This is the part where someone usually writes something like, “Professor J just stepped down after 7 years as Chair of History and Political Science, but continues to adjunct teach to stay in touch with what he loves in academia—students and learning.” Well I do really like those, but actually, I’m just a guy who doesn’t fit in any one category very well (would that be category A.D.D.?). Military member, CPA, financial analyst, teacher, historian-political scientist-academic, world traveler, karaoke singer, athlete, geek…asleep yet? :) I keep wondering if the main things that those different experiences have given me are dual delusions of wide familiarity and clarity, and a pathological disorder to share various written vomitoria related to those delusions! :) I may be a fiercely independent “equal opportunity offender,” but I try to emulate Emerson, who said that everyone he met was his superior in some way, and in that, he learned from them!
“The only thing new in this world is the history you don’t know.” Harry Truman
