Sacrilicious
I'm in Charleston, South Carolina (although when I got on the plane yesterday the pilot erroneously said, "Charleston, West Virginia" causing mild but fortunately momentary panic) at a conference. I've never been to Charleston before; it's a weird and fascinating part of the country, a land where people still drive around with McCain/Palin stickers on their cars. I'm skipping out on this afternoon's panels due to general exhaustion; am meeting with my co-panelists for dinner this evening and I figure that I should be semi-alert, at least. There wasn't much I wanted to see anyway, other than to stir up trouble at the 'Culture Research in Service to the Nation' panel, which is almost certainly not as ominous as it sounds anyway. Oh, and plus, I got my grading finished, which is a definite weight off my back.
Last night I went to dinner at a Jewish-owned seafood restaurant, the nationally-famous Hyman's, and had the crab dip to start, followed by Hyman's shrimp special, which amuses me in its sacriliciousness. Then today I've got my Project Steve T-shirt underneath my collared shirt, because despite this being the South, South Carolina is one of only ten states whose public school teaching of evolution has been rated as 'very good/excellent' in a study a few years back in Scientific American. I'm still not going to take my other shirt off and walk down the street, though. Although, did I mention that it is sunny and 22 degrees here today? Who's got two thumbs and isn't wearing a coat? THIS GUY.
Last night I went to dinner at a Jewish-owned seafood restaurant, the nationally-famous Hyman's, and had the crab dip to start, followed by Hyman's shrimp special, which amuses me in its sacriliciousness. Then today I've got my Project Steve T-shirt underneath my collared shirt, because despite this being the South, South Carolina is one of only ten states whose public school teaching of evolution has been rated as 'very good/excellent' in a study a few years back in Scientific American. I'm still not going to take my other shirt off and walk down the street, though. Although, did I mention that it is sunny and 22 degrees here today? Who's got two thumbs and isn't wearing a coat? THIS GUY.