But anyway . . .

Combine euphoria and disenchantment: we will be austere, we will put our shoulder to the wheel: some of us remember bad times and normal times, base-level existence.  Small NYC apartments, a TV set, a microwave oven.  Not much has changed, really.

The little things.  What makes life worth living.  Like having tenure.

Today I "found out" (i.e. I did a Scroogle search in my name) that I've been anthologized by Berg Press under Elizabeth Edwards' co-editorship, with no advance warning.  A textbook, maybe a big seller, called "Visual Culture."  Okay, nice to be brought under someone else's armpit.

My dad says they don't want to give out thirty some copies to the authors who are anthologized.

Money.