Constitutional Amendment #1
13/11/2011
Louisiana readers, how do you feel about this? Axé.
Category: Questions
Things
11/11/2011
Is there anyone else who doesn’t have a lot of things? I do not. Ideally I would have still fewer things, but many wall decorations. Axé.
Psicomagia
06/11/2011
How thin or thick do you think this proposal for a cure is? Axé.
Carne de tu carne
06/11/2011
Have you ever seen any Carlos Mayolo films? I just saw Carne de tu carne and was not impressed — I get the point, the bourgeoisie are vampires and their crimes have been covered, but the directly Freudian La mansión de Araucaima sounds more original and also funnier. What do you think — and have … More Carne de tu carne
For Historiann and Tony Grafton
05/11/2011
Caffeinated enough at last I must move on for the day and do not have time, now, to do justice to this worthy project but I will say: 1- I am from an academic and cultural elite. One of my ancestors, the 19th century immigrant (everyone else had already been here for centuries), had a … More For Historiann and Tony Grafton
Protecting the person who writes
03/11/2011
People talk about “protecting time” a lot and about practicing discipline but they do not talk as much, it does not seem to me, about protecting the person who writes and that, I discern, is the far greater problem for me. I spend a lot of time in some sort of dissociated state because of … More Protecting the person who writes
Vegan Thanksgiving
01/11/2011
I am considering protesting by having a totally vegan Thanksgiving – one which, unlike other vegan Thanksgivings, does not imitate the sweet and heavy recipes of traditional ones. I am thinking of steamed wheat berries, ratatouille, and nectarines, or perhaps oranges if my oranges are ready by then, which I doubt. What do you think? … More Vegan Thanksgiving
Down on the Corner
27/10/2011
Too tired to sleep, I am musing on the blog but what the random kids at the corner store said was: “Wow! You have cool shoes. Your whole atmosphere — you don’t seem like someone from here!” Why not I asked, and they said, “Because you have so much energy, and such a calm energy!” … More Down on the Corner
The Two Hardest Things About Grading
26/10/2011
…that, incidentally, almost never appeared when I was a TA: 1- Papers with unexpected problems, having to do with lacking K-12 skills that I hadn’t planned on confronting and also don’t know how to teach. Trying to figure out how to address these papers is much harder than grading papers written, well or poorly, but … More The Two Hardest Things About Grading
Rainbow Sign
25/10/2011
I am overworked and I know it is a crime, but that has not been the point of the last two months of posts. My small point is, do not overdramatize because I can show you overwork and this person can show you still more. My larger and real point, and this is an individual’s … More Rainbow Sign
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