A FATHER’S DAY GMAX INSPIRATION PART 2
THE FLYING CARPET OF Daughter Suz’s Father’s Day card inspired me to model the Cessna XMC (eXperimental Magic Carpet). Yesterday we looked at the real (single) XMC and (five of … Continue reading
A FATHER’S DAY GMAX INSPIRATION PART 1
I WAS RESEARCHING a next GMax project for Microsoft Flight Simulator to follow my Alexander Eaglerock. Reading “Meet the Often-Forgotten Cessna XMC,” by Jason McDowell in Flying, June 7, 2022, … Continue reading
VIEWED RECENTLY, REVIEWED BACK THEN
BEING AS I AM an aficionado of old movies, I thought it would be interesting to consult reviewers of the era, kinda to see if they got it right. My … Continue reading
CITATIONS RAINING CAT AND DOG
“ARE YOU THE ‘SIMANAITIS, D’ referenced in a recent article?” the email asks. Well, what with a few math papers, scads of R&T articles, and now thousands of SimanaitisSays items, … Continue reading
SNOW WHITE AND THE BARIUM SULFATE DWARFS
“SCIENTISTS AT PURDUE,” reports Cara Buckley in The New York Times, July 12, 2023, “have created a white paint that, when applied, can reduce the surface temperature on a roof … Continue reading
THE BEST ROAD TRIPS AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING PERSONAL ONES PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, THE DISCOVERER and I identified exemplary road trips ranging from South Africa’s Garden Route to our own Pacific Coast Highway. Today we start on the other … Continue reading
THE BEST TRIPS AROUND THE WORLD—INCLUDING PERSONAL ONES PART 1
THE DISCOVERER BLOG’S “The Best Road Trips Around the World” reminds me of great personal tripping with R&T. Here in Parts 1 and 2 today and tomorrow are tidbits about … Continue reading
“AS THE BISHOP SAID TO THE ACTRESS….”
BACK IN “One Thing Leading to Another,” I said I’d get back to you about Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase & Fable citing “As the Bishop Said to the Actress.” Pause … Continue reading
WHAT DO ’POSSUMS HAVE IN COMMON WITH ’ROOS? WOMBATS AND KOALAS TOO.
INDEED, THE WEBSITE INTERESTING FACTS is aptly named: “A Newborn Kangaroo,” it says, “is MUCH Smaller Than You Realize.” Well, I must confess my realization skills in this regard have … Continue reading
TEXAS GUINAN—NOT JUST ANOTHER INDICTED B.S. ARTIST PART 2
MAMIE, A YOUNG LADY FROM WACO, (sounds like the start of a salacious limerick, eh?) gained fame with a name change to “Texas” (out the window goes the rhyme). Today … Continue reading
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