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qiy  ·  3059 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: November 11, 2015

I am a PhD student. But I used to work as a roofer. My boss liked the expression "piss blood" and it is hard to forget it. I feel what I am working on is always making me do that. But it isn't quite on fire.





am_Unition  ·  3059 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sesame Street Goes to Graduate School has decreed the word of the day to be "atrophy", brought to you by the number B*exp(i(kr - wt))

qiy  ·  3059 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't understand but you made me laugh!

someguyfromcanada  ·  3059 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My Dad said that about 95% of his grad students wanted to quit and the urge got stronger the closer they got to the end. I never understood that until I did my LL.M. thesis and about 50 pages in I realized that my assumed end point was completely not not going to work so I had to start all over again. ugh

Roofing is a hell of a job. You only have narrow windows in spring and fall where the weather cooperates to not make your life miserable.