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
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
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
GEE, WHAT IF I HAD HAD THE MONEY….
WHAT A NEAT IDEA FROM reader Steve Hagen: Old R&T Market Places “had some truly great buying opportunities,” he writes. Indeed, here are tidbits gleaned from just one issue, February … Continue reading
REGIONAL YUMS
THE DISCOVERY BLOG OFFERS “10 Regional U.S. Dishes You Have to Try Once,” several of which I’ve enjoyed more than that. I’ve picked out five of them to share here, … Continue reading
REUSE, DON’T DIG UP
A STANFORD UNIVERSITY REPORT SAYS “Recycling Lithium-ion Batteries Delivers Significant Environment Benefits” compared with mining and processing new materials. “On a large scale,” Stanford researchers write, “recycling could also help … Continue reading
IF YOU’RE MISERABLE AT YOUR LIFE, DON’T READ ANY FURTHER
THE HISTORY QUIZ WEBSITE recently posted “Get a Purr-fect Score on This History of Cats Quiz.” Being as I am a cat-loving grandfather, I recall the asinine comment made by … Continue reading
NOTES ON HARD TIMES
GEE, WHY EVER SHOULD this title about George Orwell catch my eyes these days? Now you tell one. Remarkable Diaries: The World’s Greatest Diaries, Journals, Notebooks, and Letters, foreward by … Continue reading
TRUMP’S “ALTERNATIVE FACTS”
KELLYANNE CONWAY, COUNSELOR TO THE PRESIDENT, famously coined the term “alternative facts” to describe what turned out to be falsehoods uttered by Press Secretary Sean Spicer about the crowd count … Continue reading
PURPOSE-BUILT—AND NOT FOR THE STREET
“COMPETITION CARS,” I ONCE NOTED, “are a hoot to drive, mainly because they make few concessions to anything resembling practicality.” And back in 1955 R&T wrote along similar lines in … Continue reading
Simanaitis Says 