Friday Varia and Quick Hits

If there was a sense of urgency in the Ohio State win last night, it was because they knew with Harbaugh at Michigan this was their last shot at a national championship for a long, long time. So we can’t blame them for finding a little extra to beat Alabama.

Since we have another few days before cricket recommences and then a few beyond that for more college footballing, I found a little gaggle of quick hits and varia to keep you entertained. 

• Classics and the Modern Middle East.

• Pottery and Politics in the Western Argolid Archaeological Project.

• Some lovely thoughts on Greece.

• A couple more New York Times articles on the Bakken: A Priest in the Patch and Corruption and the Reservation

• And some National Geographic on the Boom.

• I had a small panic last night that our workforce housing sites in the Bakken might all start to close down in the wintertime making it harder to document what was left behind.

• Henry Rollins’ sweet stereo.

• Be cold!

• What I’m reading: L. Wilkie, The Lost Boys of Zeta Psi: A Historical Archaeology of Masculinity in a University Fraternity. Berkeley 2010.

• What I’m listening to: Duke Ellington, Afro Bossa; Atlas, Real Estate.

No, really, my paws don’t work. Bring the treat to me here.