This article was in the pipeline for a long time but is finally out! 🗃️ #skystorians

Got my Ph.D. in 2008 - this spring, I finally broke down and bought my regalia. The timing is either completely right or completely wrong (but I do need it for commencement and I refuse to rent the sweaty, threadworn $74 version one more year...).

Dear Students - as of Wednesday, please, accept this free system that will a) come up with new ideas for you so you don't have to; b) write your outlines for your essays, and c) find the appropriate sources for said essays.

I have page proofs!

Café Bassam, San Diego

I got some good news this weekend! And early Christmas gift, one might say 😀🥳📚

Hey hey hey! My book is coming out in paperback soon! 😀

Octoberfest in California with German friends/colleagues (they were…interested)!

If one had actual German friends coming to town and took them to this Southern Californian event (which may or may not be happening in the neighborhood when they’re here), would they survive? Would our friendship survive? Asking for a friend…

Today it’s five years since my mother died - unbelievable how quickly time passes! (This is us in 2010)