On Conferences

I spent this weekend in Philly with the delightful Sayers and Mr. Sayers. Also, I attended the Northeastern Political Science Association conference. Conference absurdity was pretty high on my panel: I was the only one of four presenters who showed up. So it was my discussant, me, Wystan, a friend from Baylor and a random guy (I gave him an out to leave if it was not my paper he came to hear, but he stuck around). In the end, it worked out fairly well--I got lots of feedback on my paper. Still, it clearly wasn't a panel presentation. And it was held in a hotel room without the bed--there was a bathroom attached to the room we were in.