C; Blogger in Chief
C is a human geographer who travels for her job, but also travels to escape academia (which tends to take itself way too seriously). Equally comfortable on a hike through ancient ruins as she is nursing a drink out of respect for the local drinking culture, she nerds out by listening to other people tell her about things of which she knows little or nothing. C has worked and lived in northeastern and northwestern Europe as well as up and down the eastern seaboard of the United States, but is no less fascinated by non-Western cultures than by her European ancestral homelands.
Published in works such as Geopolitics, C firmly believes that the way to improve herself is to surround herself with people who are better/smarter/more talented than she is (see below), and that a good meal can solve just about any problem. She speaks 1.25 languages.
Consultants to the Blogger in Chief
J; Resident Philosopher
J is C’s husband as well as being an Ivy League educated scholar who thinks the Ivy League is bogus. Largely free of neuroses (who isn't?), J possesses an incredible intellect and an acerbic wit. He is an avid traveller who is always up for an adventure and, much to his wife's consternation, tends to define adventure as "those activities which, if done improperly, may result in loss of life or limb".
J firmly believes that humility is best defined as objectivity towards the self and that a good beer can solve just about any problem. Published in such works as Aeon, he thinks Nietzsche is somewhat right in the diagnosis, but wrong in the cure.
M; Resident Geologist and Head of MI-6
M is a well-traveled geologist and glaciologist specializing in the Neoproterozoic Era. Fluent in Welsh (who isn't?), she travels for her research and for her own enjoyment. M has conducted fieldwork in, among other places, the the deserts of Namibia, the United States, and Australia, because it’s possible to study glaciers by looking at where they used to be. Often a travel companion of C and J, she is pelted with relentless geological and sciencey questions, which she answers patiently and in an easily understandable way.
M firmly believes that the Snowball Earth theory is mistaken, and that a cold beer in an icy mug after a long day of fieldwork in the desert can solve just about any problem. Published in such works as Sedmientology, she is baffled by people who buy quartz in jewelry stores. She is not actually the head of MI-6.
K; Resident Classicist
K is an Ivy league educated classicist specializing in sport and sexuality in Greek and Roman mythology. Trained in Latin and ancient Greek (who isn't?), she also happens to be C’s θεράπων (symbolic twin), only without the fuss and bother of ritual death. She has worked with youth groups in Maine and Montana, experiences that revealed her passion for teaching. Among K’s many talents are baking things which make one believe in a higher power, irreverent cross stitch, and kick-boxing. One of few people who fall under the heading, she was featured on the "Humans of HDS" tumblr page.
K firmly believes that most of what we think we know about the ancient world is wrong, and believes that homemade cinnamon buns and bourbon can solve just about any problem. A survivor of the academic firing range, she has delivered a synopsis of The Parthenon Enigma on 15 seconds notice while standing on the Acropolis.