SAAB 850 GT—SWEDISH STYLE MOTORIZED PART 1
IN NEAR-TERM MEMORY, SAAB is a defunct subsidiary of GM. But this legendary Swedish marque used to be a great deal more. As one example, it made the cover of … Continue reading
GETTING A GLOW ON—IN AN EVOLUTIONARY SENSE
“TINY CARIBBEAN CRUSTACEANS and their bioluminescent mating displays are shining new light on evolution.” This, from Elizabeth Pennisi in her fascinating article “Sparkling Waters” in Science, August 22, 2022. Tiny … Continue reading
WANTED, IN THE OLD WEST, AND IN VICTORIAN THEATRE AS WELL PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, we saw British polymath Robert Harling rise (possibly from orphenhood, possibly not) to become a typographer (Playbill font, 1938), an editorial trainee (twice, not for long … Continue reading
WANTED, IN THE OLD WEST, AND IN VICTORIAN THEATRE AS WELL PART 1
THESE TIDBITS, IN PARTS 1 AND 2 today and tomorrow, are about Robert Harling’s Playbill typography (which, curiously, has nothing to do with Playbill, the theater magazine described in “Prokofiev, … Continue reading
IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT PART 2
IT WAS 1961, AND A 1955 R&T road test of a Renault 4CV was my principal source in persuading Dad about purchasing my first car. “A very remarkable machine,” R&T … Continue reading
IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT…. PART 1
RECENTLY PERUSING A 1955 R&T road test of the Renault 4CV evoked vivid memories of my first car being a scaled-down version of Dad’s 1955 Ford Fairlane Sunliner. Why this … Continue reading
SO WHAT’S THE FARE?
BEING A BORN-AGAIN CALIFORNIAN, I hardly ever ride in a taxicab. However, I have enjoyed sharing tidbits about them here at SimanaitisSays and recently came upon another interesting facet: Namely, … Continue reading
EXISTENTIALISM, NOIR, AND THE BIG SLEEP
I AM SAVORING MY WAY through The Annotated Big Sleep. See “As Hard-boiled as a Shamus’s Simile” and “On Chandler’s Greatness” and “Sleeping with Virginia Woolf, Dreaming About a Naked … Continue reading
DUAL PURPOSE? NO WAY IN H____!
WHEN ERNESTO, ETTORE, AND BINDO left their namesake company in 1947, their new firm was named Officine Specializzate Costruzione Automobili—Fratelli Maserati S.p.A. OSCA, for short, lasted only until 1967, but … Continue reading
THE BARD’S FLICKS PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE SHARED DETAILS of Henry V, Titus Andronicus, and Hamlet. Today in Part 2, Chimes at Midnight and A Midsummer’s Night Dream complete my top five, and I discover … Continue reading
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