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A brief reminder that our Texts and Contexts manuscript-studies conference begins today.
View ArticleUnexpected political commentary
The comic strip Hi and Lois is not generally known for biting political commentary.
View ArticleFood on Friday: Bagelach
Today I want to talk about a traditional Jewish cookie, one that has all but disappeared.
View ArticleBom dia
Just gave a quick look at the site statistics for the past month, and I was surprised to discover that 6 percent of my visitors have their browser language settings on Portuguese.
View ArticleLessons from Missouri
The resignation on Monday of University of Missouri president Timothy M. Wolfe amid protests about racism on campus has certainly received plenty of discussion in the media.
View ArticleFood on Friday: Conditioned for complexity
During the past week, I made a pan of corn bread. Corn bread is a very simple thing to make that uses basic ingredients.
View ArticleCFP: CSANA 2016 in Nova Scotia
Time is running out to get your abstracts in for the 2016 Celtic Studies Association of North America annual meeting, to be held 5-8 May at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
View ArticleAre today's college students whiners?
I received an e-mail on Sunday from the president of Princeton University, one of my several almae matres, discussing steps he plans to take to address perceived racial injustice on campus.
View ArticleMirror Lake
The death of an Ohio State undergraduate participating in the "traditional" jump into Mirror Lake during the week before the football game against the University of Michigan has the university vowing...
View ArticleFood on Friday: Cookie cutters
Baking is a regular activity in my house, just as it was in my parents' home and in my grandparents'. And we never tire of time-tested recipes whose simplicity makes them frequent offerings.
View ArticleCFP: Ulidia 5, Ulster Cycle conference
The Fifth International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales will take place at Maynooth University on 18 through 20 March 2016.
View ArticleThe Gray Lady discovers Ege
I was happy to see the Antiques column in Friday's New York Times discuss what those of us in manuscript studies in the U.S. commonly refer to as "Ege fragments."
View ArticleJob interviews from hell
The Chronicle of Higher Education has an online advice column with the title "Academic Job Hunts From Hell: Inappropriate, Hostile, and Awkward Moments."
View ArticleFood on Friday: Tuna-Israeli couscous loaf
Things have been a bit wild of late, which explains the lack of blogging, and a quick, cheap dinner entree was needed based on ingredients already in the house.
View ArticleFood on Friday: Chocolate chess pie
This week I hosted a get-together with friends, something I do every year around this time for this particular group. One of the friends does not eat fruit or bakery containing fruit, which makes...
View ArticleMost popular blog posts of 2015
As I do every year at this time, I like to look back at the site statistics to see which blog posts proved the most popular.
View ArticleFood on Friday: Catherine Rampell on ethnic authenticity
When some students at Oberlin College recently complained that the ethnic foods served on campus showed cultural insensitivity because the foods were not well prepared, the story became yet more...
View ArticleMissing the meeting
The annual joint meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Society for Classical Studies gets underway tonight in San Francisco.
View ArticleFood on Friday: Rosehip jelly
When some students at Oberlin College recently complained that the ethnic foods served on campus showed cultural insensitivity because the foods were not well prepared, the story became yet more...
View ArticleThe limits of 140 characters
My Twitter account filled up with short messages meant to provide running explanation and commentary involving talks given this past weekend at the annual joint meeting of the Archaeological Institute...
View ArticleCFP: 8th Int'l Medieval Latin Congress
Organizers have issued the call for papers for the 8th International Medieval Latin Congress, to be held in Vienna on 17-21 September 2017.
View ArticleGiving up on Windows Mail
I have two personal computers: a Mac desktop and an ASUS laptop that runs Windows. Last year I upgraded the laptop to Windows 10, which also meant a change to the Windows 10 Mail app.
View ArticleFood on Friday: Potluck dessert
I was invited to a large potluck dinner this week, but I was already swamped for time. What was I going to make?
View ArticleBrought to you by the dollar sign and the color green
I remember when Sesame Street first came on the air. I was four years old, and my mother had me and my brothers watch the program, which had been widely promoted to parents with pre-schoolers
View ArticleFood on Friday: Potluck dessert
I was invited to a large potluck dinner this week, but I was already swamped for time. What was I going to make?
View ArticleWhat Bernie Sanders can do
There are a fair number of myths about the 2000 presidential election, one of which concerns the campaign of Green Party candidate Ralph Nader.
View ArticleCFP: Transmaritime Transactions in the Celtic World seminar
The Department of English at the University of Denver is hosting a conference on seafaring peoples of the North Atlantic during the Early Middle Ages on 3-5 November 2016, and the conference has an...
View ArticleBlog: Palaeography summer programs in St. Gall, Wolfenbuettel
Prof. Michele Ferrari of the University of Erlangen has informed me of two upcoming summer programs he's organizing for those interested in manuscript studies.
View ArticleCalifornia Celtic Colloquium
The program for next month's California Celtic Colloquium is now available online.
View ArticleFood on Friday: Planning the garden
I'm not particularly optimistic about my garden this year as the critter population at the house has recently doubled. But I dutifully plan nonetheless to plant vegetables yet again in the raised beds.
View ArticleFood on Friday: Forgotten holidays
John Switzer, in his Columbus Dispatch newspaper column last week, decried the amalgamation that created the Presidents Day holiday and obliterated celebration of George Washington's birthday.
View ArticleFood on Friday: Warming the kitchen
A late winter snow has chilled the surroundings, so I decided I needed to give the kitchen a quick warm up. Making applesauce fit the bill nicely.
View ArticleDeadline approaching for workshops/colloquia submissions for 2017 AIA
A week from Sunday, 13 March, is the initial deadline for the submission of member-organized workshops and colloquia for the 2017 Archaeological Institute of America annual meeting, to be held in...
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