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November 9, 2005
Everyone A Puzzle Lover
So... you've heard Emily and I talk about the radio station that we're listening to a lot these days at work... it's 99.3 FM "The Vine," a station straight outta Napa. C'pher and I discovered this station on one of our many many trips to drink wine (and, for C, to unthaw in the summer), and by some strange quirk of the troposphere, we were able to pick it up on one single radio in our old North Beach apartment. We can't get it at all in our new Mission digs, but I managed to tune it in at work, and now Emily is a convert.
They have these really funny sting promos for the station as they go back into the music from commercials -- I guess they're meant to show the wide variety of music played on the station. They say things like, "From The Gong Show... to American Idol. We're 99.3... The Vine. Just good music." Are you beginning to see why we love this station so much?
One day, I heard one that presented a bit of a puzzle: "From Sonny & Cher... to Nick & Jessica." That got me to thinking -- and we know where that leads. If this tag were a puzzle where we were supposed to show the "steps" between Sonny & Cher and Nick & Jessica, what would those steps be?
I offer the following as a starting point:
Sonny & Cher
Donny & Marie
Captain & Tenille
Ashford & Simpson
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Nick & Jessica
In the spirit of Word Combinations, please help me fill in the huge huge gaps. E-mail your ideas directly to me, or leave them in the comment section here. When I send the resulting puzzle to Will Shortz for use on Weekend Edition Sunday, I will be sure he mentions your name. How's that for incentive?
Posted by kyle at November 9, 2005 3:20 PM