So the data recovery specialist called me this morning… ALL GONE. He can, however, refer me to another data recovery firm which might be able to get something back. For $1400. Hmm. Is all [...]
So yesterday morning, my beloved Powerbook–which hasn’t given me a moment’s trouble in four years–gave a single hiccup and died. Thoroughly. And me with the final deposit [...]
Writing is a weird job. You find yourself looking foward to each publication milestone–the book’s appearance in the publisher’s catalog, the arrival of the first galleys, the [...]
Although everyone keeps saying, “You must be thrilled!” I’m suffering from serious post-dissertation-defense limpness. (My good friend Lauren says, “Doesn’t it feel [...]
That’s really what they say when you pass the defense. Yes, it’s all done. Whew. Actually too tired to feel elated, right this minute…but I’m getting ready to meet Pete [...]
Until this very moment, I did not realize that I have actually scheduled my dissertation defense for the Ides of March. SOOTHSAYER: Beware the ides of March. CAESAR: What man is that? BRUTUS: A [...]
There haven’t been any updates to this blog because I’ve been on family vacation. Just to prove it, here are husband and second son playing chess: and just to prove that I WAS [...]
…And the wait continues. My twenty-five author’s copies showed up this week, and Norton is now shipping to wholesalers, but since the official pub date of March 26 hasn’t [...]
A couple of hours after posting below, I discovered that my review of John Stackhouse’s Finally Feminist is now online at Books & Culture. (Ducking down behind my concrete bunker now. [...]
There’s nothing going on with the History of the Ancient World from my end. Zip. It’s off being printed (I think), and I’m just waiting to get a glimpse of it. Or get another [...]
Christmas has come and gone, and it was a good one–although we’ll be living with the aftershocks for quite some time. Between Christmas and New Year’s, I finished up all those [...]
The index to The History of the Ancient World arrived yesterday, under the worst possible conditions. Background: This pre-Christmas week was cheered by my unscheduled visit to the hospital. I [...]
