I am not sure whether it is official now or will be official when I get the diploma in December. Either way, it feels pretty cool to have everything official recognized as complete. It has been a long haul, but I have loved every minute of it. I have been talking with my Thesis Adviser, Troy about how I can contribute as a volunteer to keep my hand on this. We already have some ideas. I plan to put up a little more of this work here than I have in the past, but it will only happen in fits and spurts going forward. Another good aspect of this project is that I have engaged a couple of other work buddies to join the fun. One of them is about half-way through his Ph.D. while the other is working with UNL, but not scheduled to start for at least a few more months.