CLEOPATRA’S QUAFFING PART 2
THIS ALL STARTED yesterday with private investigator George Valentine (of SiriusXM “Radio Classics” Let George Do It) reading Pliny’s account of Cleopatra downing a pearl dissolved in vinegar. Today in … Continue reading
CLEOPATRA’S QUAFFING PART 1
IT’S GOOD FUN to be encouraged into interesting directions by SiriusXM’s “Radio Classics” old-time mysteries. Let George Do It is a fine example, with a recently aired episode titled “42 … Continue reading
ELLIE MANNETTE, MUSIC MAN EXTRAORDINAIRE
TRINIDADIAN ELLIE MANNETTE brought music to many during his 90 years. His obituary by Karen Zraick in The New York Times, August 31, 2018, cited Mannette as “Father of the … Continue reading
TROTTIE TRUE—AN EDWARDIAN ROMANCE
THE COMEDIC NOVELS of Caryl Brahms and S.J. Simon, principally their Stroganoff ballet mysteries, were topics here at SimanaitisSays more than four years ago. Recently, I’ve read Trottie True, another … Continue reading
WWBD? (WHAT WOULD BADDIES DRIVE?)
IT USED TO be that movie bad guys drove nondescript cars purposely stripped of automaker logos. It was fine for the good guys, for instance James Bond and Frank Bullitt, … Continue reading
THE SATO SCANDAL
SCIENTISTS, BLESS ‘EM, are only human. And, now and then, there’s one who is deeply flawed. This is a tale of Yoshihiro Sato, the Japanese specialist in bone medicine who … Continue reading
SALON: 1931 CHRYSLER LEBARON
I’VE READ some carping about the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance recognizing yet another 1930s automobile as Best of Show. But I beg to differ with the carpers: The 1930s … Continue reading
LE CORBUSIER’S JAPAN
CHARLES-ÉDOUARD JEANNERET, nom de plume Le Corbusier, was one of the most important architects of the 20th century. Though he has only one building in all of East Asia, his … Continue reading
MAPPING A PATH TO BETTER WHEAT
THE INTERNATIONAL Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium has completed a ten-year study of the wheat genome, on other words, its cellular blueprint. This research and the blueprint’s benefits to world food … Continue reading
ON SENDING THE KID UP IN A CRATE LIKE THIS PART 2
YESTERDAY’S SIMANAITISSAYS outlined the reasons for World War I fighter planes of pusher configuration, a primary benefit being its forward-facing armament not shooting off the aircraft’s aft-spinning propeller. Each of … Continue reading
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