=2009c5e2d4e9b19094b74df3313d19f3&oe=5CA8BD9E" rel="nofollow">I once had a 401k</a>... Thanks Ann Coulter & Rush Limbaugh!68Chargerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08752278586155221236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-55665306853716489612018-12-21T12:09:12.966-08:002018-12-21T12:09:12.966-08:00jan,
Had I been smart enough to understand C1 CNXI...jan,<br />Had I been smart enough to understand C1 CNXI and 0.14 DM, I would have loved them as hints, especially 0.14 DM. <br /><br />LegoWhoIsTooStupidForTheRoomlegolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-67976836127254092142018-12-21T12:00:06.755-08:002018-12-21T12:00:06.755-08:00Now that you have explained your hint, Shyra, I lo...Now that you have explained your <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CdVTCDdEwI" rel="nofollow">hint</a>, Shyra, I love it. Thank you.<br /><br />Lego<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiYGN05vfgM" rel="nofollow">LaughingAloud</a>legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-35424287027303693402018-12-20T18:48:08.424-08:002018-12-20T18:48:08.424-08:00Great puz LEGO. And thanks for the behind the scen...Great puz LEGO. And thanks for the behind the scenes look at its creation (and for catching my subtle hint)! <br /><br />SnipperWhoAppreciatesGreatness (SWAG)Snipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756899374006781682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-30168237107961345872018-12-20T18:35:15.892-08:002018-12-20T18:35:15.892-08:00I am _really_ glad to hear how this came about. T...I am _really_ glad to hear how this came about. Thank you!Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161465143677561592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-70558416656822865782018-12-20T18:34:36.522-08:002018-12-20T18:34:36.522-08:00Nine bands
Rhymes with Ayn RandNine bands<br /><br />Rhymes with Ayn RandRalph Loizzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194974915716525500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-73656312602251783092018-12-20T17:07:17.351-08:002018-12-20T17:07:17.351-08:00ATLAS SHRUGGED(by Ayn Rand), DAUGHTERS, GALS
My co...ATLAS SHRUGGED(by Ayn Rand), DAUGHTERS, GALS<br />My comment alluded to "indifference", in which one would SHRUG, and ATLAS, who had the "huge responsibility" of holding the whole world upon his shoulders.cranberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404075259072141202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-57654935287945122172018-12-20T16:18:00.129-08:002018-12-20T16:18:00.129-08:00Last Sunday, Rob asked me to provide insight into ...Last Sunday, Rob asked me to provide insight into how I composed this puzzle. <br />Sometime last summer I was reading something online about Ayn Rand's girlhood friendship with Olga Nabokov, Vladimir's sister. (I admire Nabokov's novels immensely). There was a mention of Rand's novels, "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead" in the text. I stopped to ponder the letters of the former title, which I noticed contained the letters in GULAG, which has a Soviet connection, of course. Then I noticed RED was also in the mix. Great! Also TASS! But I had an H left over. Darn!<br />Then, glancing again at SHRUGGED and, with the AT in ATLAS in the periphery on my mind, DAUGHTER jumped out at me. What was left? Well, LAS in Atlas and the S and a G in Shrugged. GLASS? GLASS DAUGHTER? No, that makes no sense... And yet, there must be a "Glass daughter" somewhere in the works of J.D. Salinger, right? <br />But wait... GALSS, GALSS DAUGHTER... Of course! Why not just use plurals and make GALS & DAUGHTERS!? Success!<br /><br />Great question, Rob. Thanks to all Blainesvillians who said nice things about and gave clever hints to my puzzle this week. All hints were good, but I especially enjoyed skydiveboy's ANY DARN = AYN RAND. (Of couse, I had to turn him into a "skydivebot" first.) Snipper's "AT LASt look..." was pretty subtle also.<br />Here in the answer to my Bonus Puzzle that ran two weeks ago on Puzzleria!<br /><b>Place the first name of a young sitcom character in front of the one-word name of a male literary character. <br />Remove an “o” and divide the result into two equal parts to name a female literary character, in two words.<br />Who are these three characters?<br />Hint #1: The first name of the young sitcom character is gender-neutral.<br />Hint #2: The female literary character is also the title character of a novel.<br /><em> Answer:<br />1. Jan (Brady, of "The Brady Bunch")<br />2. Eeyore (of "Winnie the Pooh")<br />3. Jane Eyre (the title character of a novel on Blaine's bookshelf!... nice graphic, Blaine)<br />(Jan + Eeyore) - o = JanEeyre = Jane Eyre</em></b><br /><br />LegoWhoStillRegretsThatThe"GulagRedTass"PuzzleDidNotMaterialize!legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-7898413339902122932018-12-20T15:04:58.463-08:002018-12-20T15:04:58.463-08:00My clues :
Do these females wear a certain piec...My clues : <br /><br /><br />Do these females wear a certain piece of attire? Was referring to a shrug. <br /><br />By the way, AT LASt look, the intern hadn’t posted the answer yet.<br /><br />And connection referred to RAND McNally’s ATLAS Snipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756899374006781682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-21917257009053192812018-12-20T14:15:12.941-08:002018-12-20T14:15:12.941-08:00DAUGHTERS, GALS -> ATLAS SHRUGGED
