How is Raghavan as a cat name? Cats add to expense and effort in life, I know, but I dreamed I had acquired two cats without planning it, so I think I should plan. I also want perfume, the first thing I gave up in 2008. I want to go to the beach at Destin, … More Raghavan … and a question academics will think is about Foucault
These are what I settled on for winter kayaking. Mine have an orange rim. Shoes I had to walk by and resist to get these included the Dansko Nadine and Rae, and the Frye Audra Button Heel. I have gotten over the Gabor Gabor and there will always be more Dansko and Frye shoes. A man who … More Brave new boots
It is privatized and this makes care much less accessible but people are being told this is Obama’s fault and not Jindal’s. Axé.
Troubling signs that the PRI’s repressive ways could return to the national stage were on display in the violence that took place on December 1 in the streets of Mexico City, as Peña Nieto was being inaugurated. Dozens of protesters were brutally beaten by the police, and some were severely wounded. Meanwhile, small groups of … More Adventures of EPN
Momo has sent the new logo for our alma mater. It is observable above, to the right. Tomo Hirai, a 24-year-old UC Davis graduate, thought the new UC logo looked like “a loading logo” for a computer operating system such as Windows or Mac. “It cheapened the entire UC System,” Hirai said. “That’s not what … More Brave new logo
The last day of classes is May 3. Finals are May 6-10. Graduation is May 18 and if my summer classes make, I must meet them in Mexico City the next morning. I did not choose that summer schedule and I intend to defend myself by not giving finals and not attending graduation. Furthermore, Jazzfest … More Spring
Last week I completed required ethics training, in which I was taught what a bribe was and informed I should not take these. At the same time a distinguished professor at my university, one who sits in an endowed chair, was arrested during a drug sweep at a strip club here. He had just hired … More University diary
The way I make grades is, I first figure out what grade the student would get in Berkeley in the late 1970s. Then I go half a grade up if it is an upper division course, and a whole grade up if it is lower division, or if I feel I have been prevented from … More Grades
I am glad I am staying home all break because I have so much to do. The reason I stayed up all night in the office last Friday was to inhabit it. People convinced me to stay in academia without understanding, although I explained patiently, that I had left in spirit long ago. They convinced … More Inhabit
I will finish grading, everything in a row, and then I will download Scrivener to two different systems and learn it. I will organize all of my files. I will do this by graduation. I will attempt to resolve the wireless problem I have in Linux. If I cannot, I will consider what to do. … More Scrivener
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