Smile: It’s Halloween

I’m fairly certain the smile on this Halloween house is intentional. Nonetheless, I think it fits for today’s posting.

And there’s an extra hour of sleep tonight… that’s something to smile about!

Answers: B.G. Initials

In all, there weren’t as many famous people as I thought whose initials are BG. My list of 16 names is below, and a few people who I consider more obscure are below that.

Eerily, Bill Gates’s birthday is today, and when I looked up Brian Austin Green, to remind myself who he is (most famous for his Beverly Hills 90210 role), there was a news item about him from an hour ago. Coincidence??

The list: Bill Gates, Bobbie Gentry (a stage name), Boy George (also a stage name), Barry Gibb, Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top lead singer), Bernard Goetz (the “subway vigilante”), Barry Goldwater, Benny Goodman, Berry Gordy (founder of Motown record label), Betty Grable, Billy Graham, Brain Austin Green (who is really BAG), Bryant Gumble, Bob Guccione (Penthouse founder), Ben Gurion, and Buddy Guy (blues musician).

More obscure names include Ben Gazzara (actor), Bob Geldof (Irish singer and activist), Ben Gillies (musician), Bill Goldberg (professional wrestler), and Bob Greene (Oprah’s trainer).

Initial Inclination: B.G.

I saw a headline today about Bill Gates… so I’m going with B.G. for today’s initials puzzle.

How many famous people can you think of whose initials are B.G.? Your list may include people living or not, but they may not be fictional characters, and they should be relatively well known.

I will post my list on Wednesday. I’m not sure how many I’ll have, since I only am thinking of two names right now, but I’ll shoot for 12 to 15.

Have fun!

Smile: Locked up

TGIS. Here’s a smile to brighten your weekend:

It’s a brighter weekend here because our daughter, who had pneumonia after an H1N1 bout, is on the mend.

Be well.

Answers: CLR

Here are my 17 words that contain the consonants CLR, in that order:

Éclair, caller, calorie, celery, cellar, clayier, clear, cloyer, cluer, coiler, collier, collar, color, cooler, couloir, culler, and ocular.

A couple of obscure words that work are coalier (more coal-like) and celure (a drape or canopy).

The two phrases that started me thinking were “water cooler” and “water color.”

Constant Consonants: CLR

I read the phrase “water color” at some point this weekend, and it occurred to me that another common phrase contains the exact same consonants in two words. Because the WTR part of the equation didn’t interest me as much, I’ve chosen CLR as today’s consonants.

How many non-capitalized English words can you think of that contain the consonants CLR, in that order, and no others? Complete rules are at the link at the upper right. I have a list of 10 so far and expect to have 12 to 15 by Wednesday, when I’ll post my list.

Smile: See Saw

Tools offer a lot of possibilities for smiles. This one is from a circular saw.

I have a sick kid at home. She’s had a fever for three days, so I’ll be laying low watching movies and reading a lot. I hope that by my next post on Monday, she’s feeling like herself again. Be well.

Answers: ST

Here are my answers to the Constant Consonants challenge from Monday. I found 23 words:

Asset, east, oast, oust, sat, satay, sate, sauté, seat, set, settee, sit, site, soot, sooty, sot, suet, suit, suite, stay, stoa, sty, and stye.

There are a couple of obscure words too, like sotie and suety. Of course, you might consider oast and satay to be obscure as well, but I think they are vaguely familiar as “crossword puzzle words.”

Constant Consonants: ST

I thought I had used this combination of consonants before, but apparently not.

How many words can you think of that use the consonants S and T, in that order, and no others? Words may not be capitalized, and you may not repeat a consonant, unless there is no vowel in between. (So, “asset” is okay, but not “state”). For the full list of rules, see the link at the upper right.

I expect to have a list of over 20 words by Wednesday, when I’ll post my answers.

Smile: What Is It?

A page of my smile photos may be appearing in an upcoming issue of Games magazine, with the added puzzle being: What is this object?

Here’s an example of such a smile (this is not one that will appear in the magazine). What is it?

(If you hold your cursor over the picture, you’ll find the answer.)