At about 10pm tonight we checked the answering machine and there were two calls for me regarding my lost items from last weekend. As it turns out, everything lost has been recovered, and at minimal expense. My faith in humanity is restored!
On another note, I went to the dissertation writing group and it was a really positive experience. We're hoping for still greater numbers but it was good to have people in a similar situation to bounce thoughts and concerns off of. I asked about the chapter I'm currently working on and got some sound advise about splitting it into two chapters. Hopefully that will make things easier at these opening stages. We plan to meet the first and third Monday each month, with extra time off during the holidays. The plan is to establish goals for how much work will get done and to possibly present material to each other for feedback. It's really a way to help stay on track and establish some structure and accountability to the dissertation writing process. I think it will be a good motivator. The guy who initiated the whole thing even have "livestrong" style bracelets made that read "LUC Ph.D. ABD" on one side and "History Department" on the other - sort of a constant reminder of what we all should be doing, even if we're not. So far so good.
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Lunchbox,
The bracelets are a nice touch! Funny. We used to run a dissertation group out of the Newberry, but it focused on U.S. (generally urban) history topics. As long as at leat one member of your group can help with content, that goes a long way. But even stylistic helps is awesome.
- TL
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