A. I heard an NPR commentator say today as I was driving home that it was now TOO LATE to pull out of the stock market and go to cash. I have been saying for over two decades that the regular American should not be in the stock market at all, but should be keeping … More Don’t Buy Stocks. Buy Mushrooms
“Encontré lo ruiseñor que cantaba so la rama, dindirindín.” * This song was written down in the early fifteenth century in a version of Catalan. Dindirindín dindirindín dirindaina, dindirindín. Yu me leve un bel maitín Matineta per la prata, Encontré lo ruiseñor Que cantaba so la rama Dindirindín. Dindirindín dindirindín dirindaina, dindirindín. Ruiseñor, le ruiseñor … More Dindirindín
I am not a Fashion Free Feminist, and this is terrible: I have discovered I have cellulite, visible cellulite, right in the leg. It is a serious Fashion Problem [FP]. I noticed it when I tried on bathing suits. Now I do not know what to buy. Unfamiliar with bathing suits other than bikinis and … More A Very Serious Question
Hurricane Ike is coming to Louisiana after all, and we are waiting for it. Everything is hot and still, tense and vivid, as in earthquake weather, and I am displeased. I am told that the wind which will pick up Friday morning at five will be the hurricane’s first band. There is sudden fear but … More Upon First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer
For this ominous date we have a video of Vallejo’s hometown, his church, his house, and more. It has an appropriately nervous soundtrack. It was made in the depths of the driest season – everything is as brown as can be. When you get to part about the house, be sure not to miss the … More Santiago de Chuco
I have begun to read Ma Jian’s novel Beijing Coma. It is famous – it has been I would like to read the Book of Mountains and Seas, but not reading Chinese, I cannot. Yet I know of it. See how interesting it is. * Ma Jian’s narrator is in a coma. Yet he can … More Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: Shan-hai Ching
I am going to do a public reading of selected posts from this blog. I was asked out of the blue and said yes immediately, although I should not spend even more time on recreational writing. It is very exciting – my most important presentation ever, since this is the writing of mine I most stand … More Public Opinion Poll / Coming Out
“Ello es que el lugar donde me pongo el pantalón, es una casa donde me quito la camisa en alta voz…” Ike has made landfall again in Cuba and we are trying to contact the goddess OYA to save Havana. Fortunately Ike is only at Category 1 now, although they are saying he can grow … More ELLO ES QUE
I love the blog Mudflats, which is so funny that it actually manages to distract me from my concern about Hurricane Ike. I love the forecasters at the National Hurricane Center, especially forecasters AVILA and BEVEN, but their forecasts on Hurricane Ike have been making me nervous. Hurricane Ike made landfall in northeastern Cuba around … More Election Time
The roofers and the telephone company have come and gone, and the results of Hurricane Gustav chez moi are almost completely hidden. Lucille Bogan is still singing. I am practicing for the possible Saturday arrival of Hurricane Ike. For this storm I will bring my battery powered CD player home from the office, and play … More ULTRAMARINOS. ABARROTES
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