You've Got Mail!

Elwood Edwards

The Newsday Crossword Theme for today is called "You've Got Mail." Elwood Edwards is the voice behind the home page of AOL (see picture on right). Anyway, these are today's theme answers:

17A: Place to jot notes: THREE BY FIVE INDEX CARD. I love index cards, especially for journaling. Cards are available with or without rules and there are many colors besides white. Do you remember the index card catalog, those draws that were once in libraries? Of course, all cataloging is digital now, but there is something about those wooden drawers that I miss!

39A: A, M, or Z: UPPER CASE LETTER. I've started collecting monograms of my initial ("K"). They come in all different shapes and sizes. I have very few pieces at the moment but will buy something when there's a sale. My monogram collection is just one of many that I've started. More on those another day.

62A: Computer store buy: SOFTWARE PACKAGE. No explanation necessary.

Today's cryptoquote is by Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993), the author of The Power of Positive Thinking:

"Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy."--

Here's an excellent link to Peale's bio and bibliography: http://normanvincentpeale.wwwhubs.com/

Sarah Palin does it again! This time it's all about the Jeffersons (and I don't mean Thomas!)

http://www.borowitzreport.com/2011/06/06/palin-we-must-never-forget-the-wisdom-of-jefferson-and-his-wife-weezy/

And finally, more on Mr. Weiner. One typo supposedly has caused this whole scandal:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/07/anthony-weiner-twitter-dm_n_872590.html?icid=maing-grid7|aim|dl1|sec1_lnk3|69043

GOPs are calling for Weiner's resignation. I disagree strongly. I'm sure half of the people in the House of Representatives are either watching or sending porn!

Sorry my post is so short . . . busy day today.

Signing off,
The Puzzlechick