THOUGHTS ON THEATER—1928 PART 2
YESTERDAY, CLARENCE STRATTON shared thoughts on theater, especially of Little Theater as it existed in 1928. Today in Part 2, Stratton describes two theatrical innovations, one with a definite shortcoming. … Continue reading
THOUGHTS ON THEATER—1928 PART 1
IT WAS MAY 26, 1929, when The New York Times reviewed Clarence Stratton’s Theatron with “Our Growing Interest in Little Theatre Groups.” Some 70 years later, I was in a … Continue reading
WHERE TO REGISTER YOUR DOMAIN NAME?
YOU’VE GOT this hot business, right? And you can register its Internet presence anywhere in the world. Why not choose a place that celebrates your business? Why not indeed. Steve … Continue reading
ETYMOLOGY: GANG, GANGSTER
GIVEN THAT WE have a gangster as president (attempted extortion, obstruction of justice, witness intimidation, “take her out,” …), the word and its root “gang” belong in my series of … Continue reading
FOUR AND TWENTY, FOUR TWENTIES + NINETEEN, FOUR AND TWO-AND-A-HALF TWENTIES FORTY OR FIGHT! PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE dealt with four and twenty blackbirds in one way and another. (Don’t ask.) Today in Part 2, we see how German, French, and Danish languages handle counting. You’ll … Continue reading
FOUR AND TWENTY, FOUR TWENTIES + NINETEEN, FOUR AND TWO-AND-A-HALF TWENTIES FORTY OR FIGHT! PART 1
AM I REGRESSING to nursery rhymes in my dotage? No, it’s just that the recent “See You and Raise You 40” here at SimanaitisSays reminded me of “four and twenty … Continue reading
CONTRASTING SPORTS CARS SIXTY YEARS AGO
IT’S DIFFICULT to define “What is a Sports Car?,” and all the more so when considering the Alfa Romeo Giulietta Super Sprint Speciale and Lotus Seven America, both tested in … Continue reading
SEE YOU AND RAISE YOU 40
WHAT WITH the Coronavirus being battled around the world, the word “quarantine” is much in the news these days. Quarantine comes from the Italian, quaranta giorni, 40 days, the enforced … Continue reading
FERRARI 156 F1—SNARLING BEAUTY
TODAY’S FORMULA ONE cars are technically fascinating, but not especially esthetic. No. Make that downright ungainly. By contrast, the first Ferrari mid-engine GP cars of the early 1960s were things … Continue reading
ALPHONSE BERTILLON’S ANTHROPOMETRY PART 2
WAS FRENCH Criminologist Alphonse Bertillon really superior to Sherlock Holmes? Today in Part 2, French criminologist Bertillon gets involved with one of the world’s major miscarriages of justice. Retrospectively, on … Continue reading
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