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Berlin: could have been better managed

Wednesday, January 4, 2006

I’m off to Berlin tomorrow, for Games and Decisions in Pragmatics II. I just went online to book a hostel (after procrastinating for the past week for various not-very-good reasons), only to discover that online booking needs several days notice. And no phone-numbers in evidence. So we’ll see how things pan out when I arrive [...]

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Invited speaker! (almost)

Monday, December 19, 2005

I just received not one but two invitations to present at an upcoming conference, or even to organise a special session, should I so desire. The catch? It’s the 2006 edition of the scam conference that accepted a randomly-generated paper in 2005.

So I guess maybe the personal opening and “We are emphasizing the area of [...]

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Impromptu: gig Friday

Sunday, December 4, 2005

Impromptu are playing their last gig of the year this coming Friday, at CREA. I’m recommending them partly because I had dinner with Ralph a couple of nights ago (bloke with the mandolin) and he was complaining that numbers are dropping, but also because they’re damn cool. If you haven’t already seen them, go along [...]

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Szklarska Poreba: call for submissions

Saturday, November 26, 2005

It’s that time of year again, when we take ourselves off to Poland to ski and discuss pragmasemantics. Apparently I’m programme chair again (don’t know me, confused about the name?), I suspect this is due to Reinhard reusing the email from last year’s workshop. “Relevance” is the new theme, but this shouldn’t put you off [...]

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Party. Zaandam.

Tuesday, August 30, 2005

My old flatmates in Zaandam are holding a BBQ Wednesday night, which I’m hijacking as a celebration of my graduation. (It’s also probably the last gasp of summer…) Anyone who knows the address is invited. Anyone who doesn’t know the address but thinks I might be convinced to tell them, give me a shout. (I [...]

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