Friday Varia and Quick Hits

It is SHOCKING that today is Friday. When not a sabbatiquol Fridays seemed like mythical days, infinitely far in the future, and never really arriving (until it was too late and it was Sunday evening and you realized that you somehow missed both Friday and Saturday). Now Fridays arrive with alarming regularity.

And it’s winter here officially. I did miss the 72 hours of fall last week sometime, but it’s 36 this morning and the temperatures are falling. 

So I’ll do what I’ve done on winter Fridays: I’ll urge you all to curl up by the fire with a lovely warm beverage and read some Friday Varia and Quick hits. 

• Byzantine archaeology underwater.

• Private funds for archaeology and preservation.

• This is quite a book review.

• This book looks exciting, you know, if you’re into Late Roman and Byzantine Cyprus!

• Manolis Glezos now has a seat in the European Parliament. 

• Put your laptops away.

• Walking helps us think.

• I guess people are blogging again. 

• This is a nice summary of every article about being a professor that  read this fall.

• What? The Humanities have thrived despite the recession?

• Talking to your students about their future employment.

• For some, taking care of a dog is part of work/life balance. 

• This is what happens if you use one of Kyle Cassidy’s photos without his permission.

• Apocalypse Pooh.

• Watford City in the Atlantic. (It’s not all true).

• What I’m reading: Erik Anderson, The Poetics of Trespass. 2010. (Another selection from the Kostis Kourelis book club.)

• What I’m listening to: U2, Songs of Innocence; Brian Eno and Karl Hyde, High Life.

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