Entries from May 2009

May 23, 2009

Me, PhD.

Well, ladies and germs, I did it.  I managed with a messed-up computer (which was entirely my own fault; and besides, I pledged to myself, when I bought this computer in 2003 and paid it off in 2004, that THIS, this right here, would be the computer upon which I would write my dissertation; and [...]

May 2, 2009

Bottle it up.

I have learned the very hard way that:
Whatever it is you meant to say, you ought to write it down immediately. Make no concessions as to where you are and what you are doing. Simply find a means of conveyance and write it down.
I have lost too many Good Things in [...]