CELEBRATING THE CONNIE PART 1
IN AVIATION DESIGN, form must follow function. And has there ever been a more aesthetically pleasing airliner than the Lockheed Constellation? Here’s a collection of Connie tidbits, gleaned from Airliners … Continue reading
HAPPY 150TH—THE PERIODIC TABLE!
THE UNITED NATIONS celebrates 2019 as the International Year of the Periodic Table. This familiar array is more than a collection of chemical elements. As described in Science, February 1, … Continue reading
STYLISH WRITING PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, several sources were cited as references here at SimanaitisSays: Merriam-Webster, Karen Elizabeth Gordon’s The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: The Ultimate Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the … Continue reading
STYLISH WRITING PART 1
THERE’S NO SHORTAGE of authorities on writing style, some of them even worth emulating. Readers of SimanaitisSays may already sense my trust in two sources, Merriam-Webster and The Compact Edition … Continue reading
SCIENCE AND EVIDENTIAL TRUTH
SCIENCE CONSISTS of following evidence in seeking truth. This succinct characterization comes from comments made by Rush Holt, in his editorial “Democracy’s Plight,” in Science, February 1, 2019. “Observers,” Holt … Continue reading
TEMPERING UTOPIA—A VIEW FROM DELOITTE PART 2
HERE’S PART 2 of my tidbits gleaned from “Tempering the Utopian Vision of the Mobility Revolution,” by Craig A. Giffi, Joseph Vitale Jr., and Ryan Robinson, one of the articles … Continue reading
TEMPERING UTOPIA—A VIEW FROM DELOITTE PART 1
DELOITTE INSIGHTS: Express Lane Ahead was recently published as an informative 25-page spiff to Automotive News, my weekly source of auto industry matters. Here in Parts 1 and 2, today … Continue reading
A SERENDIPITOUS APPEARANCE IN THE FRIDGE
OUR FRIDGE JUST happened to contain a bottle of Scottish ale, some sausage, and veggies including Brussels sprouts. A perfect time for making stew. SCOTTISH ALE STEW 2 Tbs butter … Continue reading
RECENT IVANKA VACUUMING; 1996 FLAG TRODDING
WHAT IS PERFORMANCE ART? According to Merriam-Webster, it’s “a nontraditional art form often with political or topical themes that typically features a live presentation to an audience or onlookers (as … Continue reading
THE ARGYLL—AN EDWARDIAN MOTOR CAR WITH A TRICK UP ITS SLEEVE(S) PART 2
YESTERDAY, THE CONCEPTS of single- and double-sleeve-valve automotive engines were discussed. Today in Part 2 we’ll focus on the Scottish Argyll marque, the high point of which came between 1910 … Continue reading
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