| Volume Seventeen: 10 July 2000 | ||
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This first edition of the news of the new millennium (or the first edition
of the news of the last year of the old one, depending upon where you stand
in the great debate) has been slow in coming, even by my standards. I've
been predicably busy trying to split time between grad school and working
on WebSurvent and even the
odd CATI job. I've
taken enough abuse from friends and family, however, about the site's state
of disrepair to have finally done a little something about it.
I've knocked off the first year of graduate coursework, however, and I thought polishing up the web site a little might be an appropriate way to mark progress in a semi-public forum. I won't, with the spectre of the Comprehensive Exam and what looks like a busy summer of programming on the horizon, call this a "break," though...perhaps a "reallocation of stress." Whatever it is, the birds are chirping, the sun is shining, and hegemony is being extended as far as the eye can see. The beauty of early summer... After painfully offering congratulations to the fans of the Bulls in years past (I was feeling lazy enough last year not to concern myself with the Spurs last season; apologies to any offended San Antonians), I'm beyond happy to have seen my beloved Lakers win one for the first time in a decade. Though they certainly made things a little more interesting along the way than was probably necessary (I just about turned off the tube during Game 7 against Portland), I've got to admit that it's nice to be pulling for the winner. Even my Angels look pretty good heading into the All-Star Break. Amazing. On the domestic front, Allison is back out here for the summer, this time laboring diligently at the Mar Vista Animal Medical Center, just a short shot down Venice from the abode. She's reported generally positive things about work thus far, and plans are being made as I write this to consume as much Indian food as possible this summer. News on the site: hold your breath, folks. I've actually added, for the first time in ages, some actual content. Most notably, there's a long-form review essay, covering the historiography of the colonial frontier. Along with that are four new book reviews, two of which (the William Cronon and David Weber) are integrated into the longer piece and two of which (the Christine Heyrman and Carol Reardon) stand completely on their own. Beyond that, I've done a little bit of cleaning up here and there (thanks to Aaron for catching an error or two in my Sabermetric Notebook), though I'm sure I've missed a little in my semi-annual once-over of the site. If you find anything, let me know. |
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