I filed my dissertation and now can finally start experimenting with other kinds of writing — for example, blogging. I suspect this blog will be a very occasional affair, with one or two posts a month at most. It may take me some time to find an appropriate voice. Your comments and gentle criticisms are most welcome.
P.S. May 25, 2010: For an unknown reason, UMI took almost two years to make my dissertation available via open access. My repeated requests finally resulted in an explanation that it was a mistake on their part. My Publications page now links to the full text of my dissertation.