It looks like I am on a two day Job Action as of midnight tonight. If anyone is interested in learning about the issues on the table for my union please go to umgeo.org and read about the ridiculousness. I am very proud of my union for the way they have handled bargaining this year. I will be proud to be on the line tomorrow and Wednesday. If ( Read more... )

I can not even begin to express my gratitude for the weekend I just had. My partner, Andrea, the greatest partner in the history of the universe coordinated the most thoughtful and needed present for my Birthday. I want to thank Patrick, Dave, and Erol for surprising me (in bows!) on my birthday. This was pure magic. This was proof of wonder, ( Read more... )

I call on all of you to join with me and mourn the passage of my 2nd decade and to celebrate my entry into the 3rd.

...this is kinda scary.....I thought I'd be wiser......

I just hit a rather magical moment in my career. I have been looking at these images from handwritten notes from the late 1500's that I found in the archive in Trebon and wondering what they meant. They are scrawled images with some handwritten notes and to be honest, even in my line of work, they are odd. This week I have been preparing for a ( Read more... )

For the first time in a long time I see a possibility of what our political discourse can be in this country. I see a leader who chooses positive rather than negative tactics. I see someone willing to ask us to believe that we can change the status quo. For the first time since the West Wing went off the air I am hearing (some) intelligent ( Read more... )

It's been an age since I posted, but I do still read what's going on with some regularity. I have been busy writing a lecture which I just gave yesterday. It was on Medieval Witchcraft and it as quite stressful to prepare. The actual giving of the lecture wasn't bad at all and Dre says it was better than my last one. This time I gave the ( Read more... )

Before the holiday, I told my students some greater truths about the history of Thanksgiving. While it is one of my favorite holidays in terms of my own family traditions, I recognize that it is not exactly celebrated by those from whom we stole this land. Despite the dubious history behind the holiday, I do take the day to celebrate family and ( Read more... )

This year for Halloween Dre and I dressed as the Ann Arbor urban Faeries. They are a local institution. Check it out here: http://www.urban-fairies.com/Read more... )

This weekend is already looking pretty crazy! I just wanted to announce that I am pretty sure that we will be at the Brooks dinner. I am hoping to meet up with my Prague students there, and I hope to see everyone who can make it as well.

You get what you give....
Yes...I AM talking about YOU...