tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post4061732946698390905..comments2024-02-21T05:25:15.214-05:00Comments on Views from Raven's Nest: Saturday Wordzzle Challenge: Week 33Ravenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04996538460071167819noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-64133747766248945312008-10-06T11:06:00.000-04:002008-10-06T11:06:00.000-04:00I loved the getting away from the "f words!" The ...I loved the getting away from the "f words!" The second one made me hungry for a cheeseburger and beer. Great stuff.<BR/>I have posted late, where did the weekend go?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-24773815510122299022008-10-05T10:27:00.000-04:002008-10-05T10:27:00.000-04:00chatty - thanks for reminding me to comment on ano...chatty - thanks for reminding me to comment on anonymous's (dianne, you did it too and thank you to you too). I almost never leave responses here. I am a very bad responder in general... but I digress. I loved your wordzzle, including the squirrel lesson. Well done!Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04996538460071167819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-59279259984982909122008-10-05T03:50:00.000-04:002008-10-05T03:50:00.000-04:00Dear AnonymousThat was a beautiful and evocative s...Dear Anonymous<BR/>That was a beautiful and evocative story. Plus, I learned something about squirrels - and that there must be a lot of lost acorns around!Chattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10974779959315234846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-85016678829766452262008-10-05T01:52:00.000-04:002008-10-05T01:52:00.000-04:00I can't help but share Sara Johnson's dislike of R...I can't help but share Sara Johnson's dislike of Republicans! Oh, I like my banner too, :) it's sort of a new look. By the way, nice use of digitalized, that one really had me stuck!Clarencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08946581927135639168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-71081447643348864802008-10-04T21:46:00.000-04:002008-10-04T21:46:00.000-04:00Well those were fun. I liked the rant. Now I have...Well those were fun. I liked the rant. Now I have to go look up digitalized.Lu'https://www.blogger.com/profile/11278553170295772582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-52339223322266641032008-10-04T14:14:00.000-04:002008-10-04T14:14:00.000-04:00Hi Raven! I just want to leave a message here for...Hi Raven! I just want to leave a message here for Chatty because well... because!<BR/><BR/>Chatty - I want to apologize for never signing your blog when I come to read your fabulous stories made with HORRIBLY HARD words - but your blog insists that I put a VALID email address and I do NOT put my email address in ANY blog form or message book. So I just want you to know that I'm not ignoring you... I am reading your stuff - and I would have emailed you - but I didn't find your email on your page either! I hope you see this!Mellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16266127127286739779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-72982888068310823422008-10-04T12:02:00.000-04:002008-10-04T12:02:00.000-04:00The cheaters mega was great! Gotta say the ten wor...The cheaters mega was great! <BR/><BR/>Gotta say the ten word wasn't my cup of tea. Can't say that the "All Democrats are gold and all Republicans are evil" mantra agrees with me. Too much corruption on both sides for me to label one s the chosen party.Jeff Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978944708950054312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-91990724545818616992008-10-04T11:42:00.000-04:002008-10-04T11:42:00.000-04:00Hey I actually played this week! Great Wordzzles R...Hey I actually played this week! <BR/><BR/>Great Wordzzles Raven!<BR/><BR/>Cheeseburger for lunch it is! hahaJayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134850383532818765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-76107530508835635042008-10-04T11:30:00.000-04:002008-10-04T11:30:00.000-04:00hey anon!! love your story! is that true about squ...hey anon!! love your story! is that true about squirrels remembering only 10%? I'm going to have to leave them a lot more food then :)Diannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02946500110072411468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-22460641233173855922008-10-04T11:04:00.000-04:002008-10-04T11:04:00.000-04:00Hi Raven,Thanks for encouraging me to post. Writin...Hi Raven,<BR/>Thanks for encouraging me to post. Writing the wordzzle was much easier than anticipated and so much fun.<BR/><BR/><BR/>It was a lovely fall evening, one of those perfect crisp times on the screened porch that remind us of the cornucopia of blessings we enjoy. Chris and I were sipping pinot noir in long stemmed glasses to mitigate the cholesterol laden meal of mashed potatoes, sauerbrauten and pippins a la mode we had concocted to fortify against the whisper of winter. The squirrels were manically chasing each other, performing dizzying acrobatics on the arching birch. We idly surmised that they had buried treasure and were tattletailing on each other as they caught a whiff of fall. This might actually be a survival tactic, since squirrels, as purposeful as they seem, only recall 10% of their caches when it comes down to it. Call it rodent socialism, this seemingly undisciplined blurting out of secrets. Given our own myopic politique, we could glean some lessons from our neighbors’ blatant and flighty chatter. Not to mention the militant swarms of ants, thousands of bodies that moved fluidly, homogenously as if they were a wave delivering precious flotsam onto the shore. Their sophisticated social organization is often cited as a distinct evolutionary advantage. (Ants are found on every continent and comprise 15-20% of the composite animal biomass.)