STRIKING UP DECIDEDLY DIFFERENT BANDS—SOME WITH TARIFFS, SOME WITHOUT
MY INTRODUCTION TO STRIKE UP THE BAND was a harmless Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland flick on Turner Classic Movies. By the time my research completed, I learned of an entirely different … Continue reading
AULD LANG SYNE
LET’S LOOK FORWARD to a Happy New Year tomorrow. But here on New Year’s Eve, it’s fun to be reflective with the Best of 2024, sorta. I’ve selected seven postings … Continue reading
THE WATERS SISTERS—ROLLS-BENTLEY ENTHUSIASTS, FAVS OF CHURCHILL, FOES OF LORD HAW HAW
YESTERDAY BERNARD L. KING TOLD US about the Waters sisters and the adventures in a Bentley Oxborrow and Fuller Continental Tourer. But there’s a lot more to this talented pair: … Continue reading
HOLIDAY CHEER 2024
SEASONS’ GREETINGS TO YOU ALL. Let’s close off this at-best mixed year with laughs gleaned from a variety of Internet sleuthing and my fondness for SiriusXM “Radio Classics.” A Bunch … Continue reading
THE AUTO INDUSTRY (AND TRUMP AND MUSK)
MY AUTOMOTIVE NEWS PILE HAS BUILT UP AGAIN with tidbits a’plenty. Generally, like any large segment of the economy, the auto industry (comprising 7 percent of U.S. workers and 3-5 … Continue reading
IS THERE A RIGHT OF IGNORANCE? PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE LEARNED NEARLY HALF OF AMERICANS do not reliably know the difference between fact and opinion. Today in Part 2, lamentably enough, the ignorant/uninformed include pre-President Trump and at … Continue reading
IS THERE A RIGHT OF IGNORANCE? PART 1
MERRIAM-WEBSTER DESCRIBES THE NOUN IGNORANCE as “the state or fact of being ignorant : lack of knowledge, education, or awareness.” Further, it defines the adjective ignorant as “1 a: destitute of knowledge … Continue reading
ON STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF FIFTH AVENUE AND SHOOTING SOMEBODY
I WAS GOING TO TITLE THIS “TRUMP NAMES LUIGI MANGIONE TO JUSTICE DEPARTMENT POST,” but decided that Andy Borowitz would do a better job with the satire. I read Robert … Continue reading
PASTRAMI QUESADILLA—FUSION CUISINE OLE!
THERE ARE SEVERAL LAYERS OF THIS TALE, one a bit scary but with a happy ending. They’re offered as tidbits chronologically. The Basic Quesadilla. Wikipedia describes, “A quesadilla is a Mexican dish … Continue reading
CELEBRATING THE CELESTA—IN VARIED MEDIA
“THERE COMES A MOMENT IN ‘THE NUTCRACKER,’ ” Joshua Barone writes in The New York Times, December 8, 2024, “a ballet full of fantasy of fantastic music, when the Sugar … Continue reading
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