I have been having a crisis all day and should have taken the day off to rest, actually, since this is fatigue driven. (I have not been practicing the right kind of mental health hygiene, which involves having enough sleep, exercise, and meditation time, in some weeks.) But if it is true as we have … More Alguma coisa percebo
“Bateson is undoubtedly correct in believing that the effects of the double bind on the child are particularly devastating. All the grown-up voices around him, beginning with those of the father and mother (voices which, in our society at least, speak for the culture with the force of established authority) exclaim in a variety of … More Girard
It is all well and fine to tell students to read up to a certain point and then write, but that advice when given me has always been given as a way to get me to stop working or to invalidate work done. That is why I so resent it, and this resentment is my … More Dream-ritual for Mictlantecuhtli
It is harder to write when you have not yet read enough than it is when you have. It must be yet harder to write if you have not done much research at all. And it is hard to publish pieces which are poorly researched. Telling people to stop reading and write, makes writing harder … More Another illumination on the standard advice
We were all accused, and accused ourselves so much of arrogance but really it was only that we had other professional obligations. Those of us who said we had not been trained to work at colleges or community colleges and other non research entities were not “being arrogant” but merely stating facts. I have no … More “I have other professional obligations,” or, on “arrogance”
What they say — “apply to everything, be willing to go anywhere,” — is utterly wrong. You should apply in this order: R1, R2, D1, nothing below that and nothing that is not a university. What they say — “R1 institutions are the hardest ones to get tenure at,” is utterly wrong. They are the … More Advice to graduate students
The meaning of it is that a majority of the country is more rational than not and also does not want to take on a truly nasty tone. This is why it is important that Obama won. If, as I do, you live in a state where people are willing to say directly, they will … More The meaning of the election
Vote in the morning. VOTE! Vote Democratic down the line. People in states that do not send out voter information packets, make sure you know what the ballot looks like and what else is being voted upon, besides candidates for public office. The Louisiana Secretary of State does not have a sample ballot for my … More VOTE
This is for my writing group, research as a second language, and SMT, and anyone else, of course. The topic is doing work in short sessions, every day. Today in a departmental meeting on the lower division curriculum it was repeated that foreign language study is unlike the study of other subjects, like English or … More Illumination post
I acquired this today for $51.80, which was good given that the original price was $148. Axé.
