One of the main reasons wealth makes people unhappy is that it gives them too much control over what they experience. They try to translate their own fantasies into reality . . . an enervating and disappointing pastime . . . learning and growing are very difficult with wealth because they depend on experiences in … More An interesting perspective.
Now we have perfected our reconstruction plan but my friend had the right analysis — the perfect storm came up. I am glad I still have a job, I really am, but we are half the size we were a month ago and the landscape looks quite bare. One is glad to have work and … More Katrina, that is the word, and Tantalus
«I am an appropriate hire because my degree granting institution is not far away. I know where the books I need are, and I have access to them. People from further away will be cut off from the books whose locations their professors showed them, and will thus be unable to do research.» A Ph.D. … More On research skills
…also involved is the question of being mugged by the victims, or by those who would become victims. Being pushed and pummelled by people who were feeling weak and who were not making good decisions, but whose continued good will I really needed, is of course my oldest story. At work one can add to … More More notes on being mugged
Eres, oh cuerpo oscuro, el siempre amado, desnudo lecho en que los días fueron y el placer de las noches donde ardieron el sueño, la pasión y lo sagrado. Por ti conoce el alma lo creado: las formas de las cosas bajo el día, tu desnudez más pura y la alegría de sentirte en la … More Alegría del cuerpo
…to describe how I feel. It is said that bad things come in groups of three, and we have had three. That means the storm is over. But, this is how you kill departments: take faculty, take programs, and take funding, always saying each act is unrelated to the others (and, of course, that to … More Mugged is the word
What I am saying at school is, I want to hire, you make sure you cover that position which is important to several programs, how much money is in the line, can it be increased, can you supplement with a startup package or a reduction in teaching load for the first three years, I want … More Hay golpes en la vida
I congratulate today, especially: a) all Pell grant recipients and others who graduated despite very difficult circumstances; b) all current and former members of the armed forces of the United States, despite my disagreement with their mission; c) anyone who has had to work offshore or at other forms of rough oilfield work, either before … More Upon graduation
Eduardo Galeano´s famous phrase «the system vomits people» could be applied to academia and I need not explain why. I have just had an excellent semester – the best in years – and I fairly exude joy. But I want to hire and even in this market, which favors me, I appear not to have … More Related to systemic violence
Race walking around the park the runners always say I am good looking but more charming was the humble community agricultural worker, harvesting flowers and berries with me: «Now, if you were my girlfriend, you would have flowers all the time.» Axé.
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