Welcome

Ah, the welcome chorus. The email containing an offer to rent soon-to-be-colleague's house in Really Dreadful Neighborhood whilst colleague is on sabbatical for the year. The parcel from Other Colleague containing an inscribed and nicely dedicated copy of Other Colleague's hip hop happening oh-so-slick hipster Non Fiction Paperback. A rousing chorus of "Welcome, oh Junior Colleague. What shit in the name of collegiality can we tip your way"? Or, perhaps, a case of "You've been outside of academia for a while. We really are this poorly adjusted."? The one person I'd like to hear back from has not replied - snowed under, I'm assuming, but slowly, steadily, I'm returning to Every Little Tiny Fucking Detail Has Meaning And Can Nay Must Be Interpreted Now Within An Inch Of Its Life. Ifyouknowwhatimeanandithinkyoudo...