tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post438490403877266111..comments2024-03-28T00:23:01.632-04:00Comments on Lem's Levity: Whose that author?Trooper Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-1313774275550607492017-04-26T19:06:07.030-04:002017-04-26T19:06:07.030-04:00Why are we guessing this dude?
I like him saying,...Why are we guessing this dude?<br /><br />I like him saying, "The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before." <br /><br />That's how I feel sometimes. <br /><br />And then I realize it's all temporary. So the whole thing then becomes, "temporarily brighter." Flash. Gone.<br /><br />And now I'm seeing my art outlive their owners. <br /><br />And I'm also seeing people snatch them right up. I've seen them pull all sorts of sneaky shit like the executor of the estate shipping off a big one to his girlfriend in Upstate NY who said that she really liked it. You never know what people are plotting.<br /><br />I think that's how the crossword constructors feel too. They're just so clever. And everything's already been done. Everything! And yet they go about their business and new ideas arise. <br /><br />This one I did just now is titled "Getting Ahead." <br /><br />It could be anything getting ahead-wise. Anything getting ahead of itself. Anything in area of letters that suggest something evolving. One word turning into another somehow. <br /><br />But it turns out nothing adds up. None of the thematic entries amount to anything relating to heads or getting a head or ahead. And you're all, "This is like a regular non-themed puzzle." <br /><br />But then some letters are circled and when you have them all filled and read them by lines they go.<br /><br />HAIR<br />SCALP<br />BROWS<br />E_______________E<br />A___EYE__EYE___A<br />R_______________R<br />NOSE<br />LIPS<br />CHIN<br /><br />He drew a picture of a head using words. It was the two "ear"s reading down that got me. I hope it shows up properly here.<br /><br />A pretty little thing that never happened before. That must have felt fun when he made it. He's thinking, "Man, this is going to totally stump all those people out there." And the whole thing was rather tricky and weird. My solve time was poor. Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-36753071577586780152017-04-26T18:48:32.630-04:002017-04-26T18:48:32.630-04:00Youse guys are quick.Youse guys are quick.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-21540968382325169872017-04-26T18:12:12.420-04:002017-04-26T18:12:12.420-04:00Neil GaimanNeil GaimanAmartelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636450794507517534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-89466894435760603592017-04-26T18:09:36.701-04:002017-04-26T18:09:36.701-04:00Is it supposed to be some great insight that we...Is it supposed to be some great insight that we're a step away from catastrophe at any given moment? The main thing is to get a decent night's sleep. Then you have to face the morning and the day with all their tsuris. But next comes evening when peace descends. And then...........ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-33503514933085388832017-04-26T17:32:42.953-04:002017-04-26T17:32:42.953-04:00I have no idea, it wasn't me, but I do have to...I have no idea, it wasn't me, but I do have to get back out to the shop and sand, man.The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.com