Mitt Romney
27/05/2012
Axé.
Author: Iansã
Things I took to Mexico included…
27/05/2012
…jewelry and silver to repair …a skirt to reline but not, this time… …shoes to repair (although I would take them) …Brazilian cell phone to change the SIM card of (it takes a different voltage) Also: …metro tickets …$ Mex. …savings card for a drug store chain Axé.
Fluir todo es bailar
27/05/2012
Axé.
Mi texana
25/05/2012
I am NOT going to northern Mexico but I appear to believe I am, as I keep singing norteñas. These are the Pingüinos del Norte, who are classic. We are going out tomorrow, in the country in the night, and this is my life. Axé.
World´s 50 Most Dangerous Cities
24/05/2012
I am going to Veracruz Monday morning and it has come to my attention that it is the 18th most dangerous city in the world. The 50 most dangerous cities are all in the Americas and South Africa, and most of them are in Latin America. If I have counted right, 14 of them are … More World´s 50 Most Dangerous Cities
A Reeducated Postscript
24/05/2012
An important principle of Reeducation was that you should do what was uncomfortable. This was because what you thought right was necessarily wrong, and also because you had surely never stretched to do anything differently before. There are several reasons why this idea did not apply to me. Here are some of them, listed in … More A Reeducated Postscript
A department chair
24/05/2012
Z: I am very busy and do not want to change textbooks for our multi-section course. Whiteman: It is selfish of you to give research and more advanced courses a greater priority than this course sequence, and to value current pedagogical practice over the comfort of the older M.A. instructors. Z: Actually, it is selfish … More A department chair
The Phone Book
24/05/2012
The 4-1 decision will allow phone companies, market by market, to stop delivering phone books door-to-door provided they ask customers if they want to continue to receive the book. Customers who say “yes” would continue to receive the directory for three more years, according to the PSC decision. Additionally, the phone companies would have to … More The Phone Book
La liberté
23/05/2012
Incidentally, it is blissful not to be Reeducated, although I am still shaking some dust off myself. It is different because one can just move ahead and do things, without having to limit action and vision somehow. Reeducation believed in a number of false dichotomies. You could either accomplish things or be «happy», either think … More La liberté
Incredibly serious advice to new faculty.
23/05/2012
This just in: «Remember [Tropical Town] when we realized we were in a hotel on top of the movie theater? when the drunk guy who passed out in the restaurant turned out to be the owner?» These are the words of the friend with whom I travelled through [Tropical State] when young. We were both … More Incredibly serious advice to new faculty.
