So I received an email yesterday from Jim Geelen saying, "Hi Martin, Bertrand Guenin and I have finished marking your comprehensive exam. We have indicated to Levent (the new Grad Chair) that we are satisfied with your performance. I would like to meet with you
this week to give you some feed back..." Yup, now I can forget the whole thing and move on to less important things. Thanks to everyone who prayed for me. I have to say, though, now I have this sense of loss of focus. I mean, the research is going nowhere, and the markings just keep on coming...

That was an excellent excellent race last night. I was reminded of the heavy-headedness that comes from watching the race. It's still exciting, even though the contestants aren't. In other news, I got the entire Yen family (except maybe Roger) on the bandwagon.

There was a huge thunderstorm this morning. I was sleeping, of course, but I could hear the rain and wind and the constant thunder. In fact, I can see the almost-continuous lightning while sleeping... The good thing about it is that it cools down the temperature considerably.