A long time without much Chaucerin’. Blame is shared, no doubt, by the time-crunch of the semester and the mental wipe-out that followed the completion of The Middle English Metrical Paraphrase of the Old Testament. A few spare minutes at this turn of the year, however, have put me in …
I didn’t really expect to be spending money on a new car this break. Sure, the old Dodge Stratus was a rusting, unreliable pain in the butt that was no fun to drive, but it was, for the moment at least, a working pain. And money, as they say, doesn’t …
Sherwood Smith, over at The Fix, just posted a favorable review of Paradox 11. Among the pleasantries are some kind words about my own story in the issue, “The Angel of Marye’s Heights.” My favorite snippet: With brutally vivid detail, the reader is made part of that terrible push up …
I’m still not sure how I feel about this, but this post is written on an iPod touch. I think that means I’ve joined the new world. Reluctantly, yes, but joined nonetheless. I remain astonished by this. Seriously. I mean, it’s really quite amazing. I can’t type nearly as fast …
‘Tis been a busy few days, as much significant academic business has been transpiring. I can say little about it just now, I’m afraid, but I’ll post about it as soon as I can. Among such professional matters, however, I’ve managed to take the time to — gulp! — buy …