While I am thinking of it, I'd just like to take the opportunity of
thanking some of the unsung, or at least not oft enough sung, regular
contributors to the list: Caroline Muessig for her wonderful feast
day announcements; Tom Izbicki for his unceasingly exciting Recent
Titles, Ottfried Lieberknecht for his staggeringly authoritative
scholarship and Bill East for his living perspective on medieval
liturgical life. I'm sure I must have missed someone, but it never
ceases to amaze me how much this list reflects my own ideals of what
academia should be, with none of the tiresome "downsides" I'm sure we
all experience in our "jobs". If there were as much genuinely
selfless interest and curiosity in our field(s) in general as there
is on this list, the world would be a better place.
Gratefully,,
Jim Bugslag
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