June 8, 2006

  • For the Clowns of Harvard
    on Commencement Day,
    a Reading from 2003's


    The Word in the Desert    :


    Ground Zero 

    Today's birthday: Harrison Ford is 61.

               
     From The
    Gag

    Seven - Eleven Dice 

    Throw a seven or eleven every time. Set
    consists of a pair of regular dice and another set that can't
    miss. A product of the S. S. Adams Company. Make your friends
    and family laugh with this great
    prank!

     New York State
    Lottery    :

    7-11 Evening
    Number:     000.

    From the conclusion of
    Joan Didion's 1970
    novel
    Play It As It Lays: 

    "I know what 'nothing' means,
    and
    keep on playing."