Crossword Answers

Answers to the crossword:

Across

1 Madam

6 IDs

9 Gere

13 As Dio

14 Nay

15 Alai

16 ThermoDynamics

19 edu

20 Cretins

22 Rudeness

27 Arisen

28 Inert

29 Tam

31 Astro

32 Alan

33 Pre-Edit

35 LVL

36 Pai

37 com

38 Era

41 Seraphs

43 In An

44 Ashen

47 Loa

48 Ragga

49 Stings

51 Integral

53Tie Suit

55 ict

56 FluidMechanics

61 Lean

62 Ala

63 Rossi

64 Eels

65 Nil

66 Dress

Down

1 Material

2 Ash

3 DDE

4 Air

5 Moment

6 Industrial

7 Day

8 Sync

9 Gamer Aim

10 Elitist

11 Racist

12 Eisner

17 Lyric Poem

18 Ara

21 Sno

23 UNLV

24 Deal

25 Ern

26 SAE

30 Mechanical

33 Par

34 Dos

36 Penguins

38 Engr.

39 Raga

40 Analysis

41 Sensual

42 Poi

43 IAG

44 ast

45 Stifle

46 Hie Lee

48 Retard

50 Sid

52 tch

54 Tman

57 Eli

58 Nor

59 ise

60 CSS

Engineering crossword

So last week I was bored in class after completing both the crossword and sudoku puzzles in the Daily Athenaeum (WVU's school newspaper). This was a Thursday. This is important because I have three one hour and fifteen minute classes that take place each Tuesday and Thursday. I'd completed the puzzles in the first class of the day, which left me with little to do other than pay attention (god forbid, right?) in the latter two. If you've met me then you know that there is very little chance of that happening for a seventy-five seconds, much less seventy-five minutes.


So I made my own engineering themed crossword. Enjoy. I'll post the answers later this week.



ACROSS

1 Dear ______ or Sir
6 Passport and License
9 Richard of Pretty Woman
13 Like former Black Sabbath front man Ronnie?
14 A vote against
15 Jai ____
16 Engineering Class with Van der Waals
19 School address ending
20 Obnoxious persons
22 Audacity
27 Elevated or standing
28 Like some gases
29 Scottish cap
31 Chevy van
32 Alda or Greenspan
33 Revise before submitting for review
35 What you want to up in World of Warcraft (abbr)
36 Grand Canyon tribe
37 Business address ending
38 Epoch
41 High order angels
43 Aerosmith song Love ___ Elevator
44 Gray
47 Mauna ___
48 Type of Reggae music
49 Bees’ defenses
51 Area under the curve
53 Two things to wear to an interview
55 User: Add___
56 Engineering Class with Bernoulli
61 Recline
62 Winglike part
63 Italian MotoGP great
64 Morays e.g.
65 Zero
66 Garb

DOWN

1 With 40-down, what an engineer uses to evaluate substances
2 Fire leftover
3 34th Pres.
4 Broadcast
5 Force times distance from an axis
6 Type of engineer
7 7th of a week
8 Update your iPod
9 Self-improvement area for HALO?
10 Pompous one
11 Prejudiced one
12 Former Disney VIP
17 Lyric Poem
18 Heavenly Altar
21 Cold treat: ___ - cone
23 Nevada school
24 Hand out cards
25 Sea eagle
26 Tech. org. for car enthusiasts
30 Type of engineer
33 Expected score
34 Hairstyles
36 Pittsburgh pro team
38 Who will solve this puzzle? (abbr.)
39 Type of Indian music
40 See 1-down
41 Sexy
42 Luau treat
43 Niagra airport code
44 Ship’s cargo: Ball___
45 Muffle
46 Make haste to shelter?
48 Slow down
50 Sex Pistol’s Vicious
52 Scra___ an I___
54 Czech town
57 One Manning brother
58 Neither this ___ that
59 Suffix with real or prom
60 HTML formatting language

Wet Ride

Ah, the joys of summer weather patterns.

It seems that these days, without fail, the skies conspire against the casual cyclist like a middle school bully slamming another student against a locker and throwing their homework in the trash (this may or may not have happenned to me) just when they thought it was safe to roam the halls.

