April 2007 – Page 6 – coldhearted scientist وداد

Une Belle Image

06/04/2007

I am a Benevolent Creator. Cliquez sur l’image pour voir comment je suis. You, too, can take this entertaining test and receive a beautiful, multicolored square. Axé.

He was wearing a white summer suit with mother-of-pearl buttons, over which he had thrown a duster of the same color. Beneath his fine straw hat, broad-brimmed and newly washed, his great dying eyes shone around his sharply honed nose. His right hand was of hard plaster and he carried, hanging on his arm, a … More St. Lucy and St. Lazarus VII

Supporting the Troops

06/04/2007

[I]nstead of sending Town to a medical board and discharging him because of his injuries, doctors at Fort Carson, Colorado . . . claimed Town’s wounds were actually caused by a “personality disorder.” Town was then booted from the Army and told that under a personality order discharge, he would never receive disability or medical … More Supporting the Troops

Carnaval andino de Ayacucho

05/04/2007

Now, in honor of Ayacucho and all Andean towns, and of Lent which ends this weekend, we will see some of the 2007 Carnaval celebrations high up in the mountains. Axé.

Pueblos de Ayacucho

05/04/2007

The retired Peruvian military officers Telmo Hurtado and Juan Rivera Rondón, who are accused of the August, 1985 murders of 69 peasants in the Ayacuchan village of Accomarca, were arrested yesterday in Miami on immigration charges. The School of the Americas Watch has launched a campaign to pressure Peruvian authorities to extradite the pair so … More Pueblos de Ayacucho

Letter from Birmingham Jail

04/04/2007

But though I was initially disappointed at being categorized as an extremist, as I continued to think about the matter I gradually gained a measure of satisfaction from the label. Was not Jesus an extremist for love: “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for … More Letter from Birmingham Jail

St. Lucy and St. Lazarus VI

04/04/2007

I struck out walking again, impelled by my rubber soles. I was crowned by a magnificent silence surrounded by baby grand pianos everywhere. In the darkness, traced out with electric light bulbs, one could read with out effort: St. Lazarus Station. St. Lazarus was born very pale. He emitted a smell of wet sheep. When … More St. Lucy and St. Lazarus VI

St. Lucy and St. Lazarus V

04/04/2007

On one of the doors leading out of the cathedral the skeleton of an ancient fish had been hung; on another, the skeleton of a seraph, gently rocked by the oval breeze of the opticians’ shops, which wafted in with its fresh smell of apples and coastline. It was lunch time, and I asked for … More St. Lucy and St. Lazarus V

On MLA Interviews and Campus Visits

04/04/2007

To: All Interviewees From: Professor Zero Re: How To Keep Me From Voting “No” Outright Date: Forever 1. Keep your hands away from your face when you are speaking. I have seen as many as 80% of candidates per day cover their mouths, cradle their heads in one arm so that half the audience cannot … More On MLA Interviews and Campus Visits