Notwithstanding this week's puzzle, is it usually less smarmy? Was this week's merely an exception?
Exception, you ask? Yes, although I do recall 3 other really nasty ones since January of this year. The New York Times Crosswords are the only crosswords I take an interest in as I find them to be rather challenging.
(HI Willow, long time no see)
Challenging crosswords are better than ones that are too easy. Some questions can really annoy one until one finds them out, can't they?
(Incidentally, Hey, Willow! I welcomed you back yesterday, but posts buried it before you checked here out again. How have you been?)
They, NYT puzzles are a pleasant Sunday pasttime and, of course,once I start, I am hooked. Also, I've started a book today, Savage Beauty, The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay, by Nancy Milford, and after reading only 22 pages, I know I am not going to be able to put it down.
Down on the table won't be an option once you're hooked. Do you like Millay's work, or did you find it out of general interest?
Interest I have, but not nearly as much knowledge of her work as I desire. I shall be reading more of her poetry after I've finished the book.
Book, may you interest Raggedy! Do you read much in the way of biography?
Biography no, but I intend to read more . I've not found too many new fiction books that have held my interest, and spend so much time here, and browsing the internet, or listening to music ,that reading may just be wishful thinking.
Thinking that you will like this book enough to explore more work related to Millay contradicts that. Despite A2K and other things' being addictive.
Addictive as those things may be, I'm afraid time pays no attention, as even now it wishes to deprive me of my pleasure here and send me to my bed. So, regardless of the time it may be where you are, I send you good wishes and say sweet dreams until tomorrow.
To-morrow, I will see you. Well, it's 5 am over here, so I will see you later to-day; I'm off to bed, too.
Toomorrow. That's the name of an Australian former pop group, instantly forgettable, notable perhaps only for the fact that it gave a start, a first foot on the fickle ladder of fame, to one Olivia Newton John, she of the tight trousers.
trousers hold a good deal of 'baggage' in the music world. Whatever way you wish to interpret the content!
Content will vary in surprise packages such as pinatas, or even ordinary gift packages. What some folks think of as satisfactory gifts can easily be understood as items they put value on themselves, no matter your taste; they are trying to win your enthusiasm to like what they do.
Do tell us more about former pop groups, packaging, trousers. I'm all ears.
Ears pricked, the police dog moved towards those who break the rules. Bones were made to be broken, they seemed to growl.
Growl at me, and it will not impress me. Why can't people be more civilised?
civilized pastimes include reading, horseback riding, and character assassination; so pity the gauche!
Gauche men falling into pools seem to amuse too many people. How inane.
In Ane, Scotland, there is a tradition of making porridge for lunch using Scotch, rather than water. The result is a remarkably warm and cuddly feeling inside!
