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MORGAN PLUS 4—A 1959 PERSPECTIVE

“THE MORGAN OF TODAY,” R&T WROTE in September 1959, “is the Morgan of the past and, in all likelihood, the Morgan of the future.”  It has been 66 years now. … Continue reading

February 20, 2025 · 1 Comment

THE SERENDIPITOUS JOYS OF RESEARCH   PART 2

YESTERDAY’S JOYS OF RESEARCH concluded with citing my youthful weekly fix of Double-Crostic puzzles. Caitlin Lovinger describes this word game in “Variety: Acrostic,” The New York Times, July 17, 2020. … Continue reading

February 19, 2025 · Leave a comment

THE SERENDIPITOUS JOYS OF RESEARCH   PART 1

RECENTLY “SHAKESPEARE’S BEHIND” CONCLUDED with my noting, “It was good fun researching this one.” And the “Laura D. Fair” piece had a similar conclusion: “It makes for a nice research … Continue reading

February 18, 2025 · 4 Comments

THINKING ABOUT CHANGE

THE INSPIRING QUOTES WEBSITE often lives up to its name. Indeed, its February 14, 2025, posting caught my eye: “Reframing the Way You Look at Change.”  I’d have to think … Continue reading

February 17, 2025 · 2 Comments

LAURA D. FAIR—FEMME FATALE EXTRAORDINAIRE OR A WOMAN SCORNED?   PART 2

YESTERDAY IN PART 1, Mrs. Laura D. Fair led an adventurous life of five marriages and an extended affair culminating in her shooting her lover after his being reluctant to … Continue reading

February 16, 2025 · Leave a comment

LAURA D. FAIR—FEMME FATALE EXTRAORDINAIRE OR A WOMAN SCORNED?   PART 1

YOU’D HAVE TO BE OF “A CERTAIN AGE” to remember the original “Crime Classics” radio show (June 1953-June 1954). Or maybe you caught “Enjoying Crime Classics, Obsessively” here at SimanaitisSays.  … Continue reading

February 15, 2025 · 2 Comments

U.S. SCIENCE UPENDED

IT IS A CHAOTIC PERIOD AND AAAS Science described Trump’s first weeks in office as “New Administration Upends U.S. Science.” Here are tidbits gleaned from this and related articles. Quoted … Continue reading

February 14, 2025 · 1 Comment

F1 CARS AS KINETIC ART

CURATORS AT THE PIRELLI HANGARBICOCCA say “Jean Tinguely (Fribourg, 1925–Bern, 1991) is considered one of the pioneering artists of the 20th century. As one of the most important exponents of … Continue reading

February 13, 2025 · 4 Comments

SHAKESPEARE’S BEHIND 

NOW THAT I’VE GOT YOUR ATTENTION, there’s nothing scatological here. Rather, it’s a timely update of “Do Our Languages Shape Us? Or Do We Shape Our Languages?” Background. There we … Continue reading

February 12, 2025 · Leave a comment

HAPPY 100TH AUTOMOTIVE NEWS!

IT WAS IN 1925 THAT AUTOMOTIVE DAILY NEWS published its first issues—in of all places, New York City. (“I go somewhere, I take a cab….”) Of course, we know it … Continue reading

February 11, 2025 · 5 Comments