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ADDLEPATED UNCLE DON     PART 1

TO A RELATIVELY SELECT FEW, I am myself an uncle, sorta. So it is with personal sensitivity, in Parts 1 and 2 today and tomorrow, that I address the concept … Continue reading

June 11, 2025 · Leave a comment

KEWL BUILDINGS U.S.A.   PART 2

PART 1 YESTERDAY GOT US STARTED VISITING the Discoverer website’s choices of cool buildings around the U.S. Our travels and recollections continue here. Topeka High School—Kansas. “It’s hard to believe,” … Continue reading

June 10, 2025 · 1 Comment

KEWL BUILDINGS U.S.A.   PART 1

“AS WE TRAVEL AROUND THE UNITED STATES,” the Discoverer website writes, “we witness fantastic buildings that adorn the country’s cites and towns…. Let’s take a road trip across America as … Continue reading

June 9, 2025 · Leave a comment

THIS IS HOW AN ADULT BEHAVES, REACTS, AND SPEAKS

BECAUSE OF ITS IMPORTANCE, I am including this message in addition to the scheduled item for today’s SimanaitisSays. Governor Newsom’s Email, Sunday, June 8 at 7:50 PM: Dennis – Last … Continue reading

June 9, 2025 · 2 Comments

FINDING HUMOR IN HISSY FITS      PART 2

THIS STARTED WITH SEEKING HUMOR in reports of the asinine Trump/Musk hissy fits exchanged on their respective social media. We continue in Part 2 with more of Aishvarya Kavi’s article, … Continue reading

June 8, 2025 · 1 Comment

FINDING HUMOR IN HISSY FITS      PART 1 

THE RECENT BAD BEHAVIOR BETWEEN two problematic middle-school mentalities has been an embarrassment to us all. Yet what else is there to do but laugh? Here, in Parts 1 and … Continue reading

June 7, 2025 · 3 Comments

THE MATH BRAIN AND A.I.—NOT EXACTLY FRIENDS

PARADOXICALLY ENOUGH, AFTER MY READING Dr. Leif Weatherby’s Guest Essay “A.I. Killed the Math Brain,” in The New York Times, June 2, 2025, what came to mind was ventriloquist Edgar … Continue reading

June 6, 2025 · 1 Comment

TRUMP’S—AND OUR—LEGAL MATTERS    PART 2

THIS HAS BEEN EVOLVING RESEARCH: It began with my reading a fine article in Fulcrum, “The Legal Costs and Risks of Trump’s 328 Lawsuits.” Then my research led in several … Continue reading

June 5, 2025 · 1 Comment

TRUMP’S—AND OUR—LEGAL MATTERS    PART 1

STEVE CORBIN REPORTS IN THE FULCRUM, May 21, 2025, “As of May 1—101 days into the Trump 2.0 administration— the highly credible Bloomberg News reported over 328 lawsuits have been … Continue reading

June 4, 2025 · 1 Comment

A LOT OF BRITISH CARS—WITH TALES TO TELL    PART 2

YESTERDAY WE SELECTED MEMORABLE BRIT CARS from Classic & Sports Car magazine’s A-Z of Cars: 1947–1970. Here in Part 2 we continue with tales of a Ginetta drive, a Jewett-enhanced … Continue reading

June 3, 2025 · 2 Comments