Monday, March 21, 2022

Research conceit (1 of 2): Plaque.

It's kind of ridiculous that I found this research niche on this one ancient language, and that my one paper that I just announced corrected every scholar in that area ever, though they haven't quite noticed it yet (one specialist I know already got back to me by email when I told him about my upcoming talk, and he's very excited and intrigued). 

Anyhow, maybe this summer I'm going to get around to getting a small plaque made for besides the door by my back cottage - 

[ADJECTIVE FORM OF THE DISCIPLINARY AREA] 

RESEARCH INSTITUTE 

OF 

[TOWN NAME], [STATE NAME] 

- since if I'm going ahead and doing it, I might as well get some recognition for it. 

I mean, here I am, this freelancer who just works from their kitchen table a lot, sitting and thinking and breaking big shit, it's all kind of ridiculous.

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