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Welcome, Candy! Glad to have you with us!
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My friend, avid computer geeks and my doctor will concur: spending too much time creating Visual Basic macros by using Excel Solver has driven me crazy. So the doc prescribed Luminal to help me calm down, get some rest and be able to carry on with my work. I thought I’d got it made until I opened the bottle. Oy! Did you ever taste Phenobarbitol? Ugh! That stuff’s nasty – the taste in my mouth lingers still. So I try to mask it with graham crackers and blackberry brandy – unashamedly, the cheap stuff. Hah! Well, as for the breakfasts in our house of caffeine and nicotine, I’ll blame my young friend Judy for getting me started on that. And so the question which now arises is: how do I get off this terrible roller coaster before I plunge headlong into the darkness?
Clue: find the band and four of their songs herein
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Well...I have the band and the band members and three of their songs.......but no-way can I find the forth one.
(Great story by the way, CB. Did it take you long to makeup? )
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Go ahead and post your answer, Candy. One of the songs was not a big hit, so that may be the one you didn't find.
Ah, off and on, inbetween real work - two hours from start to finish?
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I did have fun...
Artists...CSN&Y
David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and Neil Young
songs
1 Carry on
2 Our House
3 Into the Darkness
4 ?
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 Got it Made (the more obscure song) Glad you had fun. I have fun making them up! CB
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well it was more fun solving it than making the next one up (for me) but here goes......
Lifesaver ice cream is the newest thing in dietary supplements offered to calm thunderclap tonitrophobia, according to the latest medical research and is best eaten with clients low hand.
Onniclue: sticking with music theme
(just name of artist.....and anything else you may find related)
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I see Eric Clapton, Slow Hand, and Cream, but no Mr. Johnson.
Nice job!
(...and I'm sticking to the eye theme for the avatar)
"I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous
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correct Beck
(and the eyes have it)
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Good job, Candy!
Beck, do we look for a new puzzle from you?
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Yes, eventually; but not today, I'm afraid. Hello to all.
"I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous
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maybe this weekend then Beck 
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A morning walk is so refreshing! I stopped at the Boston Public Library and picked up a book to pass the time. I am waiting here in my room at Howard Johnson’s until it’s time to leave for the airport, reading about the general officers of World War I. I was just at the part where this famous assassin German spies were hunting was sighted, and they were about to apprehend him in a hotel room, but the assassin made a quick getaway and fled to Buenos Aires, Argentina. It’s a good enough read to pass the time, but definitely not the calibre of my favorite, Robert Louis Stevenson. Well, I suppose it will do. In a while I’ll catch my flight to Jerusalem. I’ve always wanted to visit the hills of Galilee. Au revoir!
Find the artist and seven of his works herein.
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I've been to Israel many times. Enjoy your visit.
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thanks CB
will be back tomorrow and look at it again.
You are well travelled Luke.....what was your favourite tourist attraction?
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In all honesty, in Israel, it was the beauty of
the Galilean countryside. The area around Lake Kinnereth
(Sea of Galilee) in January with flowers blooming, and
all the green. Marvelous especially since there was
snow at home at that same time.
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I got the artist, but would have to cheat to find any of his works, let alone seven! Kudos!
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I haven't looked at it yet, well not past the first reading.
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Could someone tell me what is understood by 'artist'?
Is it writer, musician, visual artist, actor? So I might know what to look for?
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In this case he's a painter. I am ashamed to tell you that I could not name a single thing he painted.
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In this case he's a painter. I am ashamed to tell you that I could not name a single thing he painted. Mind gone blank, Jackie?
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Artist is KISS, or at least it's there in the first sentence. But I confess no knowledge of the song titles...leave them to youse guys.
PS Luke - look for invisible text...
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if the artist is a painter...it cant be KISS, wofa
I think Jackie has put some red herrings in the question
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A morning walk is so refreshing! I stopped at the... if the artist is a painter...it can't be KISS, wofa!
I think Jackie has put some red herrings in the question Okay. If it isn't, then you put a red herring in, too! Which also accounts for my not finding any works by KISS in the rest of the onnicle.
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Now I see your artist, John Singer Sargent
Still don't know any names of his works, without looking them up.
