Travel Diary 6 13 Oct 2009 Today I had a lovely time visiting Oxford University Press in the company of net-friend Mike Lyle and several of his philology friends. I checked that the OED has the right definitions of species (it’s not bad; I’ll send them a correction later), and then we went to a bookshop that had Loeb editions for £8. These cost a whole lot more in Australia. Say, about 8 times more… Beneath the fold is a picture of the conference team. Spot the Wally. Administrative
Administrative New category for books 18 Nov 200718 Sep 2017 You may have spotted that I have created a new category called, expressively, “Book”. This is primarily for when I review books, which I am going to do more, but also when a book raises issues I want to comment on, or just mock. I’ve gone back and added this… Read More
Administrative Short takes 9 May 2008 So much has been happening in the world while I was giving a talk on the adaptiveness of religion in Sydney. The Platypus thing was one item I’d have blogged on if the rest of the blogosphere hadn’t beaten me to it. All I can say is that no matter… Read More
Administrative Comment snafu 9 Sep 2008 I just checked the spam comments folder, and there, amidst the sea of Envall crap, were some legitimate comments. So I have revived them, and this may explain some discontinuities and duplications in various threads. My apologies to the victims. Read More
Were you in the closet again? I’m guessing rear row jut to the left of the picture on the right side of the back wall. And couldn’t you have made the picture any smaller?