A REAL LULU OF A SILENT FLICK PART 2
SILENT FILMS LACK NOTHING in entertainment value. Today in Part 2, we continue with movie treatment of Die Büchse der Pandora, Pandora’s Box, 1929. Lulu’s Cinema Career. Frank Wedekind’s theatrical … Continue reading
A REAL LULU OF A SILENT FLICK PART 1
I HAVE LONG BEEN an aficionado of silent films, no less entertaining than those of the chit-chat variety. Here, in Parts 1 and 2 today and tomorrow, are recollections of … Continue reading
SKATEBOARDING INTO THE FUTURE
AUTOMOTIVE CHASSIS DESIGN has a relatively concise history: Body-on-frame follows practices dating back to horse-drawn carriages. Unibody is a 20th-century innovation. And skateboarding is likely to be the 21st-century norm. … Continue reading
RV’ING IN STYLE—1914
BONHAMS’ BEAULIEU SALE of Collectors’ Motor Cars & Automobilia, held at the museum September 9-10, 2022, was a glorious opportunity for online day-dreaming, especially for U.S. viewers what with the … Continue reading
A HANDSOME CZECH MONOPLANE—THE AERO 45, PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, details were shared about the Aero 45, a handsome Czech monoplane built between 1947 and 1961. A goodly number of these craft continue to be airworthy, … Continue reading
A HANDSOME CZECH MONOPLANE—THE AERO 45 PART 1
IN MY GMax hobby of constructing computer-sim aircraft, I especially like those with airy greenhouses. The De Havilland Dragon Rapide is one; the Westland Lysander another. My latest GMax project, … Continue reading
A (BELATED) 10TH ANNIVERSARY
AGG!! IT SLIPPED MY MIND back in mid-August, but this celebrated the tenth anniversary of SimanaitisSays—count them 10! And they said I’d run out of things to say. Ha. Here, … Continue reading
SARTORIAL COOL PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE EXCHANGED suit, repp tie, and dress shoes for hoochie daddys and sandals. Today we continue with tidbits gleaned from Christopher Favelle’s most informative “Hot Couture: How a Warming … Continue reading
SARTORIAL COOL PART 1
WHAT WITH RETIREMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE, politics, and all, my current sartorial style is defined by statements on my T-shirts: “KEEP CALM and PURSUE QUESTIONS EMPIRICALLY,” “THE DELLOW REGISTER,” “C:\DOS C:\DOS\RUN … Continue reading
SAAB 850 GT—SWEDISH STYLE MOTORIZED PART 2
THIS SAAB STORY (NO pun intended) continues with additional tidbits gleaned from an R&T road test of the 850 GT in April 1964, along with some personal links and even … Continue reading
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