Mitt Romney
27/05/2012
Axé.
Category: Banes
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
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.
Modern
23/05/2012
The bibliographic instruction and the students laugh at me because I take them for bibliographic instruction every semester. He is sure he has nothing more to teach them, and they, that they do not need this show one more time. The search interfaces and databases are increasingly complex, however, and I learn something new every … More Modern
Take Two
17/05/2012
Note to readers: please remember the asynchronous and melded nature of all my posts. No positions are currently open in my current department. If the job I have to offer is so good that well qualified candidates should be beating upon my door to get it, then why are they not doing so? Especially since … More Take Two
H. I. R. E.
16/05/2012
School yell for the all too well initiated: Give me an H! Give me an I. Give me an R! Give me an E. H. I. R. E. and let´s hire! Hire! H. I. R. E. to the President! Hire! Hire! H. I. R. E. We´re going to sit. Sit. Sit till you sign so … More H. I. R. E.
In which I am foiled, again.
16/05/2012
The Faculty Club once had white linen but now has napkins in the school colors. Their gumbo remains good and fueled by it, I went over to the library for a designated afternoon of reading little magazines so I could decide where to send my rejected stories. My stories are in poetic prose and my … More In which I am foiled, again.
More on my experiences of sexism
15/05/2012
ON SAYING NO The reason I like the Eastern and Central time zones less than the Mountain and Pacific ones is not just that the landscape improves west of the Mississippi and then again west of the Rockies; it is that in daily life I feel these time zones to be less sexist. There in … More More on my experiences of sexism
Global Peace Index 2012
14/05/2012
Within the United States, Louisiana is the least peaceful state by a fairly wide margin. We have the most small arms, police employees, incarceration, violent crime, and homicide. Some other states are tied with us in some of these categories, but we are the absolute winner in most categories. This makes us the greatest loser, … More Global Peace Index 2012
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