Also I see a tennis player there, [Matina] HINGIS. I guess this is one hazard of writing complex paragraphs - with that much "junk DNA" there's likely to be an occasional viable mutation in there somewhere by accident!
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Artist is KISS, or at least it's there in the first sentence. But I confess no knowledge of the song titles...leave them to youse guys.
PS Luke - look for invisible text... I am not very computer literate, only had one for 3 years now, how do I look for invisible text??, please?
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Just drag your cursor over the blank area and the text will appear, Luke.
Okay, folks, let's clear up something: looking things up is not "cheating" in this game. Jackie has correctly stated that the artist, in this case, is a painter.
Feel free to solve the puzzle, anyone. Let's not hold to the original "rule" that the solver had to post the new puzzle. Let's just have some fun!
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Thanks, CB; I presume you are referring to my drawing my
cursor over Jackie's blank post. I've done that and
nothing happens, which is why I thought she forgot
something. Still does not work even after your suggestion.
Thanks anyway, I guess, for trying to help.
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Aha! Thank you Jackie.
@ Luke. Coffeebean must be a magician. Just hit the 'quote' button of the blank post and you'll see the text.
Right, got the painter, now for the works.
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@Luke: hold the mouse left-button down as you drag the cursor over the post, and any invisible text under your dragged area will be highlighted in relief.
My post too, like this stuff here.
(The comma at the end of a sentence, where there should have been a period, may be a hint that it's not a typo, it's someone trying to be clever.)
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In the meantime I'm at six works now, speed it up searchers! Good. Seven works by Singer Sargent: Boston Public Library Robert Louis Stevenson A morning Walk Hills of Gallilee Jerusalem A Hotel Room General Officers of the Great war That was fun Coffeebean! Here's a nice link to Sargent's Paintings. This outcome would not have been possible without the hints given. Link
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P.S. asassin German spies were hunting was sighted, and they were about to apprehend him in a hotel room, but the assassin made a quick getaway and fled to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Good one Coffeebean!
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@Luke: hold the mouse left-button down as you drag the cursor over the post, and any invisible text under your dragged area will be highlighted in relief.
My post too, like this stuff here.
(The comma at the end of a sentence, where there should have been a period, may be a hint that it's not a typo, it's someone trying to be clever.) GREAT, thanks. Your's worked "like this stuff here" it says. But nothing appears on Jackie's. Thanks.
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So glad you enjoyed it! I had fun writing it, and enjoyed scrolling through that very website.
A Morning Walk is my favorite! To see them in person some day... [sigh!]
@wofa -- don't think I could name any songs by KISS either! LOL
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Congratulations BranShea...well played.
I didn't know artist at all...though there was something familiar about his 'Siesta' painting.
Your story was very good Coffeebean, it must have taken hours of research...thanks for the game.
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;-) Must have been a long scroll then, I lost patience and changed to searching on Sargent Singer + some words I suspected of possibly being the title of a painting. That worked. Thanks again.
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Confess I only saw Sargent; I didn't even SEE the Singer! Good eye, Branny!
Luke, you scared me half to death; it would altogether too likely if I had posted a blank! But running my cursor over both my post and your quote box reveals the text to me. I wonder why it doesn't work for you? (But then, anyone here who has known me for a while knows that I always think other peoples' screens show the same things mine does.)
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Confess I only saw Sargent; I didn't even SEE the Singer! Good eye, Branny!
Luke, you scared me half to death; it would altogether too likely if I had posted a blank! But running my cursor over both my post and your quote box reveals the text to me. I wonder why it doesn't work for you? (But then, anyone here who has known me for a while knows that I always think other peoples' screens show the same things mine does.) Yes, well sorry for the scare. But nothing appears yet at this late date in either your original post or my quote of it. So it is another example of "things that go bump in the night" on this site.
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I am waiting here in my room at Howard Johnson’s until it’s time to leave for the airport, reading about the general officers of World War I. I was just at the part where this famous assas sin Ger man spies were hunting was sighted, and they were about to apprehend him in a hotel room, but the assassin made a quick getaway and fled to Buenos Aire s, Argent ina.
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Ah, sorry I forgot the John. We always only called him Singer Sargent.
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