Miscellaneous Designs Abbreviation OTD means what, Optical Transient Detector? Airports marked on Google Earth may no longer exist "Arby" might mean R.B. which might mean Roast Beef Arial font puts clains on the menu Backtime your tasks in order to arrive on schedule Beeps and lights on devices:  why not words? Bullets of silver, lead, or depleted uranium Can opener, electric, requires an assist from can opener, manual Casement windows in 1962 and 2016 Church tower, from this angle, looks puzzled Coffeemakers in hotel rooms are now more efficient Confounderate currency Currency need not be kept rightside-up Currency:  in summer, I need more small bills Cursive handwriting is out of fashion Deciphering a word on my to-do list Dictionaries describe words but don't prescribe their use Dirigible goes up to film eclipse; another dirigible crashes Dishes last forever Dollar bills accumulate, so collect in packets of five Doorknob gizmo's position indicates locked or unlocked Double spaces after periods are still my typing preference DVR facilitates my TV-watching Eliza, an early computer program, poses as a psychologist Fine print on dumpling box is hard to read Fireplace in my apartment is a TV screen Font called "Aptos" can distinguish capital I from lower-case l "Frail" is a basket, or a girl Garum: sauce for fish, or sauce from fish? Geographical names keep changing Giant screen for Jesus Christ Superstar in huge arena Googling a certain phrase leads to this website and no others Gutenberg and movable type:  did he ever run out of Qs? Highlighting textbooks; also, showing numerous episodes back to back Home page of this website, April 2002 Hotel suites could become mini-theatres Internet replaces clerks, home libraries "Jumble" puzzle on TV, I object, is incorrectly designed Katselas house design draws comments Keyboard wiggling doesn't vary the sound, except sometimes Kids can't be counted on to remain in the same seats in a restaurant Lanterns no longer need kerosene Las Vegas development squeezes 170 look-alike houses into 40 acres Microprint microwave instructions on a Jimmy Dean box Mirror is used to produce so-called "hologram" Newark, Delaware, stresses "ark," while Newark, Ohio, has 17th-century art Noodle-bowl preparation time is longer than advertised Opening containers with a "church key" Opening glass jars can be a struggle Page jumps can be annoying in newspapers and magazines Pennies have been redesigned, but let's round to the nearest 10¢ instead Pho from miscellaneous ingredients Pneumatic tube crosses the creek Point and call, then do, to reduce errors. Pop-tops don't work if the popper pops off the top Port/starboard, left/right, red/green: which is which? Postage stamps that are good forever; trapezoidal envelopes Power!  That's the American way, not "electricity" or "feed" "Quilted" is apparently the new word for toilet paper Robot from 1893 turns out to be a fake Safety seals protect Tylenol and macadamias Sandwiches from Arby's come in eight-label wrappers Searching online for obscure facts about John Ingersoll Smokestacks fall, with scary video Smokestacks fall within my hearing Sphinx becomes Pharaoh when much of head gets cut away SpinLaunch plans to catapult first stages of rockets Spreadsheet tracks timing of TV program segments Spreadsheet trick: temporarily misspell a repeated word Syracuse staircase landing could be a thrust stage Temperature graph for weather forecasts Tomato soup requires a tool kit to access Trains crash in Ohio at Ashtabula, Kipton, and Buckeye Park Updating a document without forgetting any items Vinegar, diluted to the beverage "posca," for the crucified man Warning on a flash-drive package