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Winter - dong tian

Lucky Numbers:

4, 2, 53, 21, 35, 37

Numberology

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[previously]

Bridge by Frank Stewart

I was in the club lounge with my friend the English professor when a player approached him.

"Prof, I heard that only one English word ends in 'mt,' but I can't come up with it. Can you help?"

"Look at this deal," said the prof. "I led the six of clubs against three notrump, and East took the ace and returned the queen. South played low, of course. East shifted to the king of spades, trying to kill dummy's entry to the diamonds, but South ducked, won the next spade in his hand, forced out my ace of diamonds and took the rest. Making three.

"Suppose at Trick One East plays the queen of clubs," the prof went on. "South must win; he doesn't know who has the ace. When he starts the diamonds, I play low twice. When I win the third diamond, East pitches his ace of clubs! Then I run the clubs."

"That would be some defense," I said. "You can't blame East for not finding it."

"True," the prof nodded, "but I have often dreamt of having such a brilliant partner."


published Monday, May 25, 2009

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Strange Coincidence

STOLE LWIT, Version 1. (For Samuel Yates)

2008 - Ink on Wall (Wood, Screws, Plaster Board, Paint) ≈3700 x 3700 mm

This work is technically, in every practical sense, a Sol LeWitt. This wall drawing was executed from a LeWitt drawing, a doodle drawn by the artist during his 2000 retrospective at SFMOMA, and exactly executed by a trained member from his crew (myself). By having the wall made into a discrete object, though a very large one, the work further draws attention to the issues surrounding originality, artist intent and the portability of ideas."

-- Adam Rompel


Editor's Note from "Allan Smithee" ...

In the late 80's was visiting my then girlfriend in Zurich when we took a road trip to Lausanne to see an installation of very large Richard Serra drawings and attend the opening of a new site-specific piece by Sol LeWitt.

Had just flown to Switzerland from the States a day or two before. When I was talking to one of the LeWitt guys who had done the wall painting, he asked me how I was able to be there... wasn't the jet lag bad? No I told him, didn't feel a thing and them wham, yep, jet lag.

Later on, remember telling him, while now in a new disconnected mental state, why bother to paint the LeWitt? It's a conceptual piece anyway. Long story short, wrong thing to say to the assistant plus, really, LeWitt's pieces are great and generally very beautiful, ie, his colors, scale, etc. I also noticed how quickly he excused himself from the conversation and moved on to other people.

Anyways, toward the end of the evening, B. Diethelm mentioned to me that we were invited to the after-opening dinner party. While walking to the restaurant, the assistant (yes, same guy I had the "conversation" with and who had invited her and companion to the dinner party) suddenly noticed, unhappily, I was the other half of the couple. We were quietly and quickly disinvited.


postscript: am pretty sure the above posted painting is for another person with whom I share a name. Also, it's probably a different LeWitt assistant from the one I met.

Diet & Exercise

Sunday, May 10, 2009

lg coffee (24 fl. oz.) light/sweet
sm black coffee (12 fl. oz.)
5 sit-ups


Monday, May 11, 2009

sm coffee (12 fl. oz.) light/sweet
med/lg coffee (16 fl. oz.) light/sweet
4 small cubes of bread pudding
handful of green grapes
5 sit-ups


Tuesday, May 12, 2009

lg coffee (24 fl. oz.) light/sweet
16 oz bottle of orange/pineapple/mango juice blend
2 pints of lager
lg coffee (24 fl. oz.) light/sweet
5 sit-ups


Wednesday, May 13, 2009

sm amount of coffee (light/sweet)
1 italian bread roll
bottle of low-fat chocolate milk (16 fl. oz.)
2 sm coffees (light/sweet)
sm amount of water
2 pints of lager
1 "happy hour plastic container of popcorn"
1 bag of Herr's "Heinz Ketchup Flavored Potato Chips" (net wt. 1.5 oz.)
1 bag of pretzels (net wt. 1.5 oz.)
5 sit-ups


