Goethe wasn’t all about the minerals. He’s also quoted as saying, “One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.” Goethe also said, “Everything...
Crime novelist James Ellroy, author of The Black Dahlia and most recently, Blood’s a Rover, tries his hand at a slang quiz. He reveals his favorite slang term, then tries to guess the meaning of the slang words buzzer, sheetwriter, and geetus, and...
Landy n.— «Roughly translated, that means “So passes away the glory of the Land Rover.” Personally, I think that’s a bit strong, but Landy purists the world over will no doubt lament the passing of the stalwart Td5 engine.» —“Land Rover 90 Td4 XS...
butt gravy n.— «It’s Butt Gravy time whenever it heats up here in the desert. The A/C compressor has failed twice, and the dash console once. All were during the summer heat.» —by Jeff Thomas in Mesa, Arizona The genuine Range Rover ownership...
stacking n.— «The first two images in the sequence show gradual enhancements in the surface detail of Phobos, made possible through a combination technique known as “stacking.” This procedure uses a mathematical process known as “Laplacian...
