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Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Brick Song

Filed under: General — Tags: , , , — m759 @ 12:34 pm

Prologue — "Teaching a brick to sing"

The teacher . . . Emily Blunt in "Fall Guy" . . .

Vide  her karaoke version of "Take a Look at Me Now."

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Wednesday August 1, 2007

Filed under: General — m759 @ 9:29 pm
“Let’s give ’em somethin’ to talk about,
A little mystery to figure out”

(Scarlett Johansson singing on
Saturday Night Live, April 21, 2007)

A Midrash for Sid

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Scene from “Scoop” (2006)

Clues:

Today’s previous entries,

Show Business
according to Fritz Leiber:
“Sid thinks you’re ready for
 some of the smaller parts,”

April 22, 2007, 11:09 AM:
Teaching a Brick to Sing,

April 22, 2007, 8:31 PM:
Welcome to the Cave,

and, in conclusion…

Shadows in the Cave–

Today’s Pennsylvania lottery

PA lottery August 1, 2007: Mid-day 527, Evening 168
 
and a midrash on
today’s lottery:

  527 —

5/27, 2005:
Drama of the Diagonal,
Part Deux

and 168 —
December 25, 2005:
The Beauty of Klein’s
Simple Group
(of order 168).

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Sunday April 22, 2007

Filed under: General — Tags: , — m759 @ 11:09 am

Shine On, Hermann Weyl —

"Be on the lookout for
Annie Dillard's sequel to
Teaching a Stone to Talk, titled
Teaching a Brick to Sing."

William Butler Yeats —

"Poets and Wits about him drew;
'What then?' sang Plato's ghost.
   'What then?'

'The work is done,'
   grown old he thought,
'According to my boyish plan;
Let the fools rage,
   I swerved in naught,
Something to perfection brought';
But louder sang that ghost,
   'What then?'"

Duet

Scarlett Johansson —

"Let's give 'em somethin'
   to talk about,
A little mystery
   to figure out"

(Saturday Night Live,
 April 21, 2007)

Plato's ghost —

"The clothes she wears,
   the sexy ways,
Make an old man wish
   for younger days
She knows she's built
   and knows how to please
Sho 'nuff can knock
   a strong man to his knees

She's a brick… house…
Mighty mighty,
   just lettin' it all hang out
She's a brick… house…
The lady's stacked
   and that's a fact,
Ain't holdin' nothin' back.

Shake it down,
   shake it down now"

Saturday, November 9, 2002

Saturday November 9, 2002

Filed under: General,Geometry — Tags: , , — m759 @ 4:44 am

Birthdate of Hermann Weyl

Weyl


Plato's Diamond

Result of a Google search.

Category:  Science > Math > Algebra > Group Theory 

Weyl, H.: Symmetry.
Description of the book Symmetry by Weyl, H., published by Princeton University Press. … pup.princeton.edu/titles/
865.html – 7k – Nov. 8, 2002

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Quotation from Weyl's Symmetry:

"Symmetry is a vast subject, significant in art and nature. Mathematics lies at its root, and it would be hard to find a better one on which to demonstrate the working of the mathematical intellect."

In honor of Princeton University, of Sylvia Nasar (see entries of Nov, 6), of the Presbyterian Church (see entry of Nov. 8), and of Professor Weyl (whose work partly inspired the website Diamond Theory), this site's background music is now Pink Floyd's

 

 

"Shine On, 
   You Crazy Diamond."   


 

Updates of Friday, November 15, 2002:

In order to clarify the meaning of "Shine" and "Crazy" in the above, consult the following —

To accompany this detailed exegesis of Pink Floyd, click here for a reading by Marlon Brando.

For a related educational experience, see pages 126-127 of The Book of Sequels, by Henry Beard, Christopher Cerf, Sarah Durkee, and Sean Kelly (Random House paperback, 1990).

Speaking of sequels, be on the lookout for Annie Dillard's sequel to Teaching a Stone to Talk, titled Teaching a Brick to Sing.

 

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