Light & Fluffy Sheet Pan Pancakes by Meghan Splawn  Cut into 12 fluffy squares after baking.  https://www.thekitchn.com/sheet-pan-pancakes-recipe-23059380  See also https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchen/four-flavor-sheet-pan-pancakes-4623207

ium  word-forming element in chemistry, used to coin element names, from Latin adjectival suffix -ium (neuter of -ius), which formed metal names in Latin (ferrum "iron," aurum "gold," etc.).  In late 18c chemists began to pay attention to the naming of their substances with words that indicate their chemical properties.  Berzelius in 1811 proposed forming all element names in Modern Latin.  As the names of some recently discovered metallic elements already were in Latin form (uranium, chromium, borium, etc.), the pattern of naming metallic elements in -ium or -um was maintained.  https://www.etymonline.com/word/-ium   

A monkey wrench is a type of adjustable wrench or spanner.  And to throw a monkey wrench into the machinery is a metaphor for disrupting something, a metaphor of throwing a heavy metal object into machinery.  The term originated in Britain, although nowadays it’s primarily found in North American speech and writing.  Why it is called a monkey wrench is uncertain, and there are a number of possibilities, as well as a series of false etymologies based on the name of its supposed inventor.  Among the likely origins are that the wrench could be so called because it is a metal object that moves up and down a vertical shaft, not unlike a monkey climbing up and down a tree.  Others have observed that the head of the wrench resembles a monkey’s head.  https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/monkey-wrench

A false etymology (fake etymology, popular etymology, etymythology, pseudo-etymology, or par(a)etymology) is a popular but false belief about the origin or derivation of a specific word.  It is sometimes called a folk etymology, but this is also a technical term in linguistics.  Such etymologies often have the feel of urban legends, and can be more colorful and fanciful than the typical etymologies found in dictionaries, often involving stories of unusual practices in particular subcultures (e.g. Oxford students from non-noble families being supposedly forced to write sine nobilitate by their name, soon abbreviated to s.nob., hence the word snob).  Many recent examples are "backronyms" (acronyms made up to explain a term), such as posh for "port outward, starboard homeward".  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_etymology 

Remaindered books or remainders are printed books that are no longer selling well, and whose remaining unsold copies are liquidated by the publisher at greatly reduced prices.  While the publisher may take a net loss on the sales of these books, they are able to recover at least some of their sunken costs on the sale and clear out space in the warehouses.  Only hardcovers and trade paperbacks (paperback books, often larger than "pocket" paperbacks, sold "to the trade" or directly to sales outlets) are typically remaindered.  A book that might retail for $20 to $30 will typically be purchased by someone specializing in remainders for $1 and resold for approximately $5 to $15.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remaindered_book 

Keith Duncan Mallett (born October 7, 1948) is an American artist who has worked as a painter, etcher and ceramic artist.  His subject matter ranges from figurative to still life and abstracts.  Mallett's work has been exhibited worldwide and is featured in corporate and private collections.  He has also enjoyed considerable success with numerous sold-out limited-edition prints, and was given the commission to craft the official limited-edition print commemorating the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's breakthrough into major league baseball.  At twelve Mallet began painting as a hobby.  Keith studied painting at the Art Students League and Hunter College in New York City.  Both stints at college led his professors to encourage him to work professionally and he gained positions working for several of his professors.  While in New York, Mallett began working for the music industry painting record covers for Virgin Records and creating T-shirts for several well-known music groups.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Mallett 

In the First World War the phrase “over the top” was used by the British to describe the infantry emerging from the safety of their trenches to attack the enemy across open ground.  An early example of that in print is from a 1916 edition of War Illustrated:  "Some fellows asked our captain when we were going over the top."  More recently, with allusion back to the WWI usage, the phrase has come to describe excessive or foolhardy actions.  This figurative use originated not long after the war and the earliest record of it that I've found is in Lincoln Steffens' Letters, 1935:  "I had come to regard the New Capitalism as an experiment till, in 1929, the whole thing went over the top and slid down to an utter collapse."  Since the 1980s, in the UK at least, the phrase is often shortened to OTT.  O. T. T. was the adult version of the anarchic children's TV show Tiswas.  It was broadcast by the UK television network Central Television in 1982.  https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/over-the-top.html 

Franklin Park Mall in Toledo, Ohio reaches 50 years old July 22, 2021.  Over its retailing history, Franklin Park has reinvented itself twice well in excess of $117 million, grown from a planned 300,000 square feet to the current 1.3 million square feet, replaced large department store anchors five times, and expanded to over 150 retailers from an original 75—only four of which remain:  J.C. Penney, General Nutrition, Lane Bryant, and Spencer's Gifts.  The mall is now under the direction of Pacific Retail Capital Partners, the fourth management company since its doors opened in 1971.  The original floor plan—and the mall's original and uncomfortable floor was the biggest complaint by customers over its 50-year history—provided four court areas, the most prominent being Center Court with its 35-foot-high fountain that shot up into its classic suspended "sky cube" and second level mezzanine.  When the 2005 renovation occurred, the sky cube was removed, cut up, and became part of the Monroe Street entrance.  A courtyard in front of the J.L. Hudson store, now Macy's, had a "stabile" abstract sculpture by internationally famed artist Alexander Calder.  It was commissioned by Hudson's for $125,000 (about $830,000 today) but later donated to the Toledo Museum of Art.  The museum later sold the stabile, named Oscar, to fund additional art purchases, but Oscar recently was restored and is now displayed by its new owners, the Carli Fine Art Conservatory in Carlsbad, Calif.  Jon Chavez  https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/age-50-franklin-park-mall-030500938.html  See pictures of Calder’s sculpture Oscar at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1823583794335534.1073741830.247389418621654&type=3 

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