People are still shocked to hear that I am only going to have enough retirement income to last 10 years, and so plan to work into my 80s since I am destined to live into my 90s. Time off for the rest of the semester and perhaps of life is Friday 1:30 PM to Saturday … More Guajira
Of 30 students none knew the year of the US Declaration of Independence. They placed it between 1876 and 2006. Axé.
Troya, picaza parlera. El mal que aqueja la sección de Español es el chisme. ¡Qué bien sé yo la fonte que mana y corre, aunque es de noche! There are four total points in this test and if you win three, you pass. Which three major authors have I cited? What are the texts? BONUS: What … More On Intertextuality
The way to make friends and influence people in your favor is not to guess where battle lines may lie and and attempt to butter up someone who has been in the place longer against whoever you imagine, or even know they disagree with. No matter how much I may disagree with someone or agree … More Yet More Advice to New Faculty
I realize how harsh this whole series of posts sounds but remember, this is not an academic blog or an advice blog, it is my after hours blog, and I am a sculpted skull on a stela at Copán. And in this particular performance of life I have been exhorted for decades about how difficult … More The End of Difficulty, and That Wolf at the Door
It’s fun to work in the offices weekend nights now that the weather has cooled down, but it is not fun during the week because it is so noisy. The janitors finish working but are not allowed to leave, so they go into the offices, sit in the chairs and speak sleepily on the phones … More Midnight in the Offices
My family will be on the street if I cannot place this manuscript! is the place that primordial research fear comes from and I understand it very well — likely better than you know. Still I want to say that when I started to hear that anti-research drumbeat — you should not be interested in … More Et encore…
I suppose the reason people find research so stressful is that that is what they will be evaluated on. I understand completely. I do not mean to suggest teaching is not valuable. Remember, I even think administration is valuable and in thinking that I truly transgress. I do mean that I am tired of the … More That Research Stress
It seems that the Brontës had two older siblings, Maria and Elizabeth, who died due to poor conditions at the boarding school upon which Lowood (in Jane Eyre) is modeled, after which their father took the other girls out. Branwell had not had to go to boarding school. Of the remaining four, Charlotte lived to … More In the 19th Century
Axé.
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