I hate to start things I don't finish. But doing a doctoral dissertation is a huge commitment and a ton of work . It can take years. I have a friend who wound up with a nervous breakdown from the stress. Many people fall apart under the constant scrutiny and criticism.

I don't know if I want to give that much of my time and self esteem to it. I'm supposed to talk to the director of a program near here next week. I think I want to do a musical about a story in English literature as my dissertation. A friend of mine got a deal sort of like that.

I'm sure they won't let me, but wouldn't that be fun and I would come out with something besides a pile of paper with a ton of useless research. If I can get the deal I want, I'll probably do it. Otherwise I'll forget it and just hang out on boomer. Either way will be fun.

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