Weekend roundup: HNR, arsenic, and a cough

Lessons I have recently learned: when people say that you should only go running while sick if your illness is above the neck, they're not kidding. I went for a short run on Friday and my lungs are still in revolt. (I apologize to everybody who had to listen to me cough my way through part of a panel at the Harrington symposium at UT yesterday!)

In nicer news, I recently received my first copy of the Historical Novels Review, the review publication of the Historical Novel Society. The...