In a comment last summer, the Emeritus Professor said: Scholars have to be educated in some fundamental way, educated as opposed to trained, though they can and perhaps should be trained also. […] I said: I would add that the emphasis on ‘professionalization’ and ‘training’ over actual education undermines integrity. […] My own confusion in … More Upward Spiral
It would appear that we are moving on Iran. American Zombie has pointed it out. I hope someone can analyze this, as I must now analyze eighteenth century texts. I will say that Cyrus the Great, King of the Persians, is considered to have written the earliest charter of human rights. Axé.
The Azgoddess does not eat soup, as it is so hot in Arizona. There are cold fruit soups in Sweden, and there is gazpacho in Andalusia, but there is also the Danish kærnemælkskoldskål or “cold bowl of buttermilk,” a summer dessert. It sounds utterly strange, but it is very good. 1 egg 1/4 cup sugar … More Kærnemælkskoldskål
A book always worth reading is Lafcadio Hearn’s Gombo Zhebes, which is not really about cooking, but about language and culture. Dooky Chase is still closed, but we can, nevertheless, find their Lenten gumbo recipe. Here is another. 1 pound smoked sausage 1 pound tasso 1 link andouille 6 peeled new potatoes 1 can Great … More Gombo Zhebes
I Our featured post for this evening is Undine’s, on academic and actual housework: Does Any of This Count?. It is our featured post because I have almost finished cleaning out and reorganizing all of the work related files I have in the house. I have also finished my Federal income tax return, Form 1040 … More On Housework
As I say, there are concentration camps in the United States, as well as United States run secret prisons abroad. Xicano Power’s March 12 post gives relevant information – and not just about the Border Patrol, although they are bad enough. Read the whole post. I refer you as well to the Dachau Memorial Site. … More Concentration Camps II
Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, … More Garden Wall
Recorded at the Bitter End Cafe, Greenwich Village, 1968. Axé.
A book to reread on poetry is Federico García Lorca, Granada, paraíso cerrado y otras páginas granadinas, ed., intro., and notes by Enrique Martínez López (Granada: Miguel Sánchez, 1989). Is poetry private or public, marginal or central, esoteric or communicative – expressive? Is poetic speech different from ordinary speech, or is ordinary speech actually closer … More Closed Paradise, Open Garden
I am inspired by Antrobiótica to have a Leonard Cohen post. In this video there is a brief interview, and then a performance of “I’m Your Man.” Cohen says in the interview that one’s métier is one’s locus of self-respect, and in the end one does not write ‘for oneself’ or ‘for others’ but for … More Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
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