Carrie was out for a walk this afternoon with some of the other fellows. The street by the Center was closed off and Obama’s motorcade drove by on the way to Facebook. He’s apparently a commanding presence in real life, in a car, driving by. They waved to him, he waved back. I told her …
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Things I Did Today, Among Some Others
1. Sent out taxes. 2. Printed out and sent out MP3 manuscript back to Duke (“special tax day edition”). It will come back one more time but still. 3. Read AAUP statement on Contingent Appointments and the Academic Profession. 4. Now will look at one-way flights from Los Angeles to Montreal in mid August, before …
LA-bound
Carrie and I both got fellowships to do a four week digital humanities institute at USC. So we’ll be heading down, and hopefully spending about six weeks in LA from 1 July-15 August. Now we just need to find a place to stay. The LA trip is great for several reasons: the compare/contrast with northern …
Embarrassing Man Stuff
I’ve now been shaving for 10 months, which means I have the skills of a 14-year-old or thereabouts. I’m still learning this whole thing. So I’m at the gym last week and shave after my shower. It was my first shave at the gym. I had my rig all set up, and a minute or …
Shhh!
It turns out that sabbatical is not all that conducive to blogging. I’d left Montreal assuming I’d get so much done with all this time on my hands, and I’d be recounting all sorts of exciting things that have been happening in California, finishing the book in no time flat, undertaking several music projects and …
1111: we live in an era where dates have interesting numeric sequences
For the first time probably since childhood, I didn’t stay up to see the years turn over. There’s nothing spectacular about that decision — just a mix of jet lag, just getting back from Minnesota and that our main social event around the new year happens to be today instead of last night. Though I …
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Stuff
One of my goals for this year was some serious introspection so as to return to my Montreal life with a clearer head. I am not sure if I have simply not done enough of it, or if it’s simply a matter of being outside of my normal “zone” and having epiphanies now and then. …