Matrices

I do remember learning matrices in math class, but I do not remember how to solve them. All I remember is that they were frustrating because I had to follow all sorts of specific sets of rules, which varied depending on whether you were multiplying or adding the matrix, etc., that somehow led me to some unjustifiable answer.
Also, I think the caption beside the matrix at the left is quite comical, because this is exactly how I was taught matrices. "Just memorize the rules; they're special." No telling you this is why . . . and therefore I have forgotten.

I found myself

Quite a while ago, Jon blogged about finding the word 'born' on his birthday page 274, no less 88 letters into the line (born in 1988.) To be honest, I sort of laughed and thought, OK he's stretching it a bit, but it sort of works . . . I suppose.
But now I can't laugh anymore! because I happened upon myself in Ulysses (wrong book, I know.) On page 225 (my birthday, though it's Americanized 2/25 rather than 25/2) Joyce included my namesake, Jenny Lind the Swedish Nightingale (line 699.)

Flashes Before Your Eyes

I am a LOST fanatic. However, I am a relatively new lost fanatic; therefore, I am only to season 3. I just watched the episode below. What are the chances? The episode deals with deja vu, eternal return, rewriting history . . . Not to mention that Hugo finds Nabokov's Laughter in the Dark in Sawyer's stuff. Sawyer has the best taste in literature, aside from his obsession with overly sultry magazines.

And if you haven't already, I recommend becoming a Lost fanatic. BUT! you have to watch it sequentially from the very beginning. It is not permissible to view episodes at random as it is with other tv series. This being said, I still will post Episode 3.8 below for your viewing pleasure. For the sake of the class, my rule may be broken.

Like Dr. Sexson said, the island theme is modeled directly after Shakespeare's The Tempest. But also, a few episodes ago, I saw the resurrection scene reenacted. Mr. Echo (fitting name) rolls away a large stone from the entrance to a crashed plane to find his brother's dead body gone.

P.S. It is no accident that Desmond's girlfriend's name is Penelope.