THE SERENDIPITOUS JOYS OF RESEARCH PART 1
RECENTLY “SHAKESPEARE’S BEHIND” CONCLUDED with my noting, “It was good fun researching this one.” And the “Laura D. Fair” piece had a similar conclusion: “It makes for a nice research … Continue reading
THINKING ABOUT CHANGE
THE INSPIRING QUOTES WEBSITE often lives up to its name. Indeed, its February 14, 2025, posting caught my eye: “Reframing the Way You Look at Change.” I’d have to think … Continue reading
LAURA D. FAIR—FEMME FATALE EXTRAORDINAIRE OR A WOMAN SCORNED? PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, Mrs. Laura D. Fair led an adventurous life of five marriages and an extended affair culminating in her shooting her lover after his being reluctant to … Continue reading
LAURA D. FAIR—FEMME FATALE EXTRAORDINAIRE OR A WOMAN SCORNED? PART 1
YOU’D HAVE TO BE OF “A CERTAIN AGE” to remember the original “Crime Classics” radio show (June 1953-June 1954). Or maybe you caught “Enjoying Crime Classics, Obsessively” here at SimanaitisSays. … Continue reading
U.S. SCIENCE UPENDED
IT IS A CHAOTIC PERIOD AND AAAS Science described Trump’s first weeks in office as “New Administration Upends U.S. Science.” Here are tidbits gleaned from this and related articles. Quoted … Continue reading
F1 CARS AS KINETIC ART
CURATORS AT THE PIRELLI HANGARBICOCCA say “Jean Tinguely (Fribourg, 1925–Bern, 1991) is considered one of the pioneering artists of the 20th century. As one of the most important exponents of … Continue reading
SHAKESPEARE’S BEHIND
NOW THAT I’VE GOT YOUR ATTENTION, there’s nothing scatological here. Rather, it’s a timely update of “Do Our Languages Shape Us? Or Do We Shape Our Languages?” Background. There we … Continue reading
HAPPY 100TH AUTOMOTIVE NEWS!
IT WAS IN 1925 THAT AUTOMOTIVE DAILY NEWS published its first issues—in of all places, New York City. (“I go somewhere, I take a cab….”) Of course, we know it … Continue reading
GEE, WHAT IF I HAD HAD THE MONEY….
WHAT A NEAT IDEA FROM reader Steve Hagen: Old R&T Market Places “had some truly great buying opportunities,” he writes. Indeed, here are tidbits gleaned from just one issue, February … Continue reading
REGIONAL YUMS
THE DISCOVERY BLOG OFFERS “10 Regional U.S. Dishes You Have to Try Once,” several of which I’ve enjoyed more than that. I’ve picked out five of them to share here, … Continue reading
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