May 31, 2006

• Clint Eastwood
   is 76.

  In honor of his birthday,
  a three-part meditation
  on quality:

  Part I –

  From The Quality of Diamond,

  Log24 entries from Feb. 2004:

  The Quality
  with No
  Name

  And what is good, Phaedrus,
  and what is not good…
  Need we ask anyone
  to tell us these things?

  – Epigraph to

  Zen and the Art of
  Motorcyle Maintenance
  
  Part II –

  
  From Log24 on
  Dec. 7, 2003:

  Eyes on the Prize Dialogue from “Good Will Hunting” – Will:   He used to just put a belt,           a stick, and a wrench           on the kitchen table           and say, “Choose.” Sean:  Gotta go with the belt, there. Will:    I used to go with the wrench.  Location, Location, Location

  Part III –
  

  From the website of
  Noam D. Elkies,
  
  Harvard mathematician:

  SLUMMERVILLE

  Somerville,

  Where the livin’ is sleazy:

  Folk are humpin’

  And the chillun is high.

  Oh yo’ daddy’s rich,

  ‘Cos yo’ ma is good lookin’

  So hush, ugly baby,

  Or I’ll make you cry.

  ["Parody by Noam D. Elkies;
  not the
  original lyrics,
  of course."]

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  from Log24 on
  April 10, 2006:
  

  

  Noam D. Elkies

  The Magic Schmuck
  

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