One of the things I like about Ms. Gamache's puzzles is that they inject a much-needed dose of feminine energy into the puzzle world, and by that I mean that they don't pander to some imagined standard of what women must enjoy.
Clearly this is a subjective standard, though it's hard to imagine a standard that wouldn't be.
I imagine the standard is suffocating, that putting on a guise of impenetrable "manliness" every day can be exhausting.
I would imagine that standard distribution (like the drug, mass and grocery channels) would be very difficult for a small brand to crack.
"I imagine a standard low-voltage distribution system inside buildings having alternate energy supplies like solar," said Lee Felsenstein, the designer of the Osborne 1 and Sol personal computers.
Imagine the standard pre-game introductions for the Charlotte Bobcats: "And now coaching your Bobcats…Mike Dunlap!" The Bobcats reached agreement with Dunlap, most recently an assistant at St .John's, on Monday evening according to The Charlotte Observer.
The two-hour mega-cantata comprises 11 French horns, four harps, eight flutes – basically imagine a standard symphony orchestra and double it, then add three male choruses, a mixed choir and six vocal soloists.
My tester had a lovely vanilla-hued interior (more befitting a Mercedes than you might imagine) with standard leather and a ring of lightly stained maple trim running around the dash and doors.
"After some tests, I decided to imagine a standard bookshelf element that could populate the space, playing different roles when needed," Mosca told The Huffington Post.
The $69,750 hardtop XK8 is the base model in the series, but as you can imagine, the standards are so high in this group that just about the only thing lost at the bottom of the XK line is horsepower.
