Hello, all -- I am pleased to report that the week before I go see B&S in Boston and then New York (note the canny inclusion of list-related material before plunging into solipsism), I am defending my dissertation before The Committee. This affair is more intimidating than it sounds, since we've all had a healthy amount of communication (and by god that kept me off drugs - apologies to non-U.S. readers, who are not bombarded with family-oriented anti-drug(s) messages). But, more importantly: I get to buy a Silly Hat for my graduation (May 25th), and I just did that on the web. (Yes, there are sites where you can buy silly academic hats. I bought the six-sided one, for no apparent reason.) I've come to believe that one of the most important roles an academic can have is to wear his Silly Hat at least once a year. Cheers, Richard. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+