I. This is the first semester where I have no university commitments outside of doing my research. I have no teaching commitments, no cour...

A couple of weeks ago, Sam and I went up to Brighton Beach, which is an area of Brooklyn which has a lot of native Russian speakers living t...

For Christmas this year, Sam and I went down to DC to spend Christmas with Sam’s family. We had a nice break with family and friends. Ther...

Me, being me, felt the need to do some kind of decade-in-review. Since the 2010s corresponded with my 20s, there is a lot that happened duri...