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Friday, June 5, 2026

The Facebook Question

Filed under: General — Tags: , , , — m759 @ 10:36 am

From this journal on November 7, 2003 . . .

“Dr. Blind (pronounced ‘Blend’) was about ninety years old and had taught, for the past fifty years, a course called ‘Invariant Subspaces’ which was noted for its monotony and virtually absolute unintelligibility, as well as for the fact that the final exam, as long as anyone could remember, had consisted of the same single yes-or-no question. The question was three pages long but the answer was always ‘Yes’. That was all you needed to pass Invariant Subspaces.”

The Secret History, by Donna Tartt

"What's on your mind, Steven?"
— Facebook, 10:16:16 AM today

"Invariant Subspaces."

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

“Straight Up, Now Tell Me” — Song Lyric

Filed under: General — Tags: , , — m759 @ 8:29 am

. . . Where Credit Is Due . . .

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Sunday, May 31, 2026

For the Archives of Mel Brooks (and Donald Newlove) . . .
The Long-Awaited Sequel to Through the Looking Glass . . .
Behind the Bookshelf!

Filed under: General — Tags: , , — m759 @ 11:07 pm

Concept Credits —

The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and "Interstellar" (2014) —

AI Underview

Thursday, May 14, 2026

Old Hollywood Style Revisited

Filed under: General — Tags: — m759 @ 9:16 am

"Put the candle back!"

Friday, February 6, 2026

A Tale of Two Bookcases

Filed under: General — Tags: , — m759 @ 8:11 am

"Put  the candle  BACK!"

Monday, March 1, 2021

The Book Case

Filed under: General — Tags: , — m759 @ 6:42 pm

See also an image from this journal on Monday, Feb. 22

Related books

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

24-Part Invention

Filed under: General — Tags: — m759 @ 3:33 am

IMAGE- The 24-drawer filing cabinet of Lucia St. Clair Robson

"Next to the bookcase stands a wooden cabinet with 24 drawers that looks like something you might have seen in a library decades ago, or perhaps in an old apothecary. The drawers are marked with the names of her novels or characters in the novels and crammed with indexed notes.

She pulls open a drawer marked 'Lozen,' the name of a main female character in another historical western novel, 'The Ghost Warrior,' and reads a few of the index tabs: 'social relationships, puberty, death, quotes….'"

— From an article on Lucia St. Clair Robson in The Baltimore Sun  by Arthur Hirsch, dated 1:31 p.m. EDT April 30, 2011*

From this  journal later that same day

IMAGE- Sabato on his own tombstone in 'Angel of Darkness'

Robson's most recent novel is Last Train from Cuernavaca .

"A corpse will be transported by express!"

— Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano

* Update of 5:48 AM EDT May 3—
The same article was also published with a different  dateline— April 28.
Enthusiasts of synchronicity may lament the confusion, or they may
turn to April 28 in this journal for a different  24-part invention.
See also Art Wars, April 7, 2003 and White Horse .

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