Wed #2solve 01010000 01001001 01010001 01010101 01000001 01001110 01000011 01000101 00100000 01000101 01001101 01000010 01001100 01000101 01001101 01000001 01010100 01001001 01000011 The tanginess of the dish was her signature style

#hivemind #nytspellingbee I coulda had QBABM twice in a row if only I'd gone straight to the noun for showing mercy. It shows I am defeatable. Now I'll have a little snack of Russian pancakes (sing. & pl.) at the infirmary where I will contemplate my concave navel www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

#hivemind #nytsb Does a short 🐝that led to QBABM make up for yesterday's ridiculous one? (2 PGs, neither one of them legit) Yes it does!

Tuesday #2solve 01010000 01000101 01001100 01010110 01001001 01000011 00100000 01000011 01001111 01010010 01001011 01000010 01001111 01000001 01010010 01000100 A diagram of all the structures between the hip bones was pinned to the bulletin display

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee Short one today - QBABM b/c I filled in all the answers in the exercise guide. My patio is made of pavers & my dog goes woof-woof, my baby in the cot has an owie, & I like Italian bowling www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Good morning! QBABM AND #2solve in NYT #LetterBoxed, also got Wordle in 3, Connections w/out mistakes & Strands w/out hints. #NYTspellingbee hints to follow. www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Monday #2solve 01000110 01001100 01011001 01000101 01010010 01010011 00100000 01010011 01001110 01001111 01010111 01000011 01000001 01010000 // I'm handing out leaflets advertising my round chocolate candies covered in sprinkles (generic, not the brand name, which lacks the W)

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee It's adverb day: I'm smartly dressed, I do things gently & neatly; at the start I may be affected by the surging/ebbing of the waves, but only by a teensy amount. Will move farther from the ocean & plant some hemerocallis www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Sun #2solve 01110000 01100001 01101110 01100110 01101111 01110010 01110100 01100101 00100000 01100101 01101101 01100010 01110010 01111001 01101111 01101110 01100001 01101100 // I'd make a traditional Italian cake w/ candied fruits, nuts & spices but have just the beginnings of a recipe

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee This🐝wins my prize for worst ever! Too long, & neither pangram should be accepted. One is a proper word for a particular secret society that gets accused of controlling the world; the other is a very obscure word for morning ritual www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Sat #2solve 01010001 01010101 01001001 01000100 00100000 01000100 01000001 01010110 01000101 01001110 01010000 01001111 01010010 01010100 It set me back quite a few pounds, that big chesterfield did (I tried many things but came up empty this AM -- just got back to it this eve)

#hivemind #nytspellingbee I was able to renew my fading career when I got a new teased-up hairstyle. I made a brief but memorable appearance in a movie playing someone in a vegetative state. & I wrote a recipe guide to make hot choc & torte. The show host loved it www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee Got QB early this AM but this nanny/granny job leaves me little time to post. My mesencephalon is underused; I feel like a blockhead or an uncultured foreigner. I wish I could speak Chinese. Also wish male ornithologist was accepted! www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Fri #2solve 01010101 01001110 01000010 01001100 01001111 01000011 01001011 01001001 01001110 01000111 00100000 01000111 01000001 01010000 01000101 As the plumber bent over to work at unclogging the sink, we couldn't help but gawk at his behind

Thurs #2solve 01101110 01101001 01101110 01101010 01100001 01110011 00100000 01110011 01110101 01100010 01110000 01101000 01111001 01101100 01110101 01101101 Stealth warriors are in a class by themselves (taxonomically speaking)

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee A long but still a quick one. After aligning myself w/ a disorganized group of left-wing radicals, I realized I was an innocent; I now see they were not succeeding but puffing up their numbers (which were in fact not moving at all - dead), so my interest was waning

Wed #2solve 01000011 01000001 01010010 01000100 01001001 01001111 01010000 01000001 01010100 01001000 01011001 00100000 01011001 01000101 01010010 01000010 01000001 // For heart trouble, try a healing herbal tea made from leaves of the maté plant (late post these days due to new granny/nanny sched.)

