Boudicca's Musings

Anybody else going to be at the International Congress on Medieval Studies in May?

I've been absent for many months from this site, but hopefully that is now over.

I am now finally back in school, as well. I started at Wayne State University last week and have found it quite nice to be back in the old routine.

I wrote this entry earlier this year and I have finally received a hard copy of my efforts.

Aside from a typo in the sources section, everything seems fine.

Cover of the group's bulletin can be found here since I can't seem to include it in this entry...

Skeletal remains reveal leprosy in a medieval prince....

I posted this at www.anthropology.net where I blog ($$) and thought that you guys might find it as interesting as I did.

(copy and paste is my friend)
I was absolutely ecstatic when I found a link to this article (granted the article does not appear to be new) in a livejournal group I...

I haven't posted in awhile for a variety of reasons. One big reason is because I've been somewhat blogged-out lately. About six weeks ago I picked up another job (on top of the crappy server one). I blog at an anthropology site. I post about 8-10 times a week and after trying to dig up material to write on and actually sitting down to write an...

I thought Planned Parenthood (at least back in California) was supposed to be a low cost supplier of birth control stuff?

I finally was able to make an appointment, however I had to call back to cancel it. They are only open on Monday. On Monday Martin works. The exam is $171. I do not have anywhere near that amount of money. That sounds almost as...

I worked my first night at my new job last night.
It is as bad as I expected it to be. To begin, my new job is as a server at a catering/banquet hall place down the street. I now make a dollar less then at my previous job even though I now have a college degree. On top of that the hours are awful; I’ve been told I can get about 10-15 a week, if that....

As some people may know, there are a few of the medieval military orders still around in some capacity today and apparently in New Zealand there is a chapter of the Order of St. Lazarus. The Chancellor of the Grand Priory of The Order of St Lazarus,� Noel Chapman, stumbled across my article on the internet (not sure where) and contacted me about it. He...

Sorry, I hope you don't mind. Since you cannot leave comments at your journal, I thought I'd try this route.....
"5 January: Adventures among the Hoi Polloi*
I took my grandmother to Wal-Mart a few days ago. (Not because I wanted to, but because she's on a limited budget and has no problems shopping there.) It was not a pleasant experience....

I have been very busy these past few days. Sadly, it has been largely confined to commenting in threads at a history group on MySpace and at a Baldwin IV group at LiveJournal. At MySpace I replied to a comment left in a thread about Moore's film, Farenheight 911. From there I accidentally steered the debate off topic as two other members proceeded to...