You know you've spent too much time working on your dissertation when...

Xenophon · 04-16-2008, 01:35 PM

...spending some quality time with IRS Form 1040 makes a nice refreshing break!

Xenophon

NatCh · 04-16-2008, 01:55 PM

I feel your pain, my wife's defense is Monday ... maybe it's her pain I'm feeling ....

badgoodDeb · 04-16-2008, 02:35 PM

How about ..... when you keep dreaming that you are finishing it (abandoned 10 years ago) and you wake up thinking that the part you wrote in your dreams really DID get completed. Sigh.

Patricia · 04-16-2008, 04:15 PM

Natch, you and the (hopefully) soon-to-be-doctored Mrs Natch have my sympathy.
I'm moving (slowly) towards the final stages of mine, and hope to defend it early next year. I now totally loathe the topic and wonder why on earth I ever chose it.

pilotbob · 04-16-2008, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patricia

Natch, you and the (hopefully) soon-to-be-doctored Mrs Natch have my sympathy.
I'm moving (slowly) towards the final stages of mine, and hope to defend it early next year. I now totally loathe the topic and wonder why on earth I ever chose it.

Is it about DRM? Cause we don't discuss that topic enough here.

BOb

NatCh · 04-16-2008, 04:41 PM

Thanks, Patricia, she's really looking forward to being introduced as "Doctor and Mister," while I'm planning to print myself up a nice "Marital B.S." diploma to hang up on my office wall (I've gotten to where I can B.S. pretty well on Victorian literature, even things I've never read, just from listening to her!).

It's been almost ten full years in the making, and we're down to the final days. It's been a wild ride, and I was mostly just a passenger! I did get to hand deliver the copies to her committee last week, other than that, I've just been focusing on doing as much as I can around here so that she can focus on the work.

vivaldirules · 04-16-2008, 05:01 PM

Xenophon, Mrs. NatCh, and Patricia, good luck to all of you and know that the pain does end and it can all be worth the effort. "Good for the soul" as my prof used to say. He should just be glad somebody didn't didn't slug him! Seriously, it's quite an achievement, as you well know, and you really should be proud of that.

It's curious that I haven't dreamed about prelims and dissertations in many years and yet to this day I still occasionally dream of going to take the final exam for a class that I never quite seemed to ever show up to the lectures for. Maybe it's because that one struck a little too close to home. I'd be willing to bet, though, that you've each had a similar dream many times yourselves.

NatCh · 04-16-2008, 05:07 PM

No bet, I have that dream about three times a year ... that I remember, I often don't remember my dreams.

RWood · 04-16-2008, 07:06 PM

Bad news is that anyone that can understand the 1040 form can be certified legally insane in 49 states, in Mass you are consider just mentally bewildered.

Good luck all in your quests for PhDs.

04-16-2008, 01:35 PM	#1
Xenophon curmudgeon Posts: 1,487 Karma: 5748190 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Redwood City, CA USA Device: Kobo Aura HD, (ex)nook, (ex)PRS-700, (ex)PRS-500	You know you've spent too much time working on your dissertation when... ...spending some quality time with IRS Form 1040 makes a nice refreshing break! Xenophon

04-16-2008, 05:01 PM	#7
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Xenophon, Mrs. NatCh, and Patricia, good luck to all of you and know that the pain does end and it can all be worth the effort. "Good for the soul" as my prof used to say. He should just be glad somebody didn't didn't slug him! Seriously, it's quite an achievement, as you well know, and you really should be proud of that. It's curious that I haven't dreamed about prelims and dissertations in many years and yet to this day I still occasionally dream of going to take the final exam for a class that I never quite seemed to ever show up to the lectures for. Maybe it's because that one struck a little too close to home. I'd be willing to bet, though, that you've each had a similar dream many times yourselves. Last edited by vivaldirules; 04-16-2008 at 05:04 PM.

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04-16-2008, 01:55 PM	#2
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	I feel your pain, my wife's defense is Monday ... maybe it's her pain I'm feeling ....

04-16-2008, 02:35 PM	#3
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,550 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	How about ..... when you keep dreaming that you are finishing it (abandoned 10 years ago) and you wake up thinking that the part you wrote in your dreams really DID get completed. Sigh.

04-16-2008, 04:15 PM	#4
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	Natch, you and the (hopefully) soon-to-be-doctored Mrs Natch have my sympathy. I'm moving (slowly) towards the final stages of mine, and hope to defend it early next year. I now totally loathe the topic and wonder why on earth I ever chose it.

04-16-2008, 04:41 PM	#6
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Thanks, Patricia, she's really looking forward to being introduced as "Doctor and Mister," while I'm planning to print myself up a nice "Marital B.S." diploma to hang up on my office wall (I've gotten to where I can B.S. pretty well on Victorian literature, even things I've never read, just from listening to her!). It's been almost ten full years in the making, and we're down to the final days. It's been a wild ride, and I was mostly just a passenger! I did get to hand deliver the copies to her committee last week, other than that, I've just been focusing on doing as much as I can around here so that she can focus on the work.

04-16-2008, 05:07 PM	#8
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	No bet, I have that dream about three times a year ... that I remember, I often don't remember my dreams.

04-16-2008, 07:06 PM	#9
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Bad news is that anyone that can understand the 1040 form can be certified legally insane in 49 states, in Mass you are consider just mentally bewildered. Good luck all in your quests for PhDs.