superfluidity:

byronic:

Above: state of workspace after final revision of PhD thesis is complete (detail).

80,000+ words
+234 pages
+4 years
+3 months 
+1 very dedicated husband who went through it all with a fine comb to fix every single typo, footnote and comma

=

in the immortal words of Daniel Plainview: “I’m finished”.

I’m now going to drink lots of milkshake wine and collapse.

The doctor is (almost) in! It seems odd to be proud of someone you haven’t met, but I am: Congratulations Irene! I hope you’re super hungover today.

Tragos HQ seconds Superfluidity’s good wishes. What I am about to say about Byronic’s dissertation almost no one can say about any dissertation. You want to read it. I say this having only read a chapter. But it was well-written, well-researched, and just plain fascinating.

A toast!

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melanyouth:

(via katebomz):

“I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt…it was because of her that I played the Mocambo, a very popular nightclub in the ’50s. She personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night. She told him - and it was true, due to Marilyn’s superstar status - that the press would go wild. The owner said yes, and Marilyn was there, front table, every night. The press went overboard. After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman - a little ahead of her times. And she didn’t know it.” - Ella Fitzgerald

voa

randomberlinchick:darlingdivine:

! 

A very Tragos-endorsed anecdote.

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