Chapter IV

You will have seen by now that we lost our semifinal to the Koreans.

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Once again, I’m terribly, distressingly behind on my dissertation. I’m writing the last chapter, Chapter IV.

Last night, Karin urged me to explain it all to her so that I could organize my thoughts. I talked for about forty minutes. Then I said, “All of which brings us to the beginning of Chapter IV.”

We didn’t get very far after that.

The entire dissertation, revised in response to my advisor’s comments, must be submitted to the other readers by Sunday night.