I just bought Robbie Williams‘ new album. It’s been out for a few months, but somehow I missed it. It’s Brit-pop silliness, I know, but it’s honest Brit-pop silliness. And I really do enjoy his particular brand of it. I’m continually amazed that ol’ Rob has never hit it big …
I thought about Lode Runner this morning. One of the first great video games for a home computer, Lode Runner was a game I positively loved as a kid in the mid-80s. It was fast-paced but easy to learn, and the levels could be deceptively complex; I don’t know that …
Another of my freshmen students has had his essay accepted for publication in the Lesser Squawk. Congratulations, Michael Nicholas!
I realized today that my online C.V. was distressingly out of date. So I’ve uploaded a new copy that includes forthcoming papers and work in progress (like Brunanburh). It’s not exciting reading.
I spent a good couple of hours this afternoon building the next couple of lectures for my Tolkien class. It’s been interesting. Partly because it’s Tolkien, of course, but also because I’m doing the slides using Google Presentations instead of PowerPoint. I’d frankly grown tired of being forced to remember …