The LSAT differs from the GRE and other standardized tests I have taken in that the question is what is the flaw in the argument, not what is the point of the paragraph. This is difficult because the questions are written to be deceptive. That means you have to read very closely and my training … More Pasodoble
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
Iceland is the most peaceful country of 153; Somalia is the least peaceful. The United States ranks 82d, right between Gabon and Bangladesh. Mexico is 121st – which means it is dangerous in comparison to Iceland, but not in comparison to the more dangerous parts of the United States which include Maringouin. Read the whole … More Global Peace Index 2011
Gil Scott-Heron (foi poeta, porra). Axé.
As we know, I am fascinated with Working It Out. I need to put this volume aside, though, so as to pore over other things. I also think I will see some things in it more clearly still if I come back to it later, yet I do not want to leave it unfinished on … More Miriam Schapiro, Celia Gilbert
I am becoming myself again at long last; I can feel my life flowing back to me. On the radio they are discussing managing your (musical) career “as though it were a work of art itself” and I like the concept. * I am still reading Working It Out which is a really epoch making … More Adrienne Rich
The Mississippi River is cresting, and the waterways are full. There is so much water that the usual brown color is tinged with green. The water is flowing by, as opposed to inching in crocodile stillness as it sometimes does. It runs and jumps over the spillways in little white jets. Axé.
In the late 1950s Evelyn Fox Keller, then a PhD student, was the object of a rather successful demoralization campaign in the Department of Physics at Harvard University (Working It Out, 77-91). Why she was admitted to the program if her abilities were not in fact trusted is a fair question whose answer, I wager, … More Evelyn Fox Keller
The latest newsletter of the LFT: Fiscal insanity grips legislature In a breathtaking display of fiscal irresponsibility, lawmakers have advanced three separate bills that would abolish the state’s corporate and personal income taxes, leaving multi-billion dollar gaps in future budgets. The House Ways and means Committee approved: HB 634 by Rep. Hunter Greene, (R-Baton Rouge), … More Peligro
coldhearted scientist وداد 