Two weeks after completing my career as professional student (and two weeks into my new career as an academic bum), I was flipping through the Boston Metro and what did I see? No, not another Gibbs College ad – it was an ad for the 2007 Health & Fitness Expo, where none other than Caridee […]

I valiantly defended my dissertation against my vicious examination committee yesterday. Actually, they were extremely pleasant. I was really nervous about my dissertation seminar, but it actually went very well (thanks to Microsoft Office 2007 Powerpoint speaker tools). To celebrate, my wonderful advisor Patricia D’Amore took the lab out for dinner. Now that I have […]

APRIL 25 HIGH NOON CONTACT ME FOR DETAILS BE THERE OR BE SQUARE (OR SEND GOOD VIBES MY WAY)

It may have taken eight years to complete the PhD, but it only took three weeks to write the dissertation. To prevent repetitive stress injuries, I had Chairman Meow take over the typing from time to time: Here Chairman Meow checks the final draft for typographical errors and spurious conclusions: It was not easy, but […]

I have exactly three weeks to write my entire Ph.D. dissertation. Lord help me. Fortunately, Chairman Meow is doing most of the writing: Wish me luck! ***