Family Bragging Rights

What's the point of being related to someone notable and distinguished if you can't brag a little? (No, this isn't about my kids.) I proudly direct you to the University of Miami web site, and an announcement about some newly endowed distinguished professorships. The first one on the list is my very own and only brother, known as Uncle Chuck to my daughters and Distinguished Professor of Psychology Charles S. Carver to others. Scroll down a little on that page and you'll see his picture and credits. There's a Nobel laureate on the distinguished list, too, but I don't know him.

Here's Chuck's web page, or you can go straight to the pictures of his dog Calvin (be sure and check out the gallery if you're into silly dog pictures).

I know I've been missing from these pages for a turrible long time. I've passed up any number of really interesting subjects that I wanted to write about. That's because I've been banging my head against the Sunborn rewrite. I really am going to finish this book by the end of November, or die trying.

And now I must go. I'll be in the garret, pounding...