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Category Archives: And Furthermore…

WOULD YOU BUY A USED (OR NEW) CAR FROM THIS MAN?

I DON’T RECALL ELON MUSK (aka “The Chainsaw Wielder”) being on any ballots. Yet he has become BBF of the guy who won by a mere 1.5 percent of the … Continue reading →

February 26, 2025 · 3 Comments

LAURA D. FAIR—FEMME FATALE EXTRAORDINAIRE OR A WOMAN SCORNED? PART 2

YESTERDAY IN PART 1, Mrs. Laura D. Fair led an adventurous life of five marriages and an extended affair culminating in her shooting her lover after his being reluctant to … Continue reading →

February 16, 2025 · Leave a comment

LAURA D. FAIR—FEMME FATALE EXTRAORDINAIRE OR A WOMAN SCORNED? PART 1

YOU’D HAVE TO BE OF “A CERTAIN AGE” to remember the original “Crime Classics” radio show (June 1953-June 1954). Or maybe you caught “Enjoying Crime Classics, Obsessively” here at SimanaitisSays.  … Continue reading →

February 15, 2025 · 2 Comments

U.S. SCIENCE UPENDED

IT IS A CHAOTIC PERIOD AND AAAS Science described Trump’s first weeks in office as “New Administration Upends U.S. Science.” Here are tidbits gleaned from this and related articles. Quoted … Continue reading →

February 14, 2025 · 1 Comment

F1 CARS AS KINETIC ART

CURATORS AT THE PIRELLI HANGARBICOCCA say “Jean Tinguely (Fribourg, 1925–Bern, 1991) is considered one of the pioneering artists of the 20th century. As one of the most important exponents of … Continue reading →

February 13, 2025 · 4 Comments

IF YOU’RE MISERABLE AT YOUR LIFE, DON’T READ ANY FURTHER

THE HISTORY QUIZ WEBSITE recently posted “Get a Purr-fect Score on This History of Cats Quiz.” Being as I am a cat-loving grandfather, I recall the asinine comment made by … Continue reading →

February 7, 2025 · 2 Comments

TRUMP’S “ALTERNATIVE FACTS”

KELLYANNE CONWAY, COUNSELOR TO THE PRESIDENT, famously coined the term “alternative facts” to describe what turned out to be falsehoods uttered by Press Secretary Sean Spicer about the crowd count … Continue reading →

February 5, 2025 · 2 Comments

THE SHIITAKE LOOKED ESPECIALLY APPETIZING 

THE SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS LOOKED BRIGHT and appetizing in the Vons produce department. My freezer already had Wild Argentine Red Shrimp (ha. sounds like one of Trump’s WWE cage pals), so … Continue reading →

February 3, 2025 · 1 Comment

FRED ASTAIRE AND CAVALIER’S MG TD PART 2

Yesterday, an airborne MG TD popped from a magazine cover as Fred Astaire ambled by, or so it seemed watching part of MGM’s Entertainment trilogy. Today in Part 2 we … Continue reading →

February 1, 2025 · Leave a comment

FRED ASTAIRE AND CAVALIER’S MG TD PART 1

SO WHAT’S THE LINK BETWEEN FRED ASTAIRE and the car R&T called “As Friendly as a Tail-Wagging Dog”? Image from That’s Entertainment, 1974. Fred is examining magazines in a Santa … Continue reading →

January 31, 2025 · 2 Comments