That Time of the Year

It's that time of the year again for me, in which I churn out two or three paper proposals for an array of international academic conferences, all of which, if tradition holds, will be kindly refused. This year's contestants are entitled (1) 'On Theological Ends: Aesthetic Freedom and Creative Necessity' and (2) 'Raising High the Roofbeams: Theology Meets Actor-Network Theory'. Wish them well, as they enter the bad bad world.