Cachao
20/08/2010
Strolling into that last weekend before… Axé.
Anti-Reeducation
17/08/2010
This is the beginning of a first draft of some principles to think of when listening to Reeducated people and Reeducands. 1. I chose my schools and my majors. My choice of schools was stellar and my choices of majors were well considered. If someone else paid for it or for part of it, that … More Anti-Reeducation
Times-Picayune
16/08/2010
There is just something about having on my table a copy of this newspaper that I bought in town. And there is just something about its being an old newspaper, with urban tradition. I am so urban, it is pathetic. The dining room is a shrine to New Orleans at the moment, with its old … More Times-Picayune
De la musique…
12/08/2010
…pour le weekend. Click on that first link! I tried to embed the video and failed. * There being so little in this post without a pretty video picture, I will add a thought about our rigorous graduate program. I think the people who flunked out didn’t fail, and I also think they were not … More De la musique…
Vignettes around Blackness
11/08/2010
In the supermarket today, the people in line ahead of me and the checker were discussing Obama. He has raised their taxes and utility bills, and raised prices on everything. He has made major policy changes that have moved us very far leftward. The participants in the discussion then gave limp wristed, parodic Black Power … More Vignettes around Blackness
On Service
09/08/2010
ONE Do you think there’s ever an exception to this advice? Undine has a great post on service, too. The types of service I most dislike are website maintenance and the tasks surrounding the creation of extracurricular and enrichment activities for students. I dislike these activities the most when there is no support for them. … More On Service
Sobre la muerte
08/08/2010
“‘Yo no voy a morir de enfermedad, ni de vejez, de angustia o de cansancio. Voy a morir de amor, voy a entregarme al más hondo regazo. Ya no tendré vergüenza de estas manos vacías ni de esta celda hermética que se llama Rosario. En los labios del viento he de llamarme árbol de muchos … More Sobre la muerte
Question du Jour
07/08/2010
My feelings about having good degrees from good schools, and about having enjoyed the schools I chose, are guilt and shame. That is because I was made to feel guilty about my studies when I was doing them, not trusted to be able to do them anyway, and shamed for having done them when I … More Question du Jour
Pedro Páramo
05/08/2010
The entire film seems to be on line; this is the last part. Axé.
Jara – 1973 Concert in Peru
28/07/2010
Axé.
