Well! It's been a while, hasn't it? The last year has seen a lot of ups and downs, but it's also seen the completion of my thesis. I'm putting up a link to a Wordpress host (since Blogger seems to have issues with PDFs), and the full, beautiful text can be viewed here. Whew! It's a relief to have this done and able to see the light of day. But it's a project that's far from over. Any of the many topics I've touched on in this work could easily have an entire book devoted to them. New solutions emerge through discussion and the accumulation of knowledge, and I plan to use this blog as a collection of thoughts and writing that may be of interest. So feel free to read it (just bits or the whole thing if you have the time), discuss it, and most of all, share your knowledge and experiences here.