The book on the Battle of Brunanburh that I’m putting together is coming together quite nicely. Today found me deep into the Old English materials, which was fun. It did throw me another curveball, though, as I had to grapple with how to represent a few runic letters in the …
I’m really getting a kick out of the sudden media interest in the immortal jellyfish conquering our oceans. This isn’t news to scientists — in fact, the paper media folks are citing is something like 7 months old — but here it is on the frontpage of my Google News …
I noted earlier that I was spending my weekend putting together my PDS, a year-in-review summary of my career that’s used to determine whether The Citadel will keep me around. I proudly presented the finished product to my chair this morning — first one in! — who was happy to …
Every year about this time, most untenured folks like me have some sort of review process they undergo. It’s usually not a pressure-packed thing (though at some places it can be very much so), and it can entail everything from a brief chat in the chair’s office to something much …
I’ve been sporadic around here for a bit, which I regret. It’s simply been atrociously busy hereabouts. We’ve been interviewing candidates for an open position in the English Department (18th century specialist), and that’s been taking up a lot of time. On top of that, the Hobbit and Wife have …