64. How Conspiracy Theories Helped Get Marijuana Legalized in the USA

ADHS 2024 and my impending vacation

Dear Readers,

My original plan for this summer was to work very hard through May and June, and then do my traditional TOTAL VACATION™ during the first three weeks of July.

I know what you’re thinking: But aren’t you an academic who gets his summers off? Why do you need a vacation? Well, because while I don’t have to go into work in the summer, I’ve got my various projects that I really only have serious time for at this time of year. That’s what summers are really for if you’re going to stay productive in academia. And I try to stay productive.

So in order to make sure I’m not working all the time, I also commit to taking a few weeks completely off. And that is the essence of TOTAL VACATION™, which I’ll still be taking beginning July 1st, despite the fact that my May and June did not work out as planned.

But since I haven’t gotten a whole lot of work done this summer, rather than just put up the “I’m on vacation” sign here at the newsletter, I’m going to try and set some posts to go liv…