Nice to see that an article I wrote ten years ago on Thomas Mann is now linked in the syllabus for a German literature course at the College of William and Mary in Virginia.
Christmas Wishes
Wow. Christmas came up so fast. I was out of town from Saturday until yesterday. I hope everyone had a great Christmas. And for those who don’t celebrate Christmas, I hope your time off (if you got some!) was restful and refreshing. Now, on to important things, like making sure all my computers and electronic equipment is Y2.002K-compliant.
Royal Tenenbaums Prop Auction
This is cool: they’re auctioning off some of the props from the other must-see film of the season, Wes Anderson’s Royal Tenenbaums. These would make nice Christmas presents!
Lord of the Rings
Leave it to the Globe and Mail (“Canada’s National Newspaper”) to print a cranky review of Fellowship of the Ring. Reviews elsewhere have been almost universally great. I probably won’t get to see it until at least the weekend, but if you’ve seen it, what are your thoughts?
When I Was A Boy (or at least a Usenet Newbie)
Searching through the Usenet archives on Google, I found my first ever Usenet post, from August 1991. I was posting to soc.college.gradinfo asking for information on graduate programmes in English literature. I had forgotten my first email address, which was mcnally@zooid.guild.org. Wow, ten years online!