This entry is in memory of Robert E. Keeton, a "judge's judge" who is the subject of an obituary in today's New York Times. Judge Keeton died, according to the Times, on July 1. According to Harvard Law School, the University of Texas Law School, and The Boston Globe, he died on July 2. Such details can sometimes be important.
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On Prof. Gian-Carlo Rota of MIT,
found dead on April 19, 1999--
"He made it a priority to
start any sort of meeting with
a long drawn-out hello...."
2007:
Cullen's statement
in picture form:
E is for Everlast
Scene from "Million Dollar Baby"
(Scarlett Johansson singing on
Saturday Night Live, April 21, 2007)
A Midrash for Sid
Scene from "Scoop" (2006)
Clues:
Show Business
according to Fritz Leiber:
"Sid thinks you're
ready for
some of the smaller parts,"
Teaching a Brick to Sing,
Welcome to the Cave,
and, in conclusion...
Shadows in the Cave--
Today's Pennsylvania lottery
and a midrash on
today's lottery:
527 --
Drama of the Diagonal,
Part Deux
and 168 --
The Beauty of Klein's
Simple Group
(of order 168).
This symbol from the
box-style I Ching is
echoed by a French ad for
the 2006 film "Scoop"--
This film may be taken as
foreshadowing the afterlife
of the late Fleet Street
figure Richard Stott.
Stott, along with film
directors Ingmar Berman
and Michelangelo Antonioni,
died on Monday (July 30).
He is, we may suppose,
the mysterious third man
in Tuesday's remark by
the mayor of Rome:
"With
Antonioni dies not only
one of the greatest directors
but also
a master
of modernity."
Dogs and Lampposts,
by Richard Stott
The title of Stott's book
is from H. L. Mencken,
who is said to have felt
that the proper relationship
of a journalist to a politician
is that of a dog to a lamppost.
Cheap Epiphany
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Restoring the Booze:
A Look at the 50's-
Another Epiphany:
Box-style I Ching, January 6, 1989
(Click on image for background.)
Detail:
Related material:
Logos and Logic
and Diagon Alley.
"What a swell
party this is."
-- adapted from
Cole Porter
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