The retirement PhD project is moving right along. We actually think we have stumbled onto something that might be important. We have had opportunity to work and reflect on what we are doing at a deeper level than might have been possible if we were still living life before the Chinese Corona-virus. We think it has paid off. Today we pretty much came to an agreement on what will be necessary to finish my PhD research. It is a good bit of work, but there is not too much science left because we have already done the heavy lifting in that regard. There is still the significant burden of the taking of classes, passing the prelims, and writing it all up, but that is just work, not invention. The graphs in the image are the result of our special insight. Now all we have to do is see if the NSF or some other funding agency buys into what we believe we have discovered!