A New York Times report today of a March 13 death
suggests a review of . . .
Supplementary tune for Sam Levinson . . .
"Whose barn, what barn, my barn" — Song lyric
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Paint It Black
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Saturday, March 16, 2024
For Jena’s Word Farm …
See other posts now tagged Word Farm and Whanganui.
… And for Whanganui's Cullinane College, an "OED" that
does not mean "Oxford English Dictionary" . . .
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“Great Caesar’s Ghost!” — Cartoon Religious Exclamation
From Theodore Sturgeon's story "What Dead Men Tell" . . .
Update of 1:09 AM ET Saturday, March 16, 2024
(Source: a Substack email received at 12:37 AM ET) —
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Thursday, March 14, 2024
For Aestheticians: Seeds, Good and Not So Good
In memory of . . .
Good Seed: Sydell.
Not So Good: Pearl.
This post was suggested by Sam Levinson's work in Whanganui NZ
and Alan D. Perlis's work in Birmingham AL —
From South Dakota, related material for Bible fans —
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
A Sam Levinson Special — Wednesday in Whanganui:
Nevermore Academy Meets Cullinane College
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Nevermore Academy Meets Cullinane College
Nevermore Academy Meets Cullinane College
Monday, January 18, 2021
Tomorrowland
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Saturday, May 11, 2019
Saturday, February 17, 2018
Frosties: A Sequel to “Frozen”
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Saturday, July 10, 2004
Saturday July 10, 2004
Oxford Word
From today's obituary in The New York Times of R. W. Burchfield, editor of A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary:
"Robert William Burchfield was born Jan. 27, 1923, in Wanganui, New Zealand. In 1949, after earning an undergraduate degree at Victoria University College in Wellington, he accepted a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford.
There, he read Medieval English literature with C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien."
For more on literature and Wanganui, see my entry of Jan. 19. 2003, from which the following is taken.
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"Cullinane College is a Catholic co-educational college, set to open in Wanganui (New Zealand) on the 29th of January, 2003." The 29th of January will be the 40th anniversary of the death of Saint Robert Frost. New Zealand, perhaps the most beautiful country on the planet, is noted for being the setting of the film version of Lord of the Rings, which was written by a devout Catholic, J. R. R. Tolkien. For other New Zealand themes, see Alfred Bester's novels The Stars My Destination and The Deceivers. The original title of The Stars My Destination was Tyger! Tyger! after Blake's poem. For more on fearful symmetry, see the work of Marston Conder, professor of mathematics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. |
Sunday, January 19, 2003
Sunday January 19, 2003
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“Cullinane College is a Catholic co-educational college, set to open in Wanganui (New Zealand) on the 29th of January, 2003.”
The 29th of January will be the 40th anniversary of the death of Saint Robert Frost.
New Zealand, perhaps the most beautiful country on the planet, is noted for being the setting of the film version of Lord of the Rings, which was written by a devout Catholic, J. R. R. Tolkien.
Here is a rather Catholic meditation on life and death in Tolkien’s work:
Frodo: “…He deserves death.”
Gandalf: “Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.”
Personally, I prefer Clint Eastwood’s version of this dialogue:
The Schofield Kid: “Well, I guess they had it coming.”
William Munny: “We all have it coming, Kid.”
For other New Zealand themes, see Alfred Bester’s novels The Stars My Destination and The Deceivers.
The original title of The Stars My Destination was Tyger! Tyger! after Blake’s poem.
For more on fearful symmetry, see the work of Marston Conder, professor of mathematics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
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