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Australian philosopher, literary critic, legal scholar, and professional writer. Based in Newcastle, NSW. My latest books are THE TYRANNY OF OPINION: CONFORMITY AND THE FUTURE OF LIBERALISM (2019); AT THE DAWN OF A GREAT TRANSITION: THE QUESTION OF RADICAL ENHANCEMENT (2021); and HOW WE BECAME POST-LIBERAL: THE RISE AND FALL OF TOLERATION (2024).

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Long blog break

I've been on a long de facto blog break - not something I especially intended, but just how it's been turning out.

The last three weeks have been a bit intense, not so much incredibly busy (though busy enough) as incredibly nerve-wracking. Jenny and I made a decision some ago that we would need to sell our house and move on to the next phase of wherever we'll live. Actually, we'll still probably live in Melbourne for a year or so, renting somewhere, while we take stock of our options. Of course, this has meant dealing with real estate agents, lawyers, painters, carpet-repairers, etc., etc., none of it unpleasant and too much of it falling on Jenny ... see next para for why ... so I can't complain too much. Still, it's been a bit fraught, and I must say that I love this house, and have loved living it. I'm a bit sad about having to sell up, though I'm in no doubt that it's the right decision. We can't live the semi-retired lifestyle we do, with relatively little cash-flow, week by week, and also maintain a house as expensive as this one.

At the same time, events have come to a head with the preparation of my PhD thesis. There was an administrative log-jam to be broken - no use going into this - and it took a bit out of me working out what to do about it. However, the upshot is that I've spent much of the past three weeks deeply immersed in getting the thesis into order for submission. I have a green light from the department, and if all goes well it will be submitted late in the coming week (or early the following week). I now have what seems to be the final version - subject only to the very last layer of proofreading. I just need to run around getting copies bound, various forms signed, and so on.

I never planned that these two things would come to a head at once, but that's how it's worked out. So be it.

18 comments:

Blake Stacey said...

Wait, doctoral thesis work comes before the blog? This changes everything!

I read Kong Reborn recently, by the way, and I liked it.

Brian said...

Wow, too busy. You need to drop everything and blog. :)

Tony Smith said...

Glad I too was too busy to come looking for you for that long planned catch up.

I'm even taking myself away for the back end of this week to unwind. September may be better.

Russell Blackford said...

I'm feeling guilty, though - my poor blog has been neglected. Must get back to it now. My mind has just been too cluttered of late to think about anything to say here. My usual day of late has involved alternately fiddling with the thesis and playing around with the various apps on Facebook.

Russell Blackford said...

Glad you like Kong Reborn, Blake. As with everything I write, I see nothing but it's faults, years later, but it was fun to write - and obviously a lot of work went in.

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