In memory of Kurt Kreuger(see previous entry)
The Reluctant Dragonin today's Hagar the Horrible:Those who prefer
higher culturemay consultThe Dragon in the Gate:Studies in the Poetryof
G. M. Hopkins,by Elisabeth Winters…
For the feast ofSt. Ignatius Loyola...
Final Arrangements,continued: "Now you has jazz."- High Society, 1956
-- Today's online New York Times
Also from today'sNew York Times:
Kurt Kreuger
in the 1…
Highway 61RevisitedGod say,
"You can do what you want
Abe, but the next time you
see me comin' you better run."Today's online New York Times:"On Highway
61 outside ofNatchez, Mississippi, stands Mammy's Cupboard…
HistoryFrom "Today in History," by The
Associated Press-- On this date (July 30):
"In 1864, during the Civil War, Union
forces tried to take Petersburg, Va., by exploding a mine under
Confederate defense lines; the …
Dark Fields
of the Republic
Today's birthday: Ken BurnsCharley Reese on the republic:
"The republic died at Appomattox, and it's been empire ever
since."Charley Reese on Lincoln:
"Washington and Jeffe…
Big Rock
Thanks to Ars Mathematica, a link to everything2.com:
"In mathematics, a big rock
is a result which is vastly more powerful than is needed to solve the
problem being considered. Often it has a difficult…
Quarter to Three
continued
Adapted from this morning's
New York Times online:
For a spider figure of
an (apparently) different sort, see Log24 on the morning
after the demise of
Hunter S. Thompson,
an…
Real Numbers:
720,
513 (NY Lottery today)"Was there really a cherubimwaiting at the
star-watching rock...?Was he real?What is real?"-- Madeleine L'Engle,A
Wind in the Door,quoted at math16.com7/20:Real 5/13:A Fold…
Number SenseThe NY lottery numbers for
yesterday, 7/26, Jung's
birthday, were 726 (mid-day) and 970 (evening).We may view these
numbers as representing the Jungian "sheep" and Freudian "goats" of
yesterday's entry Partit…
Venus at St. Anne's(Title of the closing
chapterof That Hideous Strength) Symbol of VenusandSymbol of Plato
"What do theyteach them at these schools?"-- C. S. Lewis
Today is thefeast of St. Anne.
Partitions,continued"Mistakes
are inevitable and may be either in missing a true signal or in
thinking there is a signal when there is not. I am suggesting that
believers in the paranormal (called 'sheep' in psycholog…
Jung's Birthday, 5 AM:
Inscape
Jung's Birthday, 4 AM:
Jung on the Trinity
and Quaternity
Jung's Birthday, 3 AM:
The Shape of God:
Deepening the Mystery
of the Trinity
Shine on, you...
Tom Stoppard and an ad for a concert
in Pribor, Czech Republic,
birthplace of Sigmund Freud
Related material:
and the five Log24 entries
ending on this date last year.
Chapter 24…
Discourse Analysis
Edward Rothstein in today's New York Times, reviewing Evil Incarnate
(Princeton University Press):
"... the most decisive aspect of the myth is that it is, literally, a
myth.
Every single exampl…
Dance of the Numbers, continued:
Partitions
Freeman Dyson on the role of the "crank" in the theory of partitions:
"'Each step in the story is a work of art,' Dyson says, 'and the
story as a whole is a sequence of e…
Today's Saint as
The Dark Lady:
Mary Magdalene
(Portrait by Nikos Kazantzakis
and Martin Scorsese):
"Magdalene lay on her back, stark naked, drenched in
sweat, her raven-black hair spread out over the p…
For Hemingway's birthday:
Mathematics and Narrative, continued
"We know many little things about the relation between mathematics
and narrative, but lack one big comprehensive insight."
-- John Allen
Paulos (pdf…
Bead Game
Those who clicked on Rieff's concept in the previous entry will know
about the book that Rieff titled Sacred Order/Social Order: My Life
among the Deathworks.
That entry, from Tuesday, July 18, was titled…
Sacred Order
In memory of Philip Rieff, who died on July 1, 2006: An essay from July
16 on Rieff's concept of "the sacred order" An example of order--
sacred, since purely mathematical (as was Einstein's "holy…
Today is the feast of
St. James McNeill Whistler.
"Nature contains the elements of color and form of all pictures-- as
the keyboard contains the notes of all music-- but the artist is born
to pick, and choose, and gr…
Mathematics and Narrative continued... "Now,
at the urging of the UC Berkeley cognitive linguist George Lakoff,
liberal America's guru of the moment, progressive Democrats are
practicing to get their own reluctant mou…
Ein Bild
From 6/6/6:
Und was fur
ein Bild des Christentums ist dabei herausgekommen?
From this date last year:
Arrangement in
Black and Blue Adapted from cover of
German edition of Cold …
Today's birthday:
Linda Ronstadt is 60. "Elegant as a slow blues."
-- Review of a writer by Rolling Stone
Just send me black roses
White rhythm and blues
And somebody who cares when you lose
Bl…
Chapter 24
By Syd Barrett,
Dead Poet
A movement is accomplished in six stages
And the seventh brings return.
The seven is the number of the young light
It forms when darkness is increased by one.
