I’m pleased to report that I’m gainfully employed for the fall and spring semesters, proving that it isn’t (necessarily) a death knell to get a PhD in history. (Of course, October’s judgment day hasn’t come yet, so we’ll see.) On alternate days, I’m teaching the first half of the US history survey at a local [...]
Last week, after two solid weeks of traveling, I had so many stories I wanted to tell you. (Like how my grandmother told a blow job joke! How we wound up in Wahoo, Nebraska! Other stuff, too!) But then, a day or so after we got home, I got struck down with a cold. This [...]
Confession: I get completely jazzed about the mail. Now, yes, it’s true that the USPS and I have had our differences. Most recently (read: currently), they’ve failed to resume delivery service to us following a disastrous regrettable not awesome trip to the beach. But still. Still! I’m terribly excited for the day that mail does [...]