I got a little package in the mail on Friday from the Netherlands, which is not something that happens every day. I did, however, have several theories about what it might be when I finally whipped out my knife to open it up. Material from one of the overseas contributors …
Not sure how I missed posting about this, but on my return from Colorado I found waiting for me a few copies of The Explicator, a journal of short papers that explicate literary texts. Opening one up (Volume 67, Number 3, pages 191-95, for those following at home) brought me …
Back in June I wrote about the odd communication I received from the editors of a Prestigious Journal to which I’d submitted my most recent Tolkien article. I’ve now heard back officially, and it seems my hypothesis was pretty accurate: they sent the piece to two readers, one of whom …
I don’t care who you are, you have to admit that this is cool. I mean, that’s an image of a single molecule, showing the lattice structure of the atomic bonds. It’s boggling. Next thing we know they’re going to be getting shots of individual electrons caught in their quantum …
We haven’t yet had a week of class and already I’ve had a weekend knocked out to grading: my 101 students wrote in-class essays on Friday, and I just finished grading them. On the plus side, these initial assignments are very useful for honing in on where the classes stand: …