Today’s Mother’s Day, and I’m going to make a rather unusual post, combining several topics: How much I miss my mother, how tiresome I find the “Your Mom” joke, and what I think the predominance of that joke in some social settings means. First of all, my Mom passed away over five years ago now, [...]

Oops, a month went by without any posts. Well, it’s been a busy month of research and classes, and as usually happens, this blog falls by the wayside. I’ve got to come up with a better system for doing this, as this is the third or fourth post in a row which has started off [...]