Eleven movies, one series
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and others.
Orange Crate Art
The Proust aisle, revisited
Wal-Mart’s madeleines, surprisingly good.
A joke in the traditional manner
A dad joke. Why was the car going so slowly?
Aquacity and originality (Bloomsday)
From the “Ithaca” episode of Ulysses.
SIGNS
The Half Moon Hotel and other signs.
Trump’s “bing”
It's a small thing, but I think I've discovered the source for Trump's strange "bing" habit.
Today's Saturday Stumper
“Outpay, but not outearn.”
Word of the day: tire
Why, our household wondered, are those things on cars and trucks and bicycles called tires?
Avoiding the d-word
Avoiding talk of dementia and Trump.
No master builder
A hapless architect.
Domestic comedy
“I realize that’s a shallow thing to say, but I think it’s a valid shallow thing to say.”
Another Lassie–MTM connection
Jenny from Calverton.
The Alitos and revenge
Timothy Snyder (On Tyranny) writes about “Modern revenge culture, explained by Mrs. and Mr. Alito.”
One more kwoi
“Sequoia,” in a 1943 dictionary.
Eugene Robinson asks a question
“Is Trump okay?” The answer, which Robinson doesn’t quite voice: No.
New directions in footwear
Kids say the darndest things: my Merrell Moab Adventure 3 shoes have been renamed “jungle shoes.”
“AI and the Death of Student Writing”
In The Chronicle of Higher Education, Lisa Lieberman, a community-college instructor, writes about “AI and the Death of Student Writing.”
Recently updated
Harvard, Meta, and veritas: the story of a misinformation expert and misinformation.
macOS Something
How to pronounce “sequoia”?
How to improve writing (no. 122)
“Pitch in today for a chance to meet myself,” etc.
A Moleskine confession
I caved. I now have a 2025 Moleskine sitting in a drawer.
Bodega
A word and its history.
Today’s Saturday Stumper
“Flops.”
Mystery actors
One is making his uncredited film debut.
“Films noir”
Today’s Zippy is all noir.
“Jacksonville”
From Illinoise, the show.
June 6
D-Day in Peanuts.
A dongling peripheral
“Peripheral with a dongle.” The answer: WIRELESSMOUSE. But a wireless mouse needs no dongle.
Orange Crate Art: A Ticonderoga sighting
From Targets (dir. Peter Bogdanovich, 1968).
Dudel Draw
A 2024 Apple Design Award finalist: Dudel Draw, free for the iPad.