Shinzo Abe, a sad day for Japan.

We have reached that time of summer in SoCal when staying hydrated and staying caffeinated overlap in quart-sized ice coffees.

Add me on BeReal. bere.al/malaspina

CFA leaders and Pomona colleagues speak out at the Sept. 13 California State University Board of Trustees meeting #FundTheClassroomNotTheBoardroom #solidarity California Faculty Association

Tell the California Governor Gavin Newsom to Sign #AB2464! ow.ly/EGPW50KBvCY #CFA4Faculty #CFACares #ParentLeaveNow #SupportParents Cristina Garcia

There were toads, once, on my front porch. If it rained the toads would come back. If it rained the crabs with their black shells would too.

What's eating Luis Suarez? The psychology of biting: ow.ly/yrc6M

Reading a book by Ana María Shua in which she characterizes marriages without children as an "eterno noviazgo adolescente". #growupbad

Tango nostalgia, what would that be, exactly? Right now I'm remembering a small supper club in Belgrano or Palermo with a piano, bandoneón..

Tweeting tidbits from Lima de aquí a cien años, pre-Jules-Verne science fiction by Julián Manuel del Portillo. El Comercio, 1843-44.

Russia and China: "esas masas de salvajes no hace mucho, son hoy las que asombran al mundo con su poder y sus conocimientos" --del Portillo

Bright street lights, which compared to the gloomy ones of the past "son infinitamente mas baratos!". Better living through industry!!

Remembering my daily bus ride in Lima. "á continuación monté en el primer Omnibus que pasó (pues los hai, ni mas ni menos que en Paris)".

Peace turns everything upside down: "en fin se vieron á los militares hacerse frailes y á los frailes hacerse militares."

For a blissful year I forgot about the obsessive tracking and recording of health and property. No longer. #fenderbender

I saw it coming. Stopped at a light, young driver behind us accelerated. Five inches from my toes! (Was in the back). #fenderbender

I got one thing of note done today: washed the dog. Has anyone ever shampooed a polar bear? #greatpyrenees

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