Amazon order for Here in the Dark: A Novel by Alexis Soloski,
author of today's New York Times obituary for a playwright
who reportedly died last night ——
Update at 12:03 PM ET Wednesday — From April 1 . . .
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
For a Dead Playwright (and Dr. Yen Lo):
I Ching Meets Cha-Ching
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I Ching Meets Cha-Ching
I Ching Meets Cha-Ching
Thursday, February 8, 2024
“All is Number” — Saying attributed to Pythagoras . . .
(and possibly also a favorite saying of Dr. Yen Lo)
A note for Dr. Yen Lo —
The above saying attributed to Pythagoras, and the above
numbers 4:53:03, suggest a search for 53 03, i.e. for what
happened in March 1953. The reference above to South Korea
suggests a possible focus for that search . . .
Related entertainment for teens . . .
"For someone who don't drive,
I been all around the world."
— Melanie Safka, song lyric
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(and possibly also a favorite saying of Dr. Yen Lo)
(and possibly also a favorite saying of Dr. Yen Lo)
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
“Always with a little humor.” — Dr. Yen Lo
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Saturday, February 16, 2019
“Always with a little humor” — Dr. Yen Lo
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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Aesthetics from The New York Times :
“High Art and Low Humor”
Report of a Tuesday death:
For another such mixture, see yesterday's posts
now also tagged Art Humor.
"Always with a little humor." — Dr. Yen Lo
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“High Art and Low Humor”
“High Art and Low Humor”
Monday, February 26, 2024
Outpost Vegas… Continues.
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Saturday, February 24, 2024
Saturday Night Live: The Full Snow Moon
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New from Harlan Kane: The Wittenborn Date
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"Always with a little humor." — Dr. Yen Lo
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Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Annals of Advertising: May Tag
Eames in Inception , about planting an idea—
“It’s not just about depth.
You need the simplest version of the idea,
the one that will grow naturally
in the subject’s mind.
It’s a very subtle art.”
The above quote is from this journal on Jan. 9, 2014,
a date suggested by the New York Times business section:
“Always with a little humor.” — Dr. Yen Lo
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Thursday, March 16, 2017
Hexagram 64 in Context
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Our Most Important Product
Hexagram 35:
Progress
"Then came a 'Robot Psychologist,' known as a Psychological Matrix Rotator,
developed for the Department of Defense. It is still used to literally 'see' that
the right man gets the right Army job."
— Ronald Reagan, 1961 GE Sales Meeting
"Always with a little humor." — Yen Lo
In memory of Dr. Irving Peress,
who reportedly died on Thursday,
November 13, 2014.
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Through a Mirror, Darkly
Review of a book first published in 1989—
Reality's Mirror: Exploring the Mathematics of Symmetry —
"Here is a book that explains in laymen language
what symmetry is all about, from the lowliest snowflake
and flounder to the lofty group structures whose
astonishing applications to the Old One are winning
Nobel prizes. Bunch's book is a marvel of clear, witty
science writing, as delightful to read as it is informative
and up-to-date. The author is to be congratulated on
a job well done." — Martin Gardner
A completely different person whose name
mirrors that of the Mathematics of Symmetry author —
See also this journal on the date mentioned in the Princetonian .
"Always with a little humor." — Yen Lo
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Monday, February 21, 2011
Another Manic Monday
"The curriculum begins with a game called Winding Around Positions.
There are twelve stations that could represent hours on a clock
or the Chinese years zodiac."
— The current (March 2011) Notices of the American Mathematical Society
Background — "Winding Games" (pdf, 1.43 MB)—
For the not-too-tightly wound —
“Always with a little humor.” – Dr. Yen Lo (See The China Candidate and Humorism)
We are now at the Year of the Rabbit —
(Click images for sources.)
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Monday, March 9, 2009
Monday March 9, 2009
Humorism
"Always with a
little humor."
— Dr. Yen Lo
From Temperament: A Brief Survey
For other interpretations
of the above shape, see
The Illuminati Diamond.
from Jung's Aion:
"From the circle and quaternity motif is derived the symbol of the geometrically formed crystal and the wonder-working stone. From here analogy formation leads on to the city, castle, church, house, room, and vessel. Another variant is the wheel. The former motif emphasizes the ego’s containment in the greater dimension of the self; the latter emphasizes the rotation which also appears as a ritual circumambulation. Psychologically, it denotes concentration on and preoccupation with a centre…." –Jung, Collected Works, Vol. 9, Part II, paragraph 352
Click on image
for a related puzzle.
For a solution, see
The Diamond Theorem.
Click image for details.
As for rotation, see the ambigrams in Dan Brown's Angels & Demons (to appear as a film May 15) and the following figures:
Click on image
for a related puzzle.
For a solution, see
The Diamond Theorem.
A related note on
"Angels & Demons"
director Ron Howard:
Click image for details.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Tuesday May 20, 2008
The China Candidate
In honor of the 100th birthday of actor James Stewart,
Turner Classic Movies is now showing
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
In light of an ABC News story tonight,
Report: U.S. Soldiers Did 'Dirty Work' for Chinese Interrogators,
the following film seems more relevant:
Welcome to the Garden Club, Pilgrim
Related material:
The Dictatorship of Talent, by David Brooks
in The New York Times of December 4, 2007—
"When you talk to Americans, you find that they have all these weird notions about Chinese communism. You try to tell them that China isn’t a communist country anymore. It’s got a different system: meritocratic paternalism. You joke: Imagine the Ivy League taking over the shell of the Communist Party and deciding not to change the name. Imagine the Harvard Alumni Association with an army."
— and Harvard mathematician
See also Sylvia Nasar's 2006 New Yorker article on Yau
and the screenplay of The Manchurian Candidate:
A long pause. Finally, Yen Lo laughs. YEN LO With humor, my dear Zilkov. Always with a little humor.