On interdisciplinarity
18/01/2013
Nice, nice, very nice; Nice, nice, very nice; Nice, nice, very nice– So many different people In the same device. Axé.
Author: Iansã
Students of Vichy State
17/01/2013
Scene: The Halls. Characters: Professor Zero, in other words one servidora, and Student from Pont-Breaux, Louisiane, speaking English as a second language. Languages: Louisiana French, English; intermediate Spanish. Major: Mathematics. Minors: Computer Science, Spanish. Background: oil, offshore. Professor Zero: So, in your view, why is it that “progressives” do not like Noam Chomsky? Student: They … More Students of Vichy State
Tracking work
17/01/2013
The textbook vendors are ramping it up. I ordered an examination copy of something a few years ago, decided I did not like it, sold it to a peddler once when I was short of cash, decided I would like another after all, applied, and was turned down. On the other hand, the unsolicited examination … More Tracking work
An assessment tool
17/01/2013
I am reading esoteric manifestos by Spanish poets when the course I am preparing is just the survey and there is no need … but really, I am managing PTSD by making my subject as interesting as possible to myself, and as real. I have just found a good PTSD screening tool. It is for … More An assessment tool
Further false truisms
17/01/2013
“You cannot control what happens, but you can control your reaction to it.” I woke up this morning realizing that this was another of the ideologemes created to keep us from analyzing structures or thinking politically. You can develop strategies and learn what are now called “social skills,” and over time you can even change … More Further false truisms
Self-evaluation
17/01/2013
There is this moment in the Gulag Archipelago where some prisoners finally arrive at their camp. After days on the miserable train they are actually looking forward to it: when they get there, they will get off the train, and they will see the camp and thus know at last where they were be living, bad … More Self-evaluation
Dansk litteraturvidenskab. Le mardi gras acadien.
16/01/2013
Holberg, Brorson, Baggesen, Oehlenschläger. There are many other authors and more attractive ones, but if you study seriously you must also know famous people like this. I was always impressed with Steen Steensen Blicher because he wrote in jysk as well as Danish, making Jutland dialect a literary language, and you could just feel the … More Dansk litteraturvidenskab. Le mardi gras acadien.
Russians. The Socialist Songbook. Spain. Serrano Plaja. Vallejo.
16/01/2013
This is one of the films I found, trying to discover what World II looked like. In it the Soviets plan to invade Berlin and then do so. It is an amazing piece of photography and it causes your eyes to have experiences such as approach the Brandenburg Gate with the Red Army. It is … More Russians. The Socialist Songbook. Spain. Serrano Plaja. Vallejo.
Academy Awards of 1942
15/01/2013
Here is part of a US made, pro USSR propaganda film that won an Academy award in 1942. It is about the December 6, 1941 Soviet counterattack on the German forces that were advancing upon Moscow. This happened, conveniently, the day before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and the successful defense of Moscow appears … More Academy Awards of 1942
Sevilla
15/01/2013
It is 30 degrees F with freezing wind. Louisiana has these maverick weathermen who say things that are not scientifically cautious but that often turn out to be true, and they have followings for this reason. Apparently one of them said this morning there would be snow. Long ago one Christmastide we set out hitchhiking … More Sevilla
