How to get a PhD in three easy steps

Step 1: Arrive in the dead center of nowhere -- Laramie, WY.

Step 2: Proceed to freeze half to death, climb at Vedauwoo for 500 days, travel the West, fish, party, and spend interminable hours staring at incomprehensible science-y stuff.

Don't be too surprised if your hair falls out while you're at it.



Step 3: Graduate, be happy it's all over, and move on to bigger and better things.

So that's it, folks. If you're still paying attention, this officially brings this blog to a close. I'm no longer a grad student, I don't live in Wyoming, and at this point there's not that much left to say about how weird I find the US to be -- I've officially gone native. Feel free to glance at the archives: I particularly recommend my first impressions of Laramie, thoughts on a High Plains summer, and some advice about going to graduate school. All the pictures are available on Flickr. If you've lost touch with me for any reason, I am finally available on Facebook again, and if you have a professional inquiry I've got a work web page with more info.

Thanks for reading, everybody, and I hope you enjoyed it.


Cheers,

Dr Johan