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Kristen Wiig turns 40 on Thursday, Aug. 22… — Huffington Post
A useful article on finite geometry, "21 – 6 = 15: A Connection between Two Distinguished Geometries," by Albrecht Beutelspacher, American Mathematical Monthly , Vol. 93, No. 1, January 1986,…
From an obituary of a jazz pianist and host of a radio interview program on jazz — McPartland said the conversations themselves were very much like jazz, spontaneous and free-flowing. "It's so easy to…
(Continued from 4 AM Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006 — Meet Max Black .) In memory of office chair designer Charles Pollock, who reportedly died today at 83. An image from the…
In memory of author Elmore Leonard— A graphic symbol and a search for "Nowhere"* in this journal yield… Pictorial version of Hexagram 20, Contemplation (View) "Cotton Mather died when…
The tale is not Thomas Nagel's remarks on philosophy summarized above, but rather the late John Hollander's remarks on Nowhere: "We all know where it is they've gone, the…
Last midnight's post quoted poet John Hollander on Cervantes— "… the Don’s view of the world is correct at midnight, and Sancho’s at noon." The post concluded with…
(Continued) From a 2003 interview by Paul Devlin (PD) with poet John Hollander (JH), who reportedly died Saturday— PD: You wrote in the introduction to the new edition of Reflections…
Alexander Pierce and Black Widow, scheduled to appear in Captain America: The Winter Soldier on April 4, 2014— "God, isn't there already enough crap in this story?" — Margaret…
A book noted here on Sept. 16, 2010— On that date, Harvard historian of science John E. Murdoch died. "It's still the same old story…" Related material: Faust…