Here you will find photos, poetry, and possibly somelight-heartedfoolishness. For the Heavier Side of JzB see my other blog, Retirement Blues. (There be dragons!)
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Every day visits* From Moose, Goose, and Orb Weaver All seized by Haiku
"Why moose and goose?" you may ask. Back on 2/04/13 Pirate wrote a haiku with an elk in it, and I responded with one with a moose and then included him every day. A few days later in comments Mystic asked "Where's the goose?" So I started including her with this post on 2/07. A week later on the 14th, Mark Readfern asked for and received a spider. The rest is history.
*Well, most days, anyway. Grant me a bit of poetic license.
23. Embryo development sites : AMNIOTIC SACS. The fluid-filled membrane container where embryos reside and develop until birth or hatching in reptiles, birds and mammals.
51. Big name on Wall Street : GOLDMAN SACHS. New York based multinational investment banking firm.
62. Lisa Simpson's instrument : BARITONE SAX. The bari is distinguished by the tubing bend that extends higher than the mouth piece.
Hi gang, JazzBumpa here. The challenge with this kind of theme is first finding a quartet of homophones, then fitting them into symmetric pairs of in-the-language phrases to build a grid around. This one is really well done. With the sound-alikes behind us, lets see what else is in store.
Theme: Since FDR is in the grid: CIVIL CONSERVATION CORPS - or - Do you C the C's I C? Or, 1.5 x our gracious hostess. Near as I can tell, that's it. Three word themers, all with the initial letter C. Though the middle one is a grid spanner, and the other two fall only one letter short, seems like a rather thin theme concept.
20. Part of the Three Little Pigs' chant : CHINNY CHIN CHIN. As in, not by the hair of. Here it is, if you have a spare 8 1/2 minutes.
37. The "Original Formula," soda-wise : COCA COLA CLASSIC. New COKE fizzed. No extra charge for the additional 2 C's.
54. Provincetown rental : CAPE COD COTTAGE. Ours is on the south-west shore of Black Lake.
Not sure what else can be said about it. Let's proCede and C what we can C.
27. Multilayered, as cakes : TIERED. Or theater seating.
30. Clean Air Act administrative gp. : Environmental Protection Agency, established in 1970.
33. Heads, in slang : NOBS. Up Jack got, and off did trot as fast as he could caper; to old Dame Dob, who patched his NOB with vinegar and brown paper.
36. Persian Gulf cargo : CRUDE. Oil
41. "__ go!" : GOTTA. I'm outa here - but not for a while.
42. French 101 verb : ETRE. To be.
43. Pot contents : TEA. We have a cup of TEA mid-afternoon most days.
44. Bakes, as 50-Acrosses : SHIRRS. Word derived form the name of the flat bottomed dish in which EGGS were traditionally baked.
9. Is unable to : CAN NOT. Killing dragons is hard!
10. Supermarket employees : CASHIERS. Ring 'em up!
11. Like the Sherman Act : ANTI-TRUST. Anti-monopoly legislation designed to promote competition in industry, passed into law in 1890.
12. Deal with interest : LOAN. Most bankers find loans to be quite interesting.
13. New Deal pres. : FDR. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd president.
21. Basic question type : YES / NO.
22. Spanish girl : CHICA.
28. Falco of "Oz" : EDIE. And "The Sopranos,"and "Nurse Jackie."
29. Prefix with pod : DECA-. Denoting 10-legged critters, an order of crustaceans that includes crayfish, crabs, lobsters, and shrimp. What - no love for squids?!?
30. They record beats per min. : ECGs. Electrocardiograms check the electrical activity of the heart.
35. Braking sounds : SCREECHES. Indicating the linings are worn.
38. Medication used for dilating pupils : ATROPINE. Also a toxic alkaloid found in nightshade, mandrake and jimson weed.
39. Bistro offering : CARTE. A French menu.
40. "Unhand me!" : LET GO.
45. Tie tightly : SECURE.
47. High-ranking NCO : SGT MAJ. Sargent major, the highest NCO rank in the U.S. Army or Marines, above master sargent and below warrant officer.
49. Turbine blade : ROTOR. They go round and round.
51. Industry honcho : BARON.
52. Wide open : AGAPE.
53. Runs down the mountain, maybe : MELTS. As snow in the Spring.
54. Musical finale : CODA. From the Italian word for tail. Often it is an addendum to a formal musical structure containing different but similar and compatible musical content.
55. Man Ray genre : DADA. Man Ray [1890- 1976] was an American visual artist who spent most of his career in France.
