In Tropical Light
07/05/2010
Havana in the 1930s. Axé.
The Blackguard Visits
06/05/2010
All the majors in my main department take certain required classes together. This semester two such classes were given, one by me and one by the Blackguard. This week the Blackguard visited me with a magnanimous air. “My students really enjoyed your class,” said he. I understood I was meant to be grateful for his … More The Blackguard Visits
News Flash: Student Makes Professor Zero’s Day
06/05/2010
“Unfortunately, most instructors aren’t as much fun as you.” I am fun! Axé.
Rosa divina
06/05/2010
We have recited this poem before. Rosa divina que en gentil cultura eres, con tu fragrante sutileza, magisterio purpúreo en la belleza, enseñanza nevada a la hermosura; amago de la humana arquitectura, ejemplo de la vana gentileza, en cuyo sér unió naturaleza la cuna alegre y triste sepultura: ¡cuán altiva en tu pompa, presumida, soberbia, … More Rosa divina
México lindo y herido
05/05/2010
This weblog does not support and is not now discussing PORFIRIO DIAZ, but is amazed to have located his actual voice, speaking to THOMAS EDISON. You can tell that Mexico has technology because you can find so much original footage of so many relatively early events so easily. Today, as we know, we celebrate a … More México lindo y herido
“San Juan Copala: raíces de la violencia”
03/05/2010
Por: María Dolores París Pombo (El Colegio de la Frontera Norte) El día 27 de abril, una caravana humanitaria de periodistas, activistas sociales y observadores internacionales, que se dirigía al Municipio Autónomo de San Juan Copala, Oaxaca, fue agredida con armas de alto poder por integrantes de la organización priista Unidad de Bienestar Social de … More “San Juan Copala: raíces de la violencia”
Olodumare
02/05/2010
Each day is so unique and so unrepeatable, and I would so like each day and night to last and last. Every scene so much like itself. The vegetables from the organic garden are not at all like those from the stores, and do not even resemble the ones from the farmers’ market very closely. … More Olodumare
Ce moys de mai
01/05/2010
This weekend we are not supposed to be singing, but Jazzfest is streaming on. I signed up to volunteer for coastal restoration. Et bon gré mal gré, on chantera comme on chante toujours le “moys” de mai. On chantera des renards. Now is the month of Maying. “The Spring clad all in gladness / doth … More Ce moys de mai
Vendredi Noir
30/04/2010
Today a major oil slick from the Macondo Prospect will probably make landfall below New Orleans. You do not know it, but I am not really a professor — I am a landman from Pointe Coupée. I have worked in various branches of the oil and gas industry and my clients have included Halliburton, Enron, … More Vendredi Noir
Dat Whiteman
29/04/2010
The counselor told the student that he had made the choice to join the National Guard and now had to “take responsibility” for the loss of his leg. What do you want to bet that earlier on, a similarly trained counselor told the student it was his patriotic duty to join the National Guard so … More Dat Whiteman
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