SLEEP LIKE A….
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN “sleeping like a log” since the 16th century, or at least they’ve been using this phase to describe it. We and other animals tend to combine sleep … Continue reading
THOUGHTS ON THEATER—1928 PART 2
YESTERDAY, CLARENCE STRATTON shared thoughts on theater, especially of Little Theater as it existed in 1928. Today in Part 2, Stratton describes two theatrical innovations, one with a definite shortcoming. … Continue reading
THOUGHTS ON THEATER—1928 PART 1
IT WAS MAY 26, 1929, when The New York Times reviewed Clarence Stratton’s Theatron with “Our Growing Interest in Little Theatre Groups.” Some 70 years later, I was in a … Continue reading
WHERE TO REGISTER YOUR DOMAIN NAME?
YOU’VE GOT this hot business, right? And you can register its Internet presence anywhere in the world. Why not choose a place that celebrates your business? Why not indeed. Steve … Continue reading
ETYMOLOGY: GANG, GANGSTER
GIVEN THAT WE have a gangster as president (attempted extortion, obstruction of justice, witness intimidation, “take her out,” …), the word and its root “gang” belong in my series of … Continue reading
FOUR AND TWENTY, FOUR TWENTIES + NINETEEN, FOUR AND TWO-AND-A-HALF TWENTIES FORTY OR FIGHT! PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE dealt with four and twenty blackbirds in one way and another. (Don’t ask.) Today in Part 2, we see how German, French, and Danish languages handle counting. You’ll … Continue reading
FOUR AND TWENTY, FOUR TWENTIES + NINETEEN, FOUR AND TWO-AND-A-HALF TWENTIES FORTY OR FIGHT! PART 1
AM I REGRESSING to nursery rhymes in my dotage? No, it’s just that the recent “See You and Raise You 40” here at SimanaitisSays reminded me of “four and twenty … Continue reading
CONTRASTING SPORTS CARS SIXTY YEARS AGO
IT’S DIFFICULT to define “What is a Sports Car?,” and all the more so when considering the Alfa Romeo Giulietta Super Sprint Speciale and Lotus Seven America, both tested in … Continue reading
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