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Seriously! I actually read it out loud to my wife! Who does that?

Do we have to kill anyone? Don't get me wrong; I'm not objecting to instrumental killing. Just trying to square away the details.

I want to get in off the Penn waiting list so bad. I'm cool, Penn. Seriously. I'll like, buy you beer and give you foot rubs and stuff.

Congrats! I wish they'd sent me an email...

Yay!!!(???)

Anyone claiming Wisconsin? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

You should review your application? What does that mean?

I'm pretty squarely situated in the analytic camp, but I'm glad there are people doing other kinds of work. I think there's some momentum building behind the notion that the analytics and the continentals can have constructive dialogue (Lee Braver and Gary Gutting come to mind). The MA seminar in continental that I had to take was on "The Philosophy of the Event." My brain couldn't even. I came out of it with a decent grade, mostly because I pestered the continentally oriented students in my department on a constant basis, demanding that they explain it to me like I'm a f***ing 7 year-old. (Funny side note: the most difficult text to read was the one written by the dude teaching the class..... and it's also the text he had the most difficulty explaining).

Seconded. I want a dancing psychopath.

I am impressed. Your high number of acceptances suggests that you're quite good at Continental philosophy. I had to do a couple of courses in Continental stuff as an undergrad, and then I was required to do one seminar in the Continental tradition in my MA program. It was all over my head. I always feel intellectually humbled by the Continental folks in my program.

No shit! Isn't this whole process hard enough on everyone as it is? Come on, TGC. We're just trying to show a bit of solidarity in these wild times.

UGH! No more upvotes!!!!!! Worst TGC policy of all. They're my upvotes dammit!

You're smart enough to know that Zoidberg is f***ing hilarious, therefore you are not dumb and should not feel dumb.

Wouldn't let me upvote anymore today, but I upvote this.

Just officially offered a fully funded position at Cincinnati!!!!! WOOHOOO!!! Relieves so much pressure...

It's in Tennessee, duh! lol... couldn't resist an opportunity for a dumb joke...

Ahhhh!!!!!!! I need an outright acceptance!!! I mean, the positive reaults I've had are nice and all, but they don't make me feel terribly secure about the future of myself and my family.

I ain't gon' lie. I have no idea what mostt if this means. I know I'm *usually* against anti-realism though!

Hey! I remember you from 2014! Good luck!!

I can think of at least one good reason why you should turn down Penn

On the waiting list at Penn. Come on, Michael Weisberg! You know you wanna direct my dissertation!!!

They asked me a LOT of questions about the research I've done as an MA student (a lot about my thesis, some about an article that's forthcoming, and some more about a forthcoming article that I coauthored with my thesis advisor). Some of the questions were fairly pressing, but I fielded them pretty well. After that it was a lot of give and take about where my research might go from here, where it links up with what people in the program are doing, and the like. Then we talked a bit about life in Phoenix and so on. All told it was nearly 90 minutes. Two hours after the interview I received a very positive email from the program director (who was one of the professors I'd just interviewed with), and then right after that an email from the head of the department, and in both emails it was emphasized that I'd left a "very favorable impression." After I replied to their emails this morning, the department head emailed me back saying she "hopes that I get a lot of offers, but that I choose ASU." So, no formal offer at this point, but prospects are good.

Who did you interview with? (Unless you'd prefer not to say).

Yeah. That's normal.

UCSD is on the big board.