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I wanted to pass on this email from a reader…both because I enjoyed it and because it demonstrates just how books get sold. (Not primarily through ads in the New York Times, in short.) Dear [...]

My head is full of fourteenth-century German kings and non-restrictive clauses and SAT prep classes and uncleaned stalls. # My head is full of papal monarchies and Augustinian dichotomies, [...]

This was a big week for life events: we delivered Christopher to his freshman year at college, and Ben turned seventeen. The college trip came first…after a last goodbye from the youngest. [...]

DS13, back in the house after gathering eggs: "A big snake was strangling one of the chickens. I whacked it with a shovel until it let go." # Embarking on the Fifth Crusade this [...]

Tuesday night, Dan (thirteen) came charging upstairs after his nightly visit out to the chickenhouse to gather the eggs. “There was a huge snake wrapped around one of the chickens,” [...]

Home at 3 AM. Tip for United: When reason next to "Delayed" on notice board is "Late aircraft," that doesn't really answer our questions. # I think late-night flying has [...]

Still immersed in piles of “social media will bring an end to civilization” books in preparation for those Vancouver lectures. Still unconvinced, although I’m accumulating a [...]

Doing my best to have a day off. # Updating workshops for Chicago Expo this weekend (while fielding multiple phone calls informing us that our server is down. Yeah, we know). # Server [...]

Interesting news from the New York Times… In what might be the latest sign of trouble for brick-and-mortar bookstores, the mega-chain Barnes & Noble announced on Tuesday that its board [...]

At UVA Parent Orientation while DS18 off doing First-Year Orientation. So far, much more helpful than anticipated. # Difficulty balancing obligation to go to all orientation sessions w/desire to [...]