In 2013 I want to spend more time in art museums and concerts. I want to read more without taking notes. I want a real stereo system again, but I think this is another of those unattainable goals. Axé.

The students say the most difficult subjects are foreign languages and math but I always felt the opposite. Those were the courses I would pick up to gather more credit hours of A without expending too much effort. This was because all you had to do was acquire a system and practice using it. There … More What is the most difficult subject?

After five hours of oral examinations and advising on one paper where I kept saying to the student, “It is not a question of saying whether these phenomena and this concept are good or bad, it is a question of articulating how they appear in the text, and what the text does with them,” we … More Post du jour

Have you ever been to a virtual conference? Here is one. Do you watch it like a football game,  in your living room, with barbecue or something — or do you have it on in your office and look at it while you work — or what? Axé.