TRIPPIN’ MUSICALES
ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF MY EARLY RETIREMENTS (my several-day stayovers on business trips) was seeking out cultural enrichment. A recent musical encounter on SiriusXM “Symphony Hall” rekindled memories of … Continue reading
ADVENT CALENDARS: GENGENBACH’S AND PENZEY’S
TODAY, DECEMBER 9 IS THE NINTH DAY OF ADVENT, beginning on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. Wikipedia notes, “The name comes from Latin adventus (‘coming; arrival’).” Here are tidbits about calendars announcing … Continue reading
TRUMP AND SCIENCE/TECH PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE EXAMINED AN ARTICLE IN SCIENCE addressing funding cuts and policy shifts likely with a second Trump administration. This continues today in Part 2. “Go Wild” on Health, Medicines, … Continue reading
TRUMP AND SCIENCE/TECH PART 1
PERHAPS YOU’VE NOTICED, SCI-TECH IS ONE OF THE eight categories of SimanaitisSays. The others: Classic (largely focused on old R&Ts), Trippin’ (my Baedekers and personal travel), Editor (language and word … Continue reading
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND “BRAIN ROT” PART 2
YESTERDAY I RANTED ON ABOUT THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE versus purist democracy, tied loosely with “brain rot” being named Oxford’s Word of the Year. Today, we focus on this and its … Continue reading
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND “BRAIN ROT” PART 1
GIVEN THAT 49.9 PERCENT OF U.S. VOTERS chose Trump, it comes as no surprise that “brain rot” has been named the Oxford Word of the Year. Here, in Parts 1 … Continue reading
PORSCHE 1600—MORE THAN 60 YEARS AGO
TODAY, PORSCHE SELLS SUVS (about two-thirds of its products)—and then there’s the 911 (about 15 percent of production) and some others. However in October 1961, R&T marveled, “… back in … Continue reading
CYBERTHUGS
NOT THAT I’M SEEKING THINGS to worry about in the coming Trump administration, but our past-and-pre-President has already declared enthusiasm for cryptocurrency: “I’m laying out my plan,” he says, “to … Continue reading
OF THEE I SING—A POLITICAL SATIRE
THE GOINGS-ON OF THE PRE-PRESIDENT and his Project 2025-inspired bunch of whackos display elements of Theatre of the Absurd considerably beyond that of mere satire. With this in mind, though, … Continue reading
WHOM—AND WHAT—DO I TRUST?
IN THESE DAYS OF RAMPANT MIS- AND DISINFORMATION, what sources should we trust? And, note well, we don’t necessarily have to agree with these sources, but rather put faith in … Continue reading
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