Since classes started I no longer feel pressured to enjoy myself. Oddly, this is making me more relaxed. I am spending more late afternoons at the swimming pool than I did during the summer, for instance. And I may give up on attending Rising Tide this weekend, as I cannot really afford a weekend in … More A x é
In one of my departments people do not know how to send mass e-mails. They send them to the secretary, who then forwards them without editing content. We therefore see how the secretary has been addressed. One faculty member always addresses the secretary, “Firstname, dear, would you please forward this message to all faculty in … More Office Protocol Question
The heat wave of the past few weeks has broken. It was only 96 degrees at noon today, and felt cooler – cool enough to stroll to the bookstore at lunch. If, as you stride across the fresh grass, you run into band practice, and after tuning up on Jambalaya they burst into You Are … More Filé Gumbo
Some people abstain from alcohol or drugs because the attempt to use intoxicants in moderation has not agreed with them. The glittering substances may look beautiful, but for these people they are all destructive, all the time. As an adult I have been involved in two abusive relationships. Each coerced me to stay. Each situation … More On Quitting
To strengthen my magic charm yet further I am continuing to repeat that I cured chronic depression, first contracted long ago in Reeducation, in just a few weeks by deciding to pull Reeducation out by the roots. This is to say that I stopped trying to resign myself to depression and live with it. I … More Maguey
I My dissertation director always imagined I was lazy because I did not place a high moral value on stress, or believe that stress made one more heroic. My Reeducators, on the other hand, were concerned about what they saw as my excess of achievement and my overdeveloped ability to reason, concentrate and persevere. They … More On Concentration
Do you remember the banana company in One Hundred Years of Solitude? Do you know the Chiquita Banana Song? The Banana Boat Song? Do you use, or have you ever exchanged bananas, including bananas in chip form or banana fronds? Do you ever use any Chiquita products? Did you realize that Chiquita was the new … More Chiquita Media Campaign / Boycott
I am on high ground near 1oW. E-mail profacero@gmail.com if evacuating for this or future storms. No guarantees but I might have leads on places to stay. I am rather reserved but especially if you have a blog I know, I will probably trust you. As you can see here, the storm will hit the … More Hurricane Dean
I am an intellectual snob – did you know it? I also have low self-esteem, in ways not yet explained on this blog. This academic year I plan to be more of an intellectual snob than I have been in some time, and to cultivate low self esteem as best I can. Read on and … More Intellectual Snob!
I got a truly spineless response, from a faceless bureaucrat, to my letter to Governor Blanco in support of the Jena Six. It said the Governor could say nothing since this would be unconstitutional – the matter is in the hands of the Judiciary. It was condescending and hostile, yet still laughable. I almost blogged … More Jena Six
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