WHAT ARE A.I. AGENTS ANYWAY? AND WHY SHOULD WE CARE?
PAUL TAYLOR TELLS US ABOUT “FREE AGENTS,” London Review of Books, October 8, 2026. This article is ripe for gleaning for several reasons: Taylor, Professor of Health Informatics at University … Continue reading
BROWSING ANECDOTALLY PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN THE SORT OF RESEARCH I LOVE: Seeking and sharing cleverness of other folks. Let’s continue today with more of The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes, Clifton Fadiman … Continue reading
BROWSING ANECDOTALLY PART 1
I’M HAVING GOOD FUN WITH THE LITTLE, BROWN BOOK OF ANECDOTES, Clifton Fadiman General Editor, especially its multiplicity of indices. There’s a Source List, with 36 1/2 pages of alphabetized … Continue reading
BALTIC MATTERS
ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER DESCRIBES “THE NEXT FRONT,” The Atlantic, November 2026: “The Baltics,” he writes, “are getting ready for a Russian attack.” Here are tidbits gleaned from The Atlantic article, together … Continue reading
“SEX AND THE MUSIC LIBRARIAN” PART 2
YESTERDAY, NICK SLONIMSKY BEGAN SHARING A PRESENTATION he offered to the Music Librarian Association. Today in Part 2, we continue enjoying his erudition and offbeat humor. A Wife’s Identical Twin … Continue reading
“SEX AND THE MUSIC LIBRARIAN” PART 1
HOW COULD I IGNORE A PRESENTATION WITH THIS TITLE—especially by no less than my pal Nick Slonimsky? See “Nick Slonimsky,” September 8, 2013, and also “The Waltz—Its Father, Its King, … Continue reading
LET’S REMIND OUR ADDLED PRESIDENT—AND HIS SUPPORTERS
FULL DISCLOSURE: I TOO AM OVER EIGHTY. And while I still recall the opening Prologue to Canterbury Tales (“Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote/The droghte of March hath perced … Continue reading
TOMMY HANN’S 1911 LANCHESTER “HOIEH-WAYEREH-GOINTOO”
A PHOTO AND CAPTION IN ANTHONY BIRD’S “LANCHESTER 38 & 40” in Classic Car Profiles: Vol. 1, Profile Publications Limited, 1965, encouraged me into this merry search: Here are tidbits … Continue reading
ENGLISH AND FRENCH 1902—WITH ATTITUDE!
AMONG MY TRAVEL GUIDES IS THIS HANDY LITTLE (4 3/4” X 5 1/4”) VOLUME titled Manual of Conversation With Models of Letters for the Use of Travellers and Students, English … Continue reading
THE WALTZ— ITS FATHER, ITS KING, AND DON’T FORGET MATILDA PART 2
MUSICOLOGIST NICK SLONIMSKY BEGAN ALL THIS with his entertaining writings abut 3/4 time and its composers. Here in Part 2, we focus on dissing, both musical and familial. And, as … Continue reading
