NESSIE TIDBITS PART 2
I’M NOT SURE HOW I got into researching the Loch Ness Monster, but it’s fun to tiptoe between truth and supposition. Indeed, here in Part 2 matters seem to reside … Continue reading
NESSIE TIDBITS PART 1
I TEND TO BE A SKEPTICAL SORT (my mathematics training rates proof above supposition) and I dislike anagrams (which sounds irrelevant but of which more anon). These two personality quirks, … Continue reading
“ROUND ATLAS” FUN REDUX
“CANADA AS FAR SOUTH AS CALIFORNIA”?? This calls to mind the NPR April Fool’s spoof that the U.S. sold Arizona to Canada. It was a win/win deal: Canadians had a … Continue reading
MIND THE GAP? NO, MIND THE MAPS PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, we discussed three of London’s newly named Overground suburban lines, Lioness, Mildmay, and Windrush, each commemorating British heritage. As described in VOICE of AMERICA, February 15, … Continue reading
MIND THE GAP? NO, MIND THE MAPS PART 1
AS RECOUNTED BY VOICE OF AMERICA, February 15, 2024, “For anyone with even a passing acquaintance with London, the city’s Tube map is as iconic as the red buses or … Continue reading
SOARING ART DECO—IN THE CITY OF ANGELS
I’VE LONG LOVED ART DECO, and recent Internet trippin’ revealed Bianca Barragan’s “10 Awe-inspiring Art Deco Buildings in Los Angeles,” at Curbed Los Angeles, September 26, 2019. How neat to … Continue reading
A HOLIDAY TOUR 0F ROME
I’VE JUST ENJOYED TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES broadcast of Roman Holiday, the 1953 romantic comedy starring Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, and Eddie Albert. And, indeed, it is a romance of the … Continue reading
CHINA BANS TIME TRAVEL
NOT THAT I NEED YET ANOTHER reason to dislike the Chinese Communists government and control, but Interesting Facts reported that “China Banned Time Travel in TV and Movies.” Interesting Facts recounts, … Continue reading
OFFICIAL STATE THIS AND THATS
WHAT WITH OUR STATES CONTENDING WITH EXTREMELY SERIOUS ISSUES (women’s rights, voting rights, Trump candidacies verses felony counts, etc., etc.), I’m not sure I find comfort in state governments taking … Continue reading
STATE SONGS, SORTA
“TEN ICONIC SONGS THAT CELEBRATE the U.S. States That Inspired Them” at the dictionary;scoop website got me thinking of two of those cited, along with others not mentioned. Here are … Continue reading
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