HUMOR IN ADAPTING TO COVID-19
EVEN IN THE darkest of times, humor can be a beneficial countermeasure to adversity. Here are examples related to our adapting to Covid-19. Bobbleheads. In Science, April 29, 2020, Meagan … Continue reading
GEDANKENEXPERIMENTE
I WAS NEAR to dozing off when I fell into thought experiments. Gedankenexperimente, Einstein called them; so I was in lofty company, even though sheltering-in. The Chocolate Chip Cookie Gedankenexperiment. … Continue reading
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS REVISITED PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE BEGAN tidbits gleaned from Marina Warner’s “Travelling Texts,” in London Review of Books, discussing The Arabian Nights. Today in Part 2, there’s a Frenchmen who translates (and adds … Continue reading
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS REVISITED PART 1
THE LONDON REVIEW of Books has enriched its online presence with Diverted Traffic, reappearances of LRB articles from years past. Recently here at SimanaitisSays, I’ve shared Diverted Traffic adventures of … Continue reading
BRITISH THEATRE DESIGN: THE MODERN AGE PART 2
THE BOOK BRITISH Theatre Design: the Modern Age gives fascinating insights into dance, plays, the Great British Musical, and opera. Here in Part 2, I share tidbits on two British … Continue reading
BRITISH THEATRE DESIGN: THE MODERN AGE PART 1
WE SEEM TO be on a Brit kick, having recently celebrated BBC TV’s 50 years. Presented here at SimanaitisSays in Parts 1 and 2 today and tomorrow, tidbits from the … Continue reading
CELEBRATING THE BRITS’ EARLY TELLY PART 2
EVERYTHING WAS GOING brilliantly for viewers of BBC’s fledgling television service, at least for those in London who possessed early TV sets in the late 1930s. Tall TV Sets. Cathode-ray … Continue reading
