The fairies were the many children old enough to walk but not talk, excited to be out trying to run and jump. Swans were gliding and posing, geese were honking, and wet turtles were in fact jumping, plop! back into the pond. … in Just- spring when the world is mud- luscious the little lame … More The park was luscious and filled with swans and fairy-like creatures
You have to recognize oppression, stand up for yourself, and then go out with your friends. It is amazing how much more energy and focus you can have if you take authority. I was always taught that you should negotiate or turn the other cheek but I declare that it is neither that nor “learning … More L’esprit
The reason I do not like being a professor, I finally see, is traditional language teaching. I never learned languages this way and when I said I was willing to teach foreign languages as service, although it was not my principal objective in life, I meant it — but did not realize that what I … More J’ai compris
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I do not, that is to say, I do not understand the attitudes of the voters. Most younger people I know do not vote. This includes people even up into their forties, except those who have a Ph.D., and M.D. or a J.D. (yes, that much education). They say it is because “the government is … More Do you understand the election?
♦ I must renew library books! ♦ I must create publicity. Press release, to University media people. Radio station 1. Radio station 2. Facebook event. Website. Electronic mailing lists. Flyer, but post it, do not e-mail it. Departmental mailing list. ♦ 9. I must also create a social calendar. It is because of the need … More Publicity
This explains a great deal but I would add from my experience that if you are a kind person, yet competent, you are actually LESS LIKEABLE than if you are incompetent and/or ditzy, yet authoritarian and/or a jerk. Part of the explanation is that one gets a pass on those negative characteristics or behaviors if … More The likeability factor
Had I realized the CSA was meeting in Haiti, I would have arranged to be part of that adventure. I am tempted to write the director and ask if I can join late. Even though I am not funded for it, and even though part of it overlaps with something else I am committed to, … More Mais dis donc
…pero blogueo sin embargo. I want to say that I resent being treated like a fractious employee over a project I am undertaking after hours, out of good will, for the sake of the department’s image. When I give my best estimate of the total time needed to finish by the deadline, and of how … More Inblogable
This is the song, and you should listen to it, tu le ton son ton. Tiempo tiempo. Everyone wants more time time time, all the ton son ton, and thinks that if they could only manage their time time time, everything would be done in Time. Every task I did today seemed burdensome and difficult … More Tous les temps en temps
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