Esther
29/10/2012
This is quite marvelous. Axé.
Month: October 2012
27 minutes today
29/10/2012
I wrote for 27 minutes which yielded me 152 rough words needing much more research and organization. This is causing me to go to the library to look for one specific book. Over the next two days I plan to add at least 98 words to these words, and to improve the quality of all 250 … More 27 minutes today
Jack O’Lantern
28/10/2012
Will O’Th’Wisp, Jack of the Green, sprites and spirits, I love Hallowe’en. I spoke with a friend tonight who said she was in a crisis because of being bored with work; she has never taken a job out of true interest, but only for purposes of making money. This of course is where academics are … More Jack O’Lantern
Deux conseils pour la semaine
28/10/2012
As a person who was always encouraged to write before doing research or rather than do research I normally advocate never starting to write until you are actually ready. I hasten to emphasize that this does not mean one should delay. I also emphasize that all the ways of managing to write and surviving writing … More Deux conseils pour la semaine
Alguma música para a segunda-feira (tengo un sueño en las manos)
28/10/2012
A rather good description of love: Quando o meu mundo era mais mundo E todo mundo admitia Uma mudança muito estranha Mais pureza, mais carinho, mais calma, mais alegria No meu jeito de me dar Quando a canção se fez mais clara e mais sentida Quando a poesia realmente fez folia em minha vida… I … More Alguma música para a segunda-feira (tengo un sueño en las manos)
La vie
28/10/2012
Jeremy, here, is interesting on psychotherapy, which, as we know, I am largely against. And I do not lead the life I think I should, some aspects of which are actually elements in the life I want. Today I gave a long interview about the prison activism I do, and primarily the work done in … More La vie
On research as a second language
28/10/2012
This is a brilliant blog, and this is an excellent post in it. One thing I am going to do with TIME: read in the evening, write in the morning; morning sessions are theoretically 1 hour and evening, 1-1/2 hours, but these can be shortened or divided up. Monday to Thursday are regular work days; … More On research as a second language
“Muchacho’, mañana hay eleccione’, y hay que votar por Fulano, que Mengano e’ comuni’ta”
28/10/2012
This is apparently what patrones would say to peones in Chile before Allende, and now as well for all I know; it is also what they say to factory workers in the United States. Mike White, the chairman and owner of Rite-Hite, a major Milwaukee manufacturer of industrial equipment, told employees in an email this … More “Muchacho’, mañana hay eleccione’, y hay que votar por Fulano, que Mengano e’ comuni’ta”
Joan Maragall
25/10/2012
Escolta, Espanya – la veu d’un fill que parla en llengua – no castellana: parlo en la llengua – que m’ha donat la terra aspra. En ‘questa llengua – pocs t’han parlat; en altra, massa. I must teach the Peninsular survey – another course in a field about which I know not enough, and which … More Joan Maragall
On saying yes and no
25/10/2012
The question in the students’ book was: have you ever said yes to something when you meant no? I would not normally have a profound thought about this question but because it came up in an academic venue, and somehow I have profound thoughts during this very basic class — they float somewhere near the ceiling, … More On saying yes and no
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