For the Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola:
In God's Name
"If Trinity is everything you say it is," she said, "then why in God's
name would it be based in North Carolina?"
This I hadn't expected. "Aren't you the to…
The Fullness of Time
In memory of Francis Crick, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, who
died yesterday:
"Having solved one of the basic mysteries of life here on Earth, Dr.
Crick seems happy to skewer any notions o…
In loving memory ofFred "Bubba"
LaRue,architect of Nixon's "southern strategy" --
Part of a Log24 entryfor Saturday, July 24,LaRue's apparentdate of
death --
SouthernStrategyGalore: The Agonyand the Ecstasy
an…
Get Your Ticket
Miami Herald:
Posted on Wed., July 28, 2004 Ex-N.H. GOP DirectorPleads Guilty
by Holly Ramer, Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. - The former director of
the New Hampshire Republican Party …
The Freshmen, Part II
From the Daily Princetonian,Feb. 3, 2004: Caption: Cate Edwards'
Princeton friends support her and her father.
"... when Sen. John Edwards, father of Cate Edwards '04, decided to run
for presi…
End of an Era? "To put it simply, in those
days we hadleadership, respect, discipline."
-- Carmine De Sapio Click on screenshot for details.
4:07
Note added on 7/28 at 5:01 AM:
See also Joyce's definition of "epiphany."
Happy Birthdayto Kate Beckinsale(star of
Cold Comfort Farm)
and Kevin Spacey(star of The Usual Suspects).
From a novel,The Footprints of God,published August 12, 2003 --
A tour guide describesstations of the cross in …
Happy Birthday,Carl Jung Jung in Von
Franz'sPsyche and Matter, p. 85:
"What the formula can only hint at is the higher plane that is reached
through the process of transformation.... The change consists in…
His Way
Suggested by George Steiner's phrase in the previous entry, "as in
inverse canons"--
A revision of Theme and Variations to include a midi of Bach's
variations on the Goldberg ground
The following from the …
Keeping Time
Richard Neuhaus on George Steiner'sGrammars of Creation: "... the facts
of the world are not and will never be 'the end of the matter.' Music
joins grammar in pointing to the possibility, the reality, o…
Is Nothing Sacred(3/09), continued...
"With a holy host of others standing 'round meStill I'm on the dark
side of the moonAnd it seems like it goes on like this foreverYou must
forgive meIf I'm up and gone t…
Name Claim
From a Google Groups search on "diamond theorem" today:
Like the pine trees lining the winding road, I got a name, I got a
name.... And I carry it with me like my daddy did But I'm living the
dream that …
New Web Page:
The Grid and the Quilt:Left Brain, Right Brain,The Two Cultures,and
Mathematics
New Web Page:
Reflections on Symmetry
New Web Page:
Galois Geometry
Identity CrisisFrom a summer movie
guide:"Ready for more international
espionage and intrigue? On July 23, Matt Damon returns as amnesiac spy
Jason Bourne in the sequel to 2002's surprise hit, 'The Bourne
Identity.' ....…
"Astonishing, Telepathic
Group Interplay"
In memory of
Frances Hansen,
cruciverbalist extraordinaire:
The first crossword puzzle --
For related commentary on
telepathic interplay, see an
ent…
The Roots of Coincidence
Yesterday's first entry contained a picture of the Philadelphia group
The Roots:
Yesterday's last entry, "Welcome to Mr.
Motley's Neighborhood," dealt with properties of social netwo…
Welcome to...
Mr. Motley's
Neighborhood
Will You Be My Friend?
Only On My Own Turf. By Esther Dyson, …
Bright Star
From Robert A. Heinlein'sclassic novel, Glory Road: "I have many names.
What would you like to call me?" "Is one of them 'Helen'?" She
smiled like sunshine and I learned that she…
Value
American Heritage Dictionary --
val·ue NOUN:
6. Mathematics An assignedor calculated numerical quantity.
Commentary --
See Boyz N the Hood:
Kerry, Edwards Emphasize Values
(Log24 7/11, 2004).
…
Character and ValuesIn
response to this morning's Wizard-of-Id example (see 1:22 PM entry) of
a political Bob-Hope-style Christian wisecrack (a style more apt to
make me gag than laugh), some further quotations:
…
Sequel
This world is not conclusion; A sequel stands beyond,
Invisible, as music, But positive, as sound.
It beckons and it baffles; 5 Philosophies don't know,
And through a riddle, at the…
Sequel to the Previous Entry:
Small World
In memory ofLaurance Rockefeller,who died yesterday at 94
"J. S. Bach's 'Goldberg Variations' is a self-contained world,
immersion
in which is transformative....
At the end of Variation 30, Bach w…
Campaign Song
"All things return to the One. What does the One return to?" -- Zen
koan, epigraph to The Footprints of God,by Greg Iles ofNatchez,
Mississippi "Literature begins with geography."
-- attributed …
Los Angeles Times2:38 PM PDT, July 9, 2004 --
Boyz N the Hood: Kerry,
Edwards Emphasize Values By Matea Gold, Times Staff WriterBEAVER, W.
Va. -- Anticipating a full-frontal attack by President Bush, Sens. Joh…
Oxford Word
From today's obituary in The New York Times of R. W. Burchfield, editor
of A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary:
"Robert William Burchfield was born Jan. 27, 1923, in Wanganui, New
Zealand. …
Wrestling with Words
"Philosophers ponder the idea of identity: what it is to give something
a name on Monday and have it respond to that name on Friday...."
-- Bernard Holland, The New York Times of Monday, May …
Scoop
This afternoon I came across, in a briefcase I seldom use, two books I
had not looked at since I bought them last month: The Footprints of
God,
a recently published paperback by Greg Iles, a writer who
gra…
Bandito
12:25 PM July 8:"Willst Du liebereinen gelben Sternhaben?" she
asked."Oder einen roten?"
-- Martin Cruz Smith,
Stallion Gate,
Ballantine paperback,
1987, page 101 Personally, I prefer
a blue-green sta…
Beyond Geometry(Title of current L. A. art
exhibit)John Baez:What is
the difference between topology and geometry? Geometry you learn in
high school; topology in college. So, topology costs more.A bit more
seriously...."…
Not-So-Solemn Requiem
Funeral song for Marlon Brando to sing, at long last, to the immortal
Grace Kelly..."Everybody's just dying to be heard..."-- KHYI radio,
Plano, Texas, 4:00 PM EDT
(... followed at 4:04 PM by …
Elegance
Except, of course, forAmazing Grace.
Contender
"Jack Nicholson has said he believes, as do many actors, that when
Brando's gone, everyone moves up a place."
-- Claudia Luther and Elaine Dutka, Los Angeles Times staff writers
Marlon Brando in On…
Is Nothing Sacred?
...continued...
From a review in today's New York Times of an L.A. art exhibit, "Beyond
Geometry" By Michael Kimmelmanin Los Angeles The roots o…
Every PictureTells a Story
(ART WARS for
St. Peter's Day,continued)
Pictured above:
The Pantheon, Rome
(courtesy of the PhiladelphiaMuseum of Art)
The Philadelphia Museum of Art
Rocky Balboa
…