@Teri_Kanefield How on earth is this nolo contendere? It's a civil case, not a criminal case. The very link you posted says "In a criminal proceeding, a defendant may enter a plea of nolo contendere, in which the defendant does not accept or deny responsibility for the charges but agrees to accept punishment."
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Doc ImpossibleI don't regret my doctorate. I don't.
But if I had everything to do over again, I would *never* get a PhD.
It narrows your options in ways you'd never imagine. But that's not why.
The process of getting a PhD--at least, at this point in time--is inherently abusive. It's cruel. And it demands that you accept the abusiveness, the capriciousness, the lack of control over your own life and your own destiny, as both appropriate and inevitable. That you internalize the abuse and perpetrate it against yourself, without end. That service to others is everything, that you don't deserve time to yourself, that you never,ever deserve a vacation from your work, that your only human value is in whatever knowledge you have--knowledge which is constantly devalued and denigrated by others.
The PhD process is nothing short of hazing.
I love teaching at university. It is a great joy in my life. But it wasn't worth the price of admission, and I can never get off of this ride now.
Think twice before you walk this path.
With the atmospheric rivers flooding California, it's a good time to look back at John McPhee's excellent 'Los Angeles Against the Mountains.'
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1988/09/26/los-angeles-against-the-mountains-i
Carl T. Bergstrom
@dcm He was born 204 days after that glorious final.
The Christmas Eve forecast for Durham is ominous. Unless things change the Sun won’t rise.
@autumn La forma italiana è 'mastodonte.' Significa anche una persona grande e goffa.
@HoldenRichards Another one: Steve Herman, chief national correspondent for VOA
@lucyidaya If you haven't yet, it might be worth talking to your homeowner's insurance carrier. My roof was damaged by hail, and it was covered (minus deductible). Policies often cover storm-related damage.