TOO HOT TO FAN? PART 2
TODAY IN PART 2, WE CONTINUE TIDBITS gleaned from Warren Cornwall’s AAAS SCIENCE “When is it Too Hot to Use a Fan?” It turns out it’s more than just the … Continue reading
TOO HOT TO FAN? PART 1
I LEARNED AN IMPORTANT LESSON in pre-air-conditioned, pre-climate-change Sowinski Elementary School, Cleveland, Ohio, when our teacher taught us not to bother fanning ourselves on a hot day: The exertion of … Continue reading
RESIDING IN THE THIRTIES, SORTA PART 2
YESTERDAY WHAT A WIDOW! was identified as a first of 1930s’ movies with architecturally significant set design. Today in Part 2, Donald Albrecht’s book Designing Dream: Modern Architecture in the … Continue reading
RESIDING IN THE THIRTIES, SORTA PART 1
THANKS TO TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES, part of me seems to reside in the 1930s. Recently, I’ve enjoyed Dinner at Eight, 1933; Transatlantic Tunnel; 1935, and Broadway Melody of 1936, 1935. … Continue reading
JAG XK-E: “THE FINEST CRUMPET COLLECTOR KNOWN TO MAN”—HENRY N. MANNEY III
WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF 1961, what better recommendation could a car be given? R&T was rather more PC in noting, “The car comes up to, and exceeds, all our great … Continue reading
CELEBRATING JIM FRENCH’S MEETING OF THE MINDS
I RECENTLY ENJOYED (YET AGAIN) A PARTICULAR HARRY NILE adventure, one of Jim French’s Imagination Theatre productions out of Seattle. These radio programs were originally broadcast 1976–2010 in a variety … Continue reading
RFK JR. AND FLUORIDATION—AAAS COMMENTS PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE LINKED INTO THE AAAS MEMBER COMMUNITY discussing RFK Jr. and his potential elimination of fluoridation in our drinking water. Today in Part 2 we continued sharing this cogent … Continue reading
RFK JR AND FLUORIDATION—AAAS COMMENTS PART 1
PUTTING RFK JR. IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, to some of us, may seem darkly satirical given his brain-worm, whale-head, bear-corpse, and anti-vaccine proclivities, not to say other batshit conspiracy … Continue reading
HILL-AND-DALE VERSUS SIDE-TO-SIDE
A RESURGING INTEREST IN VINYL brings up the fascinating origins of recorded sound—and its two rivals Thomas Edison and Emile Berliner. My principal source for these tidbits is Lenny Lipton’s … Continue reading
Simanaitis Says 
ON VACATIONING GRANDPARENTS
THE DAILY PASSPORT WEBSITE got me thinking about “7 Places Your Grandparents Loved to Vacation.” Indeed, I don’t recall hearing of my grandparents ever vacationing. But let’s talk about them … Continue reading →