A LENTEN WORKAROUND—AND A BREAKFAST TREAT PART 2
YESTERDAY SARAH PRUITT HELPED US CATCH UP WITH NATIONAL PRETZEL DAY by way of her “The Pretzel: A Twisted History.” Today in Part 2, we continue with the theoretical side … Continue reading
A LENTEN WORKAROUND—AND A BREAKFAST TREAT PART 1
I MISSED NATIONAL PRETZEL DAY (APRL 26), though in a sense I celebrate it daily. Sarah Pruitt gave details in “The Pretzel: A Twisted History,” History, May 27, 2025. Here, … Continue reading
NICE WORK IF A.I. CAN GET IT
I HAD AN ADVENTURE WITH A.I. after enjoying (for the second time) A Damsel in Distress, a 1937 flick starring Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gracie Allen, and Joan Fontaine. Based … Continue reading
RFK JR.—THE NEXT ONE OUTTA HERE! PART 2
TRUMP’S CABINET RIGHTLY DESERVES the resignations and firings it has been experiencing. Yesterday’s Part 1 began the theme of Next One Outta Here! Evidence confirming this continues here in Part … Continue reading
RFK JR.—THE NEXT ONE OUTTA HERE! PART 1
BACK IN NOVEMBER 2024, I WAS ASTOUNDED AND DISMAYED when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was named to be in charge of public health: “darkly satirical given his brain-worm, whale-head, bear-corpse, … Continue reading
BAYREUTH EXULTATIONS—AND BLUES
“WILL THE REAL BAYREUTH PLEASE STAND OUT,” SimanaitisSays, March 27, 2016, offered details of the Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus. Here, a decade later in celebrating Bayreuth’s 150th anniversary, Opera with Opera News offers … Continue reading
IN INCREASED FAVOR OF INVOKING THE 25TH AMENDMENT
EACH DAY BRINGS MORE EVIDENCE that any freely rational human being would recognize the mental incompetence of Donald J. Trump. Recently, we’ve seen his irrational and obscene Easter Message, his … Continue reading
NO MORE INNIES NOR OUTIES??
SIMANAITISSAYS PRIDES ITSELF ON BEING CULTURALLY HEP. Note its recent analyses of “Kit Marlowe—an Elizabethan John le Carré,” “ ‘Poi Tristano,’ Jotted Puccini,” and “Liar, Liar, Middle East on Fire.” … Continue reading
KIT MARLOWE—AN ELIZABETHAN JOHN LE CARRÉ PART 2
YESTERDAY, MICHAEL DOBSON’S LRB PIECE “Flash and Thunder” got me thinking about Christopher Marlowe, my favorite noir Elizabethan. Today in Part 2, we shuffle through Kit’s Tudor closet, not to … Continue reading
KIT MARLOWE—AN ELIZABETHAN JOHN LE CARRÉ PART 1
GREAT WRITERS THINK ALIKE. And also, moderate hacks occasionally parallel the thoughts of competent authors. I’m thinking of two examples: Christopher Marlowe and John le Carré. And me and London … Continue reading
