Rafael Fernández Dominguez
06/02/2012
I needed video from the Dominican Republic and the search caused me to find some amazing things. Axé.
Rampal, Stern, Accardo, Rostropovich, and some dolphins
06/02/2012
Axé.
On always blaming the faculty
05/02/2012
Until very recently the administrative staff alleged we were Luddites and technophobes. We were using too much chalk and not enough computers. Now they are clucking that we “have become dependent on technology.” Axé.
Hippolyte Taine
05/02/2012
Nietzche did not get tenure, it is said, due to the committee’s disinterest in The Birth of Tragedy, his tenure book; he never got another academic job. Now it appears that Taine failed the agrégation. From the Johns Hopkins Guide: Although he was clearly the outstanding student of his class, he failed his final examination … More Hippolyte Taine
Claudio, ancora
05/02/2012
I am of course also an aggregator of just a few Italian songs. It has come to me that of persons from the past about whom I know nothing, Monteverdi might be fun to meet. I am guessing we could speak in some form of Romance, and go out to hear raucous music. It is, … More Claudio, ancora
M.S. Aurelia
04/02/2012
Catching up on the Costa Concordia news, hoping to hear the ringtone which apparently exists of Gregorio de Falco saying “Ritorni a bordo, cazzo,” I noticed that this ship was over ten times the size of the one I took to Europe long ago. When I rode on the M.S. Aurelia it took ten days … More M.S. Aurelia
Sobre el verbo atreverse a
04/02/2012
Two of my friends from elementary school now have college age children who, according to their mothers, are all too cautious in life. They do not understand it, as they at the same age were not so cautious themselves, and as they have not raised their children to be fearful. One of these children, for … More Sobre el verbo atreverse a
I should probably have said no
03/02/2012
75% of the faculty, including myself, would not recommend this action but 25% recommend it strongly and are in the most relevant subfield. After some consideration I decided I would write a lukewarm letter in favor, because if not the person in question would not have the requisite three letters. I reasoned that I would … More I should probably have said no
Zona Sur
02/02/2012
I am trying to find out where to buy this film by Juan Carlos Valdivia. I saw it in Mexico and did not realize when I went in that the actors and director were in the audience and would reveal themselves at the end, and take questions. From what I gather now, some viewers resent … More Zona Sur
Maestra. On left and right professors. Danzar al bel suon, raddoppiando l’armonia.
31/01/2012
My classes are brilliant, you just do not know. Only today we were reviewing the precise differences between Hitler and Mussolini and their contributions, or not, to peronismo. We saw archival footage of the speech of 17 October 1945. Next we invited Poetry, with a capital P, into America along with Andrés Bello, and discussed … More Maestra. On left and right professors. Danzar al bel suon, raddoppiando l’armonia.
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