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"Enthusiasts of group theory or incidence structures may enjoy reading about Tits'
work, such as Tits buildings, the Tits alternative, the Tits group, and the Tits metric."

— Annie Rauwerda, Boing Boing  reporter.  See also Tits in this  journal.

The New York Times  today on a new show by tightrope artist Philippe Petit—

“He comes out of that really wonderful European tradition of street performance— it blends a boundary of what’s art and what’s life,” said Jay Wegman, the director of the Abrons Arts Center, who offered Mr. Petit the three-night run. “He’s also kind of mischievous, not in a threatening or evil way, but in a child’s way of teasing and having fun.”

For a much darker approach to street performance that also involves mischief and blended boundaries, see "Tightrope" (1984)—

Background: Men in Feminism , edited by Alice Jardine and
published by Taylor & Francis in 1987, "Walking the Tightrope
of Feminism and Male Desire," by Judith Mayne, page 64

See also yesterday's Another Opening and Football in this journal.

The Crimson Passion
continues…

From The Harvard Crimson today:

Ned Lamont ’76 faces voters
today in Connecticut’s primary

“Lamont was a fourth generation legacy student whose great-grandfather– Thomas W. Lamont, class of 1892– was a partner at J.P. Morgan and the donor who gave Lamont Library its name.”

There was an article on
that center of learning
in The Harvard Crimson
on May 18, 2006:

Lamont Pick-up Lines

That article suggests a caption
for this excerpt from
The Crimson Passion,
Mardi Gras, 2004:

“What are you looking at, sugar tits?”

(Courtesy of Mel Gibson,
Malibu bon-vivant)