Yea! I got my Ph.D.!!!!!11!11

[indy_azcat]

does this make me a liberal elitist?

:party: :woohoo: :party: :beer: :beer: :beer: :woohoo:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

1. That's DOCTOR Liberal Elitist.

Congratulations!!!
:toast:

[indy_azcat]

3. Now I just need a business card that says that :D

thanks!
:toast:

[Skink]

2. Piled High and Deep....

In what may I ask:rofl:

[indy_azcat]

7. on the flip side: best.comics.eveh!

http://www.phdcomics.com/

Chemistry (analytical)

not so good for politics though :(

[knowbody0]

4. congratulations

are you going to be a snob now?

[indy_azcat]

8. nope, my Dr. Wife keeps me in line

that and the student loans... arrrrgh!

[LynneSin]

5. No, but it now makes you 100,000,000,000times smarter than bush...

instead of just 10,000,000,000 times

:D

Congrats!

[indy_azcat]

10. yeah, but my new boss was a bush appointee

:scared:


thanks!

[LynneSin]

16. Then that makes you 1,000,000,000,000 smarter than him

:D

[teach1st]

6. Congratulations, Doctor indy_azcat!

[indy_azcat]

14. more thanks to the teachers out there!

I should know, mom's an ex-french teacher and vice-principal :7

[NewJeffCT]

9. once you finished undergrad

you were already hopelessly a liberal elitist.

Congratulations, though!

[indy_azcat]

11. true enough - and U.Az is the cheapest public U out there!

thanks!

:toast:

[Nite Owl]

12. That's wonderful

a great achievement, concrats!

:toast: :yourock:

[indy_azcat]

15. I've officially spent 3 years out of school now...

time to get on with life!

thanks!

:woohoo:

[Ilsa]

13. Excellent! More letters for DU by association!

Congratulations on your achievement for all of your hard work and burned out brain cells!

[indy_azcat]

18. If I had a beer for every page of my dissertation...

I'd be really friggin' drlkgfruink...


:beer:


:o

[ghostsofgiants]

17. Congratulations!

[indy_azcat]

21. :toast: Thanks!

hope you reclaim your virginity! :o

[ghostsofgiants]

24. Haha....

Damn capitalism. Never even returned my calls.

[deadparrot]

19. Congratulations!

That's awesome news. :D

[indy_azcat]

22. and they can never ever take it away

:bounce:
mine mine mine

:D

[greekspeak]

20. Congrats from a hopeful!

You crazy liberal elitist!!! What discipline?

:woohoo: :beer:

[indy_azcat]

23. if you're 'really' serious

go to UF :P (I saw the profile)

I started off as a gator before going up north :7

Chemistry's the game

[greekspeak]

27. Chemistry? Doesn't that involve math and stuff?

:scared:

(disclaimer: humanities person who doesn't cope well with math)

[indy_azcat]

29. nah, just swirling beakers and playin' with lasers and such

I failed the quadratic thread a few hours ago :(

I've got a spanish minor if that helps :)

[greekspeak]

33. Yeah! Languages!

God the languages. THE HORRRRRAAA!

[Tallison]

34. What are you going to do with it?

The crystal meth market's a boom here in VA.

[indy_azcat]

36. sweet, I'll be nearby in Gaithersburg

workin' for the feds at NIST though...

I can assure the quality if need be :o

[Tallison]

43. Do you know the recipe?

:P

[indy_azcat]

48. unfortunately my Anarchist Cookbook only covers

banana LSD and nutmeg....

no bathtubs here :)

[barb162]

25. wonderful!

[swag]

26. Nice work.

Congratulations. That, as nobody needs to tell you, is a huge accomplishment.

I'm proud just to type at you.

[democrat in Tallahassee]

28. congrats. mine comes in the spring

[indy_azcat]

30. what's with all the Tallahasse PhD's?

hee hee, you and greekspeak know each other?

thanks and pre-congrats! :party: :yourock: :toastparty

[Jackpine Radical]

38. Congrats to DU's newest PhD---

I wonder who has the oldest one around here. Mine dates from 1979, there have to be some older than that.

