The Battle of Brunanburh: A Casebook, my book about one of the most important but often forgotten events in the history of the British Isles, is about a month away. If you live in England, that is. The book is being published through the University of Exeter Press, and it …
It’s unlikely to be spotted by any but the most keen observers, but I found a couple hours to fiddle with the website yesterday. Gone from the sidebar is the lengthy list of posts past (replaced by a drop-down archive). Ditto the list of categories (also replaced by a drop-down). …
It’s fairly common to hear somebody blathering about the End of the World these days. And by “these days” I mean, well, whenever you happen to be reading this, because one of the few constants over the past couple thousand years has been folks’ certainty — absolute certainty — that …
It’s Spring Break here at El Cid, which means I’m partying working in my office. Ah, the glorious life of the professor. Honestly, though, these next few days are a welcome chance to get some uninterrupted labor accomplished on several projects I have in process. Today, for instance, I was …
We recently spent most of the money we received for the past Hanukwanzmastide on a new camera. We had a Panasonic digital camera that we’d quite enjoyed, but it was starting to show its age a bit. Buttons weren’t as responsive as they’d once been, and the pictures it was taking …