Friday Varia and Quick Hits

Another unseasonably war weekend ahead with temperatures climbing into the upper 30s. The snow is melting away and leaving patchy ice and frozen mud in its place. I’m not sure its an improvement.

This weekend is among the dullest weekends on the sporting calendar. I might, maybe, try to catch the Joshua Buatsi vs. Dan Azeez fight on Peacock(!), catch the Sixers game on Saturday night, and watch the annual NASCAR tomfoolery in LA, but none of them count as must see TV for me. 

It’s probably for the best in that my “too read” and “needs grading” pile looks a bit perilous and I have a stack of page corrections to make on a set of page proofs. It feels like a weekend that will reward some discipline, but it can start with the meaningful distraction of some quick hits and varia: 

• A special section on Historical Archaeology and the Mediterranean in Historical Archaeology (with some open access content).

• Can Hindu “non-duality” rescue fragmented Western Christianity?

• First Approximation of Population Distributions on the International Space Station.

• Dan Diffendale’s Tria Corda blog is back. It’s one of the most venerable blogs on the web dating back to the early 21st century. Its blogroll alone is a trip down memory lane!

• More bloggy goodness:

Theorizing the Vault from Rogue History.

Twelve Days in the Year: 27th January 2024 from The Sphinx. 

Teaching Tuesday: Health, Morality, and Learning from Archaeology of the Mediterranean World. 

• Marshall Allen.

• Lee Striker Obituary.

• The Patty Melt.

• Is It Bandcamp Friday?

• What I’m reading: See above.

• What I’m listening to: Harold Land, A New Shade of Blue.