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TRUMP, PAUL HARVEY, AND PLAGIARISM BORDERING ON BLASPHEMY

RECENT TRUMP BEHAVIOR OFFERS CHILLING INSIGHT into the man. He or likely his sycophant suppliers of Truth Social drivel have perverted, many times word for word, an essay of the … Continue reading

January 9, 2024 · Leave a comment

GEOFF’S MILLE MIGLIA   PART 2

YESTERDAY IN OUR (AND HIS) TALE, Geoff Healey started the 1949 Mille Miglia in a year-old Healey 2400 Westland (that had placed first in class there the year before). Today, … Continue reading

January 8, 2024 · Leave a comment

GEOFF’S MILLE MIGLIA    PART 1

TALK ABOUT FIRST-HAND COVERAGE! The R&T author wrote in January 1950, “Six weeks before the race my father, Donald Healey, decided that two Healey cars should run in the Mille … Continue reading

January 7, 2024 · 3 Comments

AHOY YE MATIES!

TRUTH IS, I’VE HAD ONLY A FEW sea-faring adventures, but its lore seems to attract itself to me. Here are a couple more tidbits together with some St. Thomas recollections. … Continue reading

January 5, 2024 · 1 Comment

A.I. GETS CHALLENGED LEGALLY

IT WAS INEVITABLE: A MAJOR NEWS ORGANIZATION suing a purveyor of Artificial Intelligence. Indeed, there are multiple layers in this, given that SimanaitisSays gleans information about this matter from one of … Continue reading

January 4, 2024 · Leave a comment

AWARDING THE SIMSEZ

WE BEGAN THIS YEAR’S SIMANAITISSAYS with celebrations of friendly cities and historical automotive achievements. It would be fun to continue with such niceties. But recent news resurrects my inverted elephant … Continue reading

January 3, 2024 · 5 Comments

THE AUSTIN A90, SPEED, AND OLD R&TS

WHAT WITH SIMANAITISSAYS EVOLVING from 33+ years at R&T, it’s no surprise that automobiles are occasional topics at this website. Here at the beginning of 2024 let’s return to R&T’s … Continue reading

January 2, 2024 · 2 Comments

TRIPPIN’ TO THE WORLD’S FRIENDLIEST CITIES—VIRTUALLY AND IN RECOLLECTION

WHAT BETTER WAY TO BEGIN THE YEAR than to visit friendly cities?! Good for Marika Spitulski and Nice News for offering “From Amsterdam to Auckland: 15 of the Friendliest Cites … Continue reading

January 1, 2024 · 1 Comment

KISSOFF 2023

WRAPPING UP THIS YEAR, I will focus on the pleasurable rather than the problematic. Here’s a selection of SimanaitisSays 2023, the particular research, composition, and presentation of which gave me … Continue reading

December 31, 2023 · 3 Comments

ON FAITH, FANCY, POETRY, LOVE, AND ROMANCE

IN 1897 VIRGINIA O’HANLON WROTE a letter to The Sun, a New York City newspaper: “Dear Editor: I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is … Continue reading

December 23, 2023 · 3 Comments