Thursday, May 14, 2009

sm amount of water
2 sm cups of coffee (light/sweet)
can of Hawaiin Punch (16 fl. oz.)
sm container of crab salad
bag of BBQ corn chips (net wt. 1.5 oz.)
1 cheese hoagie (mayo/lettuce/tomato/onion/oil/salt/pepper)
5 sit-ups


Friday, May 15, 2009

bottle of chocolate milk (16 fl. oz.)
lg coffee (24 fl. oz.) light/sweet
1 blueberry cream danish (net wt. 5 oz.)
2 pints of lager
handful of green grapes
5 sit-ups


Saturday, May 16, 2009

bottle of chocolate milk (16 fl. oz.)
3 cups of coffee
6 strips of bacon
3 eggs (over-easy)
1 italian bread classic roll
can of vanilla coke (12 fl. oz.)
1 vanilla ice-cream sandwich (net wt. 6 oz.)
bottle of Mountain Dew (20 fl. oz.)
slice of pizza (white cheese/tomato/garlic)
slice of bbq chicken pizza
bottle of orange soda (20 fl. oz.)
slice of mushroom pizza
glass of milk
5 sit-ups


Sunday, May 17, 2009

3 cups of coffee (light)
1 hash brown bar (net wt. 2.5 oz.)
bag of cheez-it (net wt. 3 o.z)
bottle of Mountain Dew (20 fl. oz)
1 cheese hoagie (mayo/lettuce/tomato/onion/oil/salt/pepper)
bag of french onion chips (net wt. 2 3/8 oz.)
lg glass of milk
5 sit-ups


Monday, May 18, 2009

1 coffee (16 fl. oz.) light/sweet
2 sm coffees (light/sweet)
sm amount of water
1 McDouble cheeseburger
5 sit-ups



Note: Addendum to May 15th

3 cans of beer (12 fl. oz. each)
3 pints of lager
glass of fountain coke
sm sample of glass of unknown beer

Big Book Sale & Kinetic Sculpture Derby

Don’t miss out on the extraordinary deals this weekend
at the BIG BOOK SALE!!

MAY 15th, 16th, & 17th

10 am to 6 pm


Hardbacks: $2

Paperbacks: $1

Mass Markets: 25¢ (5 for $1)


PLUS: 30% off all regular in-store stock!!


Fun Continued:


The 2009 Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby



The KKSD is not a race, but rather a design competition and parade celebrating human powered-transit and art in Kensington.

Winning categories are - Best ART, Best COSTUME, Best ENGINEERING, PEOPLE's CHOICE, 2nd to Last, Best BREAKDOWN. The people get to vote at the fest for their favorite sculpture so come to the fest and vote!

The 2009 Kinetic Sculpture Derby will be Saturday May 16th! NOW with Valet Bike Parking!!!!!

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Brekkie With Your Mates

Serves: 4
Prep Time: 15 minutes


Ingredients

1 can of favorite baked beans

4 strips of bacon

12 brown or white mushrooms, rough ends of stems removed

2 Roma tomatoes, cut in half

4 eggs

2 large handfuls of fresh spinach, roughly chopped

salt and pepper


Instructions

1. In a small pan, heat the beans and keep them warm over a low flame while you prepare the rest of the meal.

2. In large nonstick or cast-iron skillet, fry bacon until crispy. Set aside and drain almost all grease from the pan.

3. In same skillet, throw in mushrooms and season with salt and pepper. In the other half of skillet, place tomatoes, skin side down, and cook for 2-3 minutes. Keep an eye on mushrooms at the same time so they don’t burn. Turn everything over and cook for another minute or so. Push mushrooms and tomatoes to one side of pan, and crack eggs into the pan and fry. You may need to add a bit of oil or bacon fatback into the pan to keep the eggs from sticking.

4. When the eggs are done, divide everything onto plates. Keep the pan on the stove and throw in the spinach to wilt (30 seconds to 1 minute); add cooked spinach to plates.

5. Serve with baked beans and your favorite toast.


Recipe excerpted from "The Family Chef" by Jewels and Jill Elmore (Celebra Hardcover; May 2009)


Note:

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