No real news - but a funny comic from xkcd!

So I haven't been posting lately. Sue me. I'm busy. And lazy.

Here's a comic I didn't draw.

my life in a comic?

(an xkcd comic)

Wow

This is crazy. Watch it til the end.



Thanks to Quang for the link.

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A new semester looms

Alright, alright - my posting delinquency is unabated. Are any of you really surprised?

. . .

I didn't think so.

The fall semester starts tomorrow. I am entering my *third* year as a linguistics grad student here at UMass. OK, so for the uninitiated, this is, believe it or not, NOT a consequence of delinquency. The PhD program is projected to take five years. This is standard. I notice a lot of raised eyebrows when I tell people how long this thing takes. Trust me - as my twenties (and my soul) are sucked mercilessly from my carpal-tunnel stricken fingers, I am well aware of just how long five years is.

In any case, at the end of this year, I'll be at roughly the halfway point.

To everybody in Texas - thanks for the much-needed break this summer. The less you hear from me this fall, the harder I'm working. Really. I'm not at the movie theater. I promise.