Perhaps my versions of a memo yesterday were unsatisfactory because they were too restrained, and thus sounded too formal (and as I said, either too worried, or too challenging, or both). I wrote a more informal, less careful version that Sue liked better and Human liked less. I am erasing all rejected versions so I … More I Want to Speak
My vote after considering this matter is not to speak, even though I was irritated then and have some concerns now. Reasons to speak are that it is important to stand for truth, claim dignity and hold ground. Reasons not to speak are to avoid raising spectres and to show strength by rising above. A … More To Speak or Not to Speak
This was in 1996 in Green Ranch, Texas, at the Monterey Well #1. “A river of oil is seen running from this well. The oil is spewing out despite the ‘blowout preventers’ being closed. One location over a new well is to be drilled today, in today’s new world of high oil prices. http://www.EnergyInvestmentGroup.com is … More Music Video: Texas Oil Well Blowout
–Should faculty be included as stakeholders in decisions about content for their courses?– I was asked. In the past, we would have had the collective power to laugh at such things. Axé.
I’ve been looking at some of the driller bulletin boards and blogs, written by engineers and physicists, people who really know how to drill and do it often. They are much more worried about the Macondo disaster than the regular news is. Then there’s this post on “the mother of all gushers.” The relief wells … More Academic Mondays: Macondo Science
This is how the oil looks, tumbling out of its undersea source. Notice how quickly it moves. There is apparently a lot of natural gas being released as well. Video reposted from Agent Smith. Axé.
This is subtitled, so you can listen and read. I have felt saudades all week for different things. I am observing vegetables from the garden on an earthenware plate. They look like a Rembrandt. Axé.
This is extremely interesting, but what about moving directly to anarchy? While waiting, we must see this film. Axé.
On May 13, 1888, slavery was abolished in Brazil. One can compare dates for this throughout the Americas, and it is instructive. In news of my own, less important emancipation of which this blog is an instrument, I might be adjusting at last to Maringouin. This is very interesting since I have been here a … More Treze de Maio
Summer has arrived here. I can tell because spring clothing has stopped being functional. I do not really like air conditioning, but I use it. Following on a comment by Hattie I had a thought: is the meaning of the sentence “Do not focus on your work, take care of yourself” actually “Do not focus … More A Chilling Translation
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