In a long term prediction 22 months ago, Stiglitz told listeners of the Alex Jones show that he believed a global economic crash would occur within 2 years. With major financial institutions now folding every week, others touting mergers just to stay afloat and stocks continually plummeting on a daily basis it seems that prediction … More Joseph Stiglitz
I thought crème fraîche only grew in France – i.e. that it was hard to make and only French dairies chose to make it – but it is easy to make and we can make it here. That means we can have it without going to France. Take 1 pint heavy cream, ideally not ultrapasteurized, … More Crème Fraîche
I decided to earn a Ph.D. the day I learned this degree existed. That took place before I started kindergarten. Thus it was that my academic career and my full acquisition of formal language began almost simultaneously. My recurrent question then was whether thought preceded language or whether, on the other hand, language informed thought … More First Choice
I like Houston. It has personality. In New Orleans I am of course a fan of WWOZ – W-Wizard of Oz. But Houston is a city and New Orleans is a town, and New Orleans is an old and sophisticated town, but Houston is a city, and it is truly urban despite the suburbs with … More kpft 90.1 fm HOUSTON
A. I heard an NPR commentator say today as I was driving home that it was now TOO LATE to pull out of the stock market and go to cash. I have been saying for over two decades that the regular American should not be in the stock market at all, but should be keeping … More Don’t Buy Stocks. Buy Mushrooms
“Encontré lo ruiseñor que cantaba so la rama, dindirindín.” * This song was written down in the early fifteenth century in a version of Catalan. Dindirindín dindirindín dirindaina, dindirindín. Yu me leve un bel maitín Matineta per la prata, Encontré lo ruiseñor Que cantaba so la rama Dindirindín. Dindirindín dindirindín dirindaina, dindirindín. Ruiseñor, le ruiseñor … More Dindirindín
I am not a Fashion Free Feminist, and this is terrible: I have discovered I have cellulite, visible cellulite, right in the leg. It is a serious Fashion Problem [FP]. I noticed it when I tried on bathing suits. Now I do not know what to buy. Unfamiliar with bathing suits other than bikinis and … More A Very Serious Question
Hurricane Ike is coming to Louisiana after all, and we are waiting for it. Everything is hot and still, tense and vivid, as in earthquake weather, and I am displeased. I am told that the wind which will pick up Friday morning at five will be the hurricane’s first band. There is sudden fear but … More Upon First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer
For this ominous date we have a video of Vallejo’s hometown, his church, his house, and more. It has an appropriately nervous soundtrack. It was made in the depths of the driest season – everything is as brown as can be. When you get to part about the house, be sure not to miss the … More Santiago de Chuco
I have begun to read Ma Jian’s novel Beijing Coma. It is famous – it has been I would like to read the Book of Mountains and Seas, but not reading Chinese, I cannot. Yet I know of it. See how interesting it is. * Ma Jian’s narrator is in a coma. Yet he can … More Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: Shan-hai Ching
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