A not a very well-kept secret is that there will be a panel on History Blogging at January's 120th annual convention of the American Historical Association in Philadelphia. Rick Shenkman of History News Network and POTUS will chair the panel. It will include Manan Ahmed of Chapati Mystery, David Beito of Liberty & Power, Juan Cole of Informed Comment, and my own Cliopatriarchritudinous self, but I suspect that Sharon Howard of Early Modern Notes, who will make her first trip to the United States to be on the panel, may steal the show.

The Cliopatricians and friends will adjourn from the session for our Third Annual Banquet. Actually, our First Annual Banquet had to be canceled because I became ill at the last minute. [ed.: really, you'd rather not know.] But you can see some of the usual suspects gathered in Seattle for our Second Annual Banquet last January. We're fortunate this year because Alan Allport is on the Local Arrangements Committee for the convention and is drafting its recommendations for the best places to eat in Philadelphia. The convention session will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday 7 January. I expect that every history blogger at the session will be acknowledged. It will be a great opportunity to meet each other; so, make your plans now. Be there or be square.