A HOLIDAY TOUR 0F ROME
I’VE JUST ENJOYED TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES broadcast of Roman Holiday, the 1953 romantic comedy starring Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, and Eddie Albert. And, indeed, it is a romance of the … Continue reading
1955 FORD THUNDERBIRD—WHAT’LL SHE DO? PART 2
R&T’s ROAD TEST OF THE FIRST-GENERATION Ford Thunderbird emphasized testing methodology as opposed to a review of the car itself. Here in Part 2 the testers share hints on optimizing … Continue reading
1955 FORD THUNDERBIRD—WHAT’LL SHE DO? PART 1
R&T WROTE IN MARCH 1955, “With all the interest in the new Thunderbird ‘personal car,’ the performance claims of overly enthusiastic salesmen can perhaps be excused. In a quick survey … Continue reading
YET MORE DRAGON LORE
YOU’D THINK THIS WEBSITE’S “Dragons be Here and There Parts 1 and 2,” July 7, 2022, would have satisfied my (and your) curiosity. However, 2024 is the Year of the … Continue reading
WERE OUR ANCESTORS LIKE US?
I’VE BEEN ENJOYING SIMON BANKS’ OPERA: The Autobiography of the Western World. Like other chapters in the book, it examines fundamental questions of western civilization from the perspective of opera: … Continue reading
PHYSICS OF A FORWARD PASS
I HAVE LONG ASSUMED GYROSCOPIC ACTION was responsible for the stability of a football’s spiral pass. Well, it turns out yes and no, as described by Regina G. Barber, Rachel … Continue reading
PHONY MATH CITATIONS
THE QUALITY OF A RESEARCH PAPER, in mathematics as well as other areas, is often assessed by counting the number of other scholars who have referred to the paper. Alas, … Continue reading
ALLARD K3—GRENDEL’S SOPHISTICATED BROTHER?
TO GET A SENSE FOR THE K3’S RELATIONSHIP to Grendel, check out “Allard Palm Beach—Grendel’s Kid Sister,” appearing only three months before this particular R&T road test. This and other … Continue reading
VAMPIRIC NUMERICS
I’M NOT PARTICULARLY INTO BLOODY TALES; I love garlic; and I’m not adverse to mirrors nor crosses. But by training I am a mathematician and can thus understand arithmomania, a … Continue reading
EMAIL ELUCIDATION
THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY, ALAS, is sometimes a sewer. However I must say that, garbage deleted with a click, there are also gems of email elucidation, serendipitous bits of knowledge I … Continue reading
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