Lost
03/03/2011
My cat has been absent since Wednesday morning. Axé.
Category: News
sabotage (n.)
23/02/2011
1910, from Fr. sabotage, from saboter “to sabotage, bungle,” lit. “walk noisily,” from sabot “wooden shoe” (13c.), altered (by association with O. Fr. bot “boot”) from M. Fr. savate “old shoe,” from an unidentified source that also produced similar words in O. Prov., Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Arabic and Basque. In French, the sense of “deliberately … More sabotage (n.)
From Historiann, with Emphasis Added
19/02/2011
1. [One speaker was] Brett Bowles, a French professor at SUNY Albany. . . . Bowles urged everyone in the audience to be proactive and aware of what’s going on in their universities and to make alliances across disciplinary boundaries. He encouraged larger humanities departments like English and History to stand up for the smaller majors … More From Historiann, with Emphasis Added
On Bicycles
19/02/2011
There is actual broccoli growing on my broccoli plants, and I am very impressed. I also appear to have taken two days off. I took most of two days off last weekend, too, but it was for travel and excitement. These two days I: • slept until 10 AM • worked three hours in the … More On Bicycles
On, Wisconsin
19/02/2011
Eh, là-bas: On, Wisconsin: Don’t bow down. Axé.
By Water
14/02/2011
I went down to the Gulf. Where I was the water was clear and you could walk on sand. There was a breeze, so there were little waves with sun glinting on them. Pennants snapped, and seagulls cawed. Axé.
February 12
12/02/2011
This is Lincoln’s birthday, and Darwin’s, too. I am in Houston, where I had my hair cut at Michael Lyndon. Then I went to the Ménil Collection, including the Rothko Chapel, the Byzantine Chapel, and the Cy Twombley Gallery. These last two truly amazed me, and I had not been to them before. In the … More February 12
Le plaisir du texte: Édouard Glissant
09/02/2011
“Soleil de la conscience” des mutations de notre monde…. Qui sait qu’un homme d’une importance considérable pour ses semblables est mort jeudi matin à Paris? Axé.
Your Alternate Majors
07/02/2011
This has come up before, but it is time once again on this bright, academic Monday to talk about college and graduate majors we thought about, but have decided against, so far. My general thought for today is that students need more serious advising than they get. By advising, I do not mean direction, nor … More Your Alternate Majors
Waxing Moon
06/02/2011
Now the ice has melted. The sun came out, and then the crescent moon. The days are much longer now, and we eat from winter gardens. 1. The best winter food, as we know from Peru, is a vegetable stew in a meaty broth, and speaking more generally cooked vegetables are the thing to eat … More Waxing Moon
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