Oh my gosh – Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine that I could ever even be nominated for an award like this. I mean, I’ve dreamt of S&M a million times, but this just beats them all. See how painful that pun was? Somebody pinch me.

Gosh.

How can I even begin to summarize a year like this one? Perhaps my proudest achievements have been in the field of Mythological Animal Husbandry. Although this year I was unable to stimulate any economic activity in the field of Sweat-Of-The-Brow Copyright enforcement, my work in non-traditional Extensional Agriculture continues to draw comment.

Here at the UNC School of Information and Library Science, my dissertation plans for re-engineering the Library of Congress Subject Headings as part of the Fred 2.0 project continue apace. I have lost count of the number of times I’ve heard the spiritual voice of the late Professor Kilgour telling me to stop messing around and just get the work done. I haven’t determine why he always says this whilst doing imitations of other, living faculty, but until I reduce my intake of (Spirits), I guess I’ll never be a happy medium.

In conclusion, I’d like the to thank the committee once again. If I’m still unclear on precisely what an iSchool is, I have a far better handle on where the emerging Wisdom School Movement is heading. And if, unlike other former SILS Big WIgs, I lack even a first generation Kindle with which to read all those excruciating discounted titles from publishers like OUP, it’s not the end of the world. Er – it isn’t, is it?