A Miscellany of Trivia
Perhaps you’ve always wanted to see a copy of Brian Eno’s synthesizer license:
You can tell that it’s authentic by the way it incorporates all the initials of Eno’s full name: Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno. (N.B.: it’s not authentic, it’s from the sadly abandoned National Office of Importance site.)
Orthosomnia: A condition in which concern about the quality of your sleep interferes with the quality of your sleep.
I read in Christopher Hibbert’s The English: A Social History, 1066–1945 that an 18th-century dentist wrote a book in which he warned against replacing lost teeth with the teeth of other humans — the risk of contracting syphilis was too great — but suggested that implanting dog teeth in human mouths would work just fine.
The Court has quoted from only three of the many childish emails [Doscher] and Livingston have exchanged. Obviously this needs to stop. Both sides need to learn that frequently the best response to immature behavior is to ignore it. Don't react, don't sink to the other side's level, don't try to fight fire with fire. There are disagreements in every case, that is what litigation is about. Most adversaries work out their disagreements while remaining calm and professional. Doscher and Livingston are admonished to discontinue this dumb conduct, work on their demeanor, and behave more maturely than they have to date. The Court hopes this rebuke will be sufficient to address the situation.
STATUS BOARD
- Work: I have reached the low point in the writing of my book, the point than which no lower can be conceived: I have had to move the ms. into a word processing program in preparation for sending it to my editor. This is a token of progress but also an entry into a world of pain.
- Music: One of my wife’s favorite songs, “Every Step of the Way” by Mavis Staples. Damn, Mavis.
- Reading: Still delighting in the masterful historical writing of C. V. Wedgwood (see issue 37 for details).
- Food and Drink: Have I mentioned margaritas?