I did it to confuse my in-laws, who assume “no teaching” in the summer means “no work,” as though the rest of the job were summer camp crafts.

So, my little act of rebellion against the awkwardness of peer-review. I wrote my review as a letter to the author (anonymous, of course) explaining my concerns and advising changes.

I use backblaze and have liked it.

Headline: Trump kept FIFA Club World Cup trophy for himself -

Point taken, Mr. Smith. Point taken.

It's nice to hear that when face-to-face politicians can behave (more or less) normally—though PP staying in his car so he didn’t have to have a face-to-face encounter with Carney is a bit weird.

In this case, I think they're right. It's a bit of a mess and needs to be torn apart and rebuilt. But I'm really, really bored with it.

The good: Hermes has accepted my article on «The Letters of Agrippa II and the Sourcing & Early Dissemination of Josephus' Bellum (Jos. Vita 365–7)».
The bad: both reviewers raised reasonable concerns about part IV.
The ugly: addressing R1's concerns will make R2's worse and vice versa.

Happy Canada Day for those who celebrate! (And those who don't)

Yes, that is surely possible. I am a little surprised both that the reviewer asked for it and that the journal allowed it.

Hi, academic blueskiers. I recently received this from an editor of a top journal in Classics:
«Unfortunately, Reader A stated that they did not want to make their report available to the author, and only agreed to share a summary of the bulk of their objection.»
Has anyone ever met this before?

a man in a blue shirt stands next to a woman and a man in a plaid shirt .. ALT: a man in a blue shirt stands next to a woman and a man in a plaid shirt ..

How come that 25 page article that I submitted is now onlly 14.5 pages?

Proofs day!

Never eat yellow snow.

I've like him since I saw him shut out Cambridge in Blues ice-hockey in 1993!

Inching towards publication!

Wow. You're the coolest mom I know!

Day?!

Hmm. That's not my experience at all. Mine are young women with flowing locks and high cheekbones. All from warm climates, apparently, given their sartorial choices. No motivational quotes. I prefer to think that they're real and find me fascinating.

Just sent an email.

Nothing wrong with bailiwick. Or codswallop, fiddlesticks, or lollygag.

Me too!

Another point to be made is that one many of these authors could be included for other books. Barbara Levick's Roman Colonies, Tiberius, or Vespasian books would also be worthy of inclusion.

Alphabetically by the translator's mother's maiden name. To the outside observer it looks random.

Anyone want to suggest wine pairings?

Some will get a smile from Reviewer A's bet about an article submitted by a grad student and me about Butera and Sear's identification of the location of the Battle of Philippi.

1. Often. Probably once or twice a week.
2. Not for a long, long time.

Michael Swan, University of Saskatchewan.