As I've mentioned, one of the great joys of my life is the Breakfast of Excellence, scheduled for every Friday morning at the TASTee Grill. Usually, one of us, OK, usually Sandy or me, proposes a topic of essential conversation by right-thinking individuals. This week I proposed we discuss the world-altering event of 23 September; no, not the aborted Rapture, but the sad passing of the truly excellent Claudia Cardinale. I don't know exactly when Sandy and I became so fixated on her, although I suspect it was after a group viewing of Sergio Leone's brilliant 1968 film Once Up a Time in the West. Since then her name has been uttered in hushed and reverent tones.
In preparation for this essential conversation I whipped up this meme, which may have to turned into a handout for the notoriously technophobic Sandy. Erik and I are already discussing the necessity of a Claudia Cardinale memorial film mini-marathon on campus (which would mean he and I sitting alone in the Alumni Auditorium lamenting that no students showed up, and celebrating that no students showed up. At the very least, we'd have to have a tripleheader of Sergio Leone's Once Up a Time in the West, Federico Fellini's 8 1/2, and Damiano Damiani's The Day of the Owl.
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