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Thanks to Andrea, the scholars of the convent decide to invent a story about a gathering of history's greatest minds in New Orleans. The unfolding of their story effects the fabric of reality, and the great minds descend on Louisiana, sent there by heaven to pass judgment on the world in what is, perhaps, the novel's weakest link...
Time for the "Song Styles" round on Whose Line Is It Anyway?, in which a panelist must invent a song about a member of the studio audience. Tonight's subject is named (just try rhyming this!) Niroshi; and the tune must be a rock love ballad. Yet panelist Brad Sherwood hardly breaks a sweat as he quick-composes a plaintively catchy melody and croons lyrics made up on the spot. He'll take his beloved Niroshi to "the Rive Gau-shi," where they'll "cook some brio-shi," and across "the Pacific O-shi" to "put on some suntan...
...Hasty Pudding did not invent the concept of men dressed as women on stage. Find out who did. "Two Centuries of Performing Ancient Greek Drama: Heritage and Innovation on the Greek Stage," a lecture by Platon Mavromoustakos, University of Athens. Barker Center, Room 024. 4:15 p.m. FREE...
...impeachment mess reminds me of a William Blake verse: "A truth that's told with bad intent/ Beats all the lies you can invent." It certainly applies to the holier-than-thou Republicans. RICARDO OLARAN Buenos Aires...
...could be that we invent the fated-lovers theme as a protection against the discovery that we could hitch up with one of a hundred or a thousand others in a lifetime of circumstantial mingling and not know the difference. Worse, that we might not care. Men (pathetic romantics that we are) tend to dream up no fewer than half a dozen one-and-onlies...