Just getting my feet wet

I'm not going to dive right back into blogging after such a long absence, but here's an link, to kick things off. I don't find it's actual topic so interesting, actually. Loss argues that the metaphors employed to describe the work of historians imperfectly capature the reality. This is the nature of all metaphors, and is self-evident, I think. However, his assessment of the actual difficulties of historical work is spot on, and worth reading.