April 01, 2004
Seventh Sanctum
Seventh Sanctum has a number of random generators for characters, names, skills, etc.
Permanent item link | Filed under : Game Resources | Comments and Followups (1)
Making America’s Borders Safe From British Authors
British author Ian McEwan was held by immigration officials at the border for 30 hours (via ArtsJournal) because they couldn’t decide whether his speaking fees were honoraria or substantial income. They also stamped in his passport that he had been refused admittance, which will make it harder for him to get into the US later and will probably take the services of a good expensive immigration lawyer to fix.
Remember this the next time someone tells you Arnold Schwarzenegger’s violations were all technical and meaningless.
Permanent item link | Filed under : Immigration | Comments and Followups (2)
March 31, 2004
Monday Mashup 33.3: The Partridge Family
As an off-time mashup, Bryant gives us the Partridge Family.
Permanent item link | Filed under : Monday Mashup | Comments and Followups (1)
Wednesday Weird 6: Breaking and Entering
This week, we get to weird up breaking and entering.
Permanent item link | Filed under : Wednesday Weird | Comments and Followups (0)
Recent History Reading (in 25 Words or Less)
Samurai William: The Englishman Who Opened Japan, by Giles Milton; The Disastrous Mrs. Weldon, by Brian Thompson; The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime, by Miles Harvey.
Permanent item link | Filed under : Books , History | Comments and Followups (0)
Hanging It Up
While I was worrying about my move. the Invisible Adjunct decided to get out of the profession and hang up her blogging spurs. Non-tenure-track history jobs are a helluva bad place to be, and I chose not to go back and do what she did after grad school because, frankly, I didn’t think I could stand the sort of academic marginalization she documented in her blog. I understand and respect her decision, wish her well in her life outside the academy, and remind her that when the blogging bug bites again, many of us will want to know where she is so we can start reading her again.
Permanent item link | Filed under : Blogging , Education , History | Comments and Followups (0)
We Are Here
Three days in the car with three cats is not something I’d wish on anyone, but we did all survive. One of the computers (the mail server) seems to be the only casualty, and we’re working around that.
Today the movers bring my furniture, and then this place will actually begin to look like home.
Permanent item link | Filed under : The Big Move | Comments and Followups (2)