TWO BOOKS AND A NAPIER-RAILTON
I HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY WELL-GIFTED this past Christmas. Here are brief details. Snails & Monkey Tails: A Visual Guide to Punctuation & Symbols, by Michael Arndt, Harper Design, 2022. Snails … Continue reading
ON ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE maintains a lively Member Community, one of its active members being Ronnie Hawkins, whose PhD in Philosophy and MD combine in her … Continue reading
TRUMP, PAUL HARVEY, AND PLAGIARISM BORDERING ON BLASPHEMY
RECENT TRUMP BEHAVIOR OFFERS CHILLING INSIGHT into the man. He or likely his sycophant suppliers of Truth Social drivel have perverted, many times word for word, an essay of the … Continue reading
GEOFF’S MILLE MIGLIA PART 2
YESTERDAY IN OUR (AND HIS) TALE, Geoff Healey started the 1949 Mille Miglia in a year-old Healey 2400 Westland (that had placed first in class there the year before). Today, … Continue reading
GEOFF’S MILLE MIGLIA PART 1
TALK ABOUT FIRST-HAND COVERAGE! The R&T author wrote in January 1950, “Six weeks before the race my father, Donald Healey, decided that two Healey cars should run in the Mille … Continue reading
AHOY YE MATIES!
TRUTH IS, I’VE HAD ONLY A FEW sea-faring adventures, but its lore seems to attract itself to me. Here are a couple more tidbits together with some St. Thomas recollections. … Continue reading
A.I. GETS CHALLENGED LEGALLY
IT WAS INEVITABLE: A MAJOR NEWS ORGANIZATION suing a purveyor of Artificial Intelligence. Indeed, there are multiple layers in this, given that SimanaitisSays gleans information about this matter from one of … Continue reading
AWARDING THE SIMSEZ
WE BEGAN THIS YEAR’S SIMANAITISSAYS with celebrations of friendly cities and historical automotive achievements. It would be fun to continue with such niceties. But recent news resurrects my inverted elephant … Continue reading
THE AUSTIN A90, SPEED, AND OLD R&TS
WHAT WITH SIMANAITISSAYS EVOLVING from 33+ years at R&T, it’s no surprise that automobiles are occasional topics at this website. Here at the beginning of 2024 let’s return to R&T’s … Continue reading
TRIPPIN’ TO THE WORLD’S FRIENDLIEST CITIES—VIRTUALLY AND IN RECOLLECTION
WHAT BETTER WAY TO BEGIN THE YEAR than to visit friendly cities?! Good for Marika Spitulski and Nice News for offering “From Amsterdam to Auckland: 15 of the Friendliest Cites … Continue reading
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