LINES OF THE DAY

". . . But the past does not exist independently from the present. Indeed, the past is only past because there is a present, just as I can point to something over there only because I am here. But nothing is inherently over there or here. In that sense, the past has no content. The past -- or more accurately, pastness -- is a position. Thus, in no way can we identify the past as past." p. 15

". . . But we may want to keep in mind that deeds and words are not as distinguishable as often we presume. History does not belong only to its narrators, professional or amateur. While some of us debate what history is or was, others take it into their own hands." p. 153

Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History (1995) by Michel-Rolph Trouillot

Showing posts with label deep freeze 2010. Show all posts
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Friday, January 29, 2010

18 Degrees

Nor shall things warm for several more days.  I'd hoped we would miss these temperatures this year.

More cheerily -- the students are terrific!  Among them they speak roughly 3.4 languages, if you fold Cantonese Chinese  into the majority Mandarin Chinese.  The students diversity ranges from three different Asian regions through the Caribbean.  Missing are any members from Africa, though the born in the U.S.A. students include Afro Latin and African American students.  This is going to be a good spring semester.

O, and for some reason the NFL believes it OWNS "Who Dat?", that its employment anywhere except on merchandise peddled by the NFL is copyright infringement. They also seem to believe they own gold and black.   See Jaquetta White, The Times-Picayune.  Damn, why do corps want to ruin the fun in everything?   I suppose I've just infringed by typing those words here.
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