Very bad puzzle for me in the NY Times today. Didn't get the theme until I was 2 thirds done with the damn thing (MINEDOVERMATTER). I guess that's fair, as Thursday and Friday were so friendly. SIMNEL should just totally be disallowed as a clue, forever, period. The cross, JAMA, I intuited but didn't know. Thought it was the Journal of American Medicine. Must be Journal of American Medicine Association I guess. SIMNEL???? ILLEGIT seems a bit stilted to me, as does BOSH (thank God I've been to King's Island, and ridden the Beast) - POSH hits my ear better. DE STIJL? - comes up in conversation at least once a week - please. Liked all the theme clues once I got it, except DRAWPINCENTERS - doesn't scan at all. Ah well, an hour and a half wasted and I feel like I was stretched a bit, never a bad thing.

If you might be interested, the off to the hospital comment in my last blog was for my father-in-law. He'd had 3 TIA's (at least) prior to his visit at Easter and managed to have a minor (thankfully) stroke while visiting. He's been moved to a 24 hour care rehab center, and though the prognosis is not particularly encouraging, is resting comfortably. Our house has been a Ronald McDonald's House for the last 2 and a half weeks. Good thing I love my wife's family as much as my own, or I would be over the edge by now.

FYI, my spell checker cringed at simnel, illegit, jama, and stijl.

imsdave, the inept blogger