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"In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." –John 16:33

Month: July 2019

Painting the house

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On Thursday, July 18, 2019

In House and home

For a lot of reasons, some valid, some not, the painting of the house has taken a lot more time than expected. We are getting close to the end now. We love the colors and it looks beautiful from a distance. That being said, we ran into another hiccup. The area below the porch looks beautiful, but the paint has bubbled in a way that looks like it is due to moisture. It is probably going to take significant rework. We feel bad for our painter, but really need it to be right. We are glad he is such a good guy and stands by his work.

A retirement PhD in earnest

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On Thursday, July 18, 2019

In Retirement PhD

I have not written for quite awhile, mostly because I did not have much that was interesting to say. Hopefully, that has changed although I think my topic is going to be only interesting to a small select group of people. That topic is the starting of a PhD that will almost certainly not be completed until after I retire in the next 4-5 years. I will list a few of the topics I hope to cover in this first post:

  • My educational trajectory and how much or little of that applies to the PhD
  • My career trajectory and how much or little that applies to the PhD
  • How I got started on volunteer work that opened the PhD opportunity
  • What I needed to do to get accepted into the PhD program
  • My specific PhD program
  • What I want to do with the PhD after I get it

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