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Continued from Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. “The undermining of standards of seriousness is almost complete.” — Susan Sontag (See November 24, 2007.) "Respect is often the last and only…
C. P. Snow on G. H. Hardy in the foreword to A Mathematician's Apology : "… he had another favourite entertainment. 'Mark that man we met last night,' he…
Related material from this journal (Sept. 6, 2013) — "Oblivion is not to be hired: The greater part must be content to be as though they had not been, to be…
Today's previous post, on a Harvard Crimson story, omitted the name of the Crimson author. It is Sonya A. Karabel. Related material:
"A window unto the world"? "The classical style"?
Requiem for a painter in this evening's NY Times : In a review for ARTNews , the painter and critic Fairfield Porter called her work “traditional and radical.” Her…
The title refers to Brit Marling from the previous post. The quote, below, refers to today's news. "Lovely. Just lovely."
Or: Bullshit for Brit … continues. From the new film "I Origins," starring Brit Marling — Plan 9: The protagonist of "I Origins" is led to the above billboard by apparently chance…
(Continued… See "I need a photo opportunity…") From the previous post's Yankee Puzzle link : Saturday, January 7, 2012 Doodles Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: Yankee Puzzle — m759 @ 7:14 PM Today's Google…
Continued from December 5 . The previous post dealt with video game pioneer Ralph Baer. Here is a link in honor of mathematician Reinhold Baer (see Baer in Zero System , a post…