In the niche-lined halls of academia it’s generally considered a good idea to have a research specialization, a supposedly unique hat that fits you well enough that you might, over time, get known for doffing it at conferences and between the covers of critical journals. My CV shows that I’m …
My life has apparently been too dull to post about of late … I’ve been hunkered down with edits on my edition of The Middle English Metrical Paraphrase of the Old Testament. It’s a 700-page manuscript and I need to finish it in the next three weeks. So, to calm …
So Thumper, my beloved LJ — a Jeep Rubicon Unlimited with lots of fixings — has been in storage in Colorado for a couple weeks now. I drove it out for the big Anasazi trek and then left it in Ouray, which is a far more fitting place for an …
For the past few days I’ve been writing several academic articles, switching off and on between them as my mind wanes or items come in via InterLibrary Loan (ILL). Because the projects aren’t terribly related, I’m beginning to feel like my academic personality is fragmenting. (Though, truth be told, one …
Looking at the many pictures I posted of my Anasazi Trek early this month, I noticed that they were deficient in one rather important area: I wasn’t in them. So, courtesy of my parents, here are a few pictures from the trip featuring yours truly (and one bonus shot of …
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