On This Labor Day ...

I'm working.

• One letter of recommendation down, two more to go (all of them are from Grinnellians).
• Two articles in the works, and no specific progress (but there two or three promising journals to solicit to).
• One article that is co-written that is slowly making its way through.
• One dissertation waiting to be reworked into a manuscript, and no plan for revisions (not to mention, no publisher either).
• One lecture on Hobbes that needs to be revised for the students including a powerpoint presentation, lecture notes, and discussion questions to think of.
• One lecture on introducing the nature, origins, and functions of the judiciary branch of the United States. It's all about Alexander Hamilton's Federalist #78.
• One meeting/dinner at an exhibition opening with the Board of Trustees of CCA.
• Two speaking engagements for CCA-organized panels on critical race theory, and the notion of a post-racial US.

But over the weekend, I did cook clams for the first time in black bean sauce with rice wine. It was yummy.