success

yup, i'm a doctor.  and defending the dissertation was even kind of fun.  and in that magical hour and a half i was transformed from a lowly student into one of those mysterious "experts" that people are always talking about - "experts agree ..." "according to experts ...".  that's right, you can all start citing me now.  not anything i wrote prior to today i guess - i didn't know anything then.  but anything i write beginning today must be true ... because the experts say so.  this is going to be fun ...