“AS THE BISHOP SAID TO THE ACTRESS….”
BACK IN “One Thing Leading to Another,” I said I’d get back to you about Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase & Fable citing “As the Bishop Said to the Actress.” Pause … Continue reading
WHAT DO ’POSSUMS HAVE IN COMMON WITH ’ROOS? WOMBATS AND KOALAS TOO.
INDEED, THE WEBSITE INTERESTING FACTS is aptly named: “A Newborn Kangaroo,” it says, “is MUCH Smaller Than You Realize.” Well, I must confess my realization skills in this regard have … Continue reading
TEXAS GUINAN—NOT JUST ANOTHER INDICTED B.S. ARTIST PART 2
MAMIE, A YOUNG LADY FROM WACO, (sounds like the start of a salacious limerick, eh?) gained fame with a name change to “Texas” (out the window goes the rhyme). Today … Continue reading
TEXAS GUINAN—NOT JUST ANOTHER INDICTED B.S. ARTIST PART 1
MY RECENT REFERENCE TO Texas Guinnan recalls a favorite subhead of mine in R&T: “Let’s Belly Up to the Bar, Folks, And See What We Can Learn.” It was a … Continue reading
NATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS 2023
THIS YEAR’S RECIPIENTS OF THE COOPER HEWITT, Smithsonian Design Museum, National Design Awards range from “a handcraft-focused fashion designer to one of the early pioneers of digital design.” Established in … Continue reading
MORE THAN A LARK IN A LOEWY CAGE?
“STUDEBAKER’S AVANTI,” R&T WROTE IN OCTOBER 1962, “has been before the public for only a short time, yet it has created a remarkable stir of interest. Not since the New … Continue reading
MICHAEL PALIN AND MY ARMCHAIR SCHEDULE
I HAVE THE BEST PLAN based on Daughter Suz presenting me with Michael Palin’s Around the World in 80 Days: I’m going to savor each of his 80 days of … Continue reading
HE’S NO 007, BUT…. PART 2
YESTERDAY, THOMAS JONES’ REVIEW “Lives of Reilly,” London Review of Books, August 10, 2023, introduced us to a fellow known as “Ace of Spies,” not to say more than this. … Continue reading
HE’S NO 007, BUT…. PART 1
IN HIS BOOK SIDNEY REILLY: MASTER SPY, author Benny Morris recounts, “Ian Fleming once said that ‘James Bond is just a piece of nonsense I dreamed up. He’s not a … Continue reading
ONE-LINERS FROM OLD-TIME RADIO SLEUTHS
OLD-TIME RADIO HAD PLENTY OF ENTERTAINING DETECTIVES. Here are examples of my favorites, documented by John Dunning’s On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, together with my usual Internet … Continue reading
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