Magic squares (as the name implies) have a fairly prominent place in various western occult traditions. I suspect that in this case it's the influence of kaballah, not of the pythagoreans (say) or any of the other various and sundry esoteric traditions based around numbers, since...

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Communicate back in time in ℵ₁ easy steps:

The cyrillic can be transliterated into "pelkya mievika kei-on vtoroi seeon" more or less. I don't speak russian, though.

Splash, Titanic and Pi should be on the list. Also, The Producers. I recognize the Meg Ryan fake orgasm scene but I can't remember the name of the film.

Manhattan Melodies is a reference to Eyes Wide Shut, isn't it?

I also see Miracle on 34th Street and Death to Smoochy. And Godspell.

Oh geez, you're right. Now I'm impressed.

It's missing Pi.

I stopped watching CSI when they started fucking up third grade science. "You committed the arson because you have carbon dioxide on your shirt." Really, CSI? Really?

Via Bill Amend (the dude who draws Foxtrot)

Nonsense. That's clearly an original gameboy.

In other news:

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