New faculty, and/or their spouses II, or, I am an American Puritan. More on some pesky señoritos

1- I wish people would realize how unoriginal this speech is. I wish they would realize that just because they think they are a Latin Lover, I am not entertained by the standard speech. I am bored and pained by it at this point, having heard it to0 many times, from so many over the … More New faculty, and/or their spouses II, or, I am an American Puritan. More on some pesky señoritos

Horizons of political understanding and expectation

Some of my first Danish friends could never quite understand US politics because we do not have a parliamentary system. Why the President did not resign, why the government had not fallen, they would ask. Technically they knew the answers to these questions but they did not feel these answers. In the US some common … More Horizons of political understanding and expectation

Mictlantecuhtli

We have accomplished so much this semester. I started this weblog in 2006 because I wanted to learn to speak. In 2009 I said I was going to end it because I felt ready for my PhD examination: the blog had accomplished its purpose. I did not end it, though. Now I feel as though … More Mictlantecuhtli

Finished!

We have had the last class! We are finished! I have a lot of papers and five finals to write and give, but I have finished! Axé.