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Robert Stone’s Heaven — “Behold the handmaid of the Lord.” Sharon Stone’s Heaven — “I’m alive.” “No. You’re dead, this is heaven, and I’m the Virgin Mary.” (Costume design by…
Mathematician Norbert Wiener reportedly died on this date in 1964. "Mathematics is too arduous and uninviting a field to appeal to those to whom it does not give great…
Steve Winwood Leads Carlos Santana Tribute at Kennedy Center Honors —
"It is a very fun happy collection and I think it is classic and timeless and elegant." — The late L'Wren Scott, Vanity Fair , Nov. 20, 2013…
Related material: Posts tagged Mellon in this journal, which include remarks by Jim Holt on "The Devil's Bible" and "Big-Bang Theology." See as well the New York Times front…
Or: The Confessions of Nat Tate “A convincing lie is, in its own way, a tiny, perfect narrative.” — William Boyd, “A Short History of the Short Story”…
“The name Siri is Norwegian, meaning ‘beautiful woman who leads you to victory.’” I prefer Josefine.
See also Blockheads (esp. today’s 2 PM post) and “That old Jew gave me this here.”
For Little Man Tate — Related material — Wechsler in this journal.
The New Yorker of March 17 on a New York literary family— “First they were Communists, then liberals (he was questioned by the House Committee on Un-American Activities);…