This documentary includes clips from the first Soviet color film, and other color footage from the 1939-1945 war. I have not seen it all, but it is interesting, especially as we have now entered permanent war. There is footage of Japanese-Americans entering their concentration camps as well. I should be going to Twelve Years a … More Of random weekend interest
My cake is derived from Clarissa’s grandmother’s cake. It is stellar, and it is not even seriously bad for you. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and butter an 8″ springform pan. 2 eggs 2 cups organic sugar (light, not demerara or turbinado) 1 cup plain kefir 1t baking powder 1T olive oil 2 cups … More Cake
Anxious doctoral researchers can now call on a proliferation of advice books telling them how to produce their dissertations. This article analyzes some characteristics of this self-help genre, including the ways it produces an expert-novice relationship with readers, reduces dissertation writing to a series of linear steps, reveals hidden rules, and asserts a mix of … More On the failure of dissertation advice books
Today, for 1.5 hours of office hours, I tutored and coached students while the 2 year old of one student screamed and was passed around among us. One of the students was particularly good with him. In an unrelated insight I have decided that all the advice on time management is constructed and given to … More La jornada
#OccupyHE. Axé.
I am teaching two sections of Spanish 3. Students have no aural comprehension of Spanish, no speaking ability, no sense of syntax, and very little ability to read the readings in the textbook, which is a common textbook they are using for the third semester in a row. Some of them say that in their … More Un misterio
Axé.
I will post for my class, and then I will go home. At home, I will write my letter of recommendation and read Mignolo. I will return to campus early to deliver the letter, and I will clear up matters around the office, particularly with regard to grading papers. I will create a format for … More E agora, José / Dulzura por dulzura
Resistance is no longer an option, it is a necessity. That is the last line of a very good essay you should read slowly. #OccupyHE. Axé.
I took this with my phone in Oaxaca de Juárez on 26 October 2013. It is part of a wedding parade, outside the amazing Templo de Santo Domingo. I am interested in the clown costumes, which resemble those used in Cajun Mardi Gras; the clowns act in a similar way. Apparently these clowns also appear … More Diasporic medieval Afro-European peasant culture
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