TALES OF THE 5S AND OTHERS
IT IS WITH MIXED PRIDE AND SHAME that I read Fiona Young-Brown’s “The 10 Busiest Highways in the U.S.” in the dailypassport website. Pride, because I contend successfully with these … Continue reading
TRUMP CABINET—A SATIRICAL VIEW PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN A DAUNTING TASK: satirically assembling a cabinet for a (God forbid) second Trump administration. One challenge is finding those with any appropriate qualifications who are still loyal … Continue reading
TRUMP’S CABINET—A SATIRICAL VIEW PART 1
THIS ALL BEGAN with the NBC NEWS headline, August 22, 2024, “RFK Jr. as Trump’s Health Secretary? Here’s What He Wants to Do.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Image from NBC … Continue reading
AUTO TIDBITS—EV COOLANTS GO ROGUE, A FERRARI EXEC FOILS A DEEP FAKE, MUSK SAYS “FIX MINE FIRST!”
I CONTINUE TO READ AUTOMOTIVE NEWS as the best way to keep up with an industry that used to occupy me 24/7 for 33+ years. These days, I merely glean … Continue reading
MESOPOTAMIAN STEW, SORTA PART 2
YESTERDAY A BBC Item on 4000-Year-Old Recipes caught my eye—and taste buds. What about making a Mesopotamian stew? The recipe, translated from cuneiform courtesy of Klaus Wagensonner, was rudimentary: “Leg … Continue reading
MESOPOTAMIAN STEW, SORTA PART 1
THERE’S INTELLECTUAL SATISFACTION in communing with past civilizations. Maybe it’s the grandeur of Rome’s Pantheon or the serenity of Kamakura’s Daibutsu. Or the culinary comfort of “What the Mesopotamians Had … Continue reading
THE LA4’S VIRTUAL GRANDNEPHEW FROM RFPRO PART 2
YESTERDAY, SAE’S SEBASTIAN BLANCO described rFpro’s massively detailed 22-mile digital loop of southwest Los Angeles. I sensed a kinship to the LA4, this city’s downtown route that evolved into EPA’s … Continue reading
THE LA4’S VIRTUAL GRANDNEPHEW FROM RFPRO PART 1
SEBASTIAN BLANCO REPORTS IN SAE INTERNATIONAL’S AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING magazine, August 2024, “Simulation company rFpro has already mapped over 180 digital locations around the world, including public roads, proving grounds and … Continue reading
RUPERT MURDOCH COWERS FROM NEW COMPETITOR
IT’S A SUBTEXT OF BENJAMIN MULLIN’S New York Times article, August 16, 2024, “No Joke: The Onion Thinks Print is the Future of Media” that has Murdoch’s Fox Corp fearing … Continue reading
CANALS TO BE SAVORED
THE DISCOVERER BLOG offers “9 Canal Rides You Have to Take,” three of which I’ve already enjoyed—and one that Discoverer missed but could well have included. Here are tidbits about … Continue reading
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