I have spent weeks on this weblog telling some assistant and associate professors with lots of research time and resources to stop trying to discourage the rest of us by telling us we must suffer in solidarity with the suffering they allege to be undergoing due to the challenge of writing, and in case the … More Martin Seligman
The pictures in this video do not all go with the song, since New Orleans is not Cajun. Still they are interesting. I am posting all these old songs since we are having elections soon. My former student, un vrai Cadjin de Pont-Breaux, posts on Facebook from San Francisco: Dissatisfied with living in the 1930s … More Louisiana 1930s
It’s fun to work in the offices weekend nights now that the weather has cooled down, but it is not fun during the week because it is so noisy. The janitors finish working but are not allowed to leave, so they go into the offices, sit in the chairs and speak sleepily on the phones … More Midnight in the Offices
I could really do something with these students if I had fewer of them, but even so I manage to say a few things of use to one or two now and then. I think my specialty is diagnosing undiagnosed intelligence. Student: I am having so much trouble with Spanish. There’s something about classes, and … More A Further Stroke of Brilliance by Me
I always wondered why people alleged they had no teaching problems but now I see: it is so as not to have to discuss problems we all know exist and that for various reasons do not have solutions that are within our power. I used to be the one to explain the odd situation to people so … More Now I See
My grant is finally in for internal review, yes! We are asking for $175,000 over two years and our institutional match is very large, so we are shaking it and breaking it, as it is said. Now they will read it and then we will revise it; on 25 October it goes to the state, … More Governor Jimmie Davis
I woke up this morning with the answer: the reason I so resent people insisting that research and writing are so hard is that they are bent upon converting creative and intellectual work into drudgery. There are already enough truly tedious tasks in the world and in our jobs, and enough tedious aspects to manuscript … More Ecco
I am going to win $175K and with it I will buy, inter alia, the Menéndez Pidal history of Spain. The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs knows it and is kissing me with this kind of piropo. Axé.
I went to the office at 6 PM and stayed there for 8 hours, writing furiously. Now I have a complete draft of my manuscript. Against custom I was fueled by two Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, which do stick to your ribs, I will tell you; I will remember this and take some of those … More En tanto que de rosa y azucena
Or perhaps, if you truly believe suffering is a moral value, it is not that you are made of finer but rather of flimsier stuff. I owe calls, cards and letters but I cannot speak to anyone due to my state of fatigue and grief, yet I still have interesting adventures, as you will see. … More Le travail du weekend
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