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“Just a lying rhyme for seven!” — Playwright Tom Stoppard on Heaven Related material in this journal: Lying Rhyme and Happy Birthday.
“The yarns of seamen have a direct simplicity, the whole meaning of which lies within the shell of a cracked nut. But Marlow was not typical (if his…
(Continued from May 14, 2014.) See also consciousness growth and the previous post.
“Lord knows when the cold wind blows it’ll turn your head around.” — James Taylor, “Fire and Rain” Ricky Jay’s head turns around in “The Amazing Maleeni,” episode…
This is a post in memory of artist Otto Piene, who reportedly died at 86 on Thursday, July 17, 2014, in Berlin. *For the title, see Alternate Reality, a post…
Wernher von Braun See also The Zero Theorem in this journal.
Click on the above video for a theological remark by Clint Eastwood.
“Tell it slant.” — Emily Dickinson
Paradigms of Geometry: Continuous and Discrete The discovery of the incommensurability of a square's side with its diagonal contrasted a well-known discrete length (the side) with a new continuous length (the diagonal). The figures below…
From the date of Piene’s death — See also Zero Theorem in this journal.