In Ubuntu Linux 11.10, I switched to the US international keyboard and it is blissful so far. I can write é, ¿, and «», among other things, with extreme ease. I have dead keys, i.e. dedicated keys. I really recommend this. Now, all I need is a keyboard skin for this machine. It´s a Lenovo … More US International Keyboard
In the brave new world we inhabit I do not allow graduate students to simply make their research presentation toward the end of the term. If I did, I would get the quality of presentation I now call a “first presentation.” Some comments on one were like this: Professor Zero: …although the “negative” poem is … More On analytical powers
I am of course tired of writing about academic advice and about Reeducation. I feel I have said everything I could say, and that anything new I could say would take time to write that I would rather use for almost anything else – academic work, housework, recreation. My perception for the week, though, is … More Sondé miroir
You can put them in the water you keep in your refrigerator, although I am not a fan of lemonade. Otherwise, one can make: – hard lemonade – batida de limão – lemon sorbet – lemon ice cream – shrimp ceviche – Moroccan lemon chicken – salad dressing of lemon juice and finely chopped garlic … More ‘Vec les citrons, quoi faire quand on en a trop
Here is the ficha de inscripción for the 2012 festival de cine de Lima, which is August 3-11. It would be fun go to this festival, but fares are high and routes inconvenient; it is actually easier and hardly more expensive to go to Argentina or Chile. Flights to Mexico and Guatemala are fully half … More Festival de Lima. A very amusing post
My understanding is this: with narcissism the core problem is that no solid identity actually formed inside of the person. So instead they make up who they would like to be in their head and then write a script for themselves for how they are supposed to act and how others are supposed to act … More A definition of narcissism
“But this is the United States!” is a manner of speaking; things are not supposed to be that way, I know. So one can use that phrase as an exasperated exclamation or, if one is idealistic, as the expression of a goal. Yet some appear to have believed things truly were not that way. Is … More “But this is the United States!”
I am teaching in July to fund home repair and December travel. I could stay home in June but it would not be as inexpensive as alleged, because: – I would spend money on air conditioning – I would spend money on gasoline – I would be likely to spend money on voyages to Houston … More On Summer
My shoe posts notwithstanding I actually have only about five pairs of shoes — I just investigate them to know what to aim. I recommend Swedish Hasbeens although we cannot afford them; especially the Danish boot and the Zip It Emy. You can also get the Danish boot at the Balisi site, which has in … More Reyes
Beattie’s stories are a master class in narrative technique. First person or third; present tense or past; one story line or several; intercutting time frames or A-to-Z chronology; single scenes, impressionistic fragments, long unfoldings. The effects are precise, understated. Have you read Ann Beattie? I have not and I am interested in her early – … More Ann Beattie
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