Ses purs ongles très-haut dédiant leur onyx, L’Angoisse, ce minuit, soutient, lampadophore, Maint rêve vespéral brûlé par le Phénix Que ne recueille pas de cinéraire amphore Sur les crédences, au salon vide: nul ptyx, Aboli bibelot d’inanité sonore, (Car le Maître est allé puiser des pleurs au Styx Avec ce seul objet dont le Néant … More Ses purs ongles
I am told that La Reina del Sur is a good novel but I find it artificial and rather stressful so far. There is a movie of it which could be better, and there is a corrido of it by Los Tigres del Norte which is worse — at least if you watch the video … More Reading for Pleasure? Wednesday: Arturo Pérez Reverte
If during graduate school you lost a TAship at your institution; if you have now tried everyone’s patience here; if you are now being allowed to take certain classes so you can earn a professional qualification in another field; please do not address the professor who is kindly but painedly showing you how to register … More On Protocol
I have not been posting very much because I no longer have reliable Internet to the house, and will not until April. I am not reading the news very much because the 60% budget cut higher education in this state is to absorb by 2012, is antithetical to my good mood. Work is going well, … More Jean-Pierre Rampal
That Blackguard has asked me what will happen at third year review. He was not interested in my answer, however, because he believes the public university which awarded him his degree is several tiers better than the one that awarded me mine (the University of California at Berkeley). In addition, I work at this university, … More Preparing for Third Year Review
1 ¿La ola no tiene forma? En un instante se esculpe y en otro se desmorona en la que emerge, redonda. Su movimiento es su forma. 2 Las olas se retiran –ancas, espaldas, nucas– pero vuelven las olas –pechos, bocas, espumas–. 3 Muere de sed el mar. Se retuerce, sin nadie, en su lecho de … More Octavio Paz, or Iemanja
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…that I heard over the weekend. For your consideration: 1. “Student centered classrooms” and “task based learning” have been invented to cover and compensate for having teachers trained in classroom management but not knowledgeable about the subject matter. 2. “Communicative” and “proficiency” oriented language teaching is part of vocational education, not part of a liberal … More Controversial Monday Ideas
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I remember clearly when Bending the Bow came out and we read: My mother would be a falconress, And I, her gay falcon treading her wrist, would fly to bring back from the blue of the sky to her, bleeding, a prize, where I dream in my little hood with many bells jangling when I’d … More Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: Robert Duncan
coldhearted scientist وداد 