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Stu Ungar

Stu Ungar was a professional poker and gin rummy player, widely regarded to have been the greatest Texas hold 'em and gin rummy player of all time. Ungar was infamous for his arrogance and for routinely criticizing aloud the play of opponents he felt were beneath him—which included just about anyone. One of Ungar's most famous quotes sums up his competitiveness: "I never want to be called a 'good loser.' Show me a good loser and I'll just show you a loser." Ungar's genius-level IQ and eidetic memory. contributed to his blackjack abilities, which were so sharp that he was frequently banned from playing in casinos; he was eventually unable to play blackjack in Las Vegas or anywhere else.

Ralph Greenleaf

Ralph Greenleaf was an American professional pool and carom billiards player, a twenty-time World Pocket Billiards Champion, whose ability and charisma dominated the sport during his heyday.

Desert Mothers

Desert Mothers were female Christian ascetics living in the desert of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria in the 4th and 5th centuries CE. They typically lived in the monastic communities that began forming during that time, though sometimes they lived as hermits.

Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke was a philosopher of the sublime.

Bjorn Wiinblad

Bjorn Wiinblad was a Danish painter, designer and artist in ceramics.

Oracle bone

Oracle bones are pieces of bone normally from ox scapula or turtle plastron (underside) which are used for divination chiefly during the late Shang Dynasty. The bones are inscribed with divination in oracle bone script by using a bronze pin. They were later heated until crack lines appeared in which the divinations are read.

Hans Wegner

Hans Wegner was a Danish furniture designer who contributed to the international popularity of mid-century Danish design.

Bob Colacello

The former editor of Andy Warhol's Interview, is an author, Vanity Fair contributor, and omnipresent figure on the New York social scene.

Hotel Il Pellicano

Hotel Il Pellicano is a hotel.

María Sabina

María Sabina was the first contemporary Mexican curandera, defined as a native shaman, to allow Westerners to participate in the healing vigil that became known as the velada, where all participants partake of the psilocybe mushroom as a sacrament to open the gates of the mind. Sabina cultivated relationships with several of them, including Wasson, who became something of a friend. It is a matter of record, that many important 60s celebrities visited María Sabina, including rock stars such as Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

Opus

Encyclopædia of the sublime