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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 →
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En hiver: Archpriest of Hita
profacero wrote 21 hours ago: It is winter, and key limes are thick on the branches. Garlic is blooming, and soon there will be br … 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 →
Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: Mercè Rodoreda
profacero wrote 1 month ago: Any time is a good time to read Mercè Rodoreda. The Nation’s review article on her is worth re … more →
Research Hours
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profacero wrote 1 month ago: Tnis is one of those old-old posts. ON CERTAIN FALSITIES Perhaps it is for no reason related to me t … 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 →
The Triple Day
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profacero wrote 2 months ago: This is just one of Historiann’s interesting posts on women and academia. When I was in elemen … more →
On Getting By
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profacero wrote 2 months ago: With some effort — not inordinate effort, mind you, but some — I have put together a two … more →
The Textbook Industrial Complex, or, The Baroque Era
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profacero wrote 2 months ago: In my foreign language class we have a thick textbook, a workbook, a lab manual, three websites, CDs … more →
On Not Following Recommendations
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profacero wrote 3 months ago: The best day so far in Madrid was Wednesday, when I did not do anything recommended (e.g. stand in l … more →
S/M or Torture 101
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profacero wrote 4 months ago: A: How unfair! I have gone through all of these contortions just because you asked, and now I am as … more →
Voice Four
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profacero wrote 4 months ago: Now I might really be over Reeducation, which was that in part because it involved not only becoming … more →
A. B. C. D. Errata. Footnotes.
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profacero wrote 4 months ago: A A major difference between myself and the persons I am expected to resemble appears to be that the … more →
Beam Me Up
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profacero wrote 4 months ago: Despite all of my railings against the Twelve Stoners, despite my not wanting to visit their meeting … more →
Voice Two
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profacero wrote 4 months ago: At one irrational level I continue to believe that having access to a powerful self hurts those who … more →
Voice One
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profacero wrote 4 months ago: This new series of posts on voice is intended in part to work out some more ideas for my article on … more →
Independence Day
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profacero wrote 4 months ago: This post is being written in real time. There are posts coming up which actually predate it. Rememb … more →
How Was It for You? Terrible! And for You?
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profacero wrote 4 months ago: I keep saying I have vanquished Reeducation but it is never quite true. Now, however, I think I have … more →
On Handling Emotional Bullies: Open Thread
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profacero wrote 4 months ago: Much popular advice on handling emotional bullies is misguided, among other ways in that it replicat … more →
The Legal History Blog
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profacero wrote 5 months ago: I used to have a recurring dream in which I called my mother from my office at Yale University, hold … more →
