Out of laziness I went to a large meeting with no recording device and no computer, and took notes entirely by hand. My notes were better than ever and I was totally alert – as alert as in large lecture classes as an undergraduate. I had not felt so young, intelligent and competent for some … More Low Technology
In my plan to emphasize housework, the university gymnasium, and research, in that order, and let everything else fit itself in, here is today’s sketch. 7:30 breakfast 8:15 scan e-mail, upload letters of recommendation 8:30 write this post, accommodate guests (yes I am also a bed and breakfast, and it is Mardi Gras) 9:15 commute … More Plan du jour
The sun rose in the sky and shone in every color. Formosa, não faz assim carinho, não é ruim… O sol no céu surgiu E em cada cor brilhou… Meu coração, não sei por que, Bate feliz quando te vê… Axé.
I was going to start logging time spent on housework, home maintenance, and house and home maintenance related errands, so as to prove that my colleagues whose wives do all of these things have an advantage. Now I think I will log this time in the hope that it will cause me to do more … More Logbook
What the State Department says at present: You should defer non-essential travel to the state of Zacatecas except the city of Zacatecas where you should exercise caution. The regions of the state bordering Durango and Coahuila as well as the cities of Fresnillo and Fresnillo-Sombrete and surrounding area are particularly dangerous. The northwestern portion of … More Zacatecas
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Axé, Baltasar. Tornarem a véncer. * The person who posted this video does not like it, but I do: Garzón, 9. II. 2012: Rechazo frontalmente la sentencia que me ha sido notificada en el día de hoy. Lo hago por entender que no se ajusta a derecho, que me condena de forma injusta y predeterminada. … More Baltasar Garzón
In the first place: nobody can be as Texan as a Mexican can, and that is final. In the second place: I have never before received a medical excuse from Mexico. This is the new wave, I see: due to our governor’s reforms, I had a student who could be seen by the right kind … More Novedad Bobby Jindal
When I was a child, after sailing to Europe on the M.S. Aurelia we had lunch at the Hostellerie Cro-Magnon, in the Dordogne. This was so as to visit caves allegedly painted by Cro-Magnon men. Only now have I realized that Cro-Magnon man was named after the more modern name of the region. The Hostellerie … More Hostellerie Cro-Magnon
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