I got up in time for breakfast and the plenary this morning. The Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at WMU claimed his profession, molecular biology, is completely unrelated to medieval studies. I disagree. I believe the two professions have much to offer each other, particularly when it comes to dating decayed flora and fauna. The talk by Eamon Duffy was good, although it was a very close sibling of the one he gave last year at Toronto. The plenary ran out of doughnuts before I arrived, which probably explains why I invested in one for lunch dessert to compensate.
With a full day of talks ahead of me, I though I would start with a meta-topic, and go to
I dabbled in the med-grad gathering, caught up with a summer CMS softball player, and caught the early afternoon Avista session, which was good, but would have been better if I'd been more awake. I wasn't awake enough to try for a late afternoon paper, which, alas, means I missed Katie's, but instead stood out in the warming sun, talking to a friend from past conferences, and hearing about his Adventures in Teaching. The sun makes me feel more awake, awake enough I should be fine for the evening, where the Pseudo Society awaits.