Monthly Archives: February 2012

Happy leap day! I learned today that in the Julian calendar, feb 23 was the leap day. The bis sextum, or “double sixth” was the sixth day before the Kalends (first of the month) of March. Thus, six days before … Continue reading →

So obviously I’ve been a bit remiss about posting. You, guessed it, I’ve been busy! Counterintuitively, faculty life has become busier and more hectic post-tenure. The reasons for this are varied. For one we have a few folks in the … Continue reading →

In the last few months I somehow got sucked into reading George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire books which include Game of Thrones, of which they made a recent TV series. I’m still not done (I’m somewhere … Continue reading →

I saw this old grizzled prof go into the building where I teach the other day. He had a grey beard and was wearing an old wool sweater with moth holes, a tweed jacket, rumpled khakhis and brand new running … Continue reading →

I don’t really think I’m a coffee snob, because I will pretty much drink any coffee swill that’s put in front of me. That being said, I do like good coffee, and good espresso in particular. Back when I started … Continue reading →

So I’m still here. I’ve just been busy! There’s been a grant to write, classes to teach, lines of undergrads wanting to talk to me, papers to revise, turnover in the lab, equipment breaking and getting fixed, all stuff that … Continue reading →