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January 23, 2005
Nice Quote
From The Ascent of Man, by J. Bronowski:
Euclid evidently belonged to the Pythagorean tradition. When a listener asked him what was the practical use of some theorum, Euclid is reported to have said contemptuously to his slave, “He wants to profit from learning—give him a penny.” The reproof was probably adapted from a motto of the Pythagorean brotherhood, which translates roughly as “A diagram and a step, not a diagram and a penny.”—“a step” being a step in knowledge or what I have called the Ascent of Man.
Watched 4 episodes of CSI tonight along with a great movie, Inner Senses, which was billed as a suspense thriller but really was a Chinese horror movie. I confirmed my suspicions that Mandarin sounds nicer than Cantonese (to my ear).
Nathan came into town for his birthday. It was really nice to see him and the folks. We ate at Gabriel’s again, which was acceptable (the guacamole was better than I remembered but it still isn’t as good as mine or the folks’). We got him some drive-in horror classics collection, and watched one of them but only barely. Then we watched Dagon, which is still IMO one of the best horror movies ever.
And that’s about it.
Posted by FusionGyro at January 23, 2005 11:38 PM
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