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The semester ended Wednesday for me when I turned in my final paper of the year (on the evolution of the idea of Heaven in the intellectual texts of Warring States China, because I know you wanted to know). Realistically, aside from a few lovely moments at about 12:30 am on Wednesday when I went [...]

My final paper of the semester, for Warring States China, is due on Wednesday. I’ve had the best of intentions about working on it, really, but the siren call of summer and doing nothing is loud in my ears. So far this weekend, I’ve gotten a haircut, dropped a lot of cash at the Gap [...]

Well, that explains a lot about why this damned article summary is like pulling teeth. I was starting to worry that my brain just wasn’t used to academic writing anymore. It could be that, but I have a feeling it has more to do with Mercury…

Thank you all for the kind words and thoughts – we’re making do, even though that was hands-down the most craptastic vacation I’ve ever taken. A recount: Joe died, Jordana and I worked like hell on getting a grant done in time (and did), there was a flying trip to New Haven to see a [...]

You might have seen the original “Don’t Vote” video on YouTube with Spielberg and DiCaprio, but this one is even better. Because it has Harrison Ford, Borat, and even a semi-sane Tom Cruise. Watch it. And then remember that whatever you do in the voting booth is a secret. 5 More Friends

As promised, there were many pictures taken on my vacation. A lot of them were of my knitting. I will get to those on Monday, along with the pictures of my sister-in-law’s birthday necklace. Most of the Florida pictures are nature-oriented, because I have a ton of pictures from the last time I went to [...]

The holidays weren’t all bad. We did get to spend time with the girls, I spent a fair amount of time with Rick, and I got to see Samang’s first brush with Christmas (how to tire a 6 month old baby out: give her five million Christmas presents and a bunch of wrapping paper. She [...]