Change return…
Longest Day's Journey
BY BOB THOMAS, LOS ANGELES
July 13, 2006 (AP)-- Red Buttons,
the carrot-topped burlesque comedian who became a top star in early
television and then in a dramatic role won the 1957 Oscar as su…
Carpe Diem
From the new MySpace.com
weblog of Michio Kaku: Thursday, July 13, 2006 Hyperspace and a Theory
of Everything What lies beyond our 4 dimensions?By Michio KakuWhen
I was a child, …
Today's birthday:
Harrison Ford
"The forest here at the bottom of the canyon is mostly pine, with a
few aspen and broad-leafed shrubs. Steep canyon walls rise way above us
on both sides. Occasionally the trail open…
Band Numbers
"Some friends of mine
are in this band..."
-- David Auburn, Proof Seven is Heaven, Eight is a Gate, Nine is a
Vine.
-- The Prime Powers
Not Crazy Enough?
Some children of the sixties may feel that today's previous two
entries, on Syd Barrett, the Crazy Diamond, are not crazy enough. Let
them consult the times of those entries-- 2:11 and 8:15-- and …
It's like tryin' to
tell a stranger 'bout
Rock 'n' Roll
"In Tom Stoppard's new play 'Rock 'n' Roll,' showing in the West End,
he [Syd Barrett] is
portrayed in the opening scene, and his life and music are a r…
Pink Floyd co-founder
Syd Barrett dies
"Pink Floyd's 1975 track 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond,' from the album
'Wish You Were Here,' is widely believed to be a tribute to Barrett."--
Reuters
Knock, Knock, Knockin'
An obituary in this morning's New York Times suggests a flashback. The
Times
says that Paul
Nelson, 69, a music critic once famously ripped off by the young Bobby
Zimmerman,
was found de…
Today's birthday:
Tom Hanks, star of
"The Da Vinci Code"
Ben Nicholson
and the Holy Grail
Part I:A Current Exhibit
"Kufi Blocks"*
by Ben Nicholson,Illinois Institute of Technology
Part II:…
For Kevin Bacon's birthday
New Game:
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
Roderick MacLeish, author of the classic Prince Ombra, died at 80 on
Saturday, July 1, 2006. From an obituary:
"'When I think back over my caree…
ART WARS continued To the "Endgame Art"
review
in today's New York Times,
a magic-realism response: Now
In memory of Roderick
MacLeish:
"Now, we
are seven."
-- Yul Brynner
Rel…
Born (some say)
on this date:
Yul Brynner
Mate in 6
(White moves.)
(White: Ke8, Nd7, Be5, b5, e4, f2.
Black: Ke6.)
-- Sevitov, 1938
(For solution, click here.)
Log24, July 3, 2006:
"... Th…
State and Church
Today's birthdays:
George W. Bush and
Sylvester Stallone, born on
the same day 60 years ago.
Two birthday quotations from Kathleen Parker:
"Verily, I say unto you - Whatever."
"No, wait,…
Mexican leftist'slead slips
in election recount
"The winner will take over from Fox on December 1,
inheriting a divided nation and a fierce war against drug
smuggling gangs."
Muy buena suerte.
What Song the Sirens Sang
"Wake you up in the middle of the night just to hear them say..."
"Suitcases filled with cash had changed hands in the four-star Hotel
Hassler in Rome."
-- F. Mark Wyatt, recently d…
Solemn Dance Virgil on the Elysian Fields:
Some wrestle on the sands,
and some in play And games heroic pass the hours away. Those raise the
song divine, and these advance In measur'd steps to form the solemn d…
Dance of the Numbers
continued--
A music review:
"... in the
mode of a film noir murder mystery"
"For Bach, as Sellars explains, death is not an exit but an
entrance."
Seven is Heaven,
Eight is a Gate,
…
Entertainment
from today's
New York Times
From the obituary of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, who died at 52 on Monday,
July 3, 2006, at her home in Santa Fe:
"If she rarely spoke of her private life, few artists h…
And now, from
the author of Sphere...
CUBE He beomes aware of something else... some other presence. "Anybody
here?" he says. I am here. He almost jumps, it is so loud. Or it seems
loud. Then he wond…
Culture War
The New York Times, August 6, 2003,
on its executive editor Bill Keller: "'It is past time for our
magnificent coverage of culture
and lifestyles, so
essential to our present allure and to our future …
Dance of the Numbers
continued
For Tom Stoppard on his birthday:
"For I remember when I began to read, and to take some pleasure in it,
there was wont to lie in my mother's parlour (I know not by what
accident…
Requiem for a Clown
For Jan Murray, who died yesterday--
Into the Sunset, Part I:
Into the Sunset, Part II:
Requiem for a clown:
"At times, bullshit can only be
countered with superior bu…
Review:
Jews on Buddhism:
"Is a puzzlement!"
Related material:
The obituary of Jaap Penraat
in today's New York Times--
"Hudson Talbott, a longtime friend of Mr. Penraat's who wrote a
children's book abou…
The Rock and the Serpent
In a search for a title to express
the contrast between truth and lies,
an analogy between the phrases
"Crystal and Dragon" and
"Mathematics and Narrative"
suggests a similar phrase, …
Zen and the Art
continued: Zen and The Art. Related material:
Open House Day
at Cullinane College
and Log24, June 1-15.
Hong Kong Day
See Hong Kong July 1 marches,
Thousands March for Democracy in Hong Kong. and
Hong Kong flags, previous and current.
Related material:
the previous two entries.