In this same spirit, the summer thunder showers happen to break the skies open just the instant that we Lycra-clad warriors leave our day jobs to do our own homework on the bike. Just as soon as we hastily clock out so we can make the most of these long summer days, we see on our windows a sudden splash. We hear the unmistakable rythm of rain starting to fall, lulling us into complacency. And surrounded by the promise of a beautiful tomorrow, at least a beautiful 10 am to 6 pm tomorrow, our motivation drops ever so slightly. And with each subsequent rain drop it falls even more until before we realize it we are laying down on the couch with a beer thinking, "this isn't so bad."






Well brothers and sisters, the next time you hear yourself thinking those words, think not of the chance to ride again tomorrow. Think not of the empty promises we make to ourselves day in and day out.

Think instead of the days in February and March when you would love to be riding in the warm rain. Think of the days when you will get off work and the sun will have long since set. Think of the beautiful days when your off the bike responsibilities keep you from the open road. These days are limited, and we are not at the mercy of the weather, but of our own resolve.

Where we ride, we constantly test ourselves against the elements, against the road conditions, unclimbable hills and dangerous descents. We ride in extreme temperatures and humidity so high we might as well be riding in the rain.

So go ahead and ride in the rain. Take your blinky and arm warmers if you are afraid of the unknown, but go there boldly regardless of fear. Our days are numbered and each day we waste is a regret we will carry on our shoulders forever.

Tee Time

Over a dozen years of racing on the WVMBA circuit have helped me develop strong legs, lasting friendships, and as I realized this morning, one gigantic collection of T-shirts.




I have nearly 100 Tshirts here with well over half from bicycle related activities. And that's not counting the ones that went straight to the rag pile, which is where about a third of these are going.

Thank you, race promoters, for your unwaveringly ugly shirts, your inability to pass up "exciting" colors, and your confidence in your nephew's Tshirt design talent. You have kept me stylish and given me a rag to clean my chain all at once.

I have a job.

When you go to the bike shop in July, please don't greet your friendly neighborhood mechanic with, "did you see Contador drop Cloden?" or,"Andy Schlecks just couldn't drop the yellow jersey."

We have to work during the day. We don't have live updates on our phones. We aren't reading about it online. We certainly don't have versus on at the shop.

But we are huge fans of the sport that we love and though we don't have versus at home (we can't afford such luxuries), we do have friends with cable at whose houses we will watch the day's stage after the after work ride.

So come in. Talk about your ride. Talk about yesterday's stage. But please don't tell me about what happened today in the tour.

I have an iPhone

So now I can mobile blog or some such nonsense. Just crazy.


Yippee.

Sunday Ride

Had a great ride today. Didn't quite make 50 miles, though I did break 50 mph coming down summer school road. Did doug hill to the railtrail to reedsville to the kingwood pike to summerschool to the railtrail and then around town. All by myself which must mean that I'm going ok because I have to feel good to do something like that without external motivation. The mp3 in one ear for the rail trail sections certainly didn't hurt though. I'm getting into the meat of my season (which runs July through September pretty much. I don't like training when it is cold outside) and I'm excited to be racing and have it feel good.

A highlight was just as I crossed into Mon county on the bike, I saw writing on the road, which it being tour season I hoped said something like "go Robbie!" or maybe "go lance" but instead it said "I bang the slut".... In spray paint on the road. I guess they didn't feel they were getting enough credit for their great accomplishment. well, good for them.

Didn't do the race at Valley Falls today as I didn't get back to town until 3:00 this afternoon. I was in Cleveland attending my sister's wedding (congrats Summer!). Though I would look for just about any reason to avoid the Valley Falls race. It is evil and not much fun. The sport course had 4000 feet of climbing in 12.2 miles. That's just rediculous. Plus as I'm racing singlespeed class, incredibly painful. The climbs are steep. The trails are ok, but not great, and the descents are steep, fast, and dangerous without giving time to recover or being even relatively fun. On the other hand, I'm kind of a wimp and I'm sure the people who went had a great time.

More updates soon. A lot has gone on, but I'm going to reup it here.

See you on the trails.