Friday Varia and Quick Hits
It’s been a cold and hectic few days here at the New Archaeology of the Mediterranean World Global Headquarters. But the semester is winding down, there’s a fire in the fireplace, and I might even risk a little Christmas music on the olde tyme stereophone.
While I enjoy some contemporary holiday musings, I’ll put together a modest list of quick hits and varia for your entertainment.
So we’re looking for a dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Before you rush out to apply, you need to be sure that you “have unquestioned integrity, exemplary interpersonal and communication skills, a commitment to diversity, common sense, and sound judgment.” This is so dumb. If you don’t have common sense or sound judgement, this sentence will probably not deter you from applying.
This very odd application (or is it?) packet that arrived at the University of Chicago this week has been making the rounds on the internets.
For all the hype surrounding Shane Watson, the reality is that he’s mediocre, if stylish, with the bat and ordinary with the ball. Please, Cricket Australia, move on!
This is the second or third reality TV show that we heard pitched for the Bakken Oil Patch. I just dropped them a line and offer to serve as a consultant.
I have to say that I really like Snapspeed on my iPhone 5. And I like even more because it’s free.
The 50 best albums of the year from the NPRs and a list from Stephen Mejias at Stereophile.
Remember that Old Church on Walnut Street that I rambled on about a few months back? Well, this is the new house on Walnut Street. Congratulations to the Grand Forks Community Land Trust.
The only way I now search the internet involves using this interface with Googles. (Or if I feel more into the 1980s frame of mind, I use this.)
A couple of nice posts on writer’s houses: first on E.B. White and then on writer’s cabins in general.
What I’m reading: J. Thomas, Archaeology and Modernity. (Routledge 2004).
What I’m listening to: Swans, The Seer; Frank Turner, Love, Ire, and Song; Interpol, Turn on the Bright Lights.
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