Look Book

Lexi Thompson

Gail Grabowski offers a puzzle today called "Look Into It." The theme answers:

20A: Golfer's dream shot (HOLE IN ONE). On Saturday, 16-year-old Lexi Thompson became the youngest winner of an LPGA tournament. She won the Navistar LPGA Classic and shot a 5-under-67 (whatever that means--I know absolutely nothing about golf). BTW, Lexi is the same age as my darling son.

51A: Stern enforcement (CRACKDOWN). Also the name of a popular game for XBox. Of course, it deals with the underworld and organized crime.

10D: Baseball season beginner (OPENING DAY). In the spring, I become a baseball widow. Matthew is a die-hard Yankee fan, while I remain faithful to the hapless Mets.

28D: Launching-pad vehicle (SPACECRAFT). For a description of space missions past and present, check out the Web site Planetary Science Spacecraft.

Kin Hubbard

Today's cryptoquote is by Kin Hubbard (1868-1930):

"A bee is never as busy as it seems. It's just that it can't buzz any slower."

Kin Hubbard was a humorist and the creator of the cartoon "Abe Martin of Brown County", which ran in newspapers from 1904 until his death in 1930. Hubbard also originated many political quotes that are still used today.

Yesterday we attended the Brooklyn Book Festival. We had the pleasure of listening to Stephen Baker, the author of Final Jeopardy: Man vs. Machine. This is a book about the controversial journey of the computer Watson from IBM lab to game-show podium. The computer actually sounded like Hal from 2001: A Space Odyseey, and it actually had a finger to buzz in the answer.

We also watched the Emmys last night. The show was boring and predictable, but I was glad that "Modern Family" beat the s----- out of "Glee." I was sad that Jon Hamm didn't win the best actor in a drama award, but at least "Mad Men" won again!

It's Monday and I'm tired. Season finale of "Hell's Kitchen" and season premiere of "Two and a Half Men," the first episode with Ashton Kutcher. Hmmmmm.

Till tomorrow. . . .

Signing off,
The Puzzlechick