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee FYI: W/ my new granny/nanny schedule & a long 🐝, I'll be posting later in the day w/ fewer clues. I'm strolling the sidewalk w/ 2 moms & a dad, Tarzan (my fellow player, in a straw hat w/ a "Hello" label) & a renter waving a small flag www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Tues #2solve 01001101 01011001 01010011 01010100 01001001 01010001 01010101 01000101 00100000 01000101 01011000 01000011 01000001 01010110 01000001 01010100 01000101 There's a certain air of romantic mystery in the way Dr. Leakey uncovers fossils

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee Tech trouble w/ this 🐝- I entered 5 words (abs sure I did!) but didn't get credit & had to figure out which ones & reenter, incl the PG. If I become a famous head monk I'll live chastely, doing sums on my bead-boards. Don't defame me! www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Monday #2solve 01010111 01001000 01001001 01010000 01001100 01000001 01010011 01001000 00100000 01001000 01010101 01001101 01010000 01000010 01000001 01000011 01001011 Snidely (from Rocky & Bullwinkle) met Gracie (from Star Trek: The Voyage Home)

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee I missed getting QBABM b/c during the entire puzzle I believed I'd already typed a word that was an outcropping of another word. So I asked myself, What hath God (or Sam) constructed? I've cogitated on this more deeply than he has. www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Sun #2solve 01001101 01001001 01000011 01010010 01001111 01000010 01001100 01001111 01000111 00100000 01000111 01000001 01010111 01001011 01011001 // I'm posting one-sentence updates daily on X about my klutzy tween daughter (thnx to hint from @apinard for this one)

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee I had an air of unconcern b/c I had so many words on my saved-word list: Irish lass, Irish mashed potatoes, Bill Kristol, not from around here, caterpillar house, aircraft engine casing, Wesson oil, Erie waterway, Hawaiian goose www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

#2solve Sat 01001111 01010110 01000101 01010010 01001010 01001111 01011001 01000101 01000100 00100000 01000100 01001001 01000011 01010100 01010101 01001101 // I am absolutely thrilled that people are following my pronouncement

#nytsb #nytspellingbee #hivemind I'm happy to report I found the squiggly mark over the N in Spanish & the dot over the i. I used a yellow marker to make it stand out. I mucked around a bit more to find a castrated horse eating gelatin - it made me chuckle www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Fri #2solve 01010111 01000001 01011000 01010111 01001111 01010010 01001011 00100000 01001011 01001100 01010101 01010100 01011010 01000101 01010011 The people who make the sculptures at Mme. Tussaud's are so clumsy!

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee Hunter S. Thompson, the wild journalist, wrote that everything's rusting. He was rooting in the dirt for Vidalias when a bluish-purple T-rex hit him on the head. I was snoozing but woke to the ringing of a temple disc. www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee When I had enough shortening of the cervix, the result was successful childbirth. Then I sang a narrative song while my partner did a leggy French dance. The OB has pimples and a southern drawl and is wearing a loose robe www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Thurs #2solve 01001010 01010101 01010011 01010100 01001001 01000110 01011001 01001001 01001110 01000111 00100000 01000111 01001111 01010101 01010010 01000100 I'm making a case for shaking a natural calabash percussion instrument instead of a plastic one

#hivemind #nytspellingbee #nytsb I must find a place to live, a good environment for me to eat orange-dyed sesame-paste & skipjack tuna w/out restraint. I will get it w/ Thai $. The head monk took a vow to not to practice a type of yoga - it's forbidden.

