OLD MOVIE TIDBITS
AS AN AFICIONADO of old-time movies, I sure accumulate scads of trivia. Several tidbits shared here touch on Greta Garbo’s legs, Maureen O’Sullivan’s entire body (sorta), Johnny Weissmuller’s yell, and … Continue reading
MOTORING DOWN TO BROOKLANDS—WITH SIR MALCOLM
“THE CAMPBELL TROPHY,” E.P. LEIGH-BENNETT WROTE in the late 1930s, “was to be raced for at Brooklands on the morrow, 226 miles, and Malcolm, the donor and predominating factor in … Continue reading
BERLIOZ’S FAILED MOKE CAPER
THIS HEADLINE IS right up there with “Headless Body Found in Topless Bar,” and, what’s more, it’s no less an exaggeration. Nineteenth-century French composer Hector Berlioz came close to pulling … Continue reading
WILL CUPPY GREATS PART 2
HERE IN PART 2, we continue satirist extraordinaire Will Cuppy’s assessments of the world’s Greats, at least those so identified by posterity. Peter the Great. Cuppy explains, “Peter the Great … Continue reading
WILL CUPPY GREATS PART 1
AS I’VE NOTED BEFORE, Will Cuppy is my favorite satirist. His style is deceptively simple: sorta a well-executed theme paper with tongue firmly in cheek. Like I said, “heavily researched … Continue reading
CYCLING THE TYROL—IN 1905 PART 2
YESTERDAY, BAEDEKER’S AUSTRIA-HUNGARY offered helpful hints about cycling Tyrol. Today we share tidbits of its itinerary from Innsbruck to Bozen, together with related thoughts of my own trippin’ thereabouts, real … Continue reading
CYCLING THE TYROL—IN 1905 PART 1
MY 1905 BAEDEKER’S AUSTRIA-HUNGARY is prior to the commonality of motor cars, so I frame these tidbits of travel here in Part 1 around cycling, which is more than adequately … Continue reading
BOSTON BLACKIE—REFORMED JEWEL THIEF
BOSTON BLACKIE WAS BILLED AS “enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend.” With this convoluted moral message, he entertained readers of pulp … Continue reading
PUR SANG PERUSING
THE TERM PUR SANG is French for “thoroughbred,” literally “pure blooded.” Pur Sang is also the quarterly publication of the American Bugatti Club, and has been so for more than … Continue reading
AV R&D MADNESS
I AM LESS THAN ENTHUSIASTIC about autonomous vehicles. To confirm this, you need only check out a few examples here at SimanaitisSays: “Where Are Self-Driving Cars Headed?” February 21, 2016, … Continue reading
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