[indy_azcat]

42. Hmmmm, dangerous waters...

:yoiks: I was 1 yr old then

[fortyfeetunder]

69. well, I am aiming to be the oldest PhD student....

may be close to 50 when I start....!!!!

[BreweryYardRat]

31. Congratulations!

:checks thread for degree:

Damn, a Ph.D. in Chemistry? Now I'm even more impressed.

Good luck in whatever job you land!

[Avalux]

32. Congrats to you!

And yes, now you definitely are a liberal elitist! :toast:

[indy_azcat]

39. and thanks to you!

:lovin' up the mods:

:7

[ofrfxsk]

35. YAY! Congratulations!

Drink up! You deserve it! :)

[WCGreen]

37. Fuck yea.... Congrats and welcome to the real world....

HA HA HA HA HA

[KomradGlenn]

40. Comment on Rothschild's editorial

Komrads! Must comment on fine article “40 Acres and College Degree” by Komrad Rothschild. Is fine article on how to bring Glorious Revolution to America. Capitalist private sector universities must go! Imperialist professors are unsightly Neanderthal vermin who will be replaced shortly in our lifetime by experts whose skill at Social Engineering will make current university system a defunct nightmare of remote Devonian past. Professors who are not members of Party are spigots of wrong ideas, archaic values, violence, and perversity. Students must be removed from these scoundrels as early as possible and be taught Correct Facts and the People’s Truth by our Party-approved personnel. This New Generation must be properly pre-conditioned to live in New Society based on Marxist Science. No anarchic free market schools should be permissible. All schools must be within the Nationwide Government System, armed with Party Soldiers teaching same Controlled Message to ensure Majority Mandate for a continuation of orthodoxy. Students must be encouraged to report the misdeeds of one another to authorities. They should also be encouraged to denounce their associates and those professors who stray away from pre-approved textbooks and Politically Correct thoughts. Lowering educational standards is advisable for rabble as well as elite at this phase. A weakened America filled with morons will offer us an emptiness to be filled by ourselves. Capitalist imperialist free market schools are too effective and must be purged! A thorough education encourages people to think of themselves as lords whose very existence is valued by nature to the point of supporting their sloth, whim and curiosity. This breeds contempt for the Proletariat and its vanguard, the Democratic Party. We hope none of you have children. Komrads! Long live the Glorious Revolution!

[indy_azcat]

44. Okay dokie.

this'll be quick.

peace out wherevah ya came from.

[salin]

45. er... (and congrats to Indy)

to be civil I will leave my response at... er - and choose to assume satire.

Congrats to Indy per hurdling over that brutal hurdle of the defense! :toast:

[indy_azcat]

50. thanks salin!

it means a lot to have you grace my post! :toast:

[salin]

60. indy - thanks for the comp

but this is about you! It is a very big deal!

Big, big kudos!

[KomradGlenn]

51. Komrad! Is not satire!

Satire is for smirking Capitalist Imperialists - I only post here because Glorious People's Servant DU.com does not supply means to email authors of such wonderful essays! Please do not take wrong way, Komrad, but any further accusations of satire will force me to report you to Secret Thought Police: A.C.L.U.!!!

[indy_azcat]

52. go on, PM me baby

:smirk:

[KomradGlenn]

54. PM not allowed by Imperialist message board!

New poster! Must retire shortly anyhow - 8am flight to NYC - must visit Den of Greed, trick Corporation into paying me, use money to further Revolution!

[flamingyouth]

57. And now you have imperialist tombstone!

Hand-crafted by peasants, just for you! :hi:

[Fenris]

61. ...

:rofl:

[indy_azcat]

62. :yourock:

as if you didn't know :loveya:

[indy_azcat]

59. good grief, ya took a whole 24 minutes to do it

I salute you :patriot:

[salin]

65. dang - posted before the swan song was rewarded.

so very entertaining.

