Hurray!

Mission accomplished!

This is as good an historiographic essay as I have read in any grad colloquium I've taught at *******. I don't usually like the form. But, if they all read and were put together as thoughtfully and elegantly as yours, I would happily read more of them. It is banal for teachers (as you no doubt know) to say they learned from their students' work. But I really did learn from this.

Just 10 pages...

of a a term paper stands between me and a master's degree.

Rhapsody is still going, but not necessarily strong

Rhapsody predated Spotify by at least ten years but somehow it never really caught on. I still like it especially the radio stations, which have introduced me to lots of new music I never would have found.

 

My laugh for the day and the month and maybe the year

It's been a tough season for my Man United but this was priceless.

New Venture from a Former Colleague

A former colleague who decided to get out of the book business has started an interesting new enterprise. http://local-expeditions.com/    I have an acquaintance who would make a perfect guide so have put him in touch with her.

Gig this Saturday Night

Our one and only scheduled 2016 gig is this Saturday night. I may try to see if I can figure a way to live stream it from the band web site. I will have to do some searching around though I would bet that it is possible on YouTube.

Happy New Year

2016. Thirty years ago doesn't seem that long ago but thirty years from now will be 2046. Even ten years ago doesn't seem that long ago. Ten years from now I am hoping that I can still hike to such beautiful places like Joshua Tree and run 13 miles in less than two hours.