I recently came across this poem in a class I’m taking on Peruvian politics and violence from 1980 to 1992. This poem was written in 1986 as civil war encroached on Lima. The author was 25 years old at the time. Below is my humble translation.
LIMA REVISITED
Por Eduardo Chirinos. Para Nilo Espinoza
“NO ME DIGAS QUE [...]
I recently traded emails with a good friend about several aspects of Islamic dress — especially as it pertains to women — that I would like to share here. My friend is Muslim himself and has spent significant time in Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, England, Canada, and the U.S. My primary question for him [...]
This really interesting article, released this month in the journal Academic Medicine, comes to an interesting conclusion about changes in empathy during medical school. As a medical school hopeful, I think it’s important to reflect on these kinds of challenges:
It is concluded that a significant decline in empathy occurs during the third year of medical [...]
The following is paraphrased from an email I, trying to explain derivatives, sent to my grandfather. I thought the note might be interesting to post online as well. (There’s a high-to-very-high probably no one else thinks it’s interesting, but then you must remember that I don’t care what this “no-one-else” guy thinks. God, I’m hilarious.)
Okay, [...]
Question: What is the difference between demure and demur?
Answer: Demure means “reserved or modest.” Demur means to “delay” or “take exception to.”
You may have noticed that Google invested $3.9 million in Sergey Brin’s wife’s startup. Here was my comment on John Battelle’s blog:
(I know—Wolfowitz’s.)
How much does open-heart surgery cost?
Answer: A coronary bypass surgery costs somewhere [...]
Question: How do former-friends-turned-ideological-enemies break the ice before a meeting?
Answer: Just like everyone else. They tell Bush jokes.
A North Korean general opened the proceedings of a South-Korean military meeting with the following laugher:
Bush goes out jogging one morning and, preoccupied with international affairs, fails to notice that a car is heading straight at him.
A [...]