There’s a new documentary about Glenn Gould, Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould, directed by Michèle Hozer and Peter Raymont.
Peter Rainer, writing in the Christian Science Monitor:
Considering how reclusive Gould was, it’s remarkable how much footage of him exists, including home movies here of him cavorting in the Bahamas with island girls. Who knew?There’s a trailer, minus cavorting:
“Boy, that Katherine Mansfield, she sure can write.”
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[With apologies to Marty’s friend Leo and Mickey Spillane.]
A new voter-registration card came in the mail today, and like they say, it’s broken.
(“This” line is the one above the words. On the way to making a crease, I realized that I was on the wrong line and switched. The space between these lines: about 2mm, making it difficult to pick the right one by eye.)
It happened during a class on the Odyssey yesterday, when a student pointed out that there was a large bug right next to me.
“I don’t care. I’m not afraid of some bug,” I replied.
(Yes: teaching is a performance.)
Then someone pointed out that I had just stepped on said bug. I looked down and saw a large fly, nearly dead. And a teachable moment.
“That bug is to me as Odysseus is to the Cyclops Polyphemus,” I said. “No, wait — that means he’s going to defeat me."
Then I bent down as if to look more closely.
“She.”
[Eudora Welty. Ink on paper. 10 7/8 x 8 1/4 inches.]
Eudora Welty’s self-portrait is one several hundred self-portraits by actors, artists, athletes, booksellers, musicians, photographers, publishers, and writers, all to be auctioned on September 24, 2009. They are from the collection of Burt Britton, a co-founder of the New York bookstore Books & Co. The starting bid on Welty’s self-portrait: $1000.
The Burt Britton Collection is being auctioned by Bloomsbury Auctions. The catalogue is available as a free PDF download. (Thanks, Bloomsbury!)
My daughter Rachel has pointed her parents to Paleo-Future, a site offering “A look into the future that never was.” The woman in the above photograph is a woman of the future. She appeared in the play Railroads on Parade at the 1939 New York World’s Fair.
That half-circle, I finally realized, is part of her garb. Note the shadow that it casts on the train of the future.
Thank you, Rachel!
“We’re heading into nut country today.”Bob Herbert’s latest column, which here quotes John F. Kennedy, says what must be said.
He’s in today’s New York Times crossword, a wonderful and surprisingly do-able puns-and-anagrams puzzle by Mel Taub.
The clue for 11 Across: “Author in a stupor?”
The answer: PROUST.
[No spoilers here. Highlight the empty space to see the answer.]
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When I first scanned this quiz, I wondered, where’s Allen Ginsberg? Where’s Jack Kerouac? Wrong ads. Ginsberg and Kerouac wore khakis, in Gap ads. Though yes, they too thought different [sic].
Can you name the people from Apple's “Think Different” ads?
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(Quiz found via MacUser)
Because mistakes can strike anywhere!
These Eraser Matches (yes, real) were a gift from my son Ben. Thank you, Ben!
Love,
Dad
