Coming Apart

Today's puzzle theme is called "Coming Apart" (David O. Cromer). This one had some decent theme answers:

19A: Devices for multi-room viewing: CABLE SPLITTERS . . . Remember the episode of "Seinfeld" when Kramer arranges an illegal cable hook-up for Jerry?

36A: Electric safety devices: CIRCUIT BREAKERS. Here's how they work: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/circuit-breaker.htm'

52A: Marx Brothers Film: ANIMAL CRACKERS. I love the Marx Brothers' early films. The musical number "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" is from this classic movie. It was used as the theme song to "You Bet Your Life."

Courtesy of Wikipedia

The quote "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know." appears in the AFI's top 100 movies quotes at #53.


The cryptoquote is by the painter Edouard Manet (1832-1883): "There are no lines in nature, only areas of color, one against the other." Manet was a pivotal figure of Impressionist movement/ Many of his paintings of cafe scenes, social activities, battles and flowers.   

Happening in the world:

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is under house arrest in a swanky $14-million Tribeca townhouse. Most good citizens like you and I don't live this way. Life isn't fair!

Kim Kartrashian is engaged to Kris Humphries following a 6-month courtship. Whoop-de-doo! Her bling is 20.5 carats and is estimated at $2 million! The engagement will probably last a minute, just like all her others. She and her genius sisters are also writing a novel and we get to name it! The novel is a fictionalized account of their real lives. I hope they hire a good ghostwriter.

I heard that Oprah's finale and "American Idol" were both as exciting as "watching paint dry." I've also heard that Lauren and Scotty are now a couple.

Last night's "South Park" episode was a little more tasteless than usual. Cartman started a league called the Crack Baby Athletic Association. This was a spoof on those sad ASPCA commercials and the NCAA. At the end, the crack babies get their own orphanage, thanks to "Vünter Slauche (aka Slash)".

I am off from work tomorrow and we're going to see Midnight in Paris. Looking forward to seeing the latest by Woody Allen!


Till tomorrow . . . .


Signing off,
The Puzzlechick