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X Marks a Spot

(Where Entertainment is God, continued) Related material— The Nexus (Jan. 8, 2010). That post contains the following— "A Nexus is a place equidistant from the five elements as…

Bumped

Related material— Hitchens on Heaven—

Dateline Seoul

For those who prefer their news straight— Happy birthday, Steven Spielberg.

Transition

"Vaclav Havel oversaw a bumpy transition…." —New York Times  today "Is it over— or is it just beginning?" —"All About Eve"

Vets Club

Continued from August 16—

Closure

Christopher Hitchens on J. K. Rowling— “We must not let in daylight upon magic,” as Walter Bagehot remarked in another connection, and the wish to have everything clarified…

Lining the Train

See also Thursday morning's "As Is."

Take Your Pick

Two recent quotes in this journal— December 14— "Hoban once ruefully observed that death would be a good career move: 'People will say, "Yes, Hoban, he seems an…

Midnight in LA

The Sherlock Holmes film "A Game of Shadows" is apparently showing around midnight (12:00 AM PST, 3:00 AM EST) tonight in LA at the ArcLight Hollywood. This passage…

Friday

"Just the facts." — Attributed to Joe Friday A search in this journal in honor of the late Christopher Hitchens yields links to two of his reviews— a…