MORE THAN A LARK IN A LOEWY CAGE?
“STUDEBAKER’S AVANTI,” R&T WROTE IN OCTOBER 1962, “has been before the public for only a short time, yet it has created a remarkable stir of interest. Not since the New … Continue reading
MICHAEL PALIN AND MY ARMCHAIR SCHEDULE
I HAVE THE BEST PLAN based on Daughter Suz presenting me with Michael Palin’s Around the World in 80 Days: I’m going to savor each of his 80 days of … Continue reading
HE’S NO 007, BUT…. PART 2
YESTERDAY, THOMAS JONES’ REVIEW “Lives of Reilly,” London Review of Books, August 10, 2023, introduced us to a fellow known as “Ace of Spies,” not to say more than this. … Continue reading
HE’S NO 007, BUT…. PART 1
IN HIS BOOK SIDNEY REILLY: MASTER SPY, author Benny Morris recounts, “Ian Fleming once said that ‘James Bond is just a piece of nonsense I dreamed up. He’s not a … Continue reading
ONE-LINERS FROM OLD-TIME RADIO SLEUTHS
OLD-TIME RADIO HAD PLENTY OF ENTERTAINING DETECTIVES. Here are examples of my favorites, documented by John Dunning’s On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, together with my usual Internet … Continue reading
EV VERSUS GASOLINE—IFS, ANDS, BUTS PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, MICHAEL J. COREN began cogent analyses of EV versus gasoline costs, as first appearing in “Is It Cheaper to Refuel your EV Battery or Gas Tank? … Continue reading
EV VERSUS GASOLINE—IFS, ANDS, BUTS PART 1
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I feel like the prototypical EV guy: I’m environmentally hep. I don’t travel much in retirement so considerations of EV range are no big deal. Updating … Continue reading
ONE THING LEADING TO ANOTHER
IT’S GOOD FUN FOLLOWING UP on this and that. For instance, there I was leafing through Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase & Fable (yet again!) when Moddey Dhoo caught my attention. … Continue reading
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
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