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So, I know… I know… It’s been a while since I paid attention to this particular outlet, but things have been busy this summer. Furious work has been done on Object of History and on Historical Thinking Matters–some of it has even been done by me. But, more importantly, my manuscript went in the mail …
When I started this less-than-frequent blog in the Spring, I mentioned that my reasons arose in part from a desire to refocus my attention on my writing. I had/have a dissertation manuscript that is creeping toward a submission date that passed in September. In the meantime, many things have been afoot. I bought a condo …
My very first literature course as an undergraduate was with a man named Paul Betz in the fall of 1993. Now, Prof. Betz’s life work was the study of the British romantic poets, in particular William Wordsworth. That first semester of my college experience, we read a lot of things — Coleridge, Hardy, Hopkins, Strindberg, …
On a less serious note, I seemed to have missed the fact that Waterford/Wedgewood bought All-Clad in 1999. Now, not that I can afford either of these things, but it warms my heart that an Irish company owns the best cookware manufacturer in the United States–in fact, cookware that is manufactured in Canonsburg PA (which …
Reading the newspapers lately, and Sheila’s posting the other day, about the tragedy on the gulf coast reminded me of something that seemed worth relaying…. Just about a month ago, Fr. McFadden (the voice of Hoyas basketball, and the man who taught me my first formal theology) gave a pretty great homily about water. Now, …