MR. JONES MOTORS THROUGH EUROPE
MANY GUIDEBOOKS, Baedeker’s among them, eschew advertising. Others, such as Rider’s, have ads grouped together in the back. A third approach is exhibited by Motoring Through Europe, published by a … Continue reading
FROM WASTE TO WONDER MATERIAL
SHEETS OF GRAPHENE, a super-strength material, can be zapped from just about any carbon-containing waste. All that’s required is electricity generating immense heat. Here are tidbits on the material, the … Continue reading
INVISIBLE MEN, SEEN AND UNSEEN
I’VE RECENTLY ENCOUNTERED invisible men; I’ve even seen one of them. A photo, actually. One encounter was in an episode of Murdoch Mysteries, a Canadian TV series that Wife Dottie … Continue reading
AN ISLAND OR WHAT?
RECENTLY IN the SimanaitisSays Trippin’ item on “Domain Names,” I encountered a geographers’ quandary about island size and definition. For instance, the second-largest island nation, so sources say, is Madagascar; … Continue reading
ETYMOLOGY: PURGE, PERJURY
TWO SIMILARLY SOUNDING, albeit distinctly different words, “purge” and “perjury,” are related these days, what with the article “Vindman, Sondland Removed As Trump Purges Impeachment Witnesses,” by Roberta Rampton, Amita … Continue reading
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
