Author Archives: fustianist

As Sydney and I drove through Chicago yesterday and noticed huge, sprawling suburbs on both sides of the road.  I’d say the average house had 4,000 square feet and was approximately five years old.  We were cracking jokes about the … Continue reading →

After a stop with friends in Ohio, we spent Sunday with David and Lisa and their three boys: Andrew, Jonathan, and Benjamin.  Sydney seemed to have fun with Benjamin (yes, folks, that’s a smile!), and Benjamin was veeeery happy to … Continue reading →

Sydney and I got to St. Bonaventure before 10 this morning and spent the day in the library.  I have to say, it’s nice to be in a library that’s not really crowded, as Cornell’s libraries seem to be (particularly … Continue reading →

Sydney and I head out tomorrow for a whirl of traveling that will keep us away from Ithaca until the new year. – Thursday and Friday: we’ll be at St. Bonaventure University, where Sydney will do more research among old … Continue reading →

Having decided that Francisco Suarez is rather too mainstream and common for my tastes, I’ve started doing some research on even later scholastics, i.e., from a time when scholastics didn’t exist to the mind of most people. Actually, they did. … Continue reading →

Last night Sydney left home around nine to meet up with some guys from his department while I, ahem, took a three-hour nap.  It’s been a week of long days, so the nap felt fantastic.  Today I stayed home (to … Continue reading →

Wow, was it ever painful to shift from Thanksgiving break at home into the long-days-on-campus routine of the final week of class.  Even without any classes on my slate, there’s an inevitably a meeting or two or three each day … Continue reading →

When we started dating Sydney introduced me to the Penner-men tradition of “night lunch,” which amounts to a sizable bedtime snack.  Or, more accurately, the fourth meal of the day.  When Sydney and Nelson get together, we see a lot … Continue reading →

I think one of the things I am most thankful for is that I was spared Black Friday shopping. I’ve always thought there was something a bit odd about Black Friday shopping — you spend a day being thankful for … Continue reading →