New Year...

I'm not a big fan of the start of a new year.  Don't get me wrong, New Year's Day is one of my favorite days of the year.  But that's just for the football and the time with friends, and one of the few days of the year I don't feel like I should be working.  The actual new year stuff tends to drive me nuts--the hype over a fluke of our contingent calendar, all the year-in-review programs that relive much of what I didn't care about the first time, etc....  Yet I can't seem to avoid taking a look back at the past year.  Quite a bit has changed for us: new job, new part of the country, new students and classes, new house, looking forward to a new child.  And while it's been a tough and, especially, draining year, it was a good one filled with great opportunities and adventures (e.g., my China trip, the NEH in Salt Lake City).  It dawns on me that I don't blog nearly as much as I used to.  Some of that is due, no doubt, to how swamped I've been this fall.  But I'm not sure if that's the only reason.  I'm actually thinking of starting a group philosophy-related blog with a couple of friends, which would address some of what I used to bring up here (e.g., issues related to the profession).  But I'm not sure if I'll continue to put much content up here.  I guess the new year will tell.