Friday Varia and Quick Hits

Once spring break is over, the semester begins to gain momentum on its own. Deadlines come more quickly, student questions come with a bit more urgency, and summer plans seem to have just a bit more energy to them. 

While we’re still buried under a foot of snow, the late afternoon puddles are starting to get bigger and the dry roads remind us that by the end of April, we might be able to see some grass.

This time next week, we’ll be talking about opening day in baseball. This weekend, though, is about basketball with the NCAA tournament getting to the business end of things and the Sixers headed out West. I’m going to pass on the Benevidez-Plant PPV this weekend. There are too many good fights scheduled for the next month without having to pay for this one. I am excited about the NASCAR Cup race in COTA in Texas though where former F1 champ Jenson Button, will make his Cup debut, and Kimi Räikkönen will return for an encore. That should add some buzz to the weekend’s festivities.

• Pasts Imperfect. 

• Grace and the Parthenon Marbles.

• MOMA’s favorite photo books of 2022.

• Open Access: Ancient Egypt, New Technology: The Present and Future of Computer Visualization, Virtual Reality and Other Digital Humanities in Egyptology.

• Some fiction: “The Complete Miracles of St. Anthony” (a short story).

• Two from the NYT.

A Cairo Mansion.

Beethoven’s Hair. 

• Ewing Annex Hotel.

• Kottke.org at 25.

• Furlan Marri.

• What I’m reading: books for an annual publishing contest.

• What I’m listening to: Modern Jazz Quartet, Django.