BELINDA MULROONEY—HOSPITALITY QUEEN OF THE KLONDIKE PART 1
IT’S OFT OBSERVED THAT real wealth in gold rushes came not to the pick-and-shovelers, but rather to the entrepreneurs selling these utensils. Smithsonian Magazine‘s Melanie Haiken offers an entrepreneurial variation … Continue reading
“RADIO CLASSICS” REDUX PART 2
THIS ALL STARTED WITH MY LISTENING TO ORSON WELLES performing in a Suspense! broadcast of The Dark Tower, a Kaufman and Woollcott melodrama. Today in Part 2, there’s the original … Continue reading
“RADIO CLASSICS” REDUX PART 1
AS RECENTLY SHOWN, MY SIRIUSXM “RADIO CLASSICS” listening habits occasionally lead to additional Internet sleuthing. This time around, it’s a 1944 Suspense! presentation of The Dark Tower, a radio melodrama … Continue reading
L.C. CRESSWELL’S AUTOMOTIVE ART—AND A QUIZ FOR YOU
LAURENCE POMEROY’S THE GRAND PRIX CAR cites no less than Leonardo Da Vinci. It would be typical of Pom to offer this quote in Tuscan dialect, but indeed he favors … Continue reading
FUN WITH CLERIHEWS
“A CLERIHEW,” MATHEMATICIAN HOWARD EVES WROTE, “is a form of light verse, akin to the limerick, that became popular in England.” Edmund Clerihew, 1875–1956, English novelist and humorist, inventor of … Continue reading
MAY I SERVE YOU?
BILL LANCASTER IS A SOCIAL HISTORIAN, author, and reader of London Review of Books. “Are You Being Served?” is a recent contribution of his to the LRB Letters column, October … Continue reading
アンダーグラウンド辞典 The Underground Dictionary Part 2
THERE’S GOOD LINGUISTIC FUN to be had with vintage international slang, in this case a 1971 Japanese underground dictionary. We continue here in Part 2, beginning below Fourteenth Street. going … Continue reading
アンダーグラウンド辞典 The Underground Dictionary Part 1
CERTAIN POLITICAL DISCOURSE OF LATE would profit from an underground dictionary (not to say a mouth-washing). And wouldn’t you know, I have such a dictionary to offer: アンダーグラウンド辞典. It was … Continue reading
PORCINE MATTERS
“PIGS,” WIKIPEDIA DESCRIBES, “have been featured in human culture since Neolithic time, appearing in art and literature for children and adults….” BBC History magazine, October 2024, had a related article, … Continue reading
TRIPPIN’ THROUGH KEYBOARDS
I’VE BEEN ENJOYING Michael Arndt’s Snails & Monkey Tails: A Visual Guide to Punctuation & Symbols. One of its chapters is “Typography in the Digital Age,” which begins with that … Continue reading
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