I I want to hire and I want to hire somebody good, and mine is not the nation’s most attractive university. In our state 29% of children live below the poverty line and another 24% live in low income families. At the salaries we offer, a family of four on one assistant professor salary would … More On Calling References
I have finally cracked the mystery of my paper – released it from the wicked spell that burdened it, perhaps. It has turned into mere work rather than spiritual toil. Therefore we will sing. This is Alphonse Picou (1878-1961) on his famous clarinet part in “High Society,” recorded with the Paul Barbarin band in New … More Alphonse Picou
This is El Greco’s Portrait of a Cardinal. It is at the Metropolitan Museum but the largest collection of El Greco’s work outside Spain is at the National Gallery. The Counter-Reformation raged, and he painted its spirit. The cardinal in question is believed to be Fernando Niño de Guevera (1541-1609), Grand Inquisitor and, from 1601, … More Portrait of a Cardinal
One of the prisoners I know was diagnosed with Hepatitis C in 1999 but not told until last week. No treatment for this disease is given in prison until acute liver failure sets in. Why he was not told is my question. Still, summer has begun. I can tell, because I am refreshed. * If … More Trinity Sunday
By Karen Polster, via Zuky: The poems at Angel Island are among the most dramatic finds in American literature. The crumbling buildings of the former immigration station in San Francisco were scheduled to be demolished, when bits and pieces of Chinese writing were glimpsed behind the peeling paint. These characters turned out to be poetry, … More Poems at Angel Island
By Monty Python, via Momo. Axé.
I have taken this quiz before, and it said I should take an advanced degree in science or engineering. I could do that, but the quiz has now changed its mind. It says I should get a Ph.D. in the humanities or social sciences. I am “a great thinker and a true philosopher,” says the … More To Ease My Restless Mind
This is Boukman Eksperyans on their classic Jou Nou Revolte. We are playing it in honor of tonight’s blue moon. Work your magic and look up these names: Mackandal, Boukman, Bois Caiman, and kalfou or crossroads. Axé.
Dambala calls our attention to the National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive, which appears to have been made law May 9 essentially by decree. Dambala says it “supercedes the National Emergency Act and re-constitutes the mandates of martial law.” In the event of a ‘national emergency’ . . . defined by the executive branch … More Martial Law
It is time once again to post versions of Voi che sapete. Here are two: a serious and beautiful one by Giulietta Simionato, performed in Tokyo in 1956, and an animated French spoof which is hilarious. This post, however, is actually a continuation of my notes on writing from earlier today. Getting into a piece … More Giulietta Simionato
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