Wednesday, March 11, 2009

hi-ho, hi-ho

Today was my third day of work at my new job. So far so good. I haven't actually done anything yet, but tomorrow I will transition from "getting settled" into getting down to business. I'm looking forward to it.

Yesterday my boss gave me a t-shirt that our department made a few years ago. The quotes on it help to sum up (in a humorously self-deprecating way) the kind of history work we do:

"to common readers they will appear unnecessarily erudite, and pedantic."

and

"I repeat that I am too tired of the subject to go over it again. so I think I must publish it as it is."

Both were written in a letter from Thomas Jefferson to George Hay, 28 December 1811.

I'm excited.

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