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Useless Autobiographical Fact
In the 1976/'77 scholastic year, I was a C student. Except for my two worst subjects: Handwriting and Art, in which I was a D student. -
Useless Fact
Hershy Kay's music to the ballet The Clowns has never, it appears, been recorded for any sort of album release. -
FreeWill Reminds You: No, It Wasn't Written For Looney Tunes
Sagittarius Horoscope for week of January 22, 2015
Italian composer Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) didn't like to work hard, and yet he was also prolific. In fact, his desire to avoid strenuous exertion was an important factor in his abundant output. He got things done fast. His most famous opera, The Barber of Seville, took him just 13 days to ( Read more... ) -
FreeWill: She's a Frozen Fire...
Sagittarius Horoscope for week of June 12, 2014
Novelist Herman Melville wrote that in order to create art, "unlike things must meet and mate." Like what? "Sad patience" and "joyous energies," for example; both of them are necessary, he said. "Instinct and study" are crucial ingredients, as well as humility and pride, audacity and reverence, and "a ( Read more... ) -
FreeWill: Hate Is In The Air
Sagittarius Horoscope for week of May 1, 2014
Actor Matthew McConaughey prides himself on his willingness to learn from his mistakes and failures. A few years ago he collected and read all the negative reviews that critics had ever written about his work in films. It was "an interesting kind of experiment," he told Yahoo News. "There was some really ( Read more... ) -
Thinking? Allowed? FreeWill Weighs In
Sagittarius Horoscope for week of July 18, 2013The Sagittarian writer and artist William Blake (1757-1827) made drawings of many eminent people who had died before he was born. Julius Caesar was the subject of one of his portraits. Others included Dante, Shakespeare, and Moses. How did Blake manage to capture their likenesses in such great detail? ( Read more... )
