Friday Varia and Quick Hits

We’re enjoying October weather right now in North Dakotaland with temperatures soaring into the mid-40s yesterday, ektachrome skies, and wispy white clouds. Despite the end of the semester chaos and some looming deadlines, I spent as much time outside yesterday as I could.

This weekend will continue to be mild, but I’ll have to reclaim some of my lost discipline and plan to spend some hours on my laptop by the fire with breaks to watch the penultimate Formula 1 race of the season, my Ohio State team continue its strange march to the college football playoffs, and maybe a bit more of the New Zealand-West Indies cricket match which I fear is rambling toward an indecisive conclusion. I don’t think I’ll watch the Spence-Garcia fight although I’d love to see Sebastian Fundora in his step up fight. 

There are also books, articles, and even some fiction that I need or want to read.

And, of course, a little list of quick hits and varia:

• From Roman to Early Christian Cyprus.

• Modeling an Approach to Race in Antiquity.   

• Slut-Shaming, Racism, and Transphobia in the Byzantine World.

• Byzantium and America on the Cusp of Modernity.

• Finding Archaeological Relevance during a Pandemic and What Comes After.

• The Vox museum issue.

• Inequalities in the Ancient Mediterranean. 

• Archaeologists and Indigenous People.

• Journal of Greek Archaeology 5 (2020). Also note that you can download for free this issues “A Guide to Good Practice in Mediterranean Survey Archaeology.“

• Brutalism in Northern England.

• The Ghosts of Segregation.

• The Dig trailer.

• Polar bear prints with a purpose.

• Majuscule.

• 1972 Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date Ref. 1500.

• Twittering Machines 20 Favorite Albums of 2020.

• What I’m reading: Journal of Greek Archaeology 5 (and a couple of book manuscripts!)

• What I’m listening to: Lafayette Gilchrist, Now.