A Shot at Redemption

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Name: Steven Cullinane Country: United States State: Pennsylvania Gender: Male Interests: Mathematics, literature. Occupation: Retired Industry: Computers (Software) Website: visit my website Member Since: 7/20/2002

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Three Days
of the
Saint, 2002

12/6:
Santa vs.
the Volcano

12/7:
Satori at
Pearl Harbor

12/8:
Architecture
of Eternity

Some may feel that the Saint in question is Philip Berrigan, who joined Saburo Ienaga and Ivan Illich on Dec. 6, 2002.

Others may feel that the Saint is Don Ameche, who died on Dec. 6, 1993.

"Things change."

— SHC 12/9/02

Sequel

Stan Rice died on Dec. 9, 2002. A poem of his tells what happened next.

Eight is a Gate

Hollywood producer dies Dec. 14, meets Bach at Heaven's Gate. Realistic comedy.

The Diamond Project

Notes on dance, mortality, and "the still point" on the date of Irene Diamond's death.

Immortal Diamond,
or
NASA Meets Jesus

Thoughts on John O'Hara and G. M. Hopkins for James Joyce's birthday.

Blackbird Singing

The Fred Rogers memorial koan.

Art Wars

LeWitt vs. Witt

Stone, not Wood

best describes St. Peter

The Word

in the Desert

Art Wars:

Fahne Hoch

and

Thorny Crown

O'Hara's Crucifixion

Unity and Reciprocity

in mathematics

The Quality of Diamond

Da Vinci Code ,

Crimson Passion,

Cubist Crucifixion.

Truth and Style

The Line

Bush Mutiny

Symmetry and Change

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The Diamond 16 Puzzle

Notes on Finite Geometry

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Galois Geometry

Latin-Square Geometry

Walsh Functions

The Diamond Theory of Truth

Logos and Logic

Literary-Philosophical
Puzzle Notes

A Mathematician's Aesthetics

Geometry of
the I Ching

The Diamond Archetype

Modal Theology

The Eightfold Way and Solomon's Seal

Crystal and Dragon in Diamond Theory

The Form,
the Pattern

Poetry's Bones

The Grid
of Time

War of Ideas

The Proof
and the Lie

Lemniscate
to Langlands

Symmetry Groups

Block Designs

Finite Relativity

Cognitive Blending

Geometry of the 4x4 Square

Ideas and Art

Theme and Variations

Quilt Geometry

Polster on Pictures

Archived Journal

Tuesday, February 22, 2005

The Past as Prologue:
Grand Rapids Revisited

For some background, see the
Log24 entries of Feb. 18-20, 2005,
which include the following illustration:

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John Constantine,
cartoon character, and
Donald E. Knuth,
Lutheran mathematician

".... recent books testify further to Calvin College's unparalleled leadership in the field of Christian historiography. More than anyone else, the historians at Calvin (along with their Dutch Reformed publishers at Eerdmans) have led the way in first-rate thinking about the relationship between faith and history. One does not need to be a Calvinist, or a historian for that matter, to appreciate this thinking and its influence on a wide variety of intellectuals. I say this as a Lutheran who must confess in all honesty that his own American Lutheran tradition cannot hold a candle to the Calvinists in Grand Rapids...."

-- Douglas A. Sweeney,

History Wars:

Taking a Shot at Redemption

2:20 PM

A Shot at Redemption

Hunter S. Thompson, photos
from The New York Times

Excerpt from Fritz Leiber's
"Damnation Morning," 1959:

"Time traveling, which is not quite the good clean boyish fun it's cracked up to be, started for me when this woman with the sigil on her forehead looked in on me from the open doorway of the hotel bedroom where I'd hidden myself and the bottles and asked me, 'Look, Buster, do you want to live?'"

"I need a photo-opportunity,
I want a shot at redemption.
Don't want to end up a cartoon
In a cartoon graveyard."

See also

Log24 entry of May 24, 2003

Why Me?

12:48 PM

Monday, February 21, 2005

	It's Quarter to Three... "... we just happen to have a couple of arrangements along with us...."
	2:45 AM

Spider

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"You are Spider Jerusalem.

Spider is THE journalist of the future. He smokes, he does drugs, and he kicks ass. The drugs are going to eventually kill him but not before he gets his way. And his way is the demise of the failed American dream. Although full of hate, he cares about his city. All he wants to bring the world is truth. Spider Jerusalem, conscience of the City. Frightening thought, but he's the only one we've got."

-- What Gritty No Nonsense Comic Book Character are You? brought to you by Quizilla

The following references to the Fritz Leiber story "Damnation Morning" seem relevant:

Log24 entries of May 24 and 25, 2003

Why Me?

1:09 AM

Sunday, February 20, 2005

	Hunter Thompson commits suicide "Fear and Loathing" author dead at 67
	11:47 PM - 1 comment Note to reader: For the rest of the story, click on the comment and on this review of The Big Time.