A Tribute to abra a collection of her comments

[Eureka]

(Another example of abra's encouraging words. Kgun5 continues to hold the record at 14 seconds.)


"Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth." — French Proverb

abra
July 7, 2015, 9:59 am
Wow, Kgun5, good job. I've done this one before, but I didn't recognize it. It always takes me a long time.

Kgun5
January 28, 2016, 4:14 am
Thanks, abra. You'll be happy to know that it took me 386 seconds this time around.

abra
July 1, 2020, 8:28 pm
It does,make me happy, kgun, it does. )

abra
October 26, 2022, 9:45 pm
And after 9 years, Kgun still has that record.

[Eureka]

(Another obscure comment from WRQ9 followed by abra's funny response.)

"If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it." — Brendan Francis

WRQ9
December 9, 2013, 5:43 am
This is typical "power side" logic, cynically translated into ersatz disciplinary language.

abra
August 23, 2015, 11:09 am
WRQ9, that's just what I was going to say :0).

[Eureka]

"Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. More democratic." — Bull Durham

abra
July 27, 2018, 1:34 pm
One of my son's favorite movies. He rarely posts on FB and yet when he does, it seems like he can find a Bull Durham quote for any occasion.

[Synonymous]

kb83 Nice. Congratulations. I think LLapp said it best.

[kb83]

Thanks, Llapp, I guess I was thinking of this abra forum thread as a safe space to disclose, based on her reflected kindness and humanity. Of course, the anonymity is nice too!

[LLapp]

Kb83, I think if abra were still at her computer, she would be the first to say: Congratulations on being 6+ years sober. That is a wonderful accomplishment.

[kb83]

A martini is a very elegant drink, (as fondue is to food), and was my drink of choice when I was abusing alcohol. (I'm now more than 6 years sober.) It is also a very deceptive drink because vodka is such an innocent looking form of alcohol, and because the martini glass outlines a geometric solid known as a cone, which means that the volume of alcohol goes up as the cube (3rd power!) of the height of the liquid in the glass. This means that if you increase the height by a mere 15%, you increase the volume by a factor of 1.15**3 = 1.52, i.e. 52% more! In my drinking days, some bartenders would fill up the martini glass for me, and this may have been about double a normal sized drink. Of course, since I am an alcoholic, I never complained.

[Eureka]

"Fondue sets, martini shakers and juicing machines: three things the world could live completely without." — Douglas Coupland

abra
August 24, 2018, 6:31 pm
We were invited to a fondue party on a long ago New Year's Eve. It was very enjoyable. I bought a fondue pot that sat unused for 30 years until I gave it to my kids, who may or may not have ever used it. We have a really pretty martini set that was a wedding present. We've never used it. This is my second martini quote in two days.

abra
February 18, 2020, 8:10 pm
This the second time today I've had a martini quote.

rasbury
June 22, 2022, 12:28 pm
I think we need to do an intervention with abra. She seems to repeatedly overdo it with the martinis.

[LLapp]

Another bit of biography...

"Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them." — Anne Sophie Swetchine

LLapp
July 11, 2017, 3:28 pm
The quote that launched a thousand Cracker Jack Boxes.

abra
June 29, 2022, 12:27 am
I can't remember which Cracker Jack prizes I liked. Once in Girl Scouts we went through an M&M Mars/ Cracker Jack/ Campfire Marshmallow factory, and they gave us goodies from all three, Including a bag of Cracker Jack prizes.

[LLapp]

Vintage abra...


"We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology." — Carl Sagan

JohnnyFive
March 5, 2020, 10:43 am
Miss you, Carl. Nobody, before or since, has brought science to the masses like you did. I tip my hat to you sir.

abra
January 27, 2021, 2:50 am
That smile, and that ability to impart knowledge to even the dummies will long be missed.

hrossa
February 8, 2021, 12:36 am
The dummies? And who are those?

abra
April 17, 2022, 7:53 pm
I was speaking for myself, hrossa.

[LLapp]

A snippet of biography for abra's family....

"Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime. And, departing, leave behind us footprints on the sands of time." — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

abra
July 22, 2018, 6:00 pm
My third grade teacher wrote a book named Footprints on the Sand. She also wrote A Song For Julie, and others. Ella Williams Porter.

[Synonymous]

Rememberinb abra's good sense of humor:


"Art may make a suit of clothes but nature must produce a man."
— David Hume


Comments on this Puzzle:
chopstix
February 7, 2014, 1:51 pm
Art who?
abra
May 3, 2016, 7:00 pm
Linkletter.

[Eureka]

Bless you, abra.

"A food is not necessarily essential just because your child hates it." — Katharine Whitehorn

abra
February 25, 2019, 1:59 am
I always picked out peaches and apricots for my son, and I learned they were his least favorite fruits. The kid loved broccoli, brussel sprouts and carrots. To this day he doesn't eat tomatoes. I never forced him to eat anything.

[LLapp]

"Of the Seven Deadly Sins, anger is possibly the most fun." — Frederick Buechner

haverwench
May 23, 2010, 11:54 pm
Dude, if you think that's more fun than lechery, you've got serious issues.

bansaisequoia
September 15, 2010, 5:12 pm
At least he said "possibly."

opallady
February 8, 2011, 2:37 pm
I would have guessed "Lust."

universalmom
April 7, 2012, 11:33 pm
Maybe it's a Presbyterian minister thing.

bazinga
February 21, 2014, 12:01 am
lust has to be more fun than rage

marnita
November 2, 2014, 6:23 am
I'm sticking with sloth and gluttony.

Lurker
March 20, 2015, 11:29 am
And what I got from this quote is that "deadly" has the same pattern as "always".

LLapp
June 25, 2015, 7:04 pm
Having been raised in a non-Christian culture I have never had to memorize sins, but I'm guessing that "Cryptograms" is not on this Deadly Sin list?

NotTooOld
March 14, 2018, 10:50 pm
I too never knew what the seven deadly sins were So I just looked them up. This is the list I found - pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. Is this a Catholic thing? - the list I mean, not the sins.

maradnu
September 27, 2018, 2:16 pm
I think lust is the most fun, but sloth and gluttony are easier to come by.

puffybob
December 31, 2019, 1:48 am
Wrath seems like the least fun, actually

Altoid701
May 8, 2020, 3:20 pm
Gluttony seems pretty fun to me.

Elephino
February 7, 2021, 1:06 pm
could make an interesting parlor game

abra
October 9, 2021, 9:55 pm
LLapp, I'm a Christian but I never learned the seven deadly sins in Church or Sunday School. They aren't Biblical. That's just speaking for myself. Others might have been taught them in a Church setting. I do know them though and I'm quite happy that cryptograms are not amongst them. I don't think any of them sound fun, but I do think it might be fun to throw dishes at a wall sometimes.

hrossa
October 14, 2021, 9:56 am
I'm a Christian now, but I was raised by an agnostic and an atheist. Even so, I'm pretty sure a lot of us are gluttons for cryptograms

Wordigo
July 3, 2022, 4:26 pm
You guys make the seven deadly sins sound so much fun, there should be a monopoly game featuring these sins as goals or achievements.

[Eureka]

"Always kiss your children goodnight - even if they're already asleep." — H. Jackson Brown Jr.

abra
September 17, 2016, 6:59 pm
And when they've left the nest you keep them in your prayers, and if you don't pray, you keep them in your thoughts. They're your children.