Smelt, Ph.D.

It is accomplished!

schoolsmelt — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:10:04 +0000

I got word from all committee members that my dissertation has been accepted, and that I am finished. I'd first heard via smartphone email that 4 of 5 members had approved, under really glorious circumstances. Setting the stage: I'd been back home for about a week ...

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Officially Suspending Indefinitely

schoolsmelt — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:52:35 +0000

I've gone an embarrassing number of days without thinking of this persona at all, much less feeling like writing about the process that is the dissertation. Since I've been living the "if you can't say something nice..." platitude, there really hasn't been much ...

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So, wow, the MoMail thing works

schoolsmelt — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:50:09 +0000

Cool. Yes, I am still alive. I am also still writing the dissertation. It is a long story, but basically boils down to working with five different people who will all have their names on my document. That it's not actually only my document, and that they have other ...

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I passed my oral defense!

schoolsmelt — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:23:09 +0000

Better in retrospect than when it was happening, and I'm pretty sad that the recording I thought I'd made didn't get saved (nerves!), but I am very pleased with the outcome. There is a lot more to say, but I'll say it later. I"m happier than I've been in a long ...

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Fox? Yoshick?

schoolsmelt — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:53:53 +0000

Damn, where'd you go? I will miss you (but would be happy to follow to wherever your new digs may be... in a non-creepy way, of course.) My email's at g0og1e, with this site's username before the at. Be well.

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More updates

schoolsmelt — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:14:38 +0000

Tomorrow, I will be submitting my graduation paperwork! As we all know, this does not guarantee that I will graduate, but it is another step in the right direction. I've begun work with another dissertator, who I've known for longer than I've been in the program. She ...

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Update

schoolsmelt — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:24:46 +0000

Well, the previous entry is really a show-stopper - there's not a lot you can say about your own life in the face of a child's terminal illness that won't sound whingy and narcissistic and lame. But this blog is primarily supposed to be about my experience as a doctoral ...

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Perspective

schoolsmelt — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:47:09 +0000

I don't know Louis, but I know his Aunt Judy. If you've got the means, please go help make his last months memorable.

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In Brief

schoolsmelt — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:54:33 +0000

Drinking red wine, nightly, for my health. It's a pleasant ritual that I've overlooked for too long. This probably makes me terribly gauche, (or, if I'm to believe their marketing copy, European) but I am finding Target's

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Chapter 3

schoolsmelt — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:51:13 +0000

After being away from diss work for 6 1/2 weeks, then coming back and promptly getting sick for another week, I am slowly making my way back to daily work on my diss. Today's issue is Chapter 3 - In the process of firming up some concepts, I realized that the original ...

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