Some time ago I sent an email to the Bodleian Library at Oxford, one of the foremost libraries in the world, requesting permission to examine some of their one-of-a-kind holdings: the unpublished papers of J.R.R. Tolkien. I wanted to access this material not because it would be fun (though it …
We went shopping for a new bike for the Young Master yesterday. Up until now, he’s been blasting around the ‘hood on one of these little bad boys: Yessir, that’s a Skuut balance bike right there. He got one as a gift from his grandparents, and it didn’t take him …
Gathering information for my tenure documentation packet, I recently spent a bit of time Googling my academic self. I found what I needed, but I also a lot of unrelated but surprisingly interesting bits of data, too. Some highlights: – My article “More Vinland Maps and Texts: Discovering the New …
I was perusing Amazon last night in an effort to update some of my links, when I found — much to my surprise — that The Battle of Brunanburh: A Casebook is now listed as available here in the United States. As you may recall, the book has been out …
I’ve once again had a few spare hours to get into the website coding and put some things into place that I’ve long been planning on doing. Most noticeable among these changes is the addition of a static “front page” for the site. Before, folks accessing www.michaellivingston.com were shuffled directly …
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