January 20, 2019

Maureen Dowd invokes The Furies in today's column.



She also uses the phrase "Lay Doggo." William Safire in his On Language column explained the phrase.



Later in a Nate Silver piece, I learned about the Overton Window.



Louis Vuitton building. The rainbow colors honor the 80th anniversay of The Wizard of Oz.

July 7, 2011

Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times

The Twitter Zone by Maureen Dowd the other day was a great read. All about Rod Serling and the Twilight Zone.



Mentioned in the article: I will pick this book up from the library.

October 17, 2010

In today's NYT Crossword: Sunday, October 17, 2010 34D "Dies ___" (hymn)

IRAE used 78 times since November, 1993.



The Missa pro defunctis, the Mass for the dead.

A day of wrath; that day,
it will dissolve the world into glowing ashes,
as attested by David together with the Sibyl.

What trembling will there be,
when the Judge shall come
to examine everything in strict justice.



Book review in today's Newsday. I never realized that their reviews come from elsewhere, in this case: The Washington Post.


Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times

Today's Op-Ed piece by Maureen Dowd titled Playing All the Angles is pretty damn funny.



As people in the financial field say: Past Performance is No Guarantee of Future Results. Let's go Yankees !



Reviewed in the Washington Post.



Very hot on the club circuit according to my son. Yolanda Be Cool is derived from a line in Pulp Fiction - Jules: "Yolanda, I thought you said you were gonna be cool. Now when you yell at me, it makes me nervous. And when I get nervous, I get scared. And when motherfuckers get scared, that's when motherfuckers accidentally get shot."



Watched Godfather III. Some good scenes and Eli Wallach.



Guys could dance.