Daily Blague

¶ Ellen and Jim Moody have (launched) a Web log - too. I all but got down on my knees late last year and begged Ellen to write a blog, but enough time has passed since her clearly-reasoned rejection of the idea to prevent me from taking any credit. I am sure that it was Jim, from whom it's nice to hear, who convinced her. I don't know what the new blog will do to listserv volume, but Ellen is or has been the doyenne (willingly or otherwise) of several reading lists. Now you can visit Ellen without riffling through your inbox. Bravo!

¶ Jason Kottke posted a link to the intriguing story of Esref Armagan, a Turkish man who paints realistic pictures even though he has apparently been completely blind since infancy. How can this be?

¶ Along the thread of my earlier posting on free speech, I must say that while I think that Princeton's Harry Frankfurt is on to something, I'd have come up with a better name for both the course and its subject matter.

¶ Adieu, Édouard. Mille remerciements de votre carnet génial et réconfortant. Sale Bête vient de cesser.