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En hiver: Archpriest of Hita
It is winter, and key limes are thick on the branches. Garlic is blooming, and soon there will be bright kumquats. Picking oranges, seeing how the tree branches had bent under their weight, I realized… more →
Professor Zero
Introducing: Academic Mondays
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profacero wrote 2 days ago: Following the suggestion of a reader, we will now have an open thread each Monday on a current acade … more →
En hiver: Archpriest of Hita
profacero wrote 3 days ago: It is winter, and key limes are thick on the branches. Garlic is blooming, and soon there will be br … more →
Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: Miguel de Cervantes
profacero wrote 1 week ago: Now we have discussed the Quixote, about which I do not always think, and I have decided to read it … more →
Home Improvement
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profacero wrote 1 week ago: It is the weekend, and I should be singing; but I am out of songs at the moment except for C.V. … more →
On Protocol
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profacero wrote 2 weeks ago: If during graduate school you lost a TAship at your institution; if you have now tried everyone … more →
Jean-Pierre Rampal
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profacero wrote 2 weeks ago: I have not been posting very much because I no longer have reliable Internet to the house, and will … more →
That Job Market: Suggestions for Interviewees
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profacero wrote 1 month ago: It is October 15, the traditional opening day of the job search season. I have a few suggestions for … more →
Día de la Dignidad y Resistencia de los Pueblos Indígenas
profacero wrote 1 month ago: This is October 12 and I have forgotten to mention it in two classes so far. Today in Guatemalan pro … more →
The Republican/Oil Princess Look
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profacero wrote 1 month ago: It involves: + cosmetic surgery + serious foundation and eye makeup + salon tan + red nails + rhines … more →
"I Said the Wrong Thing"
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profacero wrote 1 month ago: “I am sorry I said the wrong thing. I am sorry to have upset you. I hope you can get over it. … more →
Unrealistic
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profacero wrote 1 month ago: I have discovered that tourist visas to Brazil now cost over $200, and I have not been able to find … more →
Corazón libre, no te entregues
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profacero wrote 1 month ago: Mercedes Sosa, 9. VII. 1935 – 4. X. 2009, recorded 2008 in Montevideo: Buen viaje. Axé. … more →
The Independent World Report
profacero wrote 1 month ago: It is the weekend, so we are singing, but I am not putting on music of my own because I have so much … more →
Il fait frais!
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profacero wrote 1 month ago: It is now that day in September upon which the heat leaves, ending five months of Hell. I have been … more →
Gabo
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profacero wrote 1 month ago: It appears that the eternal foodstuffs of artistic achievement are “discipline, fortitude, amb … more →
Le Temps
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profacero wrote 1 month ago: I work all the time now, basically, but I have so many different things to do that working all the t … more →
Le Travail
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profacero wrote 1 month ago: I now do nothing but work, and I still need to step it up further. I understand at last those people … more →
Le vendredi
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profacero wrote 2 months ago: It is Friday, and yes, I am wearing white. It being the weekend, I am deciding what to sing. All aft … more →
Very Interesting
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profacero wrote 2 months ago: “You have emphasized reading and writing, so I am comfortable with the kind of test you want t … more →
