meetings (where one plans next year's sessions) to publishers' receptions (where one drinks cheap wine).  Does this make me unfit for academia?  Discuss.</p>

<p>- In semi-related news, yes, I am re-reading <i>Gaudy Night</i>.  With intent.  It has always been one of the easy ones on those excruciating lists of "favorite books ever," and I customarily take it on trips long enough that I consciously pack books for them, but I don't usually bother taking it to academic conferences.  I can't imagine why not --