The two or three people who read my blog on a regular basis have probably noticed that the frequence of my posts dropped a good deal in September. This is due to two factors. One, of course, is the start of the school year, something that affects most academic bloggers.
This other is the fact that I am currently in the job search process. My three year contract at LCC will be finished as of next May, so I am looking for a job for next fall. Because most of the positions hold interviews at the SBL meeting in November, the deadlines for the applications fall between September 15 and October 31 (although some are later). There are about ten positions that fit my specializations, so I have been busily preparing letters to these schools, printing out my curriculum vitae, writing my philosophy of teaching, and editing writing samples. Because I am in Lithuania, all of this has to be done early so that the applications will arrive in the US on time.
Once all of this is doing, the bloggings will return to their previous level of profundity.