The scanning of the Burlington needs to be enlarged or redone, possibly. I have trouble reading the footnotes especially, which, if you want to find out the story about the transfer of Goya’s Black Paintings to canvas, for example, is really where the action is. Another item is if you are doing a multiple keyword [...]
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Comes to us from the recent edition of the New York Review. Michael Massing, writing about who joins the military, explains: “One night, on a visit to Buffalo Wild Wings, a cavernous bar/restaurant on Arsenal Street, I approached a table of young men who were drinking beer and munching on chicken wings.” I picture Massing, [...]
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A Goya and Rubens are stolen. That concludes today’s minimal commentary on the UPI wire. Substantive posts may return.
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I wonder if Pynchon knew about: Louis De Wohl, a German with an alleged penchant for cigars and cross-dressing, was an astrologer working for the British MI5 during the 1940s. He was courted by high-ranking intelligence officials to develop information on the date of the German invasion of London to the best dates for battle, [...]
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