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Happy Birthday, Jane Russell!
Happy birthday to the sensational Jane Russell, who was born on June 21, 1921 and passed away last year. She caused a stir in 1954 when she sang "Lookin' for Trouble" while wearing a…
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“River” [by Stephanie Paterik]
The river never threatens todry itself up, or cast itself into itself.The river holds the plankbut never walks it. River,you must be my summer friend.I will explore every bladeof your manmade banks until I…
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That will teach you….
After more research on Olga Holtz, the beautiful math professor, I've come to an unfortunate conclusion. While she is clearly beautiful and brilliant, perhaps she is not a great teacher or lecturer. This is…
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Tanya Larkin on Gillian Kiley’s The Palisades
Yesterday I taught The Rite of Spring and Jonah Lehrer’s excellent essay on Stravinsky from his first book Proust Was a Neuroscientist. It’s about how difficult it is for the brain to accept new…
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Quote of the Day
"All Schnitzel cooks agree that the color of a Weiner Schnitzel should be a light golden brown. Certain Breughel paintings and Stradivari violins have the perfect Schnitzel color." — from The Cooking of Vienna's…
