A SEVEN-YEAR UPDATE—2019 INFINITI QX50 PART 1
THIS TWO-PARTER is a road test of sorts. A 2019 Infiniti QX50 recently resided at our place for a week. It bristles with high technology, especially when put in perspective … Continue reading
PERFORMANCE ART—SHREDDER STYLE
WHO IS BANKSY? The answer: Nobody knows the identity of this anonymous British graffiti artist/vandal/political activist/performance artist/vulgarian/satirist. Have I missed any more accurate descriptors? I also think of him (I … Continue reading
A PARABLE ON FLOUR POWER
A CULINARY FEATURE about tortillas brought to mind abuses of power, one even directed against my own ordinarily placid lifestyle. The article “A Homemade Flour Tortilla to Rival Its Corn … Continue reading
TALKING ABOUT PAINT THAT’S COOL!
“PASSIVE RADIATIVE COOLING” can lower a surface’s temperature by around 10 degrees Fahrenheit. Think of images of Greek isles, with sun-baked buildings painted white to keep cool. Or recall “Cool … Continue reading
A PROPER ALPINE DRIVE
I AM EVIDENTLY in good company considering the Alps to be “Mountains of Prominence”. G. Geoffrey Smith, Bentley driver, surely agreed. The first two issues of On the Road, published … Continue reading
THE CHASLES VRAIN-LUCAS SCAM PART 2
YESTERDAY IN Part 1, Michel Chasles was ecstatic having bought a letter from fellow Frenchman Denis Vrain-Lucas. This letter proved that French scientist Blaise Pascal had figured out gravitation before … Continue reading
THE CHASLES VRAIN-LUCAS SCAM PART 1
SOMETIMES PASSIONATE highly intelligent people are the easiest marks. Or so it seemed with 19th-century French mathematician Michel Chasles. Chasles had a passion for collecting antiquarian ephemera; fellow Frenchman Denis … Continue reading
SAMUEL SLOAN ON SCHOOLHOUSES—1852
PHILADELPHIA ARCHITECT Samuel Sloan, 1815-1884, left a rich legacy of buildings, particularly in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. In fact, I’ve seen his Lancaster County Courthouse, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the … Continue reading
HAMLET, REVISITED
HITHERTO, HAMLET’S principal appearance here at SimanaitisSays was in the Classics Illustrated comic book version. And a fine example of the graphic genre it is. I also have a rather … Continue reading
BELLICOSE—ITS ETYMOLOGY
FOR ONE REASON or another, the word “bellicose” sprang to mind as deserving addition into my Etymology for our Times series. Why do you suppose? It might have been something … Continue reading
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