It is the weekend, and we are singing of the celestial Aida. This opera premiered in Cairo. I would prefer to see it with Giulietta Simoniato. But Caruso sang of Aida in 1908, when this opera was still quite new. I still think his version of this song is the best. Axé.
Student: I am interested in these graduate programs. Do you think I am aiming too high? Professor Zero: That is an excellent list for your interests. Those programs are competitive but you should be accepted to some. Apply and see where you get in. Write a good statement of purpose and be sure to get … More On Patronage and Paternalism (Return of the Whiteman)
In the past two weeks I have read the following works by Tolstoy, all stories and novellas: The Prisoner of the Caucausus The Diary of a Madman The Death of Ivan Ilyich The Kreutzer Sonata The Devil Master and Man Father Sergius After the Ball The Forged Coupon Alyosha the Pot Hadji Murat These are … More Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: Leo Tolstoy
You are supposed to disable Adaware to install Carbonite but I do not want to deinstall Adaware. I cannot see how to temporarily disable it. Et vous? Axé.
It is really difficult to make carpenters, of which I really need one, come to one’s house. I have calls out to three or four and apparently I am just not exciting enough. My desire to upgrade things is such that I am tempted, while waiting, to buy a Linux box. I would buy from … More Linux
Now I am typing on an unsecured wireless network inside my house. I do not know how to secure it or why it is working. Earlier today I bought a wireless router. Its installation and configuration wizard did not permit me to install and configure it. I phoned technical support in India who said the … More Wireless
Today, in New York City, the US is torturing a Muslim detainee with no prior criminal record who has not even gone to trial. Too long a sacrifice Can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice? Easter was April 4 this year. The Orthodox Easter coincided with ours. Passover does not … More Easter, 2010
Now the Internet has been installed at my house, on a very advanced and inexpensive system. The man who came to install it was of German and Polish extraction. He had a differently Southern accent, quite beautiful as many Southern accents are. I thought he was from Kentucky, but he was from central Texas. Axé.
It is the weekend, but it is also Good Friday, so we cannot sing. Instead we will review Barack Obama. We will do this for several days. I will begin, but it is an open thread. BON – Student loan overhaul ACCEPTABLE – Healthcare plan MAUVAIS – Afghanistan/Iraq (bad, but he had promised this) – … More Review of Barack Obama
The moral thrust of Dinesen’s tales leads here, to a representation of life as performance–a necessary fiction. In her pliable and accommodating theater, the truth is found in the design of the stories we tell in order to understand whom we might become. Throughout her career, with both the fiction and nonfiction, Dinesen is urging … More Isak Dinesen
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