Actually, I did start thinking about this when it was assigned back in the
spring -- that was when the topic-oriented structure occurred to me, especially
after having done two major text-directed RR discussions in nine months. And I
made notes all summer, and collected sources or ideas as they came my way.
But for the final production push this past month -- yeah, though I didn't
neglect my family, perhaps my job got less focus than it should have. And
sleep... that was kind of an ongoing negotiation with my body, which is getting
pretty sick of this kind of behavior, many decades after college.
I do enjoy doing this and I appreciate whatever response it receives. In the
end, I'm just trying to balance my natural pedantry with having some fun and
keeping the RR busy and
amused.
Everyone is almost yielding to the desire to tell this grave young man, whose words seem so wise and fair, all that is in their minds. Join us in the Reading Room this week as we discuss Chapter 5 of Book IV in The Two Towers: "The Window on the West".
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