US trip

off to Dallas in a few hours for another doctoral course. i’m looking forward to it a great deal for a bunch of reasons. it’s always good to get out of your “box”, be challenged and expanded in your thinking (which is bound to happen when you’re sitting in a room with guys who are smarter than you), and connect with old friends and colleagues.

i’ll do my best to keep a bit of a running commentary happening through twitter, so follow me there if you want to stay more closely in touch (www.twitter.com/obrienmb). the twitter updates to the blog seem to be at least 24 hours slow.