no more phd!!

Sorry I have been away from the blogosphere for a goodish bit. Here are some of the salient events of the last 6 months:

Successfully did the triathlon: Put some despo training.. swimming every day for 8 days before the tri.. completed the tri but nothing to write home about. Atleast I am a swimmer now!

Discontinued my PhD: One of the main reasons for disappearing was to take a sabbatical and work on my phd. Did that for a good bit and finally decided I was no longer interested and the time deadlines made it a cruel and unusual punishment. So I am free of a significant millstone.. but on the down side, I out a ton of cash, bazillions of hours and no Dr. to show for it :((

Now its the end of that old year... I became a US citizen .. did a triathlon .. dropped out of the phd..
Here is looking forward to more cool stuff