[salin]

64. wow -

just wow.

if not satire - I just am awed - the mixing of rw bugaboos starting with the mixing of higher ed (fancypants) and the 40 acres and a mule (considered by the right to be "entitlement" language for former slaves and their descendants) - on and on - right down to the villainization of the ACLU. So many smearing cliches that are usually unfurled by the right - that I read it as satire. Now I can only think that either it is a mock - or that the old adage that on the fringes the edges end up meeting is holding true. So please forgive me if I find the two posts as reading as satire. Especially when it comes so far out of the blue per this thread - unless I am missing something.

[flamingyouth]

66. No, I think you got it all.

I don't see that you missed one thing. :hi:

[salin]

67. 'twas rather humorous, wasn't it?

have to give kudos to the author per being at least somewhat literate - I mean all of the slurs were put in a semicoherent context. :shrug:

Hope all is well with you these days! :hi:

[flamingyouth]

71. Yeah, it was rather humorous

I'm doing well - and you? :hi:

[salin]

72. exhausted - but in a good way

*love the work -! find satisfaction - just have to work a bit too much*

indeed am past "crash" time - have to sign off. Great to see you tonight.

And once again - congrats to Indy - WooHoo!

[indy_azcat]

73. night salin - thanks

agreed - off ta bed!

:boring:

[Runcible Spoon]

49. DAMMIT! It was YOU who stole my Ayn Rand Cliff Notes!

Give em back dammit! I have a business class at Bob Jones in a half hour and I need to study!

[MisterP]

77. Schwarzenegger: "yrnnnnnnnggg! Kommeenists!"

[Liberal Veteran]

41. Congratulations!

Well done!

[Runcible Spoon]

46. heck yes you did! awesome! Freakin' sweet!

CONGRATS! :bounce:

[indy_azcat]

47. and no tater tots died througout

sweet jumps were made though.... IDIOT :D

[liontamer]

53. lucky bastard

congratulations!!!

[indy_azcat]

55. so lucky I may have over educated myself out of a job

where's my whiteout?

:7 thanks!

[Obamarama]

56. Congrats...very cool! I suppose your gas in now considered noble, eh?

[indy_azcat]

63. yeah, it's pretty inert here in Ypsi

:hi:

:puke: on your joke :7

[Obamarama]

83. Oh cool...you're from A2/Ypsi?

If I were closer I'd treat you to Zingerman's in honor of this auspicious achievement. Are you an EMU or UM Ph.D?

[indy_azcat]

94. UM - although I started off at U.Florida

and am orginially from Battle Creek.

Mmmm :9 Zingermans... best bread in town!

[flamingyouth]

58. Congrats!

That's awesome!:woohoo:

[fortyfeetunder]

68. Eh, What's up Doc?

(My first words a la Bugs Bunny)
Congratulations!!! Any post-doc work in your future?

[indy_azcat]

95. 2 year stint at NIST

then who knows :shrug:

at least there's less snow than in Meechigan :D

[OrwellwasRight]

70. Congrats, and as a very good friend just told me,

if "elitist means not the dumbest mother fucker in the room, then I'll be an elitist any day."

:party: :toast: :party: :toast: :applause: :woohoo: :applause: :woohoo:

:beer: :beer: :thumbsup:

[bliss_eternal]

80. Haha! I LIKE that!

:thumbsup:

[rexcat]

74. Congragulations...

to a U of A Wildcat. My wife did her post-doc at U of A. We lived in Tucson for two years (1986-1988). I worked in the College of Medicine, Department of Microbiology.

[indy_azcat]

96. cool - I did my undergrad '96-00

Chemistry, MCB, and biochem.

I definitely miss the old pueblo :cry:

[rexcat]

102. The "old pueblo" comment brings back memories!

[Aristus]

75. Congratulations, Doctor, from a fellow liberal elitist.

I don't have a Ph.D., though. :-)

:party::bounce::party::bounce::party::bounce::party:

[khashka]

76. You know what PhD stands for?

Piled Higher and Deeper....


Congrats!!!!!!!!


Khash.

