I’m stuck (or indulging) in a weeks-long catchup mode for giant omeba -like tasks, and I’m doing my best to avoid looking at e-mail more than once every day or so. It’s mid-summer on campus, and I will admit that part of my e-mail slowdown is fear of what will pop up as much as a desire to get my own work done. The summer is silly season as much in academe as in politics because many faculty are out of town on various expeditions, serious and not, and the downtime is when both serious and
30 Jul 2009