Creole Choir of Cuba
15/10/2011
Son de la loma in Bristol. Axé.
A New Use for Dependency Theory
15/10/2011
The reason life in my main subunit was unstable and underdeveloped in those days was not because it was culturally Mediterranean but because we were a colonized people. If I had time I would study our political culture with dependency theory. I am betting the analysis would be apt, illuminating, and amusing. The subunit was … More A New Use for Dependency Theory
Guajira
15/10/2011
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
USA
14/10/2011
Of 30 students none knew the year of the US Declaration of Independence. They placed it between 1876 and 2006. Axé.
On Intertextuality
13/10/2011
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
Yet More Advice to New Faculty
12/10/2011
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
The End of Difficulty, and That Wolf at the Door
11/10/2011
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
Midnight in the Offices
10/10/2011
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
Et encore…
10/10/2011
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…
That Research Stress
10/10/2011
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
