What I did today: 9-12 office, work on syllabus 12-3 lunch, small errands, gym 3-6 large errands 6-8 office, finish syllabus 8-10 dinner, clean kitchen Nothing else is planned for today. Tuesday I did about six hours of service, and Wednesday I did two hours of research. Thursday I worked on another syllabus, for about … More Things take time
I hope this exposition is still on when I get to México, D.F. The Museo del Estanquillo is one I have never been to, in any case; I have also never been to the Casa de Francia and its reading room. There are now many expositions from the private collection of Carlos Monsiváis, who died … More Noticias del Imperio
Note to readers: please remember the asynchronous and melded nature of all my posts. No positions are currently open in my current department. If the job I have to offer is so good that well qualified candidates should be beating upon my door to get it, then why are they not doing so? Especially since … More Take Two
School yell for the all too well initiated: Give me an H! Give me an I. Give me an R! Give me an E. H. I. R. E. and let´s hire! Hire! H. I. R. E. to the President! Hire! Hire! H. I. R. E. We´re going to sit. Sit. Sit till you sign so … More H. I. R. E.
I am from the ocean but now I cross rivers. Such a good sunset over the Mississippi coming from campus to Maringouin tonight, and I still do not know nearly enough about rivers. Axé.
The Faculty Club once had white linen but now has napkins in the school colors. Their gumbo remains good and fueled by it, I went over to the library for a designated afternoon of reading little magazines so I could decide where to send my rejected stories. My stories are in poetic prose and my … More In which I am foiled, again.
ON SAYING NO The reason I like the Eastern and Central time zones less than the Mountain and Pacific ones is not just that the landscape improves west of the Mississippi and then again west of the Rockies; it is that in daily life I feel these time zones to be less sexist. There in … More More on my experiences of sexism
Within the United States, Louisiana is the least peaceful state by a fairly wide margin. We have the most small arms, police employees, incarceration, violent crime, and homicide. Some other states are tied with us in some of these categories, but we are the absolute winner in most categories. This makes us the greatest loser, … More Global Peace Index 2012
One of the main reasons wealth makes people unhappy is that it gives them too much control over what they experience. They try to translate their own fantasies into reality . . . an enervating and disappointing pastime . . . learning and growing are very difficult with wealth because they depend on experiences in … More An interesting perspective.
Now we have perfected our reconstruction plan but my friend had the right analysis — the perfect storm came up. I am glad I still have a job, I really am, but we are half the size we were a month ago and the landscape looks quite bare. One is glad to have work and … More Katrina, that is the word, and Tantalus
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