"Rising Stars" April 26, 2024

[Aragorn]

Ashore after a day in a rabbit hole!

[Colin&Chuck904]

Ashore

[Al Laubenstein]

Ashore via zoom. The zoom call is at 10:30 am here in Maui. Still working on my coffee at that hour.

[mitchel674]

On the beach.

[Fogway]

Had to drop off of the Zoom meeting due to an incoming business call. But heard just enough to point me in the right direction. Ashore.

[Plymouthrock]

Moving on to next brain teaser…. Anyone else playing gold point bridge on line (BBO) this week?
Loved this puzzle. Easy work for you smarties.

[clonefitz]

Hanging out with Isaac, he's reminiscing about his rise to stardom.

[escapeartist]

On the beach!

[ErikThor]

Ashore!!

[bigtuna]

Fun one this week - on a bit of a role - glad to be ashore!

[Bob cruise director]

Good Saturday morning muggles

First congratulations to James Kirby's (aka @turbotron ) father for winning the mug last week against long odds. The only question is whether James will be allowed to touch it.

Another week with a crowded beach and a lot of "how did Mike/Matt construct that?" So far we have 4 keeping Isaac company and 188 basking on the shore.

With Isaac are

femullen
clonefitz
copperriver
Momo

and on the beach either enjoying the sun or standing in line at the multiple tiki bars are:

schmidzy
oldjudge
Mme
docison
MikeyG
MatthewL
Cindy
Gman
michaelm
Wendy
pjc
Mike H
Kay
Joe R
hoover
RDaleHall
paige
Heidi
Beth A
Mister and Mrs. Squawk
mattythewsjpuzzler
Meg
NebFaninCA
Jean
D B Miller
Georgeall
C=64
ajk
Jace54
Eric P
darth
Al
lxpeterson
Cap'n Rick
sjm
Brainbow
ArthurD
Larrry
SHIWUTONG
Peter
DCBilly
boharr
ky-mike
Sheila
Laura
will j
elvanya
Jim and Anita
pacecar
krf
Ergcat
DelanQ
joe
Les
Don and Cynthia
flepper
hunkra
Trish
Tom Wi
HeadinHome
jhseeman
Chris
olev
LarsCaine
Guffman
Barbara K
Cruise Director
sharkicicles
Char
SamKat9
DavyGravy
MarkWoychick
Scott M
Deb
ladybird
nosolvenosleep
Jkj
whimsy
b4alltime
benchen71
Harbo
MajorDomoTom
Dow Jones
Don and Lisa
Sleepy
BisbeeTam
Commodore
Berto
Fred
Flying_Burrito
Yoda66
Geezer Weezer
Jeremy
bagman
RobM
Bird Lives
H and J
David K
TeamDoubleTow
Merry Potter
Miki
jrdad
CPJohnson
Beth T
Tina
JoDave
Laurab
LittleGood
Craven_Mug_Craver
Samantha
mkmf
Cinny
NDStegs
Jack
CptnCodon
Mikey and puzzle buddy Jane
CallMeShane
BrennerTJ
JeanneC
woozy
lbray
Joepickett
Acarl
Henry Paul
Schmeel
Googly
Wescovington
BigPear
Matthew
EmilyW
newbymar and brothers
ImOnToo
Beth C
EVJ
cheekumbaldy
meowmiao71
seahawks seashanty
Toby
dbowler
Diane
ColinM
ELSavage
SingleMalt
Katiedid
Zagman49
minimuggle
streroto
Al Laubenstein
NuYear68
kurtalert
mlvilv
Richard
DaveG
Doug C
otlaolap
Birdbrain
Aragorn
relic (and Maggie)
Barnhart6
straffin
mikeB
turbotron
PlymouthRock
Guy L
JaneGummy
Franky_T
Cindy N
Libbypibby
Ben B and son
escapeartist
Ron
DrTom
Gerry
caf.caf Cathy
PQ63
mitchel674
HunterX
Fogway
TeaJenny
SJMck
Bill
Susan G
ErikThor
diplomatt
vandono
Colin&Chuck
lisajoy
bigtuna

[jimbo1]

Ashore!

[Andy100]

Great puzzle today in that the path from, I guess a floating boat (grid filled) to shore (meta), is both challenging, but also non-entropic once you get the right idea (i.e. most of the information in the idea rather than a lot of randomness after that)

[Janet]

I am running behind! I just did the grid today and am pondering what my rise to Muggle stardom should look like.

Since the shore party is large, I hope this will not be too bad.

[IHeartMusic]

Ashore! Ice cold Diet Coke, please.

[Nlobb]

Ashore!

[dk letter]

Count me ashore! I loved this one - very nice construction!

[ReB]

Ashore with help from the Zoom group yesterday, but forgot to post until now. Seems like quite a crowd has gathered.

[clonefitz]

Hanging out with Isaac, he's reminiscing about his rise to stardom.

On the beach! My first thought is "Not a fan of this one". But I will simmer on it and see if it grows on me.

On the bright side, I've extended my personal best streak to 16 weeks. On the down side, I am weekly growing less fond of upright pianos and honkytonks, having ruined my perfect 2024 during week one. I like to think of it as having hit the first batter I faced, but since then I am perfect through three innings. Still a long way to go, though....

Now maybe I'm in a better position to tackle that Gaffney week four!

[ZooAnimalsOnWheels]

I am on shore. I enjoyed that one. I'm still mulling over the MGWCC between hockey and baseball games, though.