How to read a book
24/08/2014
I have not read this book, but should have done, and it is here. Axé.
Types of pain people are in, or, why you should prefer health
24/08/2014
Before I went into Reeducation, others were doing it and it seemed a bad thing. They would gleefully tick off the things wrong with them from the list they had been given, saying look, I am dysfunctional here, and here, and here … and I would think: “I cannot afford to undertake that kind of … More Types of pain people are in, or, why you should prefer health
Further evidence
24/08/2014
And the e-mail says: “Your research is so exciting. I cannot wait to read the paper.” (I have a lot to say about this but the reason I am putting it up here is that I am trying to internalize that working view of myself.) Axé.
In which the past is more past than it once was
24/08/2014
I am looking up a branch of the family. At the level of our parents, many were born in the teens and twenties and that, in Denmark and the Faroes, was long ago — or so it seems to me; society has changed so very greatly there. Håkon Brinch, our grandfather the doctor, was born … More In which the past is more past than it once was
Cold Light
23/08/2014
Mere om Norden — cruising among the islands of the North Atlantic, by the Arctic line … Here we sail from Iceland to the Faroes and beyond … Finally, I really liked this film although I understand the criticisms in the reviews. I like modern Icelandic very much and I think Iceland, which I have … More Cold Light
1922
22/08/2014
We can get these things at home now but I remember the excitement of their being rare and one seeing them in the cinema, and it being a special occasion. Here is the 1915 Alice in Wonderland, too. Let me not go on, all of these things are too fascinating and I love Scandinavian other-worldliness. … More 1922
In which I am again right on teaching
22/08/2014
So at one of the receptions I ran into a heavy researcher who asked me about a teaching project and said my ideas on teaching are right. Do you see? I am not actually crazy. #OccupyHE Axé.
Des étudiants
21/08/2014
One of my great problems is that I was always told it was important, for survival, not to be teaching oriented, and then only ever got jobs where teaching was the most important thing. I am intellectually challenging generally, so I am often considered a “bad” teacher. It has been made more than clear to … More Des étudiants
Creole Echoes, Alcée Fortier
20/08/2014
I must get this book for the footnotes to its introduction, and for general purposes. I also need Alcée Fortier’s history of Louisiana for what it may say about plaçage. It seems that the term itself comes from 20th century Haiti and as it was retroactively applied to New Orleans, referred to a different (and … More Creole Echoes, Alcée Fortier
We’re going to let it shine
19/08/2014
“I’m so glad I’m fighting for my rights, singing glory Hallelujah, I’m so glad.” #OccupyHE Axé.
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