um...*something* check-in

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How's everyone doing? I am still seeing life from the other side of the desk so the PhD's a bit on the backburner. It's interesting to see how department administration works - what administrators can and can't do, contacts within the university, that sort of thing - plus catching up on department gossip, intrigues, power struggles and drama. If I were a more manipulative and cynical person I'd say that befriending administrative staff is a good move, but I'm not that manipulative!

So what's going on with your PhD/life/etc?