We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday.

Pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of polyvinylchloride dust.

Much conjecture has arisen about the reasons for the misdrop. The pilots had been given plenty of flying time to become familiar with the C-46, but the opportunities to fly in tight formation were somewhat lacking. This may well have been one of the reasons for the milling about as the aircraft approached the Rhine.

Rothko more than any artist I have known succumbed to the lure of light, light that, as the Byzantine inscriptionist said, can be contained but never captured really[…]