Someone recently mentioned an expectation of their academic career that they had had in graduate school and that was not fulfilled: they would move up, and up again. I had not had that expectation, and certainly not on my own behalf. I did have some misconceived ideas about what academic culture was generally, that produced … More Academic Mondays: What We Imagined
This is Yasmin Levi. “Mother, I want to go to Jerusalem, to eat of its fruits and drink of its waters.” Her next show is this Tuesday at 8 PM, for those of you who may be in Istanbul. Axé.
Mother, I want to know where the singers come from, for I find them very gallant and I want to meet them; with their fascinating lyrics that I want to learn. Where are they from? Could they be from Havana? From proud Santiago? They come from the hill, and they sing on the plain. They … More Son de Maringouin
Today the Sun moved into Gemini and it became summer here on the Tropic of Cancer. I have mysteriously recovered from this semester and we are walking to Oriental rhythms along the quais, as the oil washes in. I am about to recede into my stela at Copán, now in the country called Honduras, to … More Gemini Sun
Google the title of this post if you do not know what I am talking about. It is an interesting story, but I have another. One day long ago I was sitting at a large table in the LSU Student Union, because my office was too small for this work and the then new hangout, … More Dominique Homberger
It was about my late article, and it has been sent. I am very happy about that and much relieved. It went through four drafts in this space. Self flagellation was progressively removed from it. My problem is that the politics at work have had me emotionally exhausted for so long. I keep hoping I … More And Now: The Actually Important Memo
Perhaps my versions of a memo yesterday were unsatisfactory because they were too restrained, and thus sounded too formal (and as I said, either too worried, or too challenging, or both). I wrote a more informal, less careful version that Sue liked better and Human liked less. I am erasing all rejected versions so I … More I Want to Speak
My vote after considering this matter is not to speak, even though I was irritated then and have some concerns now. Reasons to speak are that it is important to stand for truth, claim dignity and hold ground. Reasons not to speak are to avoid raising spectres and to show strength by rising above. A … More To Speak or Not to Speak
This was in 1996 in Green Ranch, Texas, at the Monterey Well #1. “A river of oil is seen running from this well. The oil is spewing out despite the ‘blowout preventers’ being closed. One location over a new well is to be drilled today, in today’s new world of high oil prices. http://www.EnergyInvestmentGroup.com is … More Music Video: Texas Oil Well Blowout
–Should faculty be included as stakeholders in decisions about content for their courses?– I was asked. In the past, we would have had the collective power to laugh at such things. Axé.
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