“… Which makes it a gilt-edged priority that one of us
gets into that Krell lab and takes that brain boost.”
— American adaptation of Shakespeare’s Tempest , 1956
* Noun form of a Heinlein verb.
Sunday, September 21, 2025
Annals of Narrative Logic:
A Bible Grok* for Elon
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A Bible Grok* for Elon
A Bible Grok* for Elon
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Game of Royalties
For Holocaust Remembrance Day —
Little reportedly died at 79 on Jan. 7.
“Mr. Little submitted the manuscript for ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’
to 12 publishers. He received 12 rejections in response, before selling it for £2,500,
or about $3,400 (the equivalent of about $5,800 today). It was a meager amount,
but his genius was in the details: He sold only the rights to publish it in Britain and
the Commonwealth, and he asked for high royalties.” — Clay Risen, New York Times
Leachman reportedly died at 94 today.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein : And it was you… who left my grandfather’s
book out for me to find.
Frau Blücher : Yes.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein : So that I would…
Frau Blücher : Yes.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein : Then you and Victor were…
Frau Blücher : YES. YES. Say it. He vas my… BOYFRIEND!
In the spirit of Kinbote…
The real Frau Blücher was of course Hannah Arendt,
whose boyfriend was Martin Heidegger.
Cf. a Log24 post of April 10, 2017 —
| From “Heidegger for Passover”
“Propriation1 gathers the rift-design2 of the saying — p. 415 of Heidegger‘s Basic Writings , “Das Ereignis versammelt den Aufriß der Sage — Heidegger, Weg zur Sprache 1. “Mirror-Play of the Fourfold” |
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The Krell Lab
From a post of Friday, March 30, 2012 —
In memory of actor Warren Stevens—
“… Which makes it a gilt-edged priority that one of us
gets into that Krell lab and takes that brain boost.”
— American adaptation of Shakespeare’s Tempest , 1956
Posts from the date of Stevens’s death are tagged Requiem Day.
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Dramatic Dialogue
Tony Stark: I’m calling in VERONICA.
[As Hulk is wreaking havoc on the nearest city
Tony Stark brings out his Hulkbuster armor to stop him.]
Alright everybody, stand down! [to Hulk] You listening?
That little witch is messing with your mind.
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