> I got t...<b>DAUGHTERS, GALS -> ATLAS SHRUGGED</b><br /><br />> I got this with pretty good speed.<br /><br />Refers to "Godspeed John Glenn", spoken at the first manned ATLAS launch.<br /><br />> An alternative title for Solzhenitsyn? Embrace your feet! Don't get left behind!<br />> Musical clue: "Everyone knows it's Windy"<br /><br />Other anagrams: "HARDEST GULAGS", "TARSALS HUGGED", "LAGGARD TUSHES", "DRAUGHTS GALES".<br /><br />> This time of year reminds me of when my son used to play in the annual Tubachristmas concert at Rockefeller Center in high school.<br /><br />Besides the statue of Prometheus by the skating rink, Rockefeller Center also has <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/NYC_-_Rockfeller_Center_-_Atlas_Statue.JPG" rel="nofollow">a statue of Atlas</a>.<br /><br />> C1 CNXI<br /><br />The first cervical vertebra, C1, is known as the Atlas. The 11th Cranial Nerve is tested by asking patients to shrug their shoulders.<br /><br />> 0.14 DM<br /><br />Deutsche Marks are still convertible, though no longer used. In South Africa, 0.14 DM = ein Rand.<br /> janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-22881122967428263782018-12-20T13:09:53.909-08:002018-12-20T13:09:53.909-08:00No free membership to STRAP in your stocking.No free membership to <b><b>STRAP</b></b> in your stocking.ecoarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824602705492756728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-38850634346086959892018-12-20T12:11:12.609-08:002018-12-20T12:11:12.609-08:00"There are two novels that can change a booki..."There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs." - John Rogers<br />Iris Coronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17583234147626178489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-81942280874336204892018-12-20T12:08:01.397-08:002018-12-20T12:08:01.397-08:00Daughters + Gals = Atlas Shrugged
I suspect many ...<b>Daughters + Gals = Atlas Shrugged</b><br /><br /><i>I suspect many females would prefer being referred to in different words.</i> Can't call them <b>GALS</b> any more.<br /><br /><i>the Society To Reject Anagram Puzzles must object.</i> Somehow Blaine didn't object to my reference of Ayn Rand's <b>Objectivist</b> philosophy.ecoarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824602705492756728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-46247924733951298552018-12-20T12:00:54.597-08:002018-12-20T12:00:54.597-08:00ATLAS SHRUGGED >>> GALS, DAUGHTERS
“Co...<b> ATLAS SHRUGGED >>> GALS, DAUGHTERS </b><br /><br />“Coda” = <i>Co</i>lorado <b><i>Da</i>ughters </b>of the American Revolution <br /><br /> “Two separate and distinct words (not a phrase) for two groups of females”>>> GALS, DAUGHTERSWord Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-67089620601190140412018-12-20T12:00:19.423-08:002018-12-20T12:00:19.423-08:00DAUGHTERS + GALS → ATLAS SHRUGGED, by Ayn Rand.
...<b><b><b>DAUGHTERS</b></b></b> + <b><b><b>GALS</b></b></b> → <b><b><b>ATLAS SHRUGGED</b></b></b>, by Ayn Rand.<br /><br />“Objectively speaking” = <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism_(Ayn_Rand)" rel="nofollow"><b><b><b><b>OBJECTIVISM</b></b></b></b></a>. This comment was, apparently, TMI for the blog administrator.ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302749761931016101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-69454066420732102342018-12-20T12:00:17.044-08:002018-12-20T12:00:17.044-08:00ATLAS SHRUGGED >>> DAUGHTERS and GALS
My...<b>ATLAS SHRUGGED >>> DAUGHTERS and GALS</b><br /><br />My titanic indifference comment at the end of last week's blog was a reference to Atlas being a Titan and a shrug as a sign of indifference.<br />SuperZeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024610786525654860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-92106715910019740652018-12-20T12:00:11.991-08:002018-12-20T12:00:11.991-08:00I wrote, “The novel has had influence that is not ...I wrote, “The novel has had influence that is not literary.” It got awful reviews, but has lots of neoconservative fans like Glen Beck, Paul Ryan, and Clarence Thomas. Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161465143677561592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-78419338629976168252018-12-20T12:00:10.193-08:002018-12-20T12:00:10.193-08:00Maya (Great) and Alma (Soul) are GAL'S DAUGHTE...Maya <a href="https://www.babycenter.com/baby-names-maya-3128.htm" rel="nofollow">(Great)</a> and Alma <a href="https://www.babycenter.com/baby-names-alma-208.htm" rel="nofollow">(Soul)</a> are <a href="https://www.bustle.com/p/gal-gadots-kids-sound-totally-adorable-but-the-wonder-woman-star-keeps-them-out-of-the-spotlight-7740195" rel="nofollow">GAL'S DAUGHTERS</a>.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-6640464481257325972018-12-20T12:00:00.510-08:002018-12-20T12:00:00.510-08:00AYN RAND > DAUGHTERS & GALS (or SLAG would ...AYN RAND > DAUGHTERS & GALS (or SLAG would work in England)<br /><br />My Hint: <br /><br />“Good puzzle, Lego, and ANY DARN fool should be able to solve it.” Anagrams to AYN RANDskydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-4411077253562797882018-12-20T10:57:58.854-08:002018-12-20T10:57:58.854-08:00And you can all thank me for not offering my two s...And you can all thank me for not offering my two scents.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-78454252985394091232018-12-20T10:52:03.320-08:002018-12-20T10:52:03.320-08:00Which letter is silent in the word "Scent,&qu...Which letter is silent in the word "Scent," the S or the C?<br /><br />Well "Sent" and "Cent" are both legitimate words that have the same sound so I don't think you can say. Mort Canardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214097525627383592noreply@blogger.com