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Saw the article this morning.  I understand how it got there, but still seems a tad goulish to pee and poop with a human bone at my feet.

Quote from: Sun_Worshiper on April 22, 2024, 03:52:57 PMI have never used a bidet. I hear great things, but seems so messy.

I first encountered stand alone bidets in Europe, as a 19 year old (I am now retired).  We used them to wash our blue jeans.

Fast forward to today:  Several family members have them.  They are now a single unit, integrated with the toilet.  Once I got the hang of using it, I found them simple and hygienic.  And no toilet paper needed.

Wish I had installed them when I built my house.  Now I'm trying to retrofit.

Quote from: Ancient Fellow on June 07, 2019, 01:51:21 PMWhat in everybody's opinion is the value of chapters in edited collections? If you were asked to contribute, would you contribute or not, and why? If its depends, what would it depend on? Since so many things are field specific, can those answering specify what area they work in?

Just an update –

Edited collection now under contract with Appropriate Moderately-sized University Press. The volume is a critical edition of a text with supplementary chapters by each of us in our relevant specialty area. Elapsed time from submission to the series editors to contract? Four years. Been a long haul, but it's a labor of love for myself and my contributors and will hopefully be out this year. Will likely do one more such volume for another neglected but significant text in the next couple years.

In the interest of cautioning early career researchers, let me just add two other categories –

Chapter in an edited collection based on a conference, supposed to be published by Huge Academic Trade Press. The lovely conference was eight years ago. No updates from publisher. Only sticking with it for the sake of the editors, but quietly wishing I had just submitted it to a journal eight years ago. I've no idea how antiquated it will seem when it finally sees the light of day, so I suppose it's a good thing I'm an ancient historian. Fortunately, I'm not myself terribly ancient, and so my chapter is unlikely to be posthumous.

Two chapters in a proceedings volume series, published by a Moderately-sized Academic Trade Press. The two conferences were great experiences, but being published in this proceedings series means they're less accessible to researchers. For a proceedings series, their reputation is pretty good, but their peer review is single non-blind and frequently done by the series editor rather than a subfield-specific expert. It doesn't particularly bother me, but it would have served me better to publish them in journals.

The lesson, I suppose, is that edited collections take bloody forever, garner less notice, but can be worth it if the project has inherent value to you.

Quote from: ab_grp on March 17, 2024, 10:06:48 AMI am interested to see what the next doctor (David Tennant) does with the role. 

Some people hold that one of the David Tennant episodes, "Blink," is the best single episode of any TV show. I'd agree that it is certainly the best single science fiction episode of any TV show. Of course maybe I'm overselling it. But see what you think.

Been doing some creative writing and I keep getting newspaper assignments.

But I am posting this here so I will make myself do it: tomorrow I will open up that revise-and-resubmit and readers' comments and make a plan.

Quote from: kaysixteen on April 22, 2024, 06:16:54 PMAll this is true.   Doesn't mean that Israel isn't a settler colonialist state, though.

Don't forget the Biblical connection, however.

All this is true.   Doesn't mean that Israel isn't a settler colonialist state, though.

I really did not need the Department drama that happened today.

I watched the final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, including the final episode, over the last couple of weeks. It was a lot of fun and ended on the right note. It also gave Seinfeld the send off that show deserved. As a long-time fan of both shows, I was actually a little moved.

LD is a comedy legend, Curb is one of the GOAT shows, and the finale was pretty pretty pretty good.

I have never used a bidet. I hear great things, but seems so messy.