tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post462285478860740278..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: Why giving a plenary at Leeds is causing mild panic attacks and a small rashCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-89391648776308233482008-11-24T12:57:00.000-05:002008-11-24T12:57:00.000-05:00I'll be there. Somewhere. Though whether it will b...I'll be there. Somewhere. Though whether it will be in the first 180, the second 180 or the 3rd-class-hangers-on-840 we'll see .....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-89203698121194913672008-11-24T10:28:00.000-05:002008-11-24T10:28:00.000-05:00It may only be small comfort, Prof. Cohen, and you...It may only be small comfort, Prof. Cohen, and you may well know it already, but I used to work with John Arnold and he's a lovely guy whom I imagine will be a stalwart help in the questions.<BR/><BR/>Watching the plenaries at Leeds on video relay is always weird. The screens only really include the speaker, so it looks like a TV broadcast only the speaker is not talking to a camera, but loudly to an audience who aren't visible. One has to sort of tune out the incongruities and just listen , but it does mean that whatever you do your visual cues to your audience are going slightly left of centre for half of them... I think just being understandable is the greatest feat anyone can expect of a speaker in these circumstances.<BR/><BR/>ADM, I must buy you alcohol too, and I assure you that said doyenne is less scary than she used to be and is extremely likely to be very interested in your paper, too. Which is also scary but much better than her not so being...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-49189082422148660182008-11-24T05:52:00.000-05:002008-11-24T05:52:00.000-05:00Oh and WC45 (Welcome Carnivelsque 45).Oh and WC45 (<A HREF="http://www.crankyprofessor.com/archives/002004.html" REL="nofollow">Welcome Carnivelsque 45</A>).Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-45226288096412530212008-11-24T05:50:00.000-05:002008-11-24T05:50:00.000-05:00Make sure that ITMBC4DSoMA is one of them Eileen, ...Make sure that <A HREF="http://www.inthemedievalmiddle.com/search/label/ITMBC4DSoMA" REL="nofollow">ITMBC4DSoMA</A> is one of them Eileen, along with LOL, OMG,ROTFL, AMNBPH2A...Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-31466563981741600682008-11-23T20:18:00.000-05:002008-11-23T20:18:00.000-05:00I will be there and you won't have to worry about ...I will be there and you won't have to worry about the acronyms because I am having a special suit made that will have all of your favorite acronyms on it and I will sit near the main podium under a special floodlight.Eileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-45226637534178566122008-11-23T20:02:00.000-05:002008-11-23T20:02:00.000-05:00Oh I will most certainly remind you re: alcohol, a...Oh I will most certainly remind you re: alcohol, and will keep fingers crossed til your panel acceptance arrives!Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-35092018763395971122008-11-23T19:57:00.000-05:002008-11-23T19:57:00.000-05:00Ok, your Leeds panic is scarier than mine!And cons...Ok, your Leeds panic is scarier than mine!<BR/><BR/>And considering that mine is: 1) oh, shit, Leeds! and; 2) Oh shit, the single scariest doyenne of my field is on the same panel!, that's scary.*<BR/><BR/><BR/>Remind me to buy you alcohol.<BR/><BR/><BR/>*providing, of course that the panel has been accepted which, see above on scary scholar.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Dedba: what sheep are when they aren't aliveAnother Damned Medievalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231085915472400163noreply@blogger.com