1 – 1680 x 1050 is the resolution my external monitor wants; without it, it goes to sleep. This computer does not offer such a high resolution, but will work with the external monitor at a much lower resolution. Fora indicate this may be a difficult compatibility issue to resolve. I am bored. 2 – … More Technicalities
Northern Gaijin (observe his fascinating blog) writes in: I would like to nominate Conrad Black for the “Bluffer of the Day” award. Lord Black whose official title is Baron Black of Crossharbour, OC, PC (Can.), KCSG was incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution Low, Coleman in Florida a.k.a. Club Fed for looting his companies of … More BLUFFER OF THE DAY AWARD: Conrad Black
I was fascinated with the book Working It Out not because it discussed womens’ right to work but to have a work. This is what was missing from my academic training. I learned very well how to do the work and how to work, and how to produce work, but I did not learn that … More On Having a Work
I have finally understood this, and the BLUFFER OF THE DAY AWARD goes to my painter Jean Chrétien. His remarks meant, in essence: I, Mr. Antony, and my sons have all as good as seen you naked, and we have discussed it. It was an attempt to disarm so I would feel less confident about … More Illumination: j’ai compris / mo té compendre
Where are the weapons of mass destruction? We been lookin’ for months and we ain’t found nothin’ Please Mr. President, tell us something We knew from the beginning that your ass was bluffing! And despite the deaths now of both Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Ladin, we are still at war. The AAUP, meanwhile, has … More BLUFFER OF THE DAY AWARD: La Casa Blanca
NEWS 1. Of interest – post du jour: In which a great-aunt in Calcutta’s traditional values are shocked by the self-righteous logic of “have conceived, will ruin a future life by having the child and giving it to strangers:” She thinks the “villianisation” of abortion in a “dangerously over-populated” world is crazy, self obsessed, morally … More Notes From My Oven
In the first place, Wilbert Rideau and many other former prisoners and wardens, as well as a Federal judge or two, all deserve more credit for the reforms at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola there than does the dishonest and incredibly self serving current warden, Burl Cain. I am amazed at how Cain has … More On Bluffing
In General Relaxing evenings, getting up early, time in the gym and at the pool, some sort of nature time maybe, except that I will not try to pretend I enjoy Louisiana nature if I do not. I will not force anything but I do want to see natural water every and I remind myself … More My Summer-to-Fall Plan
1. As the astute reader knows, I have this blog because I do not have an analyst. I spend a great amount of time writing myself through emotional pain, pain I might not suffer if I simply changed my life, but which I must get control of in order to be able to change my … More Progress
I always did like Alberto Moreiras; I like this article and the journal it is in; thanks, SpanishProf, for this and much else. Highlights: …los efectos del mobbing son muy similares a los del síndrome de estrés postraumático: ansiedad, insomnio, obsesión, dificultades en el trabajo, y una pena profunda que se hace indescriptible e injustificable … More On Poison at Work
