A WRITER’S DRINKS—AND DIAMONDS PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE OFFERED tidbits from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “A Short Biography,” framed by his beverages of choice. He cited the raw whiskey quaffed in White Sulphur Springs, Montana, a likely … Continue reading
A WRITER’S DRINKS—AND DIAMONDS PART 1
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD wholeheartedly took part in delights of the Jazz Age. Indeed, among other examples of this era between World War I and the Great Depression, he wrote about … Continue reading
ALGORITHMS REDUX PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE STARTED gleaning tidbits from BBC World Service’s “The Forum” and its September 16, 2021, presentation of “Algorithms: From the Ancients to the Internet.” For this forum, the BBC’s … Continue reading
ALGORITHMS REDUX PART 1
BRIDGET KENDALL RECENTY observed on the BBC World Service that algorithms are “so fundamental to the way we live our lives today that one commentator has even gone as far … Continue reading
YET MORE ANTIQUITY CONS
LAMENTABLY ENOUGH, ANTIQUITIES are as accessible to bad guys as to legitimate people. This was an earlier topic here at SimanaitisSays. Here are updates of antiquity cons, inspired by references … Continue reading
1981 LOTUS 88—BERTRAND RUSSELL WOULD HAVE LOVED IT!
IT’S IMMODEST TO quote oneself. But what the hey, my 1981 commentary on the Lotus 88 Formula 1 car is still spot-on for today’s topic here at SimanaitisSays. Background: Racing … Continue reading
HE, SHE, HIM, HER, THEY, THEM
UNLIKE MANY OF the world’s languages, English is relatively gender-independent. We don’t have the lady table, la table, at the gentleman cafe, le café. True, we have he/she and him/her … Continue reading
CELEBRATING YOGI-ISMS
YOGI BERRA WAS famed as a baseball catcher and also as a wordsmith of the highest order. He was an 18-time All Star and won 10 World Series championships as … Continue reading
KING FOR A DAY—OR, IN FACT, ON AND OFF FOR YEARS
HERE ARE TIDBITS about how one thing can lead to another… and another…. and another. So there I was, listening at 6:30 a.m. to classical KUSC’s Jennifer Miller comment on … Continue reading
HURRAH FOR OPERA!
AMONG ALL THE performing arts, opera is the most expensive to produce. Consider: It has singers also acting roles. It has musicians performing with them. It has theatrical lighting, scenery, … Continue reading
