https://simanaitissays.com/2026/09/23/celebrating-oscar-wilde-annotations-part-1/Simanaitis Saysen2026-09-23T13:05:00+00:00CELEBRATING OSCAR WILDE ANNOTATIONS PART 1"The Annotated Oscar Wilde" specifically the play "The Importance of Being Earnest", items gleaned from the annotations (not the main text), Henry N. Manney III on "crumpet collecting", Algernon Moncrieff on music: "play with expression not accuracy", talking like a dentist "produces false impression" (Ha!), dentists/doctors/"in trade" not welcomed in "Society", solicitors (attorneys) sorta admitted into "Society", Cecil Beaton drawing of Act I "Earnest", English crumpets sorta what Americans call "English muffins", On Various English Teas: "five-o'clock tea" versus "high-tea"/meat-teahttps://simanaitissays.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/lede-3.jpeg?w=150https://simanaitissays.com/2026/09/22/2026-ig-nobel-awards-with-a-new-home/Simanaitis Saysen2026-09-22T13:05:00+00:002026 IG NOBEL AWARDS—WITH A NEW HOME"Soil Your Undies" test for soil organics "Pennsylvania Soil Health Coalition", "Soil Health Assessment Using Buried Cotton Underpants with the Help of 1000 Citizen Scientists" S. Franz Bender "et al." Ig Nobel winner, "Babies Smell Wonderful to Their Parents; Teenagers Do Not" Croy "et al." Ig Nobel winner, "Higher Social Class Predicts Increased Unethical Behavior" Piff "et al." Ig Nobel winner, selection of 2026 Ig Nobel winners, Ig Nobel ceremony moved to Zurich (U.S. no longer perceived as hospitable/safe for foreign scientists), H. Holden Thorp on U.S. diminished stature to world's scientists, Marc Abrahams Ig Nobel master of ceremony/editor of "The Annals of Improbable Research", "Kissing Apes/Anti-Splash Urinals: This Year's Ig Nobels Showcase Surprising Science" Ari Daniel "WFAE 90.7 "NPR", "The 36th First Annual Ig Nobel Prizes" (Japanese stream too), "The 2026 Ig Nobel Prize Winners" Jennifer Quellette "ars Technica"https://simanaitissays.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_3450.jpeg?w=150