Day 1 – 9 hours TEACHING Day 2 – 3 hours TEACHING, 4 hours SERVICE Day 3 – 9 hours TEACHING Day 4 – 2 hours SERVICE, .5 hours RESEARCH Day 5 .5 hours RESEARCH Day 6 – 2 hours RESEARCH Day 7 – 5 hours TEACHING, 1 hour RESEARCH Total TEACHING: 26 hours … … More Work tracking summary in a bad week
They can now test us for drugs, investigate our credit scores and records of civil suits such as divorce cases, and more. But if they really wanted to know about me, they should give me a personality test. These and horoscopes are the most accurate ways to measure my deep motivations and true being. I … More Test
Look at this. There were 18M unnatural deaths in the 18th century and this is a low figure relative to total population, compared to the 19th and the 20th centuries. However, it does not mean the 18th century was more peaceful since natural death occurred so much earlier in those days. There are people dedicating … More Statistics of Wars, Oppressions and Atrocities of the Eighteenth Century
Continuous history is the indispensable correlative of the founding function of the subject: the guarantee that everything has eluded him may be restored him; the certainty that time will disperse nothing without restoring it in a reconstituted unity; the promise that one day the subject — in the form of historical consciousness — will once … More Michel Foucault
Now that the renters are gone I have been sleeping in the better bedroom. I dreamed that the bed was on posts above the bayou, like a camp. It was spring with birds on eggs, alligators swimming and turtles jumping. When I woke up the water was high, almost high enough to sweep me away, … More I dream of fishing
I feel claustrophobic in Maringouin for good reason and I have financial claustrophobia, and both of these situations are real and not changeable by me — I have in fact tried too hard to adjust, if anything. I also get claustrophobia from being crowded, leaned on. But the root of claustrophobia is not having enough space … More An insight on claustrophobia
I woke up this morning from a vivid dream in which I was having shiatsu massage, at my acupuncture studio in Lima. The masseur was stretching my neck, and there was a student watching intently. Suddenly he paused. He had picked up on something. “Professor Zero,” he said, “Why is it that you always strive … More Le samedi
Fridays are my day off this semester. I learned of this trick from a department chair I once had, who was unavailable Fridays because it was his designated housework, shopping, and errands day. He needed a weekday, he pointed out, since some shopping and errands have to happen when businesses are open, and he did … More Friday (non) work tracking; La casa de Bernarda Alba and academic advice
…and language is a set of grammar rules, and culture is a museum. These things are not true but I would have better teaching evaluations from both students and other faculty if I lived by them. I would allegedly run through my lecture and go back to the office and keep writing, and everything would … More “Christians are right, and pagans are wrong”
Meansomething flatters me by saying I get a lot done and I am truly honored and it helps to hear it, but let us now review what really happened on this day. Unlike meansomething, my department chair does not think I more than an average amount done and today is a good example of why … More Work-tracking today, #2
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