El nuevo look

For over twenty years South American haircutters of various nationalities have periodically redesigned my hair such that I have big puffy bangs, minimal sides, and a tail – like a large version of the classic cut for short hair, since my hair still stays long. These haircutters do no not know each other but it … More El nuevo look

On Jindal and Katrina

Bobby Jindal is worse than Katrina. Read all about it at FireDogLake. I was tipped off to this post by the resting Redstar Perspective. See also Dancing With Katrina, by Geoffrey Philp, dedicated to our own Kalamu ya Salaam. * Our other featured post for today is Incipit, on academia and integrity, by Servetus. Here … More On Jindal and Katrina

More Support for the Opposition to the Putative Virtue of Powerlessness

I This is the Fourth of July, an excellent day to be un– “A-merry-can”, as the Field Negro would put it, so I choose it as yet another day to oppose the Reeducation industry and its belief in the virtues of powerlessness. Check this out: Feeling powerless is no fun. A lack of control can … More More Support for the Opposition to the Putative Virtue of Powerlessness

NOMINA DE PLATOS

Lima city water can be drunk, and there is no recycling, so if you insist on buying spring water in plastic bottles you are truly accelerating your contribution to global warming. And Peru is famous for food, so I am going to list some of the foods I encounter constantly. That I like AGUAYMANTO AJI … More NOMINA DE PLATOS

Waripampa

Our cook is going to Huaripampa this weekend to investigate the possibility of buying property there, and I am envious. This video of one Huaripampa musical culture is not of the Huaripampa she is going to, and it was filmed in Lima, but it is truly excellent, so I am posting it as a way … More Waripampa