I have become a Facebooker, and tonight I am using Facebook for research. I Friended some people who put up research links hand over fist. I might discover these books by browsing in bookstores, but there are no bookstores so on Facebook I learn about important books I should know but would probably not have … More Research by Facebook
Now my piece is definitely finished, and I do like it. Of course it could take another form but I like this form, too, and I want to publish this version, not hold it until I have something longer, or more lasting than bronze. I thought I had made a decision but my most recent … More That Quandary
Do you remember that baile de cuna I got waved into, and that jinetero? Well, somebody caught it on film, and here is the evidence. I am the one in black jeans. We do not have enough pictures on this weblog, so we do what we can. This is in a new dancehall that is … More Zarico
This was from Spanish 4, and Student is making sure everyone knows ze can use the imperfect subjunctive correctly. Gracias por ser tan buena maestra. De verdad me ha ayudado. Me gustaría que hubiera más profesores como usted. Nos vemos el próximo semestre. Axé.
The amount I have spent this year trying to find shoes that will address my foot problem is not consonant with the budget of one who is trying to save for travel, but I now think I need this shoe for medical reasons: They are a current style, so I do not have to acquire … More Z shopping fantasies while writing and answering mail…
I have solved my manuscript problem and the solution is very powerful. I am brilliant. This is why people fear me — I can get things done. I have also gotten someone into graduate school this week, fully funded, no mean feat from here, so I am jumping, running, winning. I have remembered another technique … More Machiavellian
I want to apply for an NEH Summer Stipend for 2014. I can argue that my project fits into their Bridging Cultures program, and all. It has a funding ratio of 8% and that is from among people who are actually allowed to apply, after applying to apply. Our university can nominate two people. In the … More This is the sort of thing
I I am walking the floor over this issue and I realize I have done it before … long ago, after the first time I had ever spoken up in a faculty meeting. It is the same, nothing ever changes. It was in a small apartment in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, of this man I was seeing. … More Walking the floor / Tennessee border
Epigraph: message from random faculty member in another college, re my final report to the committee I quit: “Thank you for your time and effort. I know it was not an easy task but you did it with such grace and professionalism, when many would not have.” Now I have to practice what I will … More Et nunc
I always did like that guy. I know you are surprised, he is a Republican. But I, unlike many, am a professional, objective person, a coldhearted scientist even, and Drezner is a good academic. Now, he says: …your dissertation will follow you the rest of your life. Don’t think you can just grind one out … More Thank you, Daniel Drezner
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