In memory of poet David Ferry, who reportedly died
at 99 last Sunday — Guy Fawkes Day —
an image linked to here on that day . . .
Saturday, November 11, 2023
A Star for David
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Columbian Exposition: Grok This, Elon.
July 16, 1952:
Robert A. Heinlein to Lurton Blassingame,
on writing what would become Stranger in a Strange Land —
". . . . Yes, I am still having trouble with that novel. . . .
The story itself is giving me real trouble. I believe that
I have dreamed up a really new S-F idea, a hard thing
to do these days—but I am having trouble coping with it."
Also on that date —
The next day . . .
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Friday, November 10, 2023
Logos
Related art —
(For some backstory, see Geometry of the I Ching
and the history of Chinese philosophy.)
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Monday, November 6, 2023
First OpenAI Developer Conference Is Today
Discuss:
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Sunday, November 5, 2023
Art Song
From a December 2021 obituary —
"I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time"
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Old-Guy Aesthetics
For Guy Fawkes Day, images from first and last posts —
an alpha and an omega of sorts —
from this journal in the month of December 2021 . . .
Some remarks on an artist who reportedly died
on the second day of that month —
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