BOBSY LORE
I WAS RESEARCHING SOMETHING OR OTHER and the word “Bobsy” popped up. The word “popped” made sense in the context, because the Bobsy that I had in mind happened to … Continue reading
WAITER, I’LL HAVE THE HOILED CORNED BEEF AND BROWNED PARNIPS
I’LL DECIDE ON THE REST later. These two delicacies appear on a menu illustrated in Anne Ewbank’s “A Peek Inside America’s Dazzling Menu Collection,” Gastro Obscura, July 31, 2023. Here … Continue reading
GROUND-SOURCE HEAT PUMPS
ISABELLA O’MALLEY’S ARTICLE describes “Little-known but efficient, a different way to heat and cool your house,” AP News, July 13, 2023. It’s about ground-source heat pumps, their function related to, … Continue reading
INSPIRED BY AUTOMOTIVE ART
AS NOTED HERE fairly frequently, one of my primary time-gobblers (and whimwham antidotes) is GMax modeling. Associated as it is with Microsoft Flight Simulator, most of my renderings have been … Continue reading
LOTUS CORTINA (VERSUS FIRST FORD MUSTANG)—1964 PART 2
YESTERDAY’S RECOUNTING OF R&T’S July 1964 Lotus Cortina road test cited that only a month later the magazine tested the first Ford Mustang. Which car to generate an enthusiast’s lust? … Continue reading
LOTUS CORTINA (VERSUS FIRST FORD MUSTANG)—1964 PART 1
WHAT AN INTERESTING QUANDARY for an auto enthusiast in the summer of 1964: Buy one of the just-introduced Ford Mustangs tested in R&T August 1964? Or, having read R&T July … Continue reading
MASTERING THE ART OF MYTH COOKING
ANYA VON BREMZEN HAS WRITTEN another interesting new cookbook. Or so Irina Dumitrescu writes in “How Do Certain Foods Become National Dishes?,” The New York Times Book Review, June 15, … Continue reading
AIRPLANE DOUBLE FEATURES PART 2
GEE, THERE HAVE BEEN A BUNCH of good airplane flicks, whether viewed one by one or paired as double features. Here in Part 2, we serve a stint in World … Continue reading
AIRPLANE DOUBLE FEATURES PART 1
READER TOM ASKS, “How about an article on flying films?” Readers Bob and Andrew each responded with favorites. Indeed, here in Parts 1 and 2 today and tomorrow is a … Continue reading
DOUBLE FEATURES PART 2
YESTERDAY WE CONSIDERED movie double features, both inexplicable and otherwise. Today in Part 2, there’s memorable endurance viewing, together with double features of operatic nature. Endurance Viewing. Here’s a double … Continue reading
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