{"id":951,"date":"2007-11-13T04:40:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-13T04:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=951"},"modified":"2007-11-13T04:40:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-13T04:40:00","slug":"gallimaufry-is-not-a-irish-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=951","title":{"rendered":"Gallimaufry is not a Irish Word."},"content":{"rendered":"

¶ Dude, it’s like this secret Irish slang, you dig? So don’t be a twerp–glom onto this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, be careful of enthusiastic folk etymologists with a pocket dictionary and an agenda. It could just be a gimmick.<\/p>\n

Time and Mind<\/em><\/a> is a new journal of postprocessual archaeology: “The journal features scholarly work addressing cognitive aspects of cross-related disciplines such as archaeology, anthropology and psychology that can shape our understanding of archaeological sites, landscapes and pre-modern worldviews.”<\/p>\n

¶ Blogging will be light for the next few days. I have to ride the big silver snake to Southern California and the American Academy of Religion<\/a> annual meeting. Berg should have a booth there–maybe I can find the journal.<\/p>\n

So many bloggers go to events and post pictures of exhibitor booths and shots of happy people in hotel bars. I will try to avoid that — unless I get something really good.<\/p>\n

I will be checking out the possibility of freelance work too, which adds an extra urgency to the trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

¶ Dude, it’s like this secret Irish slang, you dig? So don’t be a twerp–glom onto this. On the other hand, be careful of enthusiastic folk etymologists with a pocket dictionary and an agenda. 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