BRESCIA TALES
THE BUGATTI BRESCIA WAS NAMED FOR HAVING RUN 1–4 in the 1921 Italian Grand Prix des Voiturettes near that city. These Type 13 chassis were fitted with 1453-cc, 16-valve, four-cylinder … Continue reading
“THAT BUILDING IS BRUTAL!”
I TEND TOWARD RECTILINEARITY in my aesthetic appreciation, and I believe I’ve come upon an extreme of this: Brutalist Architecture. Here are tidbits on this sharply worded genre. Origin. Julia … Continue reading
PSITTACIDAE ANGELINOS
THERE ARE LIKELY MORE RED-CROWNED PARROTS in Los Angeles than in their native range in Mexico. This tidbit caught my eye when KTLA5’s Travis Schlep asked “Why Are There So … Continue reading
CURSIVE REDUX
TEN YEARS AGO, SIMANAITISSAYS was less than a year old when it asked pessimistically “Is Cursive Dead Yet?” Optimist that I am today, I’m happy to report, along with KTLA5, … Continue reading
TIME MACHINE CHATS PART 2
YESTERDAY, SIMANAITISSAYS IMAGINED a time machine capable of linking famous personages past and present. Today in Part 2, we take this theme to a reductio ad absurdum. All in good … Continue reading
TIME MACHINE CHATS PART 1
SUPPOSE A TIME MACHINE EXISTED allowing historical figures to interact with today’s personages or with each other. Which pairings would you find beneficial to society? Which, to its detriment? Which, … Continue reading
YET ANOTHER MOKE
I WAS ABOUT TO CALL THIS my third Austin Mini Moke, what with my first (the St. Thomas one) appearing in the August 1973 R&T and my second driven “From … Continue reading
FERRARI 330 GTS—A SUPERLATIVE CAR FROM COMPLEX TIMES
BY THE LATE 1960S, AUTOMOBILES had to fess up to their emissions. California was first with tailpipe standards for the 1966 model year; in 1967 the state established its Air … Continue reading
POCKETS: AN INTIMATE HISTORY….
WE’VE ALL GOT THEM—EVEN WOMEN THESE DAYS. But, as Alexandra Jacobs says in The New York Times Book Review, “In her nifty ‘Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close,’ … Continue reading
A REALLY SOLID IDEA NEARING FRUITION
BACK IN APRIL 2022, SIMANAITISSAYS wrote “Solid-state Batteries” When? If? Whose?” Today, only 18 months later we can forgo the “if,” give the “when” a 2027-2028, and, as suggested, associate … Continue reading
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