MUST IT BE GOVERNMENT VS SCIENCE?
I HAD PLANNED today to highlight the 2016 Breakthrough of the Year, as identified by Science, the weekly magazine of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, December 23, … Continue reading
(FUN)DAMENTALS OF CUISINE
HOW ABOUT RETURNING to the fundamentals of cuisine, as described in one of my older cookbooks? Good Housekeeping produced it in 1958, and it shows how healthy meals have evolved … Continue reading
MRS. F.J. LINZ, PART 2
When we left plucky automobilist Mrs. F.J. Linz yesterday, she had already earned the respect of the San Francisco motoring community. In 1908, Mrs. Linz served as the General Manager … Continue reading
MRS. F.J. LINZ—PLUCKY AUTOMOBILIST
WOMEN AT SimanaitisSays have been aviatory, artistic, aviatory and artistic, and a passle of other descriptions. But “plucky” is a new one, perfectly suited to Mrs. Frederick J. Linz of … Continue reading
MAY YOHÉ, A TALE OF ADVENTURE–AND HOPE
I POSED AN irresistible challenge to myself in recent tales about massive diamonds: The fabulous Hope Diamond owned by “an American musical theater actress.…” How could this not lead to … Continue reading
MOCK THE PRESIDENT-IN-WANTING?
RECENT NEWS has it that President-in-Wanting Donald Trump’s communications director Sean Spicer complained on national television that people should stop mocking his boss. Pobrecito! I suspect Spicer missed my earlier … Continue reading
MASSIVE DIAMONDS, PART 2
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD wrote a novella about a diamond the size of a mountain. However, the massive diamonds discussed here yesterday aren’t fictional. These Type II diamonds are real, with … Continue reading
MASSIVE DIAMONDS, PART 1
A MASSIVE DIAMOND of 404.2 carats (almost 1/5 lb.) made the December 16, 2016, cover of Science, the weekly magazine of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. It’s … Continue reading
ON HOLMESIAN HOLIDAYS
HOW DID THE world’s greatest consulting detective celebrate the holidays? I’ve cited Canonical evidence for his Victorian Christmas. But what about New Year’s? Given that his birthday was coming on … Continue reading
ON CEPHALOPODS
THAT KID’S book review may have said, “This book tells me more about whales than I want to know.” On the other hand, I’m fascinated by the book Other Minds: … Continue reading
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