July 20-24

20 July.

Spiritual dimension of Helenio Herrera and Mourinho.

Blown into the void—into the dark Canadian lake.

21 July.

Cycle of poems: Songs of the Winged Hussar.

Marksmanship contest. First prize is duty-free wine from Hungary.

22 July.

Joint attention: point to the truth and the reader will see it.

23 July.

Nietzsche on Sallust: “My sense of style, of the epigram as a style, was awakened almost instantly when I came into contact with Sallust. Compact, severe, with as much substance as possible, a cold sarcasm toward ‘beneficial words’ and ‘beautiful sentiments’—here I have found myself.”

24 July.

Russian tourist smuggled drugged orangutan from Bali—fed it allergy pills mixed with milk—a new low.

Jim Thompson was the father I loved and Pinter the father I hated.