Kalamazoo!

OK -- I missed the annual Medieval Studies mega-congress at Kalamazoo once again this year. It's quite an event, though -- and anyone who's been, should take a look at some rather special reminiscences here. An excerpt:

I droned on in as perfect a monotone as I could manage, safe in the knowledge that such a reading would give my work the proper gravitas. When it was time for questions at the end, I filibustered, turning my first answer into the only answer time allowed.

As I had predicted, my presentation was a rousing success. But then, academics are like swine. As long as the farmer with the slop-bucket seems confident of himself they’ll happily eat up any sort of swill and grunt for seconds. Thirds if the farmer is named Foucault.

Posted by David on May 17, 2007 10:26 AM