TIGER, TYGER, AND TIGGER
ONE THING LEADS to another. For instance, the DownToEarth website had a fascinating item “Why Do Tigers Have Stripes?” This in turn reminded me of The Tyger’s “fearful symmetry” in … Continue reading
DON QUIXOTE’S QUEST
THE NEW YORKER’S November 15, 2021, cover is thought-provoking on several levels. Painter and graphic novelist Eric Drooker titles it “The Impossible Dream,” in reference to the Man of La … Continue reading
ADS, A HALF-CENTURY AGO
I WAS RECENTLY LEAFING through a January 1969 issue of Popular Science, which says something about retirement, life priorities, and proprietorship of SimanaitisSays. This particular Pop Sci had a 16-page … Continue reading
NORMA JEAN, AS SHE WAS KNOWN
THESE NORMA JEAN TIDBITS come to me from two sources: SimanaitisSays reader Bob Storck and SiriusXM’s “Radio Classics.” You may well remember her by another name, Marilyn Monroe. This autographed … Continue reading
GOSFORD PARK—SORTA PREQUEL TO DOWNTON ABBEY
I DELIGHT IN the works of Julian Fellowes, especially his film Gosford Park and TV series Downton Abbey. That a sole writer composed the scripts for these wonderful English period … Continue reading
SERENDIPITOUS ART RETROSPECTIVES
THERE’S A BENEFIT in decluttering: Things previously forgotten bring renewed joy. For instance, over the years I’ve been to the Canadian Grand Prix several times. And in one of the … Continue reading
CUISINE ADVENTURING—THROUGH GASTRO OBSCURA
ATLAS OBSCURA HAS PUBLISHED fine travel and adventure books, including The World’s Most Adventurous Kid described here at SimanaitisSays. Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer’s Guide is the latest, and it’s … Continue reading
COLDPLAY COMBATS CO2
THE ENGLISH ROCK BAND Coldplay plans a sustainability-enhanced 2022 world tour, with a pledge to cut CO2 emissions by 50 percent compared with that of their 2016-2017 tour. Ben Beaumont-Thomas … Continue reading
ARISTOPHANES AND HIP-HOP PART 2
I RECENTLY GOT HOOKED on the plays of Aristophanes because of Emily Wilson’s fine article “Punishment by Radish,” in London Review of Books, appearing in print October 21, 2021. Here … Continue reading
ARISTOPHANES AND HIP-HOP PART 1
OLD COMEDY OF the ancient Greeks should not be confused with their Tragedy. I learned this tidbit while reading Emily Wilson’s “Punishment by Radish,” in London Review of Books, to … Continue reading
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