Wed #2solve 01000010 01000001 01000011 01001011 01001100 01001001 01010100 00100000 01010100 01010010 01010101 01001101 01010000 01000101 01010100 The lighting was set to shine on Louis Armstrong's instrument from behind

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee I took a deep breath & I'm full of joy, having read the David Sedaris book about being covered in flames. My chicks have not yet left the nest. They stay for the brownies & the risky Japanese fish, tho' I give them hints about leaving www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

#2solve Tues 01010001 01010101 01001001 01000011 01001011 01001001 01000101 00100000 01000101 01001101 01010000 01000001 01010100 01001000 01011001 The psych professor at the conference had fast sex w/ a student betweeen lectures & then taught a workshop on understanding others' feelings

Mon #2solve 01001001 01001110 01000001 01010101 01000111 01010101 01010010 01000001 01001100 00100000 01001100 01000101 01000110 01010100 01010111 01000001 01010010 01000100 At the next presidential swearing-in, we will see a move away from the far right

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee Yes, this was a short 🐝 but it made me work for my salary! How impertinent of Sam to put in 2 spellings for a sound of disgust. Despite the pain, the outcome was pretty keen. I'm so glad, I did a celebratory Maori dance! www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

#nytsb #nytspellingbee #hivemind I have a certain skill at the🐝 when I put on my prayer shawl & go at it strategically. I ignore the hoots of snide, straw-chewing non-clergy & go up to the garret w/ the person who's on my side (he's like a son to me) www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Sat #2solve 01001001 01001110 01000110 01001001 01001110 01001001 01010100 01001001 01010110 01000101 00100000 01000101 01011000 01000001 01000011 01000101 01010010 01000010 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110 Splitting apart "to" & the verb are increasing my irritation about grammar usage

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee I could make a case that a house robber should be sent to a Soviet prison camp to live off cracked wheat grain & rocket lettuce, & wear ash-colored clothing that's too big. A spiritual master will come & predict the future www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Friday #2solve 01010111 01001111 01010010 01001011 01000001 01001000 01001111 01001100 01001001 01000011 00100000 01000011 01000101 01001110 01010100 I'm in my office 80 hours a week but I hardly earn a penny

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee I was bordered on each side by an unreliable person -- one without clothing and the other in mustard-colored breeches. One was in a praying postion, and moaned like a mourner; the other was pounding dough. www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Thurs #2solve 01001010 01001111 01010101 01010010 01001110 01000101 01011001 01001101 01000101 01001110 00100000 01001110 01001001 01010001 01000001 01000010 Skilled garment workers who manufacture full face veils

#nytsb #nytspellingbee Too late for me to cloak my identity in the #hivemid- just the opposite. Beeatrice will bless me w/ holy oil in my acceptance ceremony for those w/ a single-minded obsession w/ the🐝. I will adopt a single name & get some skin ink. www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Wed #2solve 01110101 01110000 01110111 01100001 01110010 01100100 00100000 01100100 01101111 01100111 01100110 01101001 01110011 01101000 While scuba diving at the bottom I glanced toward the surface & saw a mud shark above me (must be an April Fool as they're bottom-dwellers)

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee I was wearing a loose Hawaiian dress & looking up at the thunderclouds, so I kept knocking into things. A girl in a short skirt said a procurer was damaging her reputation. The guy who was refereeing was caught drinking www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Tues #2solve 01010000 01010010 01000101 01010110 01000101 01001110 01010100 01010011 00100000 01010011 01010100 01001111 01010010 01001101 01001001 01001100 01011001 What stops us from going out? The winds, gathering ominously

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee It's overcast now & Sam seems to think there's an adverb for that, but I say he's not thinking clearly. In an ideal world there might be, I said frostily (not shyly) but at high volume. In my eyes (Latin) that's nutso. www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Mon #2solve 01000110 01010010 01000001 01000011 01001011 01001001 01001110 01000111 00100000 01000111 01010101 01001101 01000010 01001111 After a hard day's work extracting natural gas from the earth by means of of hydraulic injection, I like to sit down to a hearty Cajun stew

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee I'm writing a work of fiction under 40,000 words about a kindly but drunken adolescent who finds a baby's shoe, a soft fabric cap, a container of formula & a Japanese lunchbox. He paid the bridge fee to cross in his VW Bug. www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Now get out and vote in the midterms like your life depends on it, because it does. #NoKings