Well, I did it in just over 16 mins., but I got hung up for a couple of minutes in a down and across set where I ultimately got a letter wrong. I didn't know the word for the down clue even though there was only one letter missing, and the across clue didn't help, because I had the wrong sense of the main word in that clue. BUT, the rest of it was a golden, so I feel OK!
Have you ever been with a warrior woman?
Wash ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
JenP - Jan 02, 2025 6:41:58 pm PST #4304 of 4377
Steph L. - Jan 02, 2025 7:26:50 pm PST #4305 of 4377
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I can do the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday NYT crosswords, but I hit Thursday and all my brain cells desert me.
meara - Jan 02, 2025 9:06:38 pm PST #4306 of 4377
The rare times I try to do a full crossword, I'm usually doing it with friends, so even if they don't actually solve anything, it's helpful for bouncing thoughts off of them!
And sometimes I smoke the mini (25 seconds for Friday’s which is already out) but other times I’m stumped.
Laura - Jan 03, 2025 5:42:24 am PST #4307 of 4377
Our wings are not tired.
Birthday wishes for shrift today! May you be spoiled accordingly. May this year exceed all expectations!
I only do the mini. I'll try the sample one, but doubt it will be anything but pathetic. I only plan to socialize and chill without the brain work.
JenP - Jan 03, 2025 6:09:49 am PST #4308 of 4377
Happy Birthday, shrift!
Laura - Jan 03, 2025 6:19:13 am PST #4309 of 4377
Our wings are not tired.
I reserved at the Stamford Hotel, but haven't signed up for any competition stuff yet. I won't be competing, both because I am way too slow, and because I didn't get a competitive gene. Maybe the reception or viewing?
JenP - Jan 03, 2025 6:37:00 am PST #4310 of 4377
I figured Friday night I'd want open in hopes of f2f goodness, so I only signed up for the tournament starting Sat. morning. Then Sat. eve and Sunday after it's over are wide open (I mean, there's a thing you could do Sat. eve, I think, but I'd rather be hanging out with youse guys). There's even a pretty generous lunch break on Saturday. I foresee a lot of togetherness availability!
I feel very unmoored today, knowing how things are about to change work-wise. But also kind of "world is my oyster"-y, so that's positive. I have two meetings set up for next week about freelance work, so that's exciting.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 03, 2025 7:06:16 am PST #4311 of 4377
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Happy Birthday shrift!
Vortex - Jan 03, 2025 7:21:07 am PST #4312 of 4377
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Woot for puzzlers! I will occasionally do a MTW Washington Post puzzle if I need to reset my brain, so I am by no means competitive.
Also, can release the ~ma. Didn’t get the job, but at least the aggressively mediocre guy didn’t get it. Of all of the potential candidates, the best one that wasn’t me got it.
-t - Jan 03, 2025 8:20:29 am PST #4313 of 4377
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Happy shrift day!
That's comforting, Vortex
Thursday is when the NYT puzzle gets hard, for sure! I can usually still solve it, eventually. Yesterday's says it took me two hours, but I know I opened it up on my phone and just had it open on my desk without looking at it at all, so it probably wasn't actually that long but still pretty long. But that's electronically, I am more apt to not realize I have made a mistake on paper, I need that jaunty little tune to tell me I got the answers!