Our building is only air conditioned part of the day, which means the air conditioning is only really effective in the afternoons, soon before it is turned off again. All the offices, and all the classrooms are the same size. Blackguard: I have a very large class, 32 students! I am so popular and heroic … More Vignette
This is the beginning of a first draft of some principles to think of when listening to Reeducated people and Reeducands. 1. I chose my schools and my majors. My choice of schools was stellar and my choices of majors were well considered. If someone else paid for it or for part of it, that … More Anti-Reeducation
In the supermarket today, the people in line ahead of me and the checker were discussing Obama. He has raised their taxes and utility bills, and raised prices on everything. He has made major policy changes that have moved us very far leftward. The participants in the discussion then gave limp wristed, parodic Black Power … More Vignettes around Blackness
“‘Yo no voy a morir de enfermedad, ni de vejez, de angustia o de cansancio. Voy a morir de amor, voy a entregarme al más hondo regazo. Ya no tendré vergüenza de estas manos vacías ni de esta celda hermética que se llama Rosario. En los labios del viento he de llamarme árbol de muchos … More Sobre la muerte
My feelings about having good degrees from good schools, and about having enjoyed the schools I chose, are guilt and shame. That is because I was made to feel guilty about my studies when I was doing them, not trusted to be able to do them anyway, and shamed for having done them when I … More Question du Jour
Z: This group is rather odd. I do not know that I can relate. Whiteman: You are not better than anyone else here, and we all have the same problem. Z: I never said I was better than anyone here, nor that we did not all have the same problem. I said it was a … More An Undiscovered Whiteman
In the past three weeks I have accomplished too little in terms of visible production. What have I been doing in this hot village? For it is so hot that I find it difficult even to watch whole films, read whole books, or listen to whole albums. I have been reading very short texts. In … More The Open Source Fallacy
There were elections today in Mexico, and they were to be watched, although I went to a picnic. First, we will have yet one more footnote on American culture and Reeducation. * I am not normally cynical but I have something cynical to say. Typical, correct statement, possibly learned on television: Person X must be … More Election Day
We went to Lafayette, to a benefit for the Gulf Restoration Network, and saw D. L. Menard. We went in through the front door, so as to pay the cover charge, which was the point. To get there, we burned fossil fuels; that is why we had to leave dedans la porte en arrière. You, … More Gulf Restoration with D. L. Menard
What shall we be when we grow up? * This is a kaleidoscopic post. It was a narrative post, but now it is kaleidoscopic. * People have been trying to convince me I am insane for decades. * In Reeducation, we were taught that there was a choice between being happy and being right. If … More Des fragments de Z
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