Paulinho da Viola

It is the weekend, so we will sing! This is the stellar Paulinho da Viola on Rosa de Ouro Potpourri, taped from television in 1980. Also singing are Elton Medeiros, Jair do Cavaquinho Anescar do Salgueiro, and Nelson Sargento. Axé.

On Hiring Women

In my graduate department was a Bright Student who had, furthermore, an excellent situation since she was married to a Nurse. She therefore had no financial worries, roommate worries, or dating worries, and her situation was slated to continue indefinitely: this Nurse, being a Nurse, was in a position to move, when she got an … More On Hiring Women

Escritura

I enjoyed Becoming Jane for the morning scenes of Austen intent on her page of writing. Jumping into the words, she seemed like me. I was one of those children who went to many music lessons and drama groups, and who had art projects. My grandmother, curious for reasons of her own to decide which … More Escritura

Keep Blogging Chiquita – and Boycott!

For this momentuous day, remember that the activities of Chiquita Brands are also an emergency! Immigration Orange says, please boycott Chiquita, and blog about its activities. What follows is quoted from him. CITIZENS FOR BOYCOTTING CHIQUITA Join the Facebook Group and the MySpace Group. “It is time to boycott Chiquita Brands International, Inc. I covered … More Keep Blogging Chiquita – and Boycott!

On Fitting In. On Graduating. On Succeeding. On Wives

I Freshman year I inhabited a dormitory filled with graduate students largely in scientific and technical fields. In the first semester I became famous there by helping some of them pass their French reading examinations, and translating some letters from the Niels Bohr archive for another. In the second semester I tackled the first part … More On Fitting In. On Graduating. On Succeeding. On Wives

Some Students

I What I am about to propose is considered incomprehensibly unfeminine. If I implement it I may see my enrollments decline and the quality of my student evaluations sink. But what I would like to do in all my classes is get up and lecture, assign a midterm, a paper, and a final, and leave … More Some Students

The Best Post Ever

Now it is time to link to On Shame, the best post ever of all those I have read. Read it at its home, because I am only reproducing the opening riff. After this it gets truly deep. After unabashedly complaining about having an single income family, of which she is not the earner, that … More The Best Post Ever