I had a night terror about a
spider at 2am this morning. I distinctly remember having a night terror about a
spider about two weeks before September 11th, I pray that it is merely coincidence. In the first night terror I woke up screaming:
" I saw a spider!!". This morning I woke up in a cold sweat screaming:
"A spider is biting me!!". Neither case produced any physical evidence of a spider.
My sister's husband John holds a theory that I rather respect: Al-Qaeda attacks against America (September 11th, the Kenya attack, etc) are spaced apart by about 18 months. This April represent the space roughly 18 months after September 11th.
Well, I made some progress on the firewall at work, only to be stumped again. It looks like a file permissions issue, but I checked the permissions, and they appear to be fine.
Terri "The Devil" Blevins sent me an email today. She was my undergraduate advisor at Oklahoma State University, and an obstacle that every student must overcome. She noted my award in the Graduate Symposium and inquired whether or not I had considered obtaining a PhD. I replied, "Of course I have, and I intend to move that direction." She immediate response back with "What is wrong with OSU-Tulsa?"
Let me count the ways:
1. I would be their first PhD student at OSU-Tulsa for Computer Science...LOL, I don't think so. Maybe they like me so much, they decide not to let me graduate!
2. If I stayed, I would be taking "Master's" level courses that I already took as an undergrad. The same professors, the same subjects, the same classrooms - no thanks.
3. It is not likely that I would receive full support and stipens - no they like to reserve that for highly qualified Linux installers for the various labs around.
4. No one in academia would respect me if I graduated from Oklahoma State. (This is the thing that Terri doesn't understand )
5. There are no fresh ideas floating around the students here; that is where the magic happens.
6. Limited research opportunities.
7. Limited post-graduate research opportunities. That about covers it. I have to say I would rather stay in the industry than get another degree from OSU.
Music for the night: Bach, Bach, Bach!!! I just can't get enough in the Spring.
When Al-Qaeda Strikes...
