Saturday, July 12, 2003

Libbie Cone died at 89. She was one of the nicest members of our family, and certainly one of the most fun. Her late husband, Clarence, known to all as Nank, was another of my childhood favorites -- he'd let me light his pipe for him at family parties, which they frequently hosted. I am twice-related to this branch of the Cones -- who long ago were, as I once wrote, "a fixture in a German-Jewish community so hermetic that I am my own distant cousin." 10:28:27 AM    comment []

“A Bright's worldview is free of supernatural and mystical elements.”   The NYT discovers Brights. The movement proposes an answer to a challenge this page posed in April: “There should be a better word than "atheist" for people who don't believe in God…To identify them by their nonbelief becomes an incorrect expression of what they do believe.” (Richard Dawkins weighed in on the use of “Bright” almost a month ago.) 10:13:19 AM    comment []

Now that ACC expansion is a done deal, the News & Record gets around to reporting one of the main reasons many fans were against it all along: “The inclusion of Miami and Virginia Tech turned the traditional home-and-home round robin basketball schedule into a dinosaur.” 9:55:51 AM    comment []