Pilgrimage to Montreal

I will be presenting a paper at 2005 NASSR. Now that I've got my t's crossed and my i's dotted – namely, the paper is all done and ready – I can sit back and read for purely recreational and self-improvement purposes :)

"modern conference resembles the pilgrimage of medieval Christendom in that it allows the participants to indulge themselves in all the pleasures and diversions of travel while appearing to be austerely bent on self-improvement" (David Lodge, Small World).