Done! Let me know if you find typos as I have one week to squash them.
Now I just need to come up with a good song parody (to keep the trend going)…”Closer to Fine” has been stuck in my head. The academic references have obvious parallels (esp. since I finished in 4 years); more coincidentally, the fountain reference is also relevant since this is the view from outside the Politics dept:


Hey bro, thanks for the shout-out on the dedication page :0 ! Does that mean I’m obligated to read the whole thing??
Hah, no. I figure most people read the acknowledgements and, if I’m lucky, the abstract.