New York Times Crossword

[slyc_willie]

I finished it in just about an hour. Hmm . . . .

Now, as much as I would like to congratulate myself on this cerebral victory, it seems to me that this puzzle was quite a bit easier to solve than one I worked on just a couple years ago. Hell, it was as easy as the USA Today crossword.

So, was this just a fluke, and I happened to have all the right trivia stored in my head, or is the New York Times catering to a dumber America?

 

[Guest]

I finished it in just about an hour. Hmm . . . .

Now, as much as I would like to congratulate myself on this cerebral victory, it seems to me that this puzzle was quite a bit easier to solve than one I worked on just a couple years ago. Hell, it was as easy as the USA Today crossword.

So, was this just a fluke, and I happened to have all the right trivia stored in my head, or is the New York Times catering to a dumber America?

Shouldn't you be writing?

 

[slyc_willie]

Shouldn't you be writing?

Damn you, woman!

 

[Stella_Omega]

The New York Times crossword puzzles start easy on Monday and get harder as the week progresses... I can do Tuesday's okay, and almost finish Wednesdays--but Thursdays, nu-huh, and fugeddabout Friday!

 

[Guest]

Damn you, woman!

 

[slyc_willie]

The New York Times crossword puzzles start easy on Monday and get harder as the week progresses... I can do Tuesday's okay, and almost finish Wednesdays--but Thursdays, nu-huh, and fugeddabout Friday!

Hmm, never thought about that. I'll have to see how I do on tomorrow's.

 

[jomar]

You guys should watch Wordplay, a documentary on crossword puzzles. My wife and I started doing them recently. We're on the "bunny" puzzles in our paper - learning code so to speak. My mother-in-law was intimidating - did the NYC puzzle in ink. And fast.

eta: They talk about the increasing difficulty as the week progresses. I didn't know about that before.

 

[slyc_willie]

You guys should watch Wordplay, a documentary on crossword puzzles. My wife and I started doing them recently. We're on the "bunny" puzzles in our paper - learning code so to speak. My mother-in-law was intimidating - did the NYC puzzle in ink. And fast.

eta: They talk about the increasing difficulty as the week progresses. I didn't know about that before.

And I wonder about the logic behind that. Why would we be smarter on Friday than we were on Monday? Seems to me that most of us would have brains of mush by then . . . .

 

[jomar]

And I wonder about the logic behind that. Why would we be smarter on Friday than we were on Monday? Seems to me that most of us would have brains of mush by then . . . .

Ha! Good point. After all, studies have shown that IQ decreases throughout out the week and is lowest on Saturday evening, which accounts for all the dumbass decisions then (controlling for alcohol intake, that is).

 

[slyc_willie]

Ha! Good point. After all, studies have shown that IQ decreases throughout out the week and is lowest on Saturday evening, which accounts for all the dumbass decisions then (controlling for alcohol intake, that is).

*snerk* I have friends who can't control their alcohol intake on Mondays . . . .

(Jomar, I have to ask, because it's been bothering me: Is there an 'F' missing from the second word in your title?)

 

[bluebell]

"Go, Rrrrrripstein!"

And I wonder about the logic behind that. Why would we be smarter on Friday than we were on Monday? Seems to me that most of us would have brains of mush by then . . . .

Sadly true. By the time Sunday rolls around I'm desperately looking for a question where the answer might be any permutation of Paris Hilton's name.

You guys should watch Wordplay, a documentary on crossword puzzles. My wife and I started doing them recently. We're on the "bunny" puzzles in our paper - learning code so to speak. My mother-in-law was intimidating - did the NYC puzzle in ink. And fast.

eta: They talk about the increasing difficulty as the week progresses. I didn't know about that before.

Dude, I think you're cyber-ESP-ing all of my video choices.
Stop it!
(I did finally see Tideland, by the way. And I'm pretty sure it disturbed me for the whole of the following week. Still glad I saw it though.)

Ellen Ripstein was one of my very favorites from Wordplay. And all those other people who may or may not have ever had their naughty bits touched. They really could all be virgins. Maybe.

But really, once you watch that movie you find yourself huddled in a little magazine aisle looking for the crossword books. Then you become convinced that the sales clerk stocking the million-point-two copies of Dr. Phil's new book in the same aisle is looking at you and knows that you just watched Wordplay and that you wanna be just like those dudes...

Now that I've had some time to settle into my newfound crossword dorkdom, I can freely admit to taking up to a month for a puzzle (sporadically).
Yeah, I kinda suck at it.

 

[jomar]

*snerk* I have friends who can't control their alcohol intake on Mondays . . . .

(Jomar, I have to ask, because it's been bothering me: Is there an 'F' missing from the second word in your title?)

Hmm, only if you speak English! WTF does driting mean? Thanks for pointing that out - consider it fixed. My eye saw "drifting." I sent some chapters of a new story to an editor and was floored by all the small spelling errors I'd missed. Thanks SW.

 

[slyc_willie]

Hmm, only if you speak English! WTF does driting mean? Thanks for pointing that out - consider it fixed. My eye saw "drifting." I sent some chapters of a new story to an editor and was floored by all the small spelling errors I'd missed. Thanks SW.

Hell, I over-edit all my pieces until I can't think straight, and I STILL miss a few here and there!

No problem

 

[jomar]

Dude, I think you're cyber-ESP-ing all of my video choices.
Stop it!
(I did finally see Tideland, by the way. And I'm pretty sure it disturbed me for the whole of the following week. Still glad I saw it though.)

.(

Apocolypto?

 

[bluebell]

Apocolypto?

Only in theory.
I probably wouldn't sleep for a whole month if I had to watch it.
Another slightly embarrassing confession: I'm a scaredy cat.

Just saw Waitress, though.
Pretty good.
I think Inland Empire is coming out on dvd soon- David Lynch's new movie.
All kinds of excited about that.

 

[bluebell]

Hijacker.

And Little Children.
That was really good. (Still like the book better, though)


And..um...back to those crosswords, eh?
(Sorry Slyc!)

 

[jomar]

Only in theory.
I probably wouldn't sleep for a whole month if I had to watch it.
Another slightly embarrassing confession: I'm a scaredy cat.

Just saw Waitress, though.
Pretty good.
I think Inland Empire is coming out on dvd soon- David Lynch's new movie.
All kinds of excited about that.

So David Lynch has a new one? I didn't know. Mulholland drive was impressive.