I'm pleased to announce that I've accepted an offer to be a visiting professor at the University of Virginia law school for the 2010-11 academic year. I spent 5 happy years in Charlottesville collecting a couple of degrees and Helen and I both still have a lot of friends and family in Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic area. So we're looking forward to it both professionally and personally.
Long-time readers, however, can already predict the downside. Yes, once again, I've been told by the boss that the dogs are too tender to fly and so we will be driving across country. When we last did so back in 2001 when we were going to Harvard for the year, Helen, Sam (our late golden retriever), and I spent 6 glorious days crowded together in a BMW X5 and 5 glorious nights in crappy "dog-friendly" hotels in miscellaneous two-bit towns. The prospect of fitting Helen, Toby, Bella, and myself in the Porsche seems too daunting for words. I may have to break down and get something practical.
