You may not

And this is the other thing I do not understand about academia, our duty to be in academia, and so on. All I ever heard about were the things you may not do if you are a professor. You may not: * desire to live somewhere pleasant, that you have any part in choosing * … More You may not

Openstax

And look at this. Kansas already has a freely accessible website for second year Spanish, and Florida will have one for the first year soon. Also look at this. I would so like to work on a big, modern campus that had such things. I should arrange to visit Austin soon. I am so glad … More Openstax

And also

I also see perfectly what I was trying to make a radical break from and why, at a psychological level, it was virtually impossible to keep working in that field. Yes, in the best of all possible worlds one could have done it but it was far more realistic to switch. And what I considered … More And also

And again

To write, you have to feel comfortable and allow yourself authority. (You are also best not suffering sharp pain, and your mind must be clear.) It helps also if it is what you want to do. I wanted to do it for a long time or was happy to do it. For a long time … More And again

Quevedo

The blues aren’t pessimistic. We’re prisoners of hope but we tell the truth and the truth is dark. That’s different. And this is a different attitude from the baroque desengaño but I would like to re-study some baroque literature now. Axé.