Grant-Writing Equals Non-Blogging

I had a beer with a visitor to Ottawa last night--Ottawa's own Roland Paris, who has been in Paris for a sabbatical.  He complimented me on the speed of my writing as we chatted about stuff, like how far behind I am on my next book project.  Anyhow, I was amused by the comment, as this fall has been a long slog through a grant-writing effort.  It has crowded out the book and heaps of other stuff, including the volume here at the Spew. 

Hence this post--explaining why this is the token post du jour.  Got to get back to the grant.  More on that later.