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Motto

See the previous post, "Space," as well as… SymOmega in this journal and a suggested motto for The University of Western Australia.

Space

Notes on space for day 13 of May, 2015 — The 13 symmetry axes of the cube may be viewed as the 13 points of the Galois projective space PG(2,3). This…

Writing Well*

See Stevens + New Haven. * The above figure may be viewed as    the Chinese "Holy Field" or as the    Chinese character for "Well"    inscribed…

Zinsser Obituary

"William Zinsser, a writer, editor and teacher whose book ‘On Writing Well’ sold more than 1.5 million copies by employing his own literary craftsmanship to urge clarity, simplicity,…

Yale Mot

Continued from April 11, 2015:  Never mind .

European Culture

(Continued from VE Day and related recent posts.)

Times Link

"A similar account was presented on Aug. 7, 2011…." — Matthew Rosenberg in this evening's online New York Times Update: A summary and the time of the above story — Earlier in…

George Steiner vs. the Order of St. Benedict

See Steiner's phrase "Language Animal" in this journal  and the corresponding authentic  phrase from a webpage by a Benedictine monk —

Language Animal Farm

The title refers to Friday's VE Day post. See also Monkey Grammarian in this journal.

Mother's Day for Bill Murray

The late Elizabeth Wilson as the mother of Billl Murray's FDR  in "Hyde Park on Hudson." Wilson reportedly died at 94 on Saturday, May 9, 2015. Related material: This…