https://simanaitissays.com/2026/05/09/in-praise-of-the-common-part-1/Simanaitis Saysen2026-05-09T13:05:00+00:00IN PRAISE OF THE COMMON PART 1"This Happy Breed" British flick 1944/1947, Robert Newton: British actor (drinking problem), Robert Newton (Frank Gibbons in "This Happy Breed"/Long John Silver in "Treasure Island", Bosley Crowther NYT: "The Happy Breed" "absorbing and affecting panorama of English life", Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man", "Lucky Dip Cinema" "YouTube" "This Happy Breed", Noël Coward's image vs film's "Frank Gibbons"https://simanaitissays.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/lede-1.jpeg?w=150https://simanaitissays.com/2026/05/08/just-when-you-thought-it-was-safe-to-go-back-in-the-cretaceous-sea-part-2/Simanaitis Saysen2026-05-08T13:05:00+00:00JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO GO BACK IN THE CRETACEOUS SEA PART 2Convergent Evolution: animals in similar habitats in different places independently evolve similar traits, "Octopus 'Krakens' as Large as Semi-Trucks Stalked Ancient Seas" Phie Jacobs AAAS "Science", "Earliest Octopuses Were Giant Predators in Cretaceous Oceans" Shin Ikegami et al. AAAS "Science", Digital Fossil Mining: repeated super-thin layers of fossil rock lead to 3D models, fossil beak chips and scratches imply food source (and handedness)https://simanaitissays.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/science.aea6285-f1.jpg?w=150