Monthly Archives: January 2008

While walking through the park just by Buckingham Palace Sydney and I were passed by something like 50 apple-cheeked rugby boys out for a run. We did go to Harrods very quickly last night.  After passing hurriedly through the handbag … Continue reading →

Westminster Abbey: I suppose you should recognize this: And less aesthetically exciting, I suppose, but I find it amusing: Sydney

After a pretty uneventful flight, we arrived  in London early this morning. Sleeping on the overnight flight turned out not to work too well, since there was a group of people travelling together sitting around us who had no intentions … Continue reading →

Highlights of our preparations: – I have complained bitterly about Sydney’s keyboard (the keys feel sticky to me and they’re harder to push than most typewriters), not least because I’m coming from a light-touch laptop.  He, in turn, has complained … Continue reading →

I have spent a long couple of days preparing a teaching application, and I just finished.  Who knew you needed something like 5000 words and almost a hundred pages of attached syllabi, student evaluations, and the like to fill out … Continue reading →

Today Sydney and I took a look at digital cameras.  He needs something with which to take photos of the rare books at Oxford and I, ahem, am having trouble finding places that sell APS film for my camera.  Something … Continue reading →