[6000eliot]

78. Welcome to the club Dr. Liberal Elitist!

What's your specialization?

[indy_azcat]

97. analytical chemistry

or just anal chem:7

[6000eliot]

103. Mine's Victorian literature

Can't make anything fun out of that!

[bliss_eternal]

79. Congratulations!!!

That's terrific news!

:party: :toast:

[NMMNG]

81. Well aren't you the hoity toity one?

Do I have to bow or curtsey now?

Seriously though, congratulations!!!!

[Wapsie B]

82. Congratulations Dr. indy_azcat!

No you've long since been a liberal elitist. You must've graduated 8th grade along the way I'm sure.

:toast: :beer:

[EstimatedProphet]

84. Congratulations! Join the club of DUDrs!

But we're all liberal elitists here, of course...

[question everything]

85. Congratulations. Hope that you will be happy in the knowledge

and the expertise and sense of accomplishment because... it won't guarantee a job, certainly not a good job or the rest of your working years. Please don't expect to always have a good paying job just because you have a Ph.D. - unless you intend on teaching.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

86. I can't believe nobody answered...

OMG THIS IS HUGH!!!1!!!11!!11

[indy_azcat]

98. not even a w00t either

:cry:

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

87. Congrats!!!

[Cathyclysmic]

88. Congrats!

Now you have more time to post on DU!:hi:

[ProfessorGAC]

89. Yes. Yes It Does

Congrats! What field, and what was your dissertation?
The Professor

[indy_azcat]

99. chemistry

Monitoring Hormone Relase from Islets of Langerhans via Electrophoresis-Based Immunoassays on a Microfluidic Device

and it even all fit on the binder :o

[Left_Winger]

90. Welcome to the club

Received mine in 2000. I wonder how many over at the Free Republic have theirs?

[slutticus]

91. Congrats!

:beer:

[Renew Deal]

92. You are now part of liberal academia

:yourock:

[Lisa]

93. yes! You're now officially a liberal elitist ...

Even if your parents were so poor that they had to start working at age 12 ... and your own salary is barely in the 5-figure range ... you may now be officially looked down on by the right-wingers for being an "intellectual snob". Of course, they've been doing it unofficially for so long, anyway.

Congratulations, Dr. indy_azcat! You may now get drunk. Doesn't it feel good, to pass your defense/hand in your dissertation?

Lisa (PhD, Geography -- 2003)

[indy_azcat]

100. I think my salary is negative until the 9 years of loans get paid

But yes indeedy it felt sooooooo damn good getting that last lil signature.... :whew:

And the party continues :beer:

[Lisa]

106. you're evidently qualified to be an intellectual

You remembered to get all the signatures! I had to go chasing after my external.

[SoCalDem]

101. It makes you a.........

[alarcojon]

104. Congratulations, fellow liberal elitist

Phd in Math, Illinois, 1995

I've been teaching college for ten years now. Nice gig if you can get it.

:party:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

105. Welcome to the club!

from Lydia Leftcoast, Ph. D. 1982 :hi:

[BikeWriter]

107. YIPPEE! Congratulations!

[CitrusLib]

108. Congratulations! My sister just had her dissertation bound

and is waiting for it to be delivered so she can submit it. What an exciting time for you! Way to go.

[Viking12]

109. Congratulations

:toast:

I hope to join you very soon!

[Dastard Stepchild]

110. Wow!! Great job!!

What an achievement. Check back with me in six years to see if I can say the same thing. :)

[Crazy Guggenheim]

111. I was a Chem E. major at Berkeley in the 70's but got burned out.

I sooooo admire people who make it through!! Congrats!!

[UrbScotty]

112. As Howard Dean would say...

YEARGH!

[huskerlaw]

113. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

:toast: :party:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

114. I haven't read through the all the posts. Where did you get your

PhD. from?

[steve2470]

115. Yes it does *smile* Way to go, I know you worked your ass off ! nt

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

116. Congrats, you pointy headed intellectual

:toast:

[Anarcho-Socialist]

117. Well done!

:woohoo: