Whiteman: If you are serious about in your field, your favorite course to teach will be the 101 course in it. Z: What? I would say the exact opposite: especially if you are serious about it, you will not enjoy watching it slaughtered by barbarian hordes! Whiteman: That means you are serious about your career, … More Academic Monday: Criticize This Sentence, #1
It’s a Turkish children’s song, now resung to a techno beat. It is funny. I need more lullabies for my the spirit of my departed cat — ideally Arabic or Turkish, but perhaps Indian also. Axé.
It is one thing to say that universities have problems. It is another to argue, as Taylor is effectively arguing, that the universities are the problem—that the system that allegedly began with Kant (in fact it began much earlier) has reached the end of its intellectual and social usefulness, and needs to be swept away … More David A. Bell
Axé.
–Compadre, quiero cambiar mi caballo por su casa, mi montura por su espejo, mi cuchillo por su manta. Compadre, vengo sangrando, desde los puertos de Cabra. –Si yo pudiera, mocito, este trato se cerraba. Pero yo ya no soy yo, ni mi casa es ya mi casa. –Compadre, quiero morir decentemente en mi cama. De … More Sombra de mi bien esquivo
Axé.
And another version. Axé.
Las arañas iban por los laureles. La casualidad se va tornando en nieve, y los años dormidos ya se atreven a clavar los telares del siempre. La Quietud hecha esfinge se ríe de la Muerte que canta melancólica en un grupo de lejanos cipreses. La yedra de las gotas tapiza las paredes empapadas de arcaicos … More Patio húmedo
We grew up with folk, as you can tell. This is a sad song composed back when I thought it would be interesting to have lived enough to sing it. Now I think it is too sad altogether. But the video accompanying this version by the Dubliners, is brilliant. Axé.
Here is another film I haven’t had a chance to see, but which is recommended by a friend without a PhD or an academic job. I want to see it because it sounds very interesting and also because the actor Jorge Perugorría has, in many of his roles, a relaxed good humor that I recognized … More La vida según Muriel
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