<BR/><BR/>We stood on this shore, mute, delirious, taking pleasure in the red elixir in our glasses and each other. There were clothes to be washed and a Netflix rental, a digitalized version of The Birdman of Alcatraz cued in the VCR. But we were in no mood for a surly Karl Malden or the sad tale of a noble but lovelorn prisoner. The washing machine remained idle that night too. There were impossible lists and a plethora of chores nipping at our heels, but they could all wait. We lingered til midnight, listening to the wind rattle like a poltergeist through the dangle of leaves, immersing ourselves in heady reverie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-26808154497217695182008-10-04T10:37:00.000-04:002008-10-04T10:37:00.000-04:00Ha, very good wordzzles. I like the decadent chee...Ha, very good wordzzles. I like the decadent cheese burger and fries.<BR/><BR/>Mine is finally up... <BR/><BR/>I also want to challenge everyone to my <A HREF="http://blog.mommywizdom.com/2008/10/02/fun-monday-wordzzle.aspx" REL="nofollow">Fun Monday</A> wordzzle. I'm hosting this week - come check it out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-52758589493136210182008-10-04T10:12:00.000-04:002008-10-04T10:12:00.000-04:00before you even got to the actual challenges you e...before you even got to the actual challenges you entertained me with "wickedy cheaty" - what a phrase!<BR/><BR/>love Sara - but of course you know I would<BR/><BR/>and Madge is a dear<BR/><BR/>the mega is is is ... I know - wickedly cheaty and wickedly brilliant!!Diannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02946500110072411468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-89952139170099787842008-10-04T08:40:00.000-04:002008-10-04T08:40:00.000-04:00You did a great job with the words. I had to wonde...You did a great job with the words. I had to wonder what some true believer from the right would do with the same words.I bet his political hate runs as deep as yours.<BR/>Now I need to go and with great guilt eat a cheeseburger.Dr.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02752941912945095736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-38616131824927903572008-10-04T06:29:00.000-04:002008-10-04T06:29:00.000-04:00Your mega had me in stitches because it just echoe...Your mega had me in stitches because it just echoed my thoughts exactly when I first looked at the words!! I really struggled this week but you made it look so easy. :)Akelamaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-70101364028639494052008-10-04T00:52:00.000-04:002008-10-04T00:52:00.000-04:00Raven - your mega-challenge CRACKED ME UP. Unfortu...Raven - your mega-challenge CRACKED ME UP. Unfortunately, looking at the words I had foolishly offered, I felt EXACTLY the same way you did *sigh*<BR/><BR/>As you know, my wordzzles are up, too - I felt it was necessary to come up with SOMETHING, since I was the idiot erstwhile English Major who suggested them!Chattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10974779959315234846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-11354826096449133302008-10-04T00:19:00.000-04:002008-10-04T00:19:00.000-04:00I'm back! First and foremost I got to sign myself ...I'm back! First and foremost I got to sign myself into Mr. Linky - the first time EVER!<BR/>And for the first time I did the mega challenge AND a mini!<BR/>Ok enough about me. :)<BR/>I came here earlier to get your take on the debate. I was sure I'd find something but didn't..until now! Very clever.<BR/>"Slow suicide by cheeseburger made me smile and file it away in my mind so I could use it at the right time - I'm stealing that to repeat somewhere. :)<BR/>Your mega was BRILLIANT!Carlettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11178161514195582965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-51844116585812038042008-10-03T22:59:00.000-04:002008-10-03T22:59:00.000-04:00Just a touch??? LOL! Well! I've LIVED Madge's l...<I>Just a touch</I>??? LOL! <BR/><BR/>Well! I've LIVED Madge's life ... I'm totally sympathetic ... and I'd LOVE a cheeseburger...<BR/><BR/>ROFLMBO over the Mega! YOU ROCK!!!<BR/>And I do ALSO love your Alonzo! It's a good message!Mellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16266127127286739779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-6609630207290865662008-10-03T22:32:00.000-04:002008-10-03T22:32:00.000-04:00Slow suicide by cheeseburger you made my husband ...Slow suicide by cheeseburger you made my husband wonder what I was laughing about. Maybe I'll try to make mine a little longer. Have a good weekend.HeatherKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15361231482357064945noreply@blogger.com