I Lately I have had so much trouble fighting back the evil grisgris that I have been casting spells upon myself, in English and in Spanish, every two to three hours. II When I do academic work I am often engulfed with shame. That has a complicated history which it does me no good to … More Sai, diabo!
Al Giordano reports: Workers and farmers in the United States and Canada have been largely kept in the dark about the tragedy unleashed on their counterparts in Mexico with the 1994 entrance of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). But the same all-out screwing is about to happen to them. An alliance of big … More Atlantica
I En este comentario de blog reconocí una vez más, y algo más claramente, la falsedad de lo que aprendí en la famosa Reeducación, a saber: Cómo dejar de aceptarte a ti mismo y dejar de aceptar tu historia y tu vida; Cómo pensar como una persona deprimida; Cómo actuar como una persona deprimida; Cómo … More Desprogramarse
I I could easily blog for domestic workers by telling some of the rather colorful and horrible stories about their treatment and circumstances which I have witnessed personally. We could shiver and feel virtuous at these illustrations of the way in which gender trouble at one economic level is solved through the exploitation of women … More Being and Time
Back to Shahrazad IV One such event – one of the few I understand well enough to describe, if not explain – took place in the Bank of Antioquia, where I was waiting to buy dollars. On the first day of the symposium, a secretary had ushered me into her office to sign some papers. … More Shahrazad V
Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods or steepy mountain yields. And we will sit upon the rocks, Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals. And I will make thee beds … More Christopher Marlowe
This is Ricky Skaggs with Kentucky Thunder on Hallelujah, I’m Ready. I am playing it for Regin Dahl who is being buried today. Regin composed hymns, among other things, and his father Jákup was a Bible translator. I really wish I were at the funeral. Axé.
So our student, an undergraduate, writes in Wikipedia, opines on websites, and gives invited lectures on topics in which she has expertise. People are scandalized. She does not have the degrees which would confer the authority to speak. Only I am unperturbed. I would say we are all involved in the same enterprise, and that … More In Which I Am Unfit to Teach
This is Tony Rice. Today, which is the year’s longest day, I would, if I could, be on the Torshávn ferry, and I would be at Regin Dahl’s burial tomorrow. Everyone else is there by now except for me and the one who has gone. His house will be snug like all Faroese houses, and … More I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
La Changeseeker explica por qué tenemos todos que leer a Marjane Satrapi. A continuación reproducimos unos trozos de la entrevista con Satrapi que cita la Changeseeker: Satrapi: If I have any advice, it’s that every day that you wake up, don’t say, ‘This is normal.’ Every day, wake up with this idea that you have … More Marjane Satrapi
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