View from the living room
22/12/2011
I like the vertical bands in this photograph – the upper wall, the mountain, the shade, the couch, with the vertical breaks of the windowframe and lamps. Axé.
Author: Iansã
Granada, Nicaragua as seen by our narrator
20/12/2011
I ended up in Granada, Nicaragua in December of 2005, because it was so inexpensive to get there and I wanted to get away from Katrina’s New Orleans. Had I been thinking more clearly I would have remembered what I usually explain: that Louisiana is like Honduras, El Salvador or Nicaragua, so to go to … More Granada, Nicaragua as seen by our narrator
Books we must read: Eugene O’Neill
19/12/2011
There is no present or future, only the past, happening over and over again, now. EUGENE O’NEILL, A Moon for the Misbegotten. Axé.
Continuing on with Walker in Nicaragua
18/12/2011
Walker in good spirits produced long cavalcades through the streets. — But, downhearted, Corral never left his house … And that day on which he was arrested (tried by court-martial, the prisoner then threw himself on the mercy of Walker, and Walker: that the prisoner would be shot at noon) ladies came, with Señora Corral, … More Continuing on with Walker in Nicaragua
Bradley Manning’s pre-trial hearing starts today
16/12/2011
At one stage they are recorded as threatening to turn over suspects being interrogated to the Wolf Brigade, a feared police commando group trained by the Americans and widely accused of torturing and even killing detainees. At other times detainees were physically handed over and, according to a New York Times journalist, US troops stood … More Bradley Manning’s pre-trial hearing starts today
Somos todos turcos, y nos gusta
16/12/2011
Axé.
California, linda y querida
14/12/2011
This is from before I was born, but it still applies. To really go to California, you must speak Spanish and drive north on the Golden Gate Bridge, as I will do later today. Axé, Mariano Vallejo, viejo traidor sin opciones. Here is a video with which I identify more closely. Axé.
Final Exam
12/12/2011
Among vidéos reçus, I have this as a sample final examination format. I did spend a certain amount of time before the PhD examination, practicing ways of summarizing Proust. Axé.
Illich, again
12/12/2011
In convivial institutions (and the societies they make up) modern technologies serve ‘politically interrelated individuals rather than managers’. (Illich 1975: 12). Such institutions are characterized by ‘their vocation of service to society, by spontaneous use of and voluntary participation in them by all members of society (Gajardo 1994: 716). Ivan Illich (1975a) uses “convivial” as … More Illich, again
Winter Break
12/12/2011
Some things to do: – review 1 book – resubmit at least 1 if not 2 mss., or put them together into 1 and submit – rework departmental and own websites – seriously prepare all classes – visit bookstores – rifle through current print journals at at least 1 major library – do annual report … More Winter Break
