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		<title>The longest notice ever</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In December 2005, I first submitted my resignation letter to the editor of the Herald-News. I gave four weeks&#8217; notice. I planned to attend grad school in January, plus I would be teaching, so I wasn&#8217;t sure how I would ever find time to be a reporter, too. I wanted to give the editor plenty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look Familiar?</title>
		<link>http://lindasherwood.com/wp/2007/11/17/look-familiar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Official</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, so technically this says it is an unofficial record, but today is the first day that my academic history shows that I have successfully completed my master&#8217;s degree. See? Today is the day grades for summer classes were posted. Even though, technically, I was done way back in June, and my grades had already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The last $100</title>
		<link>http://lindasherwood.com/wp/2007/06/21/the-last-100/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My education is worth more than I&#8217;m spending obtaining it, I&#8217;m sure. But as of yesterday, my days of spending any more money on grad school are officially done and over. I wrote my last check to CMU. I thought about making Giggy take a picture of it, but then I decided it would be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congrats on almost being done!</title>
		<link>http://lindasherwood.com/wp/2007/06/15/congrats-on-almost-being-done/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my inbox today, I received a letter from CMU&#8217;s grad school. The e-mail said, &#8220;Congratulations! Your project has been approved and your signature page has been forwarded to the Dean for her signature.&#8221; Now, I just need to pick up a copy of my signature page, and the binding form, pay to have 2 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Construction of a Graduate</title>
		<link>http://lindasherwood.com/wp/2007/06/06/construction-of-a-graduate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Or at least construction of a graduate department&#8230; CMU&#8217;s grad school offices are under construction. I just learned that the thesis-holding filing cabinet was pushed out of the way by construction people. It was pushed up against a wall, so the grad department cannot open it until next Friday, which I think means June 15. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grumble, Brumble</title>
		<link>http://lindasherwood.com/wp/2007/06/02/grumble-brumble/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 13:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I received my envelope from the grad school noting the changes I have to make to my manuscript. Overall, the corrections are minor. The biggest problem, however, is that I have to collect new signatures from my committee because the grad school determined my layout for my signature page isn&#8217;t correct. This is easier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defense, Defense!</title>
		<link>http://lindasherwood.com/wp/2007/05/26/defense-defense/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2007 17:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My defense was in a children&#8217;s library at CMU&#8217;s English department with my committee members. My friend Giggy was able to attend too. It went well. The questions were good. One of the questions almost stumped me. And now I don&#8217;t remember what the question was, I think I blocked it. I was asked about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://lindasherwood.com/wp/2007/05/23/writing-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 11:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My 8-year-old son handed me a large stack of papers today. They were his graded assignments from school, which the teacher sends home every few weeks or so. As I went through the stack, he commented on different things. Most were perfect with stars and smiley face marks from the teacher because (as Justin will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And so it begins</title>
		<link>http://lindasherwood.com/wp/2007/05/21/and-so-it-begins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 14:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have just sent out the official &#8220;defense draft&#8221; of my thesis to my committee members. This is the final version of my thesis, which will be discussed at my defense Friday. Any changes after this point should be minor in nature. Now I just want to go through the manuscript and make sure that [...]]]></description>
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