Hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday with family and friends.

In lieu of a 5000 word think piece on school murals (more on that at a later time), here are a few 4th of July related memes:

In other news, I just got wifi installed at the new house rental in Indy and am in the midst of unpacking and hanging pictures. We have an embarrassment of square footage over here compared to the old New York diggs–big enough for me to get back into my indoor prancercize regimen.

I’ve also got my office set up and raring to go for dissertation writing.

Lastly, teaching “World History from 1700” at University of Indianapolis has officially begun. I’m dusting off old world history material I previously taught, and things are coming back to me fairly quickly. Also, so much of U.S history scholarship these days has a global flavor that it hasn’t been as hard of a transition as I anticipated.