A sporting question

Observe my partial inventory: 1 serious bicycle with heavy lock 1 serious kayak with good life jacket and high quality paddle 1 AWD vehicle with manual transmission, good luggage space, and kayak rack 1 good pair running shoes 1 high quality backpacking tent 1 Kelty pack and many additional camping accessories 1 down sleeping bag … More A sporting question

Worksheet and game

What did you give up for the sake of having an academic job? Money (salary, savings) UP: I was not raised to hope to support myself, and I do. DOWN: This is even less well paid than I expected. Actually, it is quite frightening how poorly it is paid and that is a main reason … More Worksheet and game

Spainsplaining

I love this this very useful term. Nobody puts on a grave voice so as to explain the most rampant imbecilities as well as a Spaniard does, although Cubans and Brazilians are also able to do it. What combination of forces cause the denizens of certain countries to exalt their stereotypes as inscrutable uniqueness in … More Spainsplaining

Las posibilidades

SATURDAY Morning: Café Antidote again. Work. 1 PM: Lindsey. Afternoon: (a) Contemporary Arts Museum: Perspectives 178 and the exhibit on women artists (these are also open tomorrow), or (b) Asia Society festival (also open tomorrow), or (c) the Ménil — except that their festival and the Indie Book festival are only today. Night: one thing … More Las posibilidades

رقص جدید پشتو

This is the search term that most recently led someone to my blog: رقص جدید پشتو. I cannot read it but I think it is Persian or Pashto, not Urdu or Arabic. I can tell that it has to do with Khattak dance